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And the truth is he h in the right of it, for any other mitfl
be the Tradition of Men ; for there is but one Lerd^ om
Faiths one Baptifm, Ephef. 4. 5.
Yet Mr. James fays,
'* In fome Cafes of Necefllcy things
" may be done that are not lawful -,
(Jo that it feems tho
Sprinkling be not lawful, yerNecefTity may make it fo^
" in Cafe of Neceflicy Men might break the Sabbach, and
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cat the Paflbver on another Month and Day than Go^
" inftituted it; and foin Cafe of Dipping. And indeedl
the Church of England doth fay, If it be wdl certified,
that if the Child be weak, tiiey may pour Water on ir,
but not elfe, (^but you hear of never a Word of God for
itj : Yet upon this Liberty it feems all arc weak nojvj foic
I have not heard of a Child that has been dipped by the
Priefts for many Years, nor Water poured upon it, but
by Sprinkling, which is bi^t forry pouring of Water.
But was the Woman weak chat Mr. James fprinkled,
who was about forty Years of Age ? But fiie might be {o^
for ought I know, and all the reft that he fprinkles, for I
hear of none that he has dipped, tho he allows it may be
the beft way of Baptizing.
And truly it is. very unhappy, and great weaknefs too,
that the beft way of Baptizing ftiould be wholly laid a-
fide. I pray God forgive them» and bring them to the
antient Purity of the Gofpel^ and to the good old Way^
that they may walk therein.
But to the fourth Propofition v We are ready to prove,
that Dipping is Baptizing ; and that it is according to
Chrift's Inftitution. mr. James ^1% "This indeed will
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require no great proof j and Mr. Wel^s may manage
" this no doubt I thank Mr. Jams, that he will aliovv,
that a Man of fuch weak Parts as I am, may manage this
undoubtedly: Well, having granted that, 1 have no need
to prove any more in this Point. Yec Mr. James calls to
mind the third Propofition; and that is, Whether Sprinkling
of Infants be the Baptifm of Chrift. And this faich
Mr, James, " Mr. Welis roundly denies, and indeed I do fo.
But then Mr, James faith,- " I think i; will not be worth
" my while to difpute with Mr. Wells, ofwhom I do not
" know (^nor doth he make it appear) that he has the
** leaft Learning that raighc be a means to keep him m
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