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argument_n till_o the_o dispute_n that_o he_o hide_v his_o weapon_n till_o he_o mean_v to_o strike_v that_o i_o be_v set_v upon_o at_o a_o sudden_a that_o i_o have_v the_o argument_n conceal_v from_o i_o aforehand_o the_o contrary_a whereof_o be_v manifest_a in_o that_o he_o have_v urge_v the_o same_o argument_n at_o col._n tailor_n house_n in_o london_n that_o i_o bid_v see_v some_o note_n of_o his_o in_o which_o the_o first_o be_v that_o which_o he_o urge_v at_o the_o dispute_n and_o therefore_o that_o i_o speak_v not_o truth_n and_o it_o be_v a_o evidence_n his_o argument_n be_v good_a in_o that_o i_o give_v such_o feeble_a answer_n to_o they_o to_o which_o i_o say_v i_o do_v not_o think_v i_o say_v i_o can_v never_o know_v his_o argument_n till_o the_o dispute_n
page_n 273._o and_o say_v it_o be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n and_o indeed_o i_o think_v it_o so_o still_o for_o i_o think_v it_o will_v follow_v that_o except_o a_o magistrate_n can_v show_v his_o commission_n from_o christ_n that_o he_o be_v a_o usurper_n and_o then_o none_o be_v bind_v to_o he_o but_o to_o suppress_v he_o than_o no_o infidel_n be_v a_o lawful_a magistrate_n who_o deny_v christ_n and_o it_o will_v be_v questionable_a whether_o this_o will_v not_o extend_v to_o a_o non-churchmemb_a or_o a_o excommunicate_a person_n than_o a_o magistrate_n do_v of_o right_a to_o a_o infidel_n against_o a_o believer_n or_o to_o one_o believer_n against_o another_o as_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v a_o act_n for_o christ_n as_o mediator_n and_o if_o because_o all_o power_n be_v give_v to_o he_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n therefore_o magistracy_n so_o as_o that_o all_o power_n must_v be_v derive_v from_o christ_n as_o mediator_n than_o a_o father_n power_n over_o his_o child_n but_o sure_o that_o be_v in_o a_o father_n by_o nature_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v it_o any_o part_n of_o the_o curse_n then_o rule_v presbyter_n shall_v do_v the_o act_n of_o civil_a magistrate_n as_o have_v plain_a title_n to_o rule_v under_o christ._n nor_o do_v i_o think_v mr._n b._n have_v answer_v these_o argument_n or_o the_o rest_n but_o that_o however_o he_o prove_v magistracy_n to_o be_v from_o christ_n appointment_n and_o to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o his_o law_n and_o accountable_a to_o he_o and_o aught_o to_o act_v for_o he_o yet_o not_o that_o the_o commission_n of_o every_o lawful_a magistrate_n be_v from_o he_o as_o mediator_n i_o think_v it_o will_v follow_v if_o mr._n bs._n position_n be_v true_a that_o suppose_v christ_n have_v not_o be_v mediator_n there_o have_v be_v no_o lawful_a magistrate_n and_o that_o dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_fw-la which_o be_v heretofore_o deny_v and_o since_o christ_n be_v heir_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o believer_n only_o be_v christ_n and_o all_o they_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 22_o 23._o it_o will_v be_v consider_v whether_o by_o parity_n of_o reason_n the_o saint_n may_v not_o entitle_v themselves_o to_o all_o power_n and_o all_o man_n estate_n which_o be_v charge_v on_o anabaptist_n at_o munster_n but_o i_o find_v i_o digress_v and_o therefore_o stop_v till_o more_o liberty_n draw_v i_o to_o a_o full_a handle_n of_o it_o sect_n xx._n many_o learned_a man_n with_o the_o oxford_n convocation_n of_o former_a and_o late_a time_n take_v infant-baptisme_n only_o for_o a_o unwritten_a tradition_n mr._n b._n proceed_v to_o answer_v my_o antidote_n term_v it_o a_o corrective_a for_o a_o circumforaneous_a antidote_n but_o the_o antidote_n will_v appear_v to_o be_v good_a if_o take_v notwithstanding_o his_o disgraceful_a term_n of_o corrective_a without_o virtue_n page_n 299._o he_o print_v two_o passage_n of_o dr._n whitaker_n for_o the_o late_a oxford_n convocation_n to_o read_v and_o refer_v to_o the_o like_a in_o davenant_n but_o whatever_o doctor_n whitaker_n think_v yet_o that_o the_o ancient_n do_v take_v baptism_n of_o infant_n to_o have_v be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n unwritten_a seem_v to_o i_o from_o that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o