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A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible…A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible…
A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shepherd, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-College in Cambridge, and late pastor of Cambridge in New-England.A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shephard, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-Colledge in Cambridge, and late pastour of Cambridge in New-England.
London: printed by E. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1652
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Reply. Melchizedek, Lot, Job might be circumcised, though we read not of it, (as we read not that John Baptist, or the Apostles were baptized) or if they were not circumcised, it may be that institution was not known to them, or they were not required to join to Abraham's family, and if they had, they should have transgressed, and so the reason was not, because they were not in Church order, but because Circumcision was appropriated to Abraham's family in some peculiar respects.
Reply. Melchisedeck, Lot, Job might bee circumcised, though wee reade not of it, (as wee read not that John Baptist, or the Apostles were baptized) or if they were not circumcised, it may bee that institution was not knowne to them, or they were not required to joyne to Abrahams family, and if they had, they should have transgressed, and so the reason was not, because they were not in Church order, but because Circumcision was appropriated to Abrahams family in some peculiar respects.
Answ. Though we read not of the administration of Baptism to John Baptist, the Apostles, and many others, yet we read of a rule that required it of them, and it was a part of that righteousness, of which the Lord Jesus saith to John, Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness, Matth. 3. 15. not for the institution ⟨p. 140⟩of Circumcision did bind Lot, Job, &c. yet that they were forbidden to join to Abraham's family, and so be circumcised, we cannot say; seeing afterwards Proselytes were received into the same Covenant and Church, and so circumcised.
Answ. Though wee reade not of the administration of Baptisme to John Baptist, the Apostles, and many others, yet wee reade of a rule that required it of them, and it was a part of that righteousnesse, of which the Lord Jesus saith to John, Thus it becommeth us to fulfill all righteousnesse, Matth. 3. 15