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A87687	Baptism without bason. Or, Plain Scripture-proof against infant-baptism, I. By way of answer to Mr. Baxter's arguments, and to the exercitations of Mr. Sidenham, teacher to a church a[t] Newcastle, concerning infants baptism: for which that their pretended consequences are from concessions not to be granted, and from Scriptures as mistaken, and absolutely wrested, is clearly discovered. With II. Several questions and answers, positively holding out the minde of Christ in baptizing of believers onely; and that the magistrates may be induced more and more to encourage the preaching thereof in publike. III. A declaration written to the election of grace, who for want of information are of contrary judgment. Written by William Kaye, minister of the Gospel at Stokesley.	Kaye, William.	1653 (1653)	Wing K32; Thomason E715_13; ESTC R207264	49,935	54

stand with the honour of the Magistrate to countenance the professors of this doctrine Answ In that for divers yeers we have experienced that the Lord is * Isai 1.26 fulfilling of his prophecie to send Magistrates to take away the dross and tin and to restore the * Dan. 7.25 dominion of the Saints in the enjoyment of their Laws and Languages which were taken from them by the fourth Beast or last Monarchy Rev. 17.1 14. and that they are the Lamb's souldiers that shall pour out the seventh Vial that as former Monarchs brought in smoak or darkness into the Temple so Gospel-Magistrates by their approbation of publike shining lights shall be glorious instruments to restore again the light into the Temple or publike Meeting-place for Gods Worship And in that the Magistrates have also according to their duty so far opposed visibly appearing * 1 Tim. 1.9 unsound doctrine having put their hand to Gods Plough in cutting down the Episcopal tree and in abolishing the Service book it must needs be then their honour crown and glory so to finish the good work begun so that Parochial sprinkling the root of the Episcopal tree having its life and moisture in the old Service-book which is abolished may not in this great light of the Gospel be replanted or so suffered to take root again so as to shoot out more wilde olive-branches or sons of opposition under which the most ignorant and Popish party are still nourished or so to favour it as not to suffer the Gospel-Ordinance to grow beside it Quest 23. But is it consisting with the peace of this Nation so many opposing and being disaffected to this doctrine for the Magistrate to tolerate it in publike Answ As no Ordinances the fruits of faith are to be forced so there is little appearance of God in them or they are not at all considerable that being not forced to this doctrine become the troubled sea to be offended with such Saints that receive this Gospel-Truth that is preached unto them and that the peace by any such shall be disturbed or broken the Lord which hath so promised his presence hath so blessed these and other Saints in procuring the peace of this Nation that the Saints of Gathered Churches are ready to sacrifice their lives to maintain the peace of the Nation under the present Government And therefore the Magistrate may expect in the promised presence of Christ to this Way really submitted unto the blessing of God unto themselves and the establishing of the Peace and Righteousness of the Nation A Declaration to the Election of Grace who for want of information are either ignorant of or enemies unto the Gospel-Ordinance of Baptizing of BELIEVERS onely Dearly beloved in the Lord WHen the falling away from the faith which was foretold by the * ● Thes 2. Apostle was fulfilled the man of sin as it is said or popish Antichrist did not onely sit in the temple of God opposing himself above all that is called God or is worshipped but as foretold he brought the smoak of ignorance strong delusions into the Temple and though he pretends infallibility yet Satan like that abode not in the truth he cannot receiv the love of the truth And therfore the Master-peice or great design of the man of sin was and yet is to endeavor by lying wonders all deceivableness to corrupt all the Ordinances or commands of Christ and his Apostles The Pope or Antichrist did corrupt all the Ordinances but especially Baptism And therefore though Antichrist had a great designe against fasting which he hath perverted and corrupted in respect of set daies and ordering a white meal or to eat and drink when they fast as prayer by him is also corrupted and perverted in the Popish use of ungodly forms pictures and invocation of Saints and Angels singing with an unknown voice as he hath also made the Lords day of no effect by sporting and playing and the observation of holy daies and though he hath blasphemed the doctrine and deprived the people of the cup of the Lord in the Ordinance of the Lords Supper and hath totally perverted the gathering and government of the Churches of Christ as far as his persecuting power extendeth yet in all these he hath no such malicious designe as in the perverting of the Gospel-Ordinance of baptizing of believers onely And yet behold the power of God how by weak and contemptible means the Son of God is manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil in that though Infants sprinkling past the muster of a notable outward reformation and was almost endenized into the profession of some Saints and that great Champions threw down the Gantlet of Arguments to fight with the Weapons of consequences traditions to defend the same yet behold the Lord makes the flock or common people to see the truth when almost all publick teachers were overvailed and could not burst thorow the cloud of delusion until at last the Lord saw his time to trouble thereby make the discovery of his light unto the publick Ministry by calling some of them to trim up their lamps that they may shine in the discovery of the mind of Christ in baptizing of beleivers onely Do not then question why not before now you are