my_o examen_fw-la part_n i._o sect_n 5._o not_o avoid_v by_o mr._n ms_n defence_n in_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n in_o the_o oration_n of_o the_o cardinal_n of_o ragusi_n it_o be_v assert_v item_n nusquam_fw-la legitur_fw-la in_o canone_o scripturae_fw-la s._n quod_fw-la parvulus_fw-la recenter_n baptizatus_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la cord_n credit_n ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la nec_fw-la ore_fw-la confitetur_fw-la ad_fw-la falutem_fw-la inter_fw-la fideles_fw-la &_o crudentes_fw-la computetur_fw-la et_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la it_o a_o determinavit_fw-la et_fw-la statuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o principip_n huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la solum_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sciebant_fw-la fidem_fw-la interroganti_fw-la respondere_fw-la to_o which_o purpose_n walafridus_n strabo_n many_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o vives_n about_o that_o time_n who_o word_n be_v allege_v in_o my_o exercitation_n the_o title_n page_n and_o sect_n 17._o erasmus_n resp_n archiep._n hispal_a ad_fw-la artic_a object_n 61._o sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la innumera_fw-la quae_fw-la prisci_fw-la non_fw-la ausi_fw-la sunt_fw-la definire_fw-la sed_fw-la suspensae_fw-la pronunciatione_fw-la venerabantur_fw-la quod_fw-la genus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o parvuliessent_n baptizandi_fw-la and_o common_o the_o learn_a papist_n do_v instance_n in_o infant-baptism_n as_o a_o unwritten_a tradition_n in_o force_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v object_v that_o bellarm._n and_o other_o do_v bring_v scripture_n for_o it_o becan_n manual_a lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o sect_n 24._o answer_n aliqua_fw-la possunt_fw-la probariex_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quando_fw-la constat_fw-la de_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o legitimo_fw-la scripture_n sensu_fw-la so_o he_o say_v it_o be_v concern_v infan-baptism_n which_o be_v prove_v from_o john_n 3._o 5._o but_o that_o the_o sense_n whereby_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v only_o manifest_a by_o tradition_n which_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o schoolman_n a_o infants-baptism_n be_v not_o reckon_v perfect_a till_o the_o bishop_n lay_v on_o hand_n which_o act_n be_v call_v confirmation_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o imperfect_a baptism_n in_o infancy_n molinaeus_n in_o his_o vates_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o cite_v the_o canon_n do_v 5._o de_fw-la consecratione_fw-la as_o determine_v that_o without_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n no_o man_n be_v a_o full_a christian._n can._n omnes_fw-la et_fw-la can._n ut_fw-la jejuni_fw-la thomas_n 3._o part_n summae_fw-la q._n 72._o art_n 9_o dicit_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectionâ—m_fw-la baptismi_fw-la innuens_fw-la baptismum_fw-la esse_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la nisi_fw-la accesserit_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la lumb_n l._n 4._o scent_n do_v 7._o a._n omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o confirmatione_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la ut_fw-la pleni_fw-la christiani_n inveniantur_fw-la bellarm._n tom_n 3._o the_o sacr_n confirm_v c._n 12._o confirmatio_fw-la est_fw-la complementum_fw-la &_o perfectio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la effec_fw-la sacram._n c._n 8._o est_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la quaedam_fw-la perfectio_fw-la &_o consummatio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la jewel_n defence_n of_o the_o apolog._n page_n 218._o allege_v it_o as_o caistan_n tenet_n that_o a_o infant_n for_o that_o he_o want_v instruction_n in_o faith_n therefore_o have_v not_o perfect_a baptism_n consonant_a hereto_o be_v the_o conceit_n of_o the_o common_a people_n that_o they_o have_v not_o their_o full_a christian_a doom_n all_o they_o be_v bishop_v but_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v