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but_o rather_o as_o the_o magdeburgenses_n do_v cent._n 2._o p._n 111._o to_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n paedobapt_v mr._n geree_n of_o vind_z paedobapt_v which_o so_o work_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o their_o corrupt_a and_o contaminate_v the_o simple_a form_n of_o baptism_n indeed_o say_v mr._n philpot_n the_o martyr_n to_o his_o fellow-sufferer_n that_o scruple_v infant-baptism_n and_o afterward_o be_v satisfy_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o argument_n if_o you_o look_v upon_o the_o papistical_a synagogue_n only_o which_o have_v corrupt_v god_n word_n by_o false_a interpretation_n and_o have_v pervert_v the_o true_a use_n of_o christ_n sacrament_n you_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v good_a handfast_a of_o your_o opinion_n against_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v of_o more_o antiquity_n and_o have_v its_o begin_n from_o god_n word_n and_o from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n it_o must_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o abuse_n in_o the_o popish_a church_n be_v neglect_v or_o think_v inexpedient_a nor_o have_v the_o baptism_n of_o adult_n person_n in_o former_a time_n be_v free_a from_o many_o corrupt_a and_o ridiculous_a human_a invention_n as_o dr._n homes_n out_o of_o binius_fw-la and_o epiphanius_n show_v at_o large_a the_o council_n of_o carthage_n tell_v we_o 26._o bin._n ca._n 34_o de_fw-la rebus_fw-la eccles_n cap._n 26._o that_o sick_a man_n lie_v speechless_a may_v be_v baptise_a upon_o the_o witness_n of_o man_n touch_v their_o former_a condition_n the_o four_o council_n of_o carthage_n order_n that_o those_o of_o ripe_a year_n to_o be_v baptise_a must_v be_v dyered_a 85._o bin._n cap._n 85._o and_o keep_v from_o fesh_n and_o wine_n a_o long_a time_n and_o after_o that_o have_v be_v examine_v several_a time_n must_v be_v baptise_a epiphanius_n declare_v that_o the_o eunomian_o call_v anabaptist_n do_v rebaptize_v all_o that_o come_v to_o they_o bazil_n epiphan_n anacephal_a pag._n 108._o 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that_o help_v he_o which_o he_o add_v afterward_o scil._n it_o be_v true_a say_v he_o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o century_n it_o be_v say_v that_o in_o some_o part_n of_o africa_n they_o do_v baptise_v child_n as_o magdeburg_n cent._n 4._o p._n 415._o but_o they_o say_v no_o such_o thing_n it_o be_v only_o the_o author_n own_o say_n and_o real_o it_o trouble_v i_o to_o see_v so_o much_o prevarication_n everywhere_o take_v reader_n the_o true_a account_n of_o what_o the_o magdeburgenses_n say_v de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la circa_fw-la baptismum_fw-la about_o baptismal_a rite_n they_o be_v large_a in_o this_o chapter_n and_o begin_v it_o thus_o that_o the_o power_n of_o baptise_v be_v in_o this_o age_n in_o the_o priest_n and_o principal_o in_o the_o bishop_n and_o then_o in_o presbyter_n and_o deacon_n and_o then_o a_o few_o line_n after_o they_o tell_v we_o baptizabantur_fw-la autem_fw-la publicae_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la sexus_fw-la aetatis_fw-la &_o 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afraid_a thus_o to_o play_v with_o holy_a thing_n 6._o this_o history_n of_o he_o afford_v some_o contradiction_n to_o himself_o i_o mean_v to_o what_o he_o have_v before_o write_v for_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o book_n cap_n 2._o pag._n 7._o he_o quote_v bede_n for_o a_o testimony_n that_o the_o baptise_v of_o believer_n be_v the_o only_a true_a baptism_n bede_n say_v that_o man_n be_v first_o to_o be_v instruct_v unto_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n then_o to_o be_v baptise_a as_o christ_n have_v teach_v etc._n etc._n cent._n 8._o p._n 220._o whereas_o in_o this_o his_o second_o part_n of_o the_o treatise_n which_o be_v for_o disprove_v infant-baptism_n pag._n 130._o bede_n also_o conclude_v for_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n cent._n 8._o p._n 218._o 7._o we_o observe_v too_o great_a a_o boldness_n in_o those_o scandalous_a reflection_n which_o he_o