A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

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Pineda de rebus Solomonis, lib 1. cap: 13. noteth that from the Hebrews and Egyptians, this custom of washing new born babes was derived almost to all nations, for which purpose, he citeth many Testimonies.

Pineda de rebus Solomonis, lib 1. cap: 13. noteth that from the Hebrews and Egyptians, this custome of washing new born babes was derived almost to all nations, for which purpose, he citeth many Testimonies.

In the next place consider, that as the institution of Baptism by water related to that in Ezech: 16. 4. So also to the Typical Baptism of all the Children of Israel, men, women, and children in the red sea, and in the cloud, 1 Cor: 10. 1. 2. Moreover brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea. And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and the sea. The Apostle speaking there of the Church which was brought out of Egypt (whom he calls our fathers, because they were the people and Church of God long before us, and from them the law and service of God was transmitted and propagated to us) showeth that as their Sacraments could not profit them to salvation, they living in sin and provoking God after they had received those Sacraments, no more can our Sacraments profit us, if we sin as they did. For their privileges were the same with ours. The Manna and Water out of the Rock was the same for substance and signification to them, which the Supper of the Lord is to us; the same spiritual meat, the same spiritual drink was given both to them and us. So likewise their passing through the Sea, and under the cloud was the very same for substance and signification with our Baptism, and they were externally baptized with a true Sacrament of Baptism, as well as we. That Baptism of theirs, did fitly resemble this Baptism of ours in diverse respects. For instance. 1. They were first brought out of Egypt before they were brought through the sea, so we are first redeemed by Christ, and find grace and favour in his eyes, before we receive the seals of the Covenant of grace. Baptism is intended only for the redeemed of the Lord. 2. They were baptized unto Moses, (or as the Syriac, and Arabic, as likewise Augustine, by Moses) that is, Moses was the leader and commander of the people, (so Theophylact) and he the Captain of their salvation, or rather Moses was a typical