II. Acts ii. 38. Then Peter faid unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jefus Chrift, for the remiffion of fins, and ye fhall receive the gift of the Holy Ghoft.

12. Ver. 41. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized.

13. Chap. viii. 12, 13. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon himself believed alfo; and when he was baptized, &c.

14. Ver. 36, 37. What doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip faid, If thou believeft with all thine heart, thou mayeft. And he (the eunuch) anfwered and faid, I believe that Jefus Chrift is the Son of God.

15. Chap. x. 48. Can any man forbid water, that these fhould not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

16. Chap. xiii. 24. When John had first preached, before his coming, the baptifm of repentance to all the people.

17. Chap. xvi. 14, 15. A certain woman named Lydia, a feller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us; whofe heart the Lord opened, that the attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, &c.

18. Ver. 33, 34. And was baptized, he (the jailer) and all his, ftraightway. And when he had brought them into his houfe, he fet meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his houfe.

19. Chap. xviii. 8. And many of the Corinthians_bearing, believed, and were baptized.

20. Chap. xix. 4, 5. John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, faying unto the people, That they bould believe on him which fhould come after him, that is, on Christ Jefus. When they heard this, they were baptized, &c.

21. Chap. xxii. 16. And now, why tarrieft thou? arife, and be baptized, and walk away thy fins, calling on the name of the Lord.

22. Rom. vi. 3, 4. Know ye not, that fo many of us as were baptized into Jefus Chrift were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptifm into death; that like as Chrift was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo we alfo fhould walk in newnefs of life.

23. Gal. iii. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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1 Peter iii. 21. The like figure whereunto even baptifm doth now fave us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the anfwer of a good confcience toward God,) by the refurrection of Jefus Chrift.

Here, Sir, you behold, in full view, the court to which you have appealed, to be again in feffion.

Before this court you, Sir, stand indicted for the following high crimes or mifdemeanors: 1. For teaching the people to misunderstand the laws of Chrift's kingdom: 2. For doing what you could to bring into this kingdom those who have no gospel liberty to come : 3. For fome public attempts to prolong and to increase the blindness of many, as to the fubjects of gospel baptifm.

You are now fet before the court of TRUTH for your trial. What fay you to the indictment? Guilty, or not guilty? Anf. Not guilty.

Then you must be proved guilty.

You, as a teacher of the gospel, have taught the people, that the children of believers were to be baptized, on account of their parents' faith.

Court. Read the laws of Chrift's kingdom. The laws being read-Not a word is found for you, but much against you; particularly the ftatutes recorded Mat. iii. 7, 8, 9. Luke iii. 7, 8, 9. and in feveral other places: you, therefore, ftand convicted of the firft claufe of the indictment.

As to the fecond claufe of the indictment-you have baptized or fprinkled infants and unbelieving children, and thus intentionally brought them into Chrift's kingdom, or done what you could to place them there.

Court. You confefs the fact, but plead that the laws of Chrift's kingdom enjoin the practice. Read the laws, that the perfon on trial may be convicted from the mouth of the law. The laws are read-Not a word is found for infant baptifm, baptifm for believers' children, or for unbelievers' baptifm of any kind. The law fpeaks of the baptism of believers, and gives liberty for none befides. Hence, you stand convicted of practising the traditions of men: which was, for fubftance, the fecond claufe of the indictment.

As for the last clause, it is a fact of fuch public notoriety, you will to that readily plead guilty; otherwife, your Letters to D. M. with the Appendix, will be laid before the court. What fay you? Anf. Guilty.

Court. The judgment of this court is, that thou, S. A, art guilty, in both matter and form, as set forth in the indictment.

HAST thou appealed unto the BIBLE? unto the BIBLE fhalt thou go.

Please to attend to the following, and you will fee the BIBLE for Communicants.

The following, if I mistake not, is the whole BIBLE, fo far as it fpeaks of the Lord's fupper, and defines the qualifications of the accepted guests.

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1. Mat. xxvi. 26, 27, 28. And as they were eating, Jefus took bread, and bleffed it, and brake it, and gave the difciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, faying, Drink ye all of it: for this is my blood of the new teftament, which is fhed for many, for the remiffion of fins.

2. Mark xiv. 22, 23, 24. And as they did eat, Jefus took bread, and bleffed, and brake it, and gave to them, and faid, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it: and he faid unto them, This is my blood of the new teftament, which is fhed for many.

