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A39051	Plain and exquisite Scripture-proof, that St. John Baptist and the blessed Apostles, and all the primitive baptizers, did baptize by sprinkling, or pouring water upon the person or persons they baptized, and not by dipping the person into water ... also some observations upon Mr. Keach's reflections upon my late treatise, intituled, Plain and express Scripture proofs, that John Baptist did as certainly baptize infants in the church of the Jews as the adult, with the confirmation of the truth reflected against by him / by Joshua Exell ...	Exell, Joshua.	1693 (1693)	Wing E3857; ESTC R15010	107,024	64

sentence about one and the same Ordinance uttered by the same Prophet at the same time to the same People or Auditory And this when by Divine Appointment one is to be a Sign Figure or Representation of the other and that to this end too that the Understandings of the Auditory to whom it was spoken might be enlightened to understand how they should be partakers of the baptism with the Holy Ghost from the Lord Jesus Christ In the first part of the verse I indeed have baptized you with Water Mark 1.8 Many do imagine that John did mean and intend by the word baptize dipping and suppose that it is all one as if he had said I indeed have dipped you into Water and so say the word doth signifie to Dip from this and the like Texts but for Scripture Proof of it I know none nor could I ever obtain one Scripture to prove this Interpretation of this word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from any person that ever I requested it from In the latter part of the verse he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost There if all the men in the World would gainsay it by the plain expressions of the Holy Ghost in Scripture it does signifie to pour upon to sprinkle or to shed upon It is certain that in the Hebrew and Greek Languages one and the same Root and Theam or word may have and have various significations or acceptations in various conjugations and various moods when they respect various objects and various actions but where can any one produce out of the Holy Scripture one example that one and the same word about one and the same Ordinance at one and the same time by the same Preacher to one and the same Hearers should have or have such a directly different and contrary signification and acceptation as this word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 must be supposed to have in the Texts before quoted and this when the external Baptism was to be the sign and representation of the inward baptism or else it must cease in nature and be neither Sign nor Seal for all divine signs were and are seals as they signified the things represented by them and the manner of their performances To make it app●ar that the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 does signifie pouring upon or sprinkling with the spirit and was so intended by John to signifie he being a Prophet when it is used in the latter part of the verse to express Christ's communication of his Spirit to them and baptizing them with the Holy Ghost may be cleared from many express Texts of Scripture where Christ's baptizing with the Holy Ghost is spoken of and that thing intended Only we may premise First that baptizing with the Holy Ghost is two fold or two things are intended thereby in the New Testament First the communication of the saving Graces of the holy spirit in a supernatural work of Grace upon the Soul of the poor sinner to whom it was or is to be communicated and this was to be and is the special thing signified by the external Baptism with Water and is to be continued in the Church to the end of the World by Christ's Presence with his Servants in his Ordinances though to whom he please or to all that the Father had given him M●tth 23.20 2. There is intended by this phrase Baptizing with the Holy Ghost the pouring out upon some especially them that were to be the first Publishers of the Gospel and the Planters of the Church the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit or the common Gifts thereof in an extraordinary manner as the speaking with divers kinds of Tongues and the power of working of miracles for the confirmation of the Truth and the publishing of it to all Nations to whom the Lord did send them And the manner of Christ's baptizing with the Holy Ghost in both these senses or with respect to both these acceptations was by pouring of it out upon them or sprinkling them with it as is witnessed by the Holy Ghost in divers places of Scripture Whereby it may and will appear that the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the latter part of the verses before quoted do not signifie to dip the person into it but pouring out the Holy Ghost upon the person or sprinkling him with it First As to the manner of the communications of the saving Graces of the Spirit to the Soul in a supernatural work of special Grace upon the Soul This is done and was ever done by applying it to the soul and pouring it out upon the soul or sprinkling them wi●h it and not putting the person into the Holy Ghost And this we may see testified from Christ's own mouth in John 3.3 5 8. Except a man be born of Water and of ●he Holy Ghost he cannot see the Kingdom of God Here our Saviour asserteth the necessity of the use of the outward means when the Lord vouchsafeth it to any person or people as well as the necessity of the inward Grace and this to Nicodemus who was of the Pharisees that contemned the outward means Luke 7.30 And how this birth is performed our Lord Jesus sheweth in verse 8. not by applying the person or putting the person into the spirit but by applying the spirit to the person The wind bloweth where it listeth thou hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth so is every one that i● born of the sp●●it Though Nicodemus's way was for the person to enter the 〈◊〉 time into his m●thers womb So Titus 3.5 6. By the washing of Regeneration and re●●●r●●g o● the h●ly gh●st which he shed on us abundantly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or poured forth on us a●●●●● 〈◊〉 ●●t● 2.16 17 33. so Isa 44.3 I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my bles●●●g u●●n thy ●●f-sp●ing Heb. 10.22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of Faith having our hearts spri●kled f●●m an evil Conscience 1 Pet. 1.2 Through the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ Ezek. 36.25 I will sprinkle clean Water upon you If that be meant of the spirit then Christ's baptizing is by sprinkling Isa 52.15 So shall he sprinkle many Nations Ezek. 37.3 4 5. Thus saith the Lord to these dry bones Behold I will cause breath to enter into you and ye s●●●l ●●●e and I will lay sinnes upon you and bring flesh upon you Eph●s 2.1 Y●u hath be q●●●●●●ed who were dead in trespasses and sins By life entring into us we have our natural q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g at first and so also we have our spiritual quickning and not by our entring into ●●e so we are said to receive of the abundance of Grace and gift of R ghteousness P● m. 5.17 and to receive the holy Ghost Acts 10.47 And to r●●ci●e of his f●lness John 1.16 And to as many as received him John 1.10 11. And all that we are made partakers of 1 Cor. 4.7 and what