cast_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n spare_v none_o neither_o lutheran_n nor_o calvinist_n nor_o episcoparians_n nor_o presbyterian_o but_o i_o think_v it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o great_a indiscretion_n to_o fly_v out_o so_o much_o against_o the_o church_n of_o england_n for_o if_o she_o be_v content_v to_o give_v the_o antipaedobaptist_n indifferent_a good_a quarter_n although_o they_o do_v not_o conform_v to_o she_o why_o shall_v any_o of_o they_o vilify_v she_o in_o this_o manner_n as_o for_o the_o kirk_n of_o scotland_n the_o author_n may_v more_o secure_o mock_v at_o it_o and_o there_o be_v no_o danger_n in_o have_v a_o fling_n at_o the_o directory_n or_o at_o the_o old_a parliament_n ordinance_n of_o may_n second_o 1648._o which_o make_v it_o imprisonment_n to_o affirm_v infant-baptism_n be_v unlawful_a chap._n iii_o contain_v his_o exception_n against_o infant-baptism_n because_o build_v as_o he_o say_v upon_o 1._o fabulous_a tradition_n 2._o mistake_v scripture_n with_o a_o answer_n thereto_o 1._o the_o first_o and_o principal_a ground_n say_v he_o that_o have_v be_v assert_v for_o this_o practice_n be_v ecclesiastical_a and_o
the_o h._n ghost_n have_v no_o intent_n ☜_o to_o bind_z and_o determine_v our_o practice_n to_o this_o or_o that_o for_o see_v the_o word_n he_o use_v be_v indifferent_a for_o both_o he_o will_v have_v leave_v we_o some_o light_n either_o from_o precept_n or_o example_n which_o way_n he_o will_v have_v sacramental_a this_o assumption_n be_v confirm_v by_o this_o that_o nowhere_o be_v it_o express_v that_o it_o be_v do_v by_o dip_v yea_o in_o some_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o it_o be_v not_o viz._n act._n 2.41_o there_o be_v in_o one_o day_n 3000_o baptise_a which_o may_v well_o be_v do_v by_o sprinkle_v but_o not_o by_o dip_v so_o act._n 10.47_o there_o be_v many_o baptise_a at_o a_o time_n and_o place_n when_o there_o can_v not_o be_v accommodation_n of_o water_n and_o other_o convenience_n for_o total_a dip_v yea_o peter_n phrase_n can_v any_o man_n forbid_v water_n import_v a_o bring_n in_o of_o water_n to_o the_o place_n for_o the_o use_n which_o may_v well_o be_v do_v for_o sprinkle_v but_o not_o for_o dip_v also_o act._n 16.33_o there_o be_v a_o man_n &_o all_o his_o family_n straightway_o baptise_a in_o a_o prison_n and_o in_o the_o night_n at_o which_o time_n and_o place_n water_n for_o dip_v so_o many_o can_v not_o be_v have_v but_o easy_o for_o sprinkle_v chap._n vii_o wherein_o there_o be_v a_o pretence_n to_o some_o eminent_a witness_n that_o have_v be_v bear_v against_o infant-baptism_n from_o first_o to_o last_o the_o first_o that_o we_o shall_v mention_v say_v the_o author_n be_v that_o excellent_a testimony_n tertullian_n bear_v against_o it_o upon_o the_o first_o appearance_n of_o it_o in_o the_o 3d_o century_n reply_v 1._o it_o be_v acknowledge_v that_o tertullian_n who_o be_v the_o first_o writer_n of_o note_n in_o the_o latin_a church_n have_v divers_a passage_n seem_o against_o infant-baptism_n but_o yet_o withal_o it_o must_v be_v consider_v that_o his_o testimony_n such_o as_o it_o be_v be_v but_o the_o testimony_n of_o one_o 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utilior_fw-la praecipue_fw-la circa_fw-la parvulos_fw-la he_o will_v have_v they_o defer_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n aswell_o as_o those_o of_o ripe_a year_n which_o show_v that_o it_o be_v then_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n to_o baptise_v child_n aswell_o as_o grow_v person_n reply_v 2._o whereas_o the_o author_n say_v tertullian_n live_v in_o the_o 3d_o century_n 39_o irenaeus_n contra_fw-la heretic_n lib._n 2._o c._n 39_o this_o be_v true_a but_o that_o the_o first_o appearance_n of_o infant-baptism_n be_v in_o this_o age_n be_v certain_o false_a for_o irenaeus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o second_o century_n make_v mention_n of_o it_o reply_v 3_o tertullian_n testimony_n in_o this_o case_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v excellent_a that_o it_o be_v contemptible_a and_o not_o to_o be_v regard_v as_o may_v appear_v by_o two_o reason_n first_o because_o he_o be_v very_o corrupt_a