called to witness your profession the Kingdom of Heaven is not got by observation What are we that we should withstand God or hate to be reformed Arise why sleep ye the light shineth the Bridegroom calleth search the Scriptures and try whether it be of God or no. Do not overlook Christ in the Manger the Star shines let us with the wise men worship and present our selves unto him unto whom it doth direct us What is the Egypt Reed of humane Tradition or obstinate resolution that you should rely upon or do you fear to be put out of the Synagogue Is not the Rigteous as bold as a Lion Great indeed is Diana of the Ephesians great is the power of the Prince of darkness but greater is the truth of God and his light which is able to dispel the darkness both of Pope and people Did not the truth alwaies when it was revealed and think you it shall not now as well as ever if God intend mercy to England c. marvailously prevail Did not the Doctrine of Baptism cause the Pharisees and people yea the whole election of grace to follow John into the Wilderness And did not those that were bewitched with Simons Sorceries when they beleived Philip concerning the Kingdom of Heaven and the Lord Jesus become baptized both men and women Shall not then if Christ be fully preached indeed overturn overturn your parochiall legal worldly union and gather the election of grace out of every parish to be members of the church of Christ your Saviour You know or may come to experience the truth thereof that his people shall be willing in the day of his power his

sheep shall hear his voice but that strange voice of baptizing Infants never spoken of in the Scripture shall they not hear Come let us reason the case can Pedobaptism be a plant that our Heavenly Father hath planted that spreads forth its luxurious branches and makes a shadow for the world to rest themselves under in the Cradle of security Baptized disciples falsly slandered Close not your eyes nor shut your ears against the revelation of truth though common fame would afright you as some did the Israelites to obstruct their marching into Canaan telling them that there were great Zamzummims there and therefore if you will believe them they will tell you what monstrous people the Anabaptists are if you look that way you shall lose your selves in the midst of darkness and delusions they will draw you away from all Scriptures and Ordinances but try before you trust and search into their profession and you shall see the contrary that there was ever any way of God but it was ever evill spoken of Did they not say of John the baptist that he had a Devil The way of God ever evil spoken of Did not the world cast spots of reproaches in our Masters face who was without sinne or any spot or wrinkle If they do these things to the green Tree what will they do to the dry Were not the old professors shortly after the times of the Apostles in that they called one another Brother and Sister accused of incest and fornication and when they were forced to forsake the world and went into caves did not the Troubled Sea the Sons of Belial cast mire and dirt into their faces saying That they laid lurking there to rob and spoil those that passed by Just Mart. Apol. so that Justin Martyr was forced to make an Apology for their justification And thus Luther and Martin Bucer c. were slandered with them by reproaches and yet they were no more troubled Ex Guibert Genebrard then Luther was with the Popes Bull of which he said O Bulla vere Bullarum filia Be not then discouraged you know this is an evidence of their condemnation but of your salvation It s enough to give an account of faith and that in the name of God to assure you that there is nothing to be owned but Christ and his Commandments whereby he is our Saviour and hath made himself an example for us to imitate him in all things Miracles excepted But alas all the pretences and consequences that the most learned can produce cannot make the delusion of sprinkling children to be baptism God that never lyed did never require an action to be done against sence and reason nor can representations or intentions alter an express command to the contrary Were it enough think you if any of you bid should your servant give a cup of water to a thristy soul were it enough for that servant to put his hand into the cup and sprinkle the man in the face with two or three drops of water were this to obey his Masters command I trow not and yet no more is done in sprinkling of children in answering the Comand of Christ in Baptism And though this might be reformed and that you might say with the Eunuch Lo here is water what letteth that the Child may not be baptized To this the same answer must be returned that Philip made to the Eunuch If the Child can beleive with all its heart it may but let the Child alone though it may be pretended to be the Child of a believer We know or may know that believers themselves Rebaptization Acts 19.1 2 3 4 In the case of ignorance of the fundamental truth or of the commission for Baptism which were really and fully baptized because they were at that time ignorant of the holy Ghost were upon that account all the fundamentals being not revealed without which baptism cannot be warrantable rebaptized when we were sprinkled great darkness in comparison of the light of Gospel-reformation that now shineth was then as a cloud over-veiling the Word What hole can cavill find to seek evasion unless we say we are not believers Is it not then the duty of Disciples to imitate their Lord and Master who in submitting to this glorious Gospel-Ordinance made himself our example in which he was said to fulfill all righteousness This is the way to humble a soul to give satisfaction of the profession of Faith and the testimony of a good conscience to this the presence of Christ our peace light and life and protection is promised Tindal's wick●d Mommon fol. 25. That you intend no evill is easily to be believed But as Tindall the blessed Martyr said That though Peter of a good minde