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i_o do_v not_o take_v on_o i_o to_o know_v mr._n bs._n heart_n but_o i_o wish_v mr._n b._n will_v consider_v of_o what_o spirit_n he_o be_v when_o he_o vent_v his_o jerk_n at_o my_o revenue_n and_o whether_o the_o phrase_n of_o offer_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o mars_n and_o keep_v holiday_n for_o kill_v the_o saint_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o people_n of_o kederminster_n likely_a be_v a_o most_o profane_a and_o bitter_a passage_n his_o quip_n pag._n 67._o member_n of_o this_o kingdom_n or_o to_o please_v you_o commonwealth_n pag._n 136._o of_o baptise_v naked_a maid_n in_o bewdley_n pag._n 245._o your_o foot_n will_v take_v cold_a or_o your_o heart_n heat_n etc._n etc._n savour_v not_o more_o of_o a_o heathen_a satirist_n vain_a wit_n than_o a_o christian_a preacher_n zealours_n spirit_n he_o say_v that_o he_o perceive_v by_o one_o passage_n in_o my_o antidote_n pag._n 21._o i_o be_o offend_v at_o he_o for_o diminish_v my_o esteem_n for_o i_o complain_v etc._n etc._n but_o the_o word_n there_o be_v no_o complaint_n and_o if_o i_o imagine_v amiss_o i_o be_o sorry_a that_o i_o do_v so_o surmise_n sect_n ix_o in_o my_o allead_n peter_n de_fw-fr bruis_n and_o other_o as_o antipaedobaptist_n 500_o year_n ago_o be_v no_o untruth_n but_o there_o be_v a_o foul_a sin_n mr._n b._n charge_v i_o with_o when_o he_o say_v in_o his_o history_n my_o report_n be_v untruth_n and_o page_n 176._o he_o charge_v i_o with_o very_a many_o palpable_a gross_a untruth_n which_o i_o either_o know_v or_o may_v to_o be_v so_o two_o he_o have_v select_v as_o most_o remarkable_a the_o first_o be_v that_o the_o lie_a papist_n do_v accuse_v the_o albigenses_n and_o waldenses_n our_o first_o reformer_n to_o be_v witch_n bugger_n sorcerer_n and_o to_o deny_v infant-baptisme_n etc._n etc._n now_o what_o do_v mr._n t._n but_o persuade_v the_o world_n that_o the_o papist_n accusation_n of_o these_o be_v true_a in_o this_o etc._n etc._n be_v it_o rail_v to_o say_v that_o this_o deal_n be_v stark_o brazen-faced_a and_o unconscionable_a and_o after_o he_o style_v it_o horrible_a foulness_n of_o deal_n with_o other_o word_n he_o that_o dare_v do_v thus_o what_o dare_v he_o not_o etc._n etc._n and_o page_n 201._o a_o most_o unconscionable_a jesuitical_a trick_n to_o seduce_v poor_a ignorant_a soul_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v my_o word_n examen_fw-la part_n 2._o sect_n 2._o tend_v to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v some_o that_o oppose_a infant-baptisme_n 500_o year_n ago_o who_o be_v both_o godly_a man_n and_o have_v godly_a society_n join_v with_o they_o nor_o do_v i_o see_v cause_n to_o recede_v from_o the_o same_o opinion_n notwithstanding_o what_o either_o doctor_n usher_n mr._n m._n or_o mr._n b._n have_v say_v to_o the_o contrary_n i_o do_v no_o where_o charge_n the_o waldenses_n but_o only_o cite_v in_o my_o examen_fw-la part_n 2._o sect_n 2._o cassander_n and_o osianders_n word_n in_o my_o exercit_fw-la of_o the_o albigenses_n but_o let_v we_o consider_v what_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o contrary_a 1._o for_o berengarius_fw-la deodrinus_n leodiensiis_n take_v it_o up_o as_o a_o common_a fame_n 2._o it_o be_v not_o find_v charge_v in_o synod_n against_o he_o 3._o that_o it_o appear_v to_o doctor_n usher_n they_o who_o be_v charge_v in_o those_o day_n to_o hold_v that_o baptism_n do_v not_o profit_n to_o salvation_n hold_v nothing_o but_o this_o that_o baptism_n do_v not_o confer_v grace_n by_o the_o work_n wrought_v yet_o durandus_fw-la leodicensis_fw-la in_o the_o 3d._n tome_fw-mi of_o the_o bibliothica_fw-la patrum_fw-la the_o last_o book_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o henry_n king_n of_o france_n make_v it_o such_o a_o fame_n as_o fill_v all_o their_o ear_n praise_v the_o king_n of_o france_n for_o call_v a_o council_n against_o he_o and_o bruno_n by_o reason_n of_o it_o nor_o be_v doctor_n usher_v word_n as_o mr._n m._n recite_v they_o that_o it_o appear_v to_o he_o but_o nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la videntur_fw-la negavisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o be_v less_o than_o to_o say_v it_o appear_v to_o he_o and_o for_o his_o conjecture_n it_o may_v be_v answer_v by_o another_o conjecture_n that_o it_o seem_v rather_o berengarius_fw-la do_v at_o first_o discern_v the_o vanity_n of_o infant_n baptism_n as_o arise_v from_o augustine_n error_n about_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o and_o not_o much_o use_v till_o after_o his_o day_n yet_o find_v the_o opposition_n of_o the_o corporal_a presence_n in_o the_o eucharist_n too_o hard_a a_o business_n be_v force_v to_o recant_v by_o pope_n nicholas_n it_o be_v likely_a he_o conceal_v his_o opinion_n of_o infant-baptisme_n to_o which_o conjecture_n cassander_n conceit_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o gulick_n and_o cleve_n before_o his_o testimony_n for_o infant-baptisme_n be_v somewhat_o like_a that_o though_o he_o
