The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…

whatever thy Child is now (I suppose you cannot say of those few who are rebaptized when adult, that they are all godly, no, we see the contrary) what doest thou know, but God may awaken him, and then it may be an advantage to remember the Covenant of God with his Father and his Seed, and that God hath entered into Covenant with him in his baptism; but I must insist no more upon this Head, but conclude, if Christ indeed be received thy Lord, then thou wilt have an honourable esteem of all thy Lords Institutions, and thou wilt as reverently observe them, else thou art not right.

whatever thy Child is now (I suppose you cannot say of those few who are rebaptized when adult, that they are all godly, no, we see the contrary) what doest thou know, but God may awaken him, and then it may be an advantage to remember the Covenant of God with his Father and his Seed, and that God hath entred into Covenant with him in his baptisme; but I must insist no more upon this Head, but conclude, if Christ indeed be received thy Lord, then thou wilt have an honourable esteem of all thy Lords Institutions, and thou wilt as reverently observe them, else thou art not right.

Thus I have done with that which I intended: If you say, these are old things, we have heard and read them before: I intended not to give you new notions, or high strains; but though they be old notions, yet they will serve to discover new Hypocrites, let their new notions be as high as they will; there is never an unsound believer, but by what I have said he shall be discovered: Thou that canst slight them because they are old, canst thou answer them all? bring them close home to thy heart, let Conscience speak: How many of our high flown Gospellers, whose ears are itching after new things, are found basely to fall short of old Truths in their practises? How abominable is this to a sincere Christian? It was a saying of that eminent Servant of Christ, Mr. Daniel Rogers, to me, O Cousin, I find so much in the old Truths, they are so spiritual, so hard, that till I have reached and learned them, I will never listen after new. But I leave these, and turn to the humble and sincere Christian, to whom after I have spoken a few words, in answering two or three Questions, I shall put an end to my work.