and_o unsound_a in_o his_o judgement_n 5._o p._n martyr_n loc_fw-fr come_v clas_n 4._o loc._n 8._o sect._n 5._o it_o be_v observe_v by_o peter_n martyr_n in_o his_o common_a place_n that_o when_o tertullian_n write_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la he_o be_v fall_v from_o the_o church_n and_o from_o the_o orthodox-faith_n into_o the_o foul_a error_n of_o montanism_n have_v he_o be_v sound_n in_o the_o faith_n in_o all_o other_o point_n it_o have_v not_o be_v enough_o to_o scruple_n any_o one_o touch_v the_o point_n of_o infant-baptism_n because_o of_o his_o dissent_n because_o he_o only_o be_v the_o man_n we_o read_v of_o that_o seem_v to_o be_v against_o it_o how_o much_o less_o be_v this_o authority_n to_o be_v value_v when_o so_o corrupt_a that_o jerom_n count_v he_o little_o less_o than_o a_o heretic_n the_o magdeburg_n divine_v who_o the_o author_n make_v so_o much_o use_v of_o give_v we_o a_o catalogue_n of_o his_o naevi_fw-la or_o error_n as_o 1._o that_o he_o do_v deo_fw-la corpulentiam_fw-la tribuere_fw-la ascribe_v unto_o god_n grosseness_n or_o fleshiness_fw-mi 2._o that_o he_o do_v speak_v concern_v christ_n incommode_v &_o periculose_v unsafe_o and_o dangerous_o 3._o that_o he_o condemn_v second_o marriage_n ut_fw-la stupra_fw-la as_o whoredom_n 4._o that_o he_o bring_v in_o and_o augment_v many_o filthy_a ceremony_n in_o the_o church_n which_o he_o borrow_v from_o the_o montanist_n as_o anoint_v the_o body_n after_o baptism_n etc._n etc._n 5._o and_o last_o though_o they_o mention_v many_o other_o gross_a error_n he_o affirm_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la that_o it_o be_v the_o peculiar_a prerogative_n of_o the_o bishop_n to_o baptise_v episcopus_fw-la dandi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la jus_o habet_fw-la summus_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la and_o none_o must_v do_v it_o but_o by_o his_o leave_n presbyter_n and_o deacon_n he_o allow_v to_o baptise_v but_o not_o without_o his_o authority_n and_o in_o case_n of_o extremity_n that_o be_v when_o one_o be_v like_a to_o die_v and_o in_o the_o want_n of_o a_o minister_n it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o a_o layman_n to_o baptise_v not_o except_v woman_n provide_v they_o do_v it_o private_o and_o not_o in_o the_o church_n by_o which_o passage_n it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a he_o be_v for_o baptise_v infant_n rather_o than_o that_o they_o shall_v die_v without_o it_o now_o let_v any_o indifferent_a reader_n judge_v what_o a_o precious_a witness_n the_o author_n have_v single_v out_o to_o lead_v the_o van_n against_o infant-baptism_n a_o second_o reason_n why_o tertullian_n testimony_n deserve_v not_o to_o be_v style_v excellent_a be_v this_o because_o his_o argument_n be_v so_o poor_a and_o weak_a that_o they_o will_v soon_o administer_v occasion_n of_o laughter_n than_o conviction_n i_o acknowledge_v the_o author_n have_v dress_v they_o up_o very_o handsome_o and_o show_v so_o much_o artifice_v herein_o leave_v out_o something_n that_o be_v most_o gross_a that_o some_o who_o have_v weak_a head_n and_o no_o very_o charitable_a thought_n towards_o the_o way_n of_o infant-baptism_n will_v think_v tertullian_n and_o he_o be_v of_o one_o mind_n both_o against_o it_o and_o that_o on_o very_o good_a ground_n 1._o because_o say_v the_o author_n out_o of_o tertullian_n the_o practice_n of_o baptise_v child_n be_v build_v upon_o the_o mistake_n of_o that_o scripture_n matt._n 19.14_o suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v unto_o i_o and_o forbid_v they_o not_o &c._n &c._n it_o be_v true_a say_v tertullian_n the_o lord_n say_v do_v not_o forbid_v they_o to_o come_v unto_o i_o let_v they_o come_v when_o they_o grow_v elder_a when_o they_o learn_v when_o they_o be_v teach_v why_o they_o come_v etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o the_o magdeburgenses_n have_v this_o sentence_n seutit_fw-fr tertullianus_n mira_n opinion_n cap._n 3._o cap._n 4._o etc._n etc._n tertullian_n be_v of_o a_o strange_a opinion_n &_o then_o they_o repeat_v those_o weak_a passage_n before_o mention_v 7._o as_o before_o intimate_v in_o chap._n 7._o according_a to_o which_o