or intention would perswade Christ not to have suffered yet Christ for all that called him Satan It s one thing to have a good intention and another to do of knowledge God saith he hath made a testament between him and us wherein is contained both what he would have us to do and what he would have us to ask of him see therefore thou do nothing to please God withall but what he commandeth And that they might be good and Godly men and Martyrs that were never more then sprinkled Ten Martyrs in Eng. Hen. 8. anno 1553. it may be granted but then it was the time that the smoak was in the Temple Martyrs have suffered for the profession of the baptizing of believers only but never any Martyrs have suffered in the defence of Infant pretended baptism If we would look on humane example It not for us to say as those obstinate unbelievers that the Maryr Stephen reproved who said As our Fathers did so will we do Can there be any more precious in our eyes then to be led by the example of Christ and his Apostles If you be not of the election of grace if you would you ought not to be baptized And if God have elected us and we live under the means our hearts and judgements shall be changed we shall be the people that shall be made willing in the day of Christs power whether you will or no. Cease then poor souls be humble and patient and wait till you see that God will do with you shoot not your bolt to wound your Saviour through the sides of his despised Members Be ye the Disciples of Doctor Gamaliel untill Christ make you his It was the Pharisees and Lawyers that rejected the counsell of God against themselves and would not be baptized Luk. 7.30 but the election of grace must needs submit As they are under the means of information they have a promise to be effectually called they cannot close their eyes All the election of grace as they shall be under the means shall profess Baptism as the means of seeing is revealed unto them and if they have light already and yet see not in something that is newly discovered then they are like a man in a dark Dungeon that seeth as soon as the window or interpretation of the Scripture is opened unto them But no light no means can make a blind man see whom God will not call though the heavenly Lamp were never so resplendent And though a naturall man shine as a Star in the Church yet shall the taile of the Beast cast him down from the new Heaven or the Church into his proper place or earthly Element he cannot finish his course he cannot like his tempter abide in the truth he cannot receive the love of the truth that he might be saved But on the contrary Joh. 4.44 2 Thess 2.10 all the election of grace they cannot though with Paul they have commission to persecute the Saints nay though they have renounced the truth as divers * Archbish C. Io. Bayaham Lawyer Martyrs did rest till at length they return to their first love and to the profession of the Gospel from whence they are fallen Let us then content our selves if our Master be pleased to call but a few to serve him if we be in the number of that few that are called Let the election then wait on the means and see what God will do or dispose of them and not trouble themselves like Zobedee's Mother to desire that for her Children that cannot be granted her To conclude therefore either to stop the mouths of opposers or to open the heart as the Lord is pleased if at this time you will hear his voice that hath commanded to baptize believers if reason may be heard or true information may not be despised you may see in the confession or practices of contrary judgements as much as may raze down the foundation of Infant pretended baptism Artic. 27. Church of England in that it is acknowledged that there is no express tearms in the Scripture for Pedobaptism and that by experience it may be sufficiently evidenced in our hearts and consciences as is made visible that such inevitable evils follow Infants sprinkling as that it brings all the World into the Church which should be called out of the World and is the onely obstacle or cause of the division of all gathered Churches they differing nothing but in Infant sprinkling in which the Church of Rome or rather the World forced into order is in present practise and from which all the Churches of Christ ought to be totally separated or effectually called out of Babylon the very consequences by which Infants-sprinkling a meer delusion and prevarication to the command of Christ as mens inventions being altogether groundless and unwarrantable and though proved are of no force or validity to contradict the express command or example of Christ and his Apostles to the contrary Let then all real zealous sincere converted Christians hear Christs voice who hath commanded to teach and baptize all Nations and let them with all their old fellow-servants desire to imitate Christ their Master who was baptized to make himself an example to fulfill all righteousness And let us not think that his arm is shortened that he cannot help or that he is not faithfull who in this Gospel-Ordinance hath promised his presence in which all the Saints have found and ever unto the end of the World shall most surely find their onely protection comfort peace and glory FINIS

