Object. 1. SOme may possibly Object, That though it do not lie so fair and clear in Scripture, with that degree of evidence, that Ʋnbaptized Persons were admited into Church-fellowship with those that were Baptized, as it does appear that such as were Baptized held Communion together; yet it seems probable that Ʋnbaptized Persons were Church-Members with those that were Baptized in the Churches in Galatia and Rome, Gal. 3. 27. Rom. 6. 3. for do not these words, so many of us, &c. as many of you as have been Baptized, &c. imply that there were some in, and of those Churches that were not Baptized into Christ? for the form of speech and manner of phrase, is pa∣ritive or distributive, and supposes the Churches to whom he writes to be part of them Baptized and part of them Ʋnbaptized.
Answ. 1. Upon consideration of the manner of speaking, the scope of the Apo∣stle, and the collation of other Scriptures herewith, it will appear, that no such thing can be duly collected from the Scriptures mentioned, as is pretended in the Objection. For, first, Though this form of speaking, As many of you; and so many of us, &c. is sometimes used in a paritive or distributive sense, and doth denote a difference between the persons of whom the predication is made; yet it is not always so used, nor doth it always import such a thing. For example, 1 Tim. 6. 1. Let as many Ser∣vants as are under the yoke, count their own Masters worthy of all honour: that the Name of God, and his Doctrine be not blasphemed. Now if we take the words here in a parative or distributive sense, then we must suppose that only some servants were under the yoke of servitude, and others were not; and that it is the duty of some servants to honour their Masters, and that some are not bound to honour their Masters: which were absurd to imagine. But the Apostles meaning is, that all