dotage_n the_o disciple_n do_v wise_o in_o forbid_v child_n to_o come_v and_o christ_n do_v weak_o in_o rebuke_v they_o for_o it_o &_o invite_v they_o to_o come_v let_v they_o come_v say_v christ_n though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d little_a child_n the_o wise_a man_n find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o young-child_n or_o infant_n with_o mary_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o luke_n the_o exact_a historian_n newborn_a babe_n or_o suck_a child_n that_o be_v carry_v in_o arm_n and_o such_o wear_v those_o who_o christ_n invite_v to_o come_v unto_o he_o bring_v in_o all_o likelihood_n by_o their_o parent_n that_o do_v believe_v or_o make_v some_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n as_o appear_v by_o this_o because_o they_o bring_v their_o child_n for_o a_o spiritual_a end_n to_o receive_v some_o special_a favour_n or_o blessing_n from_o christ_n and_o for_o this_o christ_n will_v have_v they_o come_v
refuse_v the_o most_o sordid_a and_o shameful_a way_n to_o promote_v it_o they_o will_v fall_v in_o with_o slanderous_a papist_n and_o take_v up_o what_o they_o say_v to_o defend_v their_o opinion_n witness_v my_o antagonist_n and_o his_o predesessour_n and_o tutor_n mr._n tomb_n who_o be_v check_v by_o mr._n baxter_n for_o his_o evil_a carriage_n in_o this_o very_a thing_n he_o bold_o justify_v himself_o and_o tell_v we_o in_o his_o precursor_n pag._n 29._o that_o petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la be_v though_o a_o zealous_a papist_n yet_o think_v fit_a by_o illyricus_n to_o be_v reckon_v among_o witness_n of_o truth_n in_o his_o catalogue_n and_o if_o such_o as_o he_o and_o especial_o bernard_n be_v not_o take_v for_o witness_n of_o thing_n in_o their_o time_n i_o know_v not_o how_o protestant_n will_v make_v up_o their_o catalogue_n of_o witness_n for_o they_o in_o all_o age_n i_o think_v these_o be_v dangerous_a word_n somewhat_o derogate_a from_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n the_o other_o eminent_a person_n which_o be_v join_v in_o history_n with_o peter_n bruis_n be_v henricus_n these_o two_o as_o be_v say_v be_v the_o first_o and_o most_o famous_a preacher_n of_o the_o albigenses_n and_o waldenses_n this_o henricus_n say_v the_o author_n witness_v to_o this_o great_a truth_n be_v a_o friend_n and_o colleague_n of_o p._n bruis_n who_o doctrine_n and_o position_n be_v also_o record_v by_o the_o magdeburgenses_n under_o eleven_o head_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v deny_v baptism_n to_o child_n cent._n 12._o p._n 843_o we_o have_v observe_v before_o that_o bernard_n be_v so_o ingenious_a as_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o take_v up_o these_o thing_n by_o hear-say_n and_o upon_o report_n ab_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la pontificiam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la redierunt_fw-la of_o such_o as_o be_v return_v again_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o who_o be_v such_o a_o infidel_n as_o not_o to_o believe_v what_o they_o say_v furthermore_o the_o magdeburg_n tell_v we_o that_o when_o the_o henrician_n or_o disciple_n of_o henricus_n be_v examine_v bernard_n himself_o confess_v they_o deny_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v object_v against_o they_o and_o that_o haply_o say_v the_o magdeburg_n because_o they_o object_v such_o thing_n as_o they_o never_o teach_v 845._o ait_fw-fr porrâ—_fw-la in_fw-la examine_v eos_fw-la objecta_fw-la negasse_n haec_fw-la ille_fw-la sc_fw-la bernardus_n quia_fw-la forte_fw-fr alia_fw-la â—is_fw-la objecta_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la magd._n cent._n 12._o p._n 845._o mr._n tomb_n tell_v his_o tale_n about_o henricus_n a_o little_a handsome_o than_o the_o author_n in_o his_o praecursor_n pag._n 29._o and_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v it_o seem_v utter_o unlikely_a to_o he_o that_o be_v and_o his_o follower_n shall_v be_v belie_v and_o tell_v we_o what_o bernard_n say_v of_o they_o in_o 204th_o epistle_n the_o same_o also_o he_o have_v in_o his_o exercitation_n p._n 31._o and_o let_v 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