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father_n the_o son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n jerom_n the_o patriarch_n pag._n 103._o and_o the_o same_o do_v thomas_n aquinas_n observe_v in_o his_o three_o part_n quest_n 6._o artic._n 8._o quest_n 67._o artic._n 6._o and_o quest_n 66._o aâ—…tic_n the_o 5_o and_o the_o same_o do_v dominic_n a_o sot_n in_o quest_n 1._o art_n 8._o testify_v and_o let_v i_o add_v two_o thing_n more_o first_o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o paedobaptism_n be_v never_o ex_fw-la professo_fw-la oppose_v by_o any_o orthodox_n church_n or_o christian_n in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o old_a as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v find_v of_o tertullia_n mind_n we_o have_v speak_v before_o and_o gregory_n nazianzen_n how_o far_o they_o go_v auxentius_n the_o arrian_n bishop_n of_o milan_n as_o bullinger_n in_o his_o decade_n have_v it_o do_v so_o and_o so_o indeed_o do_v the_o samosatenian_a heretic_n the_o donatist_n they_o baptize_v infant_n witness_v the_o 48._o canon_n of_o the_o three_o carthaginian_a council_n in_o reference_n to_o siritius_n and_o simplicianus_n so_o do_v other_o african_a counsel_n in_o augustine_n time_n ordain_v that_o child_n baptize_v by_o donatist_n shall_v not_o be_v rebaptise_v the_o pelagian_o themselves_o deny_v it_o not_o whole_o austin_n in_o his_o 14._o sermon_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la baptizandâ—…_n esse_fw-la parvulos_fw-la nemo_fw-la dubitet_fw-la etc._n etc._n none_o need_v to_o doubt_v of_o baptism_n since_o even_o those_o here_o doubt_v not_o which_o in_o part_n do_v contradict_v scil_n the_o pelagian_o there_o be_v case_n and_o time_n wherein_o some_o one_o of_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n see_v much_o more_o than_o many_o and_o most_o do_v as_o athanasius_n and_o some_o few_o more_o in_o the_o point_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n in_o that_o arrian_n age_n and_o paphnutius_fw-la the_o confessor_n in_o the_o point_n of_o minister_n marriage_n to_o which_o the_o father_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n have_v like_a to_o have_v go_v contrary_a and_o yet_o 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olim_fw-la dicti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la berengariani_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la hodie_fw-la protestant_n dicuntur_fw-la johanni_n wendelstino_n praefat_fw-la in_o cod._n canonum_fw-la novi_fw-la sunt_fw-la waldenses_n they_o then_o acknowledge_v their_o and_o our_o doctrine_n to_o be_v the_o same_o and_o therefore_o no_o antipaedobaptist_n and_o gretzer_n prolegom_n in_o script_n edit_fw-la contra_fw-la waldenses_n cap._n 1._o cit_v this_o as_o one_o of_o their_o article_n of_o confession_n credimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la non_fw-la salvatur_fw-la quis_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la viz._n ordinary_o and_o parvulos_fw-la salvari_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la and_o we_o believe_v that_o little_a child_n be_v save_v by_o baptism_n and_o so_o in_o the_o same_o cap._n 8._o do_v dr._n usher_n clear_a peter_n de_fw-fr brucis_fw-la and_o his_o follower_n from_o all_o such_o aspersion_n they_o be_v accuse_v too_o for_o reject_v the_o old-testament_n and_o evangelist_n yet_o by_o 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