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and_o honour_n and_o be_v commend_v to_o he_o from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n remember_v the_o word_n of_o christ_n john_n 14_o 15._o if_o you_o love_v i_o keep_v my_o commandment_n luke_n 6._o 46._o and_o why_o call_v you_o i_o lord_n lord_n and_o do_v not_o the_o thing_n which_o i_o say_v matth._n 15._o 9_o in_o vain_a do_v they_o worship_v i_o teach_v for_o doctrine_n the_o commandment_n of_o man_n farewell_o london_n 12_o month_n the_o 21._o day_n 1658._o thou_o in_o our_o lord_n john_n tomb_n felo_fw-la de_fw-la se._n master_n baxter_n of_o right_a to_o sacrament_n disp._n 2._o pag._n 53._o argum._n 1._o if_o we_o must_v not_o baptise_v any_o who_o profess_v not_o true_a repentance_n then_o must_v we_o not_o baptise_v any_o infant_n but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a therefore_o etc._n etc._n the_o consequence_n of_o the_o major_a be_v manifest_a sith_o this_o proposition_n on_o which_o it_o depend_v infant_n profess_v not_o true_a repentance_n be_v manifest_a by_o sense_n 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gillespy_n 20._o be_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o sacrament_n which_o be_v to_o signify_v that_o we_o have_v already_o faith_n in_o christ_n remission_n of_o sin_n by_o he_o and_o union_n with_o he_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o argument_n be_v that_o see_v sacrament_n according_a to_o christ_n institution_n be_v confirm_v sign_n presuppose_v the_o thing_n signify_v both_o on_o our_o part_n and_o on_o god_n therefore_o none_o shall_v use_v they_o that_o have_v not_o first_o the_o thing_n signify_v by_o they_o though_o i_o undertake_v not_o to_o defend_v all_o the_o argument_n that_o other_o man_n use_v in_o this_o case_n yet_o this_o do_v so_o much_o concern_v the_o cause_n of_o baptism_n which_o i_o be_o now_o debate_v that_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o this_o reply_n to_o it_o what_o divine_n be_v there_o that_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v mutual_a sign_n and_o seal_n signify_v our_o part_n as_o well_o as_o god_n and_o how_o ill_o do_v you_o wrong_v the_o church_n of_o god_n by_o 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the_o sacrament_n be_v our_o symbol_n and_o so_o declare_v or_o signify_v our_o action_n as_o well_o as_o god_n 2._o and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o sign_n of_o our_o profession_n but_o a_o profess_a sign_n and_o therefore_o a_o sign_n of_o the_o thing_n profess_v for_o the_o external_a sign_n be_v to_o declare_v the_o internal_a act_n of_o the_o mind_n which_o without_o sign_n other_o can_v know_v as_o therefore_o the_o word_n and_o outward_n action_n 〈◊〉_d â—wo_o distinct_a sign_n of_o the_o same_o internal_a act_n so_o be_v they_o two_o way_n of_o professâ—â—â—_n my_o signal_n action_n do_v not_o signify_v my_o word_n which_o be_v plain_a sign_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o need_v not_o dark_a to_o express_v they_o but_o they_o both_o expre_a 〈…〉_z mind_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o symbol_n of_o our_o professiâ—â—_n as_o you_o spea_n 〈…〉_z t_z profess_v symbol_n 3._o and_o if_o so_o than_o they_o must_v be_v sign_n and_o profession_n of_o those_o internal_a act_n which_o correspond_v with_o they_o the_o four_o argument_n of_o master_n gillespy_n be_v from_o rom._n 4._o 11._o circumcision_n be_v a_o seal_n of_o that_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n therefore_o so_o be_v baptism_n therefore_o it_o belong_v only_o to_o justify_a believer_n he_o that_o make_v it_o the_o institute_a nature_n or_o use_n of_o circumcision_n to_o be_v a_o seal_n of_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n which_o the_o person_n have_v before_o do_v make_v his_o circumcision_n a_o proof_n of_o his_o foregoing_a righteousness_n of_o faith_n pag._n 133._o you_o can_v show_v where_o ever_o the_o wicked_a be_v command_v to_o communicate_v with_o the_o church_n in_o the_o sacrament_n but_o in_o this_o order_n first_o to_o be_v convert_v and_o repent_v and_o so_o baptise_v and_o so_o communicate_v gillespy_n aaron_n rod_n blossom_v pag._n 514_o 515._o the_o assumption_n that_o baptism_n itself_o be_v not_o a_o regenerate_a ordinance_n i_o prove_v thus_o 1._o because_o we_o read_v of_o 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