3. Luke xxii. 19, 20. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, faying, This is my body, which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewife alfo the cup, after fupper, faying, This cup is the new teftament in my blood, which is fhed for you. 4. Acts ii. 41, 42. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the fame day there were added unto them about three thousand fouls. And they continued ftedfaftly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

5. Ver. 46, 47. And they, continuing daily with-one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from houfe to houfe. And the Lord added to the church daily fuch as fhould be faved.

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6. Chap. xx. 7, 11. And upon the first day of the week, when the difciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his fpeech until midnight. When he had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, 'fo he departed.

7. 1 Cor. x. 16, 17. The cup of bleffing which we bless, it not the communion of the blood of Chrift? the bread

which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Chrift? For we, being many, are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

8. Chap. xi. 16, 20. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no fuch custom, neither the churches of God. When ye come together, therefore, into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's fupper.

9. Ver. 23-29. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you-That the Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was betrayed, took bread: and when he had given thanks he brake it, and faid, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the fame manner alfo he took the cup, when he had fupped, faying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do fhew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whofoever fhall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, fhall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and fo let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not difcerning the Lord's body.

Here, Sir, you behold the court to which you have ap-. pealed, once more convened, for your trial.

You now ftand before this court, to answer to the following indictment.

Thou art accufed of having infinuated, before the friends and enemies of king Jesus, that he hath left the order of his house and worship at fuch loose ends, that it cannot be de termined, from the rules given, in what order the two great gospel ordinances are to be administered--whether the first laft, or the last first; or whether it be of any confequence which fhall have the priority: that is, whether baptifm shall precede the Lord's fupper, or the Lord's fupper precede baptifm; or whether it be of confequence which shall be first.

Counfellor. Sir, every dictate of prudence ftrongly fuggefts to you, that your wifdom is, to plead guilty, and caft yourself upon the mercy of the court. Should you not, out of your own mouth you will be condemned. Your Letters to D. M. and your Appendix, both pronounce you, Guilty, guilty.

Court. What fay you? Guilty, or not guilty?
Anf. Guilty.

Court. Read all the King's laws which relate to the fubject, for the violation of which S. A. hath been here indicted, and to which indictment he pleads guilty; that if he will fhow himself an honeft man, he may be no more arraigned before us for any fimilar misdemeanors. Read diftinctly Mat. xxvi. 26, 27, 28. Mark xiv. 22, 23. &c. Doft thou, S. A. fee, and perfectly understand, that there is no law, ftatute, or claufe, which affords the leaft poffible plea, that any ever was, or of right should be, admitted to the table of the Lord, before he fubmitted to the ordinance of baptism? and that the order of Chrift's houfe is plainly fet forth? Is farther light needed? read Luke vii. 29, 30; read alfo Luke i. 17. where John's work is defcribed to be to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. Read alfo what took place whilft John was making ready this people, and preparing them for the Lord, Mat. iii. 1-6. John preached repentance, and the baptifm of repentance, and baptized them IN the river of Jordan. Read again, A&s ii. 41, 42. They that gladly received his word were baptized, &c.

Court. Thou, S. A. haft been indicted before this court1. For having perverted the gospel baptifm, by changing it for fprinkling, an invention of men-2. For pleading that you, and confequently that your children, have Abraham to your father, and that on this account they were fit fubjects of gofpel baptifm, and that in this way thou haft violated the laws of Chrift, as to the fubjects of baptifm-3. For having impeached the honour of the Chriftian Lawgiver, by teaching that matters were left by him at uncertainties, what and how things fhould be done in his house and kingdom, the church, and for feveral other collateral offences. Thou didft well by appealing to this court, that thou mightest have a full hearing, and receive judgment without partiality. This court having taken every part of each trial, had before them, into full confideration, find thee, S. A. guilty, guilty, guilty, as fet forth in the several indictments. The sentence which the court fhall inflict on thee, will not be publickly pronounced this day: the court, however, from motives of compaffion, fee fit to inform thee, that fhould repentance, manifested by reformation, be found in thee, their fentence will be mixed with very much mercy.

Thou art now permitted to go, for a few days, whither thou wilt, and no man fhall hurt thee, provided thou haft continually about thee the King's laws, which thou hast violated, and do not openly tranfgrefs them in future.