For Baptism, if they account any worship necessary, it must be either in respect of the Administrator, or the Baptized, as to the former none with them is needful. (a)For by their Doctrine it may be validly Administered by any Man, or Woman, or one that is both; yea or by a Child, by those also that are strangers, or enemies to all Christian worship, by Jews, Pagans or Infidels of any sort, by such as worship not the true God (as Sylvester tells us out of Aquinas, Paludanus and their Churches Law.) By such as believe that Baptism is good for naught, and minister it in scorn. By such as believe that it is not a Sacrament, that it hath no spiritual virtue, and intend not, while they Baptize, to Administer a Sacrament, but only think to do, as the Church does; although ⟨p. 46⟩they account that to be nothing at all, so (b)Aquinas, and Pope Innocent saith it will be effectual, though the Baptizer neither know nor believe what Baptism is, but counts it a trifle, though he neither know what the Church is, nor minds to do what the Church doth, but means to do the contrary. No other worship is necessary upon the account of the Ministers, but what might be expected from such as these. Nor any more upon the account of the persons Baptized. For as to the Adult (there being no pretence in reference to infants) they think it sufficiently administered by force, to those who would not endure it, but for fear of death (c)if they did not yield: to such as make all the resistance they can (d)and offer foul injury to the Sacrament, and defile the water: to those who receive it, not for the purpose for which it is intended, but for quite 5other ends than ever it was designed for: yea to those that are Frantic and never had the use of Reason, or are (f)stark mad, and that in the height of their madness: to those also (g)that are fast a sleep, if they had a mind to it when they were waking. Since they think it duly administered, to such as these, they cannot count any worship necessary herein, upon the account of the partakers, but what such as these now mentioned may offer.
For Baptism, if they account any worship necessary, it must be either in respect of the Administrator, or the Baptized, as to the former none with them is needful. (a)For by their Doctrine it may be validly Administred by any Man, or Woman, or one that is both; yea or by a Child, by those also that are strangers, or enemies to all Christian worship, by Jews, Pagans or Infidels of any sort, by such as worship not the true God (as Sylvester tells us out of Aquinas, Paludanus and their Churches Law.) By such as believe that Baptism is good for naught, and minister it in scorn. By such as believe that it is not a Sacrament, that it hath no spiritual vertue, and intend not, while they Baptize, to Administer a Sacrament, but only think to do, as the Church does; although ⟨p. 46⟩they account that to be nothing at all, so (b)Aquinas, and Pope Innocent saith it will be effectual, though the Baptizer neither know nor believe what Baptism is, but counts it a trifle, though he neither know what the Church is, nor minds to do what the Church doth, but means to do the contrary. No other worship is necessary upon the account of the Ministers, but what might be expected from such as these. Nor any more upon the account of the persons Baptized. For as to the Adult (there being no pretence in reference to infants) they think it sufficiently administred by force, to those who would not endure it, but for fear of death (c)if they did not yield: to such as make all the resistance they can (d)and offer foul injury to the Sacrament, and defile the water: to those who receive it, not for the purpose for which it is intended, but for quite 5other ends than ever it was designed for: yea to those that are Frantick and never had the use of Reason, or are (f)stark madd, and that in the height of their madness: to those also (g)that are fast a sleep, if they had a mind to it when they were waking. Since they think it duely administred, to such as these, they cannot count any worship necessary herein, upon the account of the partakers, but what such as these now mentioned may offer.
- (a)Sum. v. Baptism. 3. n. 1. Secundum omnes Doctores precip•e. S. Thom. & Pet. de Pal omnis homo dare potest Baptisma—si sit clericus aut laicus, vir aut mulier, aut uterque simul i. e. Hermaphroditus. Etiamsi esset infidelis, i. e. Judaeus aut paganus. Dicit S. Tho. quod quamvis ille qui non credit baptisma esse Sacramentum, aut habere aliquam spiritualem virtutem, non intendat dum baptizat conferre Sacramentum, tamen intendit facere quandoque quod facit ecclesia; etiamsi illud reputet nihil esse.
- (b)Ibid. n. 2. Innocentius dicit, quod baptismus habebit effectum, etiamsi baptizans nec sciat nec credat, quid sit baptismus, sed hoc reputet truffem, & etiamsi non sciat quod sit ecclesia, nec gerat in mente facere, quod facit ecclesia: immo si gereret contrarium scil. non facere quod facit ecclesia sed tamen facit & formam servat, &c.
- (c)Id ibid. 4. n. 10. Si consentit quis per minas vel poenas habendo volunt atem coactam, coactione conditionally, cligendo scil. potius baptizari quam mori vel aliud pa•i. & n. 3. Si oporteat eos ligari.Id ibid. 4. n. 10. Si consentit quis per minas vel poenas habendo volunt atem coactam, coactione conditionali, cligendo scil. potius baptizari quam mori vel aliud pa•i. & n. 3. Si oporteat eos ligari.
- (d)Vel etiam si faciant injuriam Sacramento, ut mingendo in aquam vel hujusmodi et (e) Si vero usum rationis nunquam habuit, Baptizatur in intentione parentum &c. n 10. Si Baptizetur infidelis non quia credat sed ut sanetur, vel careat foetere, aut vexation diabolica—aut propter quaestum, ut faciunt crebro Judaei.Vel etiam si faciant injuriam Sacramento, ut mingendo in aquam vel hujusmodi et (e) Si vero usum rationis nunquam habuit, Baptizatur in intentione parentum &c. n 10. Si Baptizetur infidelis non quia credat sed ut sanetur, vel careat foetere, aut vexatione diabolica—aut propter quaestum, ut faciunt crebro Judaei.
- 5(e) Si vero usum rationis nunquam habuit, Baptizatur in intentione parentum &c.
- (f)Si autem usum rationis habuit aliquando, sed non quando baptizatur, propter phrenesim vel amentiam vel dormitionem & hujusmodi, requiritur intentio quae praesuerit, tempore usus rationis. n. 3.
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