BAPTISM Without BASON OR Plain Scripture-proof AGAINST INFANT-BAPTISM I. By way of Answer to Mr. BAXTER's Arguments and to the Exercitations of Mr. SIDENHAM Teacher to a Church a Newcastle concerning Infants Baptism for which that their pretended Consequences are from Concessions not to be granted and from Scriptures as mistaken and absolutely wrested is clearly discovered With II. Several Questions and Answers positively holding out the minde of Christ in Baptizing of Believers onely and that the MAGISTRATES may be induced more and more to encourage the preaching thereof in publike III. A DECLARATION written to the Election of grace who for want of information are of contrary judgment Written by William Kaye Minister of the Gospel at Stokesley And Jesus being baptized and praying Luke 3.15 And the eunuch said See here is water what doth hinder me to be baptized And Philip said If thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest And they went both down into the water both Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him Acts 8 36 37. Read and then judge withhold not the truth in unrighteousness Rom. 1.18 London Printed by Ja. Courel for Rich. Moon at the seven stars in Paul's Church-yard neer the great North-door 1653. To all the brethren of the MINISTERY within the Election of Grace which unfeignedly desire to preach Christ and baptize in his Name in Truth and Sincerity Truth and Peace be multiplied IT 's very well known that though the stumbling-block which some have cast in the way of Gods people occasioned through the falling away of some stars from the heaven or fellowship of the Churches is now so gloriously removed that divers Saints are return'd to their first love and those that like Caleb and Joshua the faithful Churches which never backslided have kept their garments of Gospel-profession adorned with such meekness truth and moderation so that they cannot shut out Christ as though no Prophet could come out of Nazareth And now though they may look home and see some of their own plants so baptized into one body 1 Cor. 12.14 and kept in such union with Christ the Head and his Body his Churches as not to walk a step without a step of their forerunner going before them 1 Pet. 2.21 Heb. 9.20 And that their consequences also will not uphold Pedo-baptism though they should be granted them being like the Old Covenant on which they are grounded waxen old as ready to vanish away Yet for all this you know that all the Election of grace excepted must needs ve●i●e the Proverb Can the leopard change his spots Jer. 1● 23 And therefore they are so blinde and cannot see deaf and cannot hear and are so set on the lees of obstinate Resolution that they Hate to be Reformed until their fleshly confidence which they had in the Service-book the Treasure of some mens knowledge and to which they stick be crucified with an Order to the contrary Therefore it is to no more purpose to speak to such then to few a piece of New cloth upon an Old garment It 's to you therefore ye successors of the noble Bereans that will search the Scriptures and try the spirit whether it be of God or no 1 Joh. 4 1 ye that prefer Conscience before Custom and preach unto the people Come out of Babylon it 's you that God hath stirred me up to perswade and Oh that you may be perswaded to lay to heart and to consider That in the business of Infant-sprinkling you do not onely contradict your own pretended ●ight Sprinkling is not Baptizing for Sprinkling is not so much Baptism as the Picture is the man it representeth though we should pretend as we have been taught that the childe should by its G fathers and G mothers believe all the Articles of the Christian faith But for you to sprinkle as some of you pretend onely the children of believers and yet to sprinkle the children of all your Parishioners c. doth declare that you have not either preached the Gospel within your Parishes Christ truly preached makes Parishes to be divided c. or that it hath not been powerfully received for the true preaching of Christ will separate your people to be called out of the world to be gathered into the fellowship of the Church of Christ Therefore as there is any love to Christs name let us not I beseech you withhold though it were the tenure of all our estates the truth in unrighteousness Rom. 1.18 For tell me I pray ought we to walk by the Glo-worm-light of Consequences or sparkles of our own kindling Isa 50 11 though the world be confederate and comply with you to uphold that darkness against the known light or command and example of the Word of God to the contrary Or shall we exclude Bishops Government and Service-Book and by consequences contend for Infant-Baptism the greatest obstacle to the reforming gathering and planting of Churches within your Parishes Churches to be gathered within Parishes that can be for if we would not content our se●ve● rather with he fleece then the flo●k if we w●re acquainted with the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven we might clearly see That as Bishops Government was useful to hold on a light of Profession to such as were altogether in ●he darkness of Romish Babylon and as the Presb●terial Wa● is useful to reform Episcopacie Episcopacy Presbytery and Independency compared in respect of Go●ernment Traditions and Ceremonies as Independency reforms Presbytery in the point of gathering of Church-members and all of them as David ●i● for the Temple make preparations for the most glorious Apostolical Government so that out of all the materials of Truth therein discovered ●he golden Candle●●ick of Christian profession may be molde● to vanish out the smoke out of the Temple Let us but then abolish Infant-Baptism out of the Church and the work of Unity Truth The abolishing of Infant-sprinkling in the union of all Churches and Peace will be fully compleated For let Presbyterians gather what they can if they gather in Christs way to make none of their Church but such as they baptize upon the profession of faith as believers And if the Independents gather none into their Church but such as believe and are then baptized then they shall all be united and centred upon one the same foundation of Christianity in their observation of the Gospel-Ordinance of Baptism with baptized Churches commonly though unjustly called Anabaptists so that as Christ in his wisdom foresees but one way to baptize all nations so this is the only way to make all Churches out of all nations to be one in the profession of faith and obedience It 's no marvel then if Antichrist stand so violently for Pedo-baptism for as all darkness came in with it so all light shall shine as this darkness shall vanish away in the administration of bapti●ing and governing of the Church of believers And therefore though when darkness began