even_o learned_a protestant_n speak_v near_o the_o same_o i_o will_v cite_v some_o of_o their_o speech_n among_o which_o i_o will_v forbear_v to_o recite_v the_o speech_n of_o the_o lord_n brook_n and_o mr._n daniel_n rogers_n allege_v by_o i_o in_o my_o exercit._n sect_n 18._o and_o clear_v in_o my_o apology_n from_o mr._n rogers_n his_o latter_a gloss_n nor_o the_o opinion_n of_o mr._n bedford_n who_o judge_v with_o the_o romanist_n that_o the_o scripture_n give_v we_o proof_n only_o of_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o infant-baptisme_n as_o i_o gather_v by_o mr._n bs._n i_o answer_v to_o he_o page_n 305._o dr._n field_n of_o the_o church_n four_o book_n chap._n 20._o the_o four_o kind_n of_o inadition_n be_v the_o continue_a practice_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v neither_o contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n express_o nor_o the_o example_n of_o such_o practice_n express_o there_o deliver_v though_o the_o ground_n reason_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o such_o practice_n be_v there_o contain_v and_o the_o benefit_n or_o 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cor._n 7._o 14._o of_o infant_n covenant-holinesse_n in_o his_o sense_n before_o luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la and_o then_o ask_v be_v this_o irue_a i_o answer_v i_o think_v it_o be_v and_o if_o he_o can_v produce_v any_o one_o i_o think_v he_o shall_v have_v do_v it_o in_o his_o book_n if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v do_v more_o then_o mr._n ms._n friend_n better_o verse_v as_o i_o conceive_v in_o antiquity_n then_o mr._n b._n have_v do_v though_o attempt_v it_o page_n 21._o of_o mr._n ms._n defence_n of_o his_o sermon_n two_o place_n he_o cite_v one_o in_o tertullian_n which_o i_o have_v answer_v in_o my_o apology_n page_n 85._o the_o other_o in_o athanasius_n qu._n 114._o ad_fw-la antiochum_fw-la as_o teach_v infant-baptisme_n by_o virtue_n of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o but_o 1._o the_o author_n be_v confess_o spurious_a by_o rivet_n critic_n sac_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 6._o scultetus_n part_n 2._o medul_a patr._n l._n 1._o c._n 42._o perkins_n preparat_fw-la to_o 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a_o man_n to_o dispute_v etc._n etc._n for_o my_o uncircumcised_a opinion_n be_v conservant_n with_o mr._n m._n and_o mr._n ley_n their_o unjust_a and_o false_a charge_n of_o i_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v in_o my_o apology_n sect_n 7._o and_o mr._n bs_n insult_a speech_n thereupon_o be_v not_o without_o show_n of_o vain_a glory_n page_n 211._o he_o blame_v i_o for_o desire_v his_o argument_n in_o writing_n though_o not_o deny_v the_o validity_n of_o any_o one_o of_o his_o reason_n against_o writing_n many_o man_n write_n be_v yet_o unaswer_v by_o i_o my_o answer_n to_o mr._n ms._n defence_n be_v weak_a that_o i_o have_v do_v he_o great_a injury_n in_o force_v he_o to_o write_v answ._n the_o desire_n i_o and_o other_o have_v to_o see_v his_o argument_n in_o writing_n be_v because_o we_o can_v not_o otherwise_o well_o judge_v of_o they_o which_o he_o may_v easy_o have_v do_v be_v those_o as_o he_o say_v he_o preach_v at_o coventrey_n and_o have_v write_v in_o his_o book_n at_o the_o 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incline_n to_o vossius_fw-la etc._n etc._n their_o definition_n of_o a_o heretic_n page_n 171._o and_o his_o word_n page_n 259._o make_v i_o think_v he_o come_v not_o much_o short_a of_o count_v i_o a_o heretic_n to_o his_o allegation_n of_o my_o speech_n concern_v mr._n m._n and_o independent_o i_o have_v answer_v before_o i_o may_v say_v the_o doctrine_n be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o heresy_n yet_o not_o censure_v the_o man_n that_o hold_v it_o as_o heretical_a it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v formal_o a_o heretic_n and_o another_o thing_n material_o to_o hold_v that_o which_o denominate_v a_o party_n heretical_a in_o my_o examen_fw-la i_o tell_v mr._n m._n and_o now_o mr._n b._n that_o i_o think_v none_o of_o those_o glorious_a light_n mention_v hold_v mr._n ms._n position_n i_o do_v not_o judge_v all_o heretic_n that_o be_v