Chap. 3. the. 1. Diuision.
You may as well finde fault with Pulpit and Church, as with* 1.1 the fontes, and the reason is all one. In the tyme of the Apostles they did not baptise in Basons, as you doe nowe, but in Riuers and other common waters, neyther was there in the Apostles time any Churches for Christians, or Pulpits to preache in, and therefore you had best to plucke downe Churches, and Pulpits, and to baptise in common riuers and waters.
As for Fontes I haue spoken of before, both particularly, and in generall. But whereas M. Doctor sayth, in the Ipostles tymes they baptised in no Basons but in ryuers, and common wa∣ters, I would know whether there was a riuer or common water in Cornelius, and in the Iay∣lers houses, where Paule and Peter baptised.
And I woulde also gladly learne, howe you can proue that they did baptise in Basons there: I doe not say that they alwayes baptised in Riuers and common wa∣ters, but that they did so and that most commonly, which no man can denie. But I require one sillable in Scripture to proue that they did baptise in Basons, not that I* 1.2 disallowe it if tyme and place doe require, but bycause I woulde haue you to per∣forme, that in your Ceremonies, which you require in ours, that is, to proue them di∣rectly by the worde of God.