A sure guide to heaven, or, An earnest invitation to sinners to turn to…

Now the Covenant is conditional, therefore the Seal conveys conditionally. The Covenant requires faith and repentance, as the condition of the grand benefits, pardon, and life, Acts 16. 31. Acts 3. 19. And what the Covenant doth not convey but upon these conditions, the Seal cannot. So that Baptism doth presuppose faith and repentance in the subject, without which it neither doth, nor can convey the saving benefits; otherwise the Seal should convey contrary to the tenor of the Covenant to which it is affixed.

Now the Covenant is conditional, therefore the Seal conveys conditionally. The Covenant requires faith and repentance, as the condition of the grand benefits, pardon, and life, Acts 16. 31. Acts 3. 19. And what the Covenant doth not convey but upon these conditions, the Seal cannot. So that Baptism doth presuppose faith and repentance in the subject, without which it neither doth, nor can convey the saving benefits; otherwise the Seal should convey contrary to the tenour of the Covenant to which it is affixed.

3. It lies not in a moral righteousness. This exceeds not the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, and therefore cannot bring us to the Kingdom of God, Mat. 5. 20. Paul, while unconverted touching the righteousness which is in the Law blameless, Phil. 3. 6. None could say black is thine eye. The self-justiciary could say, I am no Extortioner, Adulterer, Unjust, &c. Luke 18. 11. Thou must have something more than all this to show, or else (however thou mayest justify thy self) God will condemn thee. I condemn not morality, but warn you not to rest here. Piety includes morality, as Christianity doth humanity, and Grace reason. But we must not divide the tables.