against_o my_o opinion_n but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v more_o just_o style_v heretic_n then_o myself_o mr._n bs._n quickness_n in_o reply_v afore_o he_o weigh_v my_o speech_n or_o perhaps_o my_o scantness_n in_o expression_n out_o of_o wariness_n what_o i_o say_v to_o he_o who_o i_o find_v very_o captious_a have_v i_o perceive_v create_v i_o these_o hard_a censure_n that_o which_o mr._n b._n say_v page_n 172._o he_o dare_v say_v of_o i_o i_o dare_v say_v be_v false_a the_o inference_n which_o he_o call_v strange_a be_v none_o of_o i_o the_o passage_n and_o time_n of_o write_v it_o do_v still_o prevail_v with_o i_o to_o conceive_v that_o he_o want_v a_o spirit_n of_o love_n through_o ill_a surmise_n of_o i_o page_n 174._o infant-sprinking_a or_o pour_v water_n on_o they_o will_v not_o be_v prove_v baptism_n i_o shall_v not_o ease_v sinner_n that_o own_o their_o infant-sprinkling_a as_o baptism_n by_o my_o assertion_n that_o i_o tell_v they_o they_o never_o sin_v against_o their_o baptism_n and_o engagement_n be_v a_o fiction_n of_o mr._n b._n in_o which_o he_o have_v a_o pretty_a art_n i_o say_v not_o mr._n b._n give_v we_o a_o title_n to_o make_v we_o odious_a but_o that_o may_v make_v we_o odious_a which_o import_v the_o term_n may_v make_v we_o odious_a not_o that_o mr._n b._n have_v that_o purpose_n in_o use_v it_o page_n 175._o he_o have_v a_o discourse_n from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o accuser_n and_o the_o opposition_n of_o justification_n to_o accusation_n and_o condemnation_n to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v proper_a language_n to_o say_v he_o accuse_v another_o who_o deny_v a_o suppose_a privilege_n to_o be_v due_a to_o he_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o accuser_n accusation_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v condemnation_n and_o execution_n too_o for_o that_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o accuser_n i_o have_v think_v accusation_n note_v the_o accuser_n act_n not_o his_o end_n that_o justification_n be_v oppose_v to_o accusation_n and_o condemnation_n show_v they_o be_v distinguish_v the_o one_o be_v the_o charge_v with_o a_o fault_n the_o other_o pass_v sentence_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o yet_o understand_v not_o 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visible_a church_n but_o i_o deny_v that_o to_o hinder_v their_o baptism_n be_v to_o keep_v they_o out_o of_o the_o visible_a church_n or_o that_o to_o baptize_v they_o be_v to_o bring_v they_o in_o if_o it_o be_v why_o have_v they_o not_o the_o communion_n according_a to_o that_o which_o we_o read_v 1_o cor._n 12._o 13_o be_v janissary_n who_o be_v baptize_v child_n of_o greek_a christian_n therefore_o visible_a member_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n mr._n b._n though_o he_o have_v the_o copy_n of_o my_o sermon_n yet_o misrepresent_v my_o word_n i_o say_v not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n part_v to_o say_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n be_v member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n but_o my_o word_n be_v it_o be_v a_o error_n
the_o truth_n and_o then_o discourse_v that_o the_o monster_n in_o new_a england_n be_v the_o extraordinary_a direct_a finger_n of_o god_n and_o add_v will_v mr._n t._n have_v we_o so_o careless_o regard_v god_n judgement_n etc._n etc._n yea_o and_o rather_o judge_v the_o contrary_a it_o seem_v if_o he_o have_v see_v the_o wonder_n of_o egypt_n he_o will_v not_o only_o have_v be_v harden_v as_o pharaoh_n but_o judge_v god_n lay_v they_o as_o stumble_a block_n who_o will_v not_o tremble_v to_o hear_v the_o holy_a god_n to_o be_v accuse_v by_o man_n as_o if_o he_o lead_v his_o people_n into_o evil_n by_o his_o wonder_n and_o than_o set_v down_o two_o proposition_n 1._o that_o true_a miracle_n be_v never_o to_o be_v disinherit_v but_o believe_v what_o ever_o they_o teach_v that_o they_o be_v god_n testimony_n john_n 15._o 24._o 2._o that_o some_o wonder_n that_o be_v not_o proper_a miracle_n in_o their_o nature_n may_v yet_o have_v a_o plain_a discovery_n of_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n 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