heaven and not they put into heaven it appeared to them not they brought to that it sat upon each of them and not each of them put into that And they were all filled with the holy Ghost and not they put into that See also Acts 9.18 So our saviour does witness that it is applied to the soul and not the soul to that in John 3.3 5 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth So Zech. 12.10 Isa 44.3 Joel 2.28 29. Isa 52.15 And all the Promises of God are in Christ yea yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1.20 And then certainly that Great promise Ezekiel 26.25 26. must be fulfilled I will sprinkle clean water upon you The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●as not this promise breathed by his spirit and all other of the predictions by his Prophets concerning the manner of his communicating the benefits of his death and resurrection to his church and people in Gospel times And also his spirits giving that title to his blood as the blood of sprinkling and that as sprinkling it speaketh to all his Church Heb. 12.24 Heb. 9.13 14 19 24. And never speaking any other way to his whole church or General assembly All this shews Christs acceptation of this word as to the Inward Baptism by him to signifie only applying his spirit to his people and not they to that And as to the outward application with water does out Lord Jesus manifest the least of different signification or acceptation than what it had in the Inward Baptism in that he expresseth Johns Baptism as he did his own by the same word and gave it the same title of being born of water as well as of the holy Ghost John 3.3 5. and declares that to be by the spirit blowing upon and not putting the person into it in verse 8th and had he not breathed by his spirit in his Prophets long before that he would sprinkle water upon them and pour water upon them Isa 44.3 Ezek. 36.25 and was there not a● great a necessity of the fulfilling of that as to the external Baptism as there was of the fulfilling of the Prophesie of Joel concerning the Inward Baptism Acts 2.15 16 17. 2. And Christs by his spirit declaring of it to be a type or sign in 1 Peter 3.21 Was not this a sufficient manifestation of the mind of Christ concerning the ex●ernal Baptism with water did the spirit of Christ ever contradict himself What blasphemy of the most Notorious nature must such a thought or word be in the heart or mouth of the most confident soul it is enough for every soul to withdraw himself from such a person tent or company Pauls words to the Church was not yea and nay but as God is true so that Gods truth do not admit of yea and nay 2 Cor. 1.18 19. And let God be true and every man a lyar Rom. 3.5 6. If Christ by his spirit have stiled external Baptism a sign type or figure by his holy Apostle then it must be a sign and so performed of his Baptizing by his spirit And they have good Scripture warrant that so use it in the way setting forth Christs Baptizing by his spirit and sad must be the condition of all that partake not of it in that manner as a sign or type of Christs Baptizing by his spirit And we may see how Christ accep●ed the word and intended by it b● what apprehensions and acceptations of his spirit taught his servants to have of it both as to the Inward and outward Baptism Acts 11.15 16. Acts 15.7 8 9. 1 Cor. 10.2 1 Peter 3.21 1 Peter 1.10 11. Heb. 10.22 Ezek. 36.25 Isa 44.3 Isa 52.15 Heb. 12.24 Heb. 9.13 14 19 to 24. 3. And also we may see in what sense our Lord Jesus took this word and what acceptation it had with him by his discoursing with the Phar sees about their external Baptizings which by his own appointment was to be by sprinkling and by the Answers he made to them for pertinency and directness and speed and the titles he gave to what they called Baptizing Mark 7.2 3 4 8. Matth. 15.2 20. And the words he made Answer to them in in the Original as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Pharisees likewise using the same word to set forth and express that which at another time they expressed by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luke 11.38 39 40. That which is translated washing there should be rendered Baptizing for it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And this our Saviour stiles making clean which sh●weth it was the same that God appointed as to the manner of performance So it is called cleansing Mat. 25.26 27. Thou blind Pharisee cleanse first the inside c. Christ Expresseth it by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 making clean or purifyng And Peter by the holy Ghost does render 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by or express the thing else where called baptizing by the same word compare Acts 11.15 16. with Acts 15. ● So it is expressed by the same word Heb. 9.13 14. both as to the external and Internal purif●ing so the Inward in Heb. 9.19 20. to 23. 1 John 1.7 9. and Mat. 23.25 26. Mark 7.19 Mat. 11.5 Luke 7.22 Matth. 8.2 Mark 1.40 Luke 5.12 Ephe. 5.26 And the Noun from this theam John 2.6 John 3 25. See what it is applied to Acts 22.16 Titus 2 14. And so at another time the same thing is expressed by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Matth. 15.2 2. And the Pharisees and all the Jews did express the same matter by that they at another time called baptizing Luke 11.38 Math. 15.2 Mark 7.2 3. And this word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the word that our Saviour used when he washed the Disciples feet John 13. which was a ceremonial typical washing as appears by his words to Peter John 13.5 6 7 8 9 10. If I wash thee not thou hast no part with me And this is the word the blind mans w●shing his eyes is expressed by John 9.7 11. And is applied to the washing the feet 1 Tim. 5.10 And to washing the face Matth. 6.17 And he Answers by a noun from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mark 7.8 with respect to the same thing 4. Also we may see what acceptation and signification Christ had of this word with respect to the external Baptism in that he performed it by sprinkling when he did it by his Immediate power from the cloud and his spirit sets it forth by this word 1 Cor 10.2 He was the Angel that was with Moses and the people in the wilderness And they at least some of them received it by faith which must necessarily prove the object of faith to be there Heb. 11.20 which certainly discovers to the full Our Lord Jesus his acceptation of this word 5. We may see and perceive how Christ understood and accepted this word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