overthrow_v baptism_n of_o little_a one_o yet_o he_o bring_v it_o not_o into_o public_a because_o as_o guitmund_n say_v he_o know_v that_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o worst_a man_n will_v not_o brook_v that_o blasphemy_n i_o also_o relate_v a_o speech_n of_o the_o same_o cassander_n concern_v the_o albigenses_n beside_o which_o in_o my_o exercitation_n i_o allege_v the_o word_n of_o lucas_n osiander_n accuse_v the_o albigenses_n as_o agree_v with_o anabaptist_n and_o to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v some_o reason_n for_o what_o i_o aver_v to_o wit_n that_o there_o be_v other_o that_o make_v head_n against_o infant-baptisme_n before_o baltasar_n pacimontanus_n i_o allege_v bernard_n serm._n 66._o in_o cantica_fw-la epis._n 240._o to_o hildefonsus_n earl_n of_o st._n giles_n petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la his_o epistle_n to_o three_o bishop_n of_o france_n and_o in_o my_o antidote_n sect_n 9_o eckbertus_n schovangiensis_n his_o seven_o sermon_n adversus_fw-la catharos_n in_fw-la auctario_fw-la biblioth_n patrum_fw-la tom_n 2._o against_o these_o allegation_n mr._n m._n except_v and_o mr._n b._n le_fw-fr we_o fly_v at_o i_o as_o before_o neither_o deny_v that_o i_o right_o cite_v the_o author_n but_o 1._o that_o the_o author_n be_v lie_v papist_n 2._o that_o no_o impartial_a author_n so_o charge_v they_o 3._o that_o they_o do_v bely_v they_o in_o other_o thing_n 4_o that_o upon_o report_n these_o with_o other_o thing_n be_v charge_v on_o they_o 5._o that_o the_o counsel_n charge_v they_o not_o with_o this_o 6._o that_o other_o historian_n charge_v not_o the_o waldenses_n 7._o that_o their_o confession_n acquit_v they_o 8._o that_o i_o do_v but_o join_v with_o malicious_a papist_n to_o take_v up_o any_o the_o false_a slander_n to_o defend_v my_o cause_n by_o it_o for_o answer_v hereto_o i_o will_v not_o return_v rail_v for_o rail_v but_o this_o i_o say_v and_o leave_v it_o to_o indifferent_a man_n if_o there_o be_v any_o to_o judge_v between_o we_o whether_o of_o we_o be_v in_o the_o right_n cassander_n be_v never_o account_v that_o i_o ever_o read_v one_o of_o those_o rail_a lie_a papist_n mr._n b._n mention_n but_o as_o impartial_a a_o man_n as_o any_o papist_n living_n in_o his_o time_n maximilian_n the_o second_o emperor_n who_o favour_v protestant_n more_o than_o any_o emperor_n prize_v he_o his_o study_n be_v reconciliation_n and_o a_o middle_a way_n which_o mr._n b._n profess_v to_o be_v he_o mr._n b._n page_n 261._o say_v he_o speak_v the_o best_a of_o all_o party_n that_o he_o may_v displease_v none_o bernard_n be_v by_o mr._n b._n himself_o page_n 265._o style_v a_o pious_a man_n petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la be_v tho_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 they_o be_v as_o impartial_a author_n special_o bernard_n as_o that_o age_n yield_v if_o these_o 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 protestant_n writer_n do_v frequent_o allege_v these_o very_a author_n for_o other_o thing_n mornay_n in_o his_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n progress_n 46._o cite_v these_o very_a write_n against_o papist_n i_o conceive_v mr._n m._n mr._n b._n think_v they_o say_v true_a when_o bernard_n charge_v they_o that_o they_o deride_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a invocation_n of_o saint_n purgatory_n and_o cluniacensis_fw-la that_o they_o except_v against_o altar_n adore_v of_o cross_n the_o mass_n chant_v inquire_v pray_v for_o the_o dead_a if_o they_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v in_o so_o many_o why_o not_o in_o this_o which_o they_o put_v first_o lucas_n osiander_n epit._n hist._n eccl._n cent._n 12._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 1158._o cite_v cluniacensis_fw-la for_o the_o same_o thing_n eckbertus_n say_v when_o he_o be_v canou_n at_o bon_n he_o with_o his_o companion_n bertoly_a do_v often_o speak_v with_o they_o who_o he_o refute_v say_v in_o his_o sermon_n that_o they_o allege_v against_o infant-baptisme_n mat._n 28._o 19_o mark_n 16._o 15_o 16._o though_o i_o make_v no_o question_n but_o that_o they_o bely_v they_o at_o least_o some_o of_o they_o in_o other_o thing_n some_o upon_o report_n as_o cluniacansis_n that_o they_o deny_v some_o of_o the_o scripture_n it_o may_v be_v say_v osiaander_n because_o they_o deny_v the_o apocryphal_a write_n or_o perhaps_o because_o they_o deny_v argument_n valid_a from_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n some_o upon_o false_a inference_n which_o be_v a_o frequent_a thing_n in_o writer_n to_o make_v the_o consequence_n they_o gather_v from_o their_o write_n the_o tenet_n of_o the_o author_n they_o impugn_v some_o it_o may_v be_v out_o of_o that_o abuse_n of_o charge_v those_o tenet_n and_o practice_n upon_o all_o of_o the_o same_o profession_n which_o be_v too_o true_a of_o some_o as_o that_o all_o christian_n do_v lewd_a practice_n because_o the_o gnostic_n do_v so_o that_o all_o anabaptist_n be_v wicked_a because_o those_o of_o munster_n copp_n and_o some_o other_o prove_v so_o in_o which_o way_n mr._n b._n walk_v page_n 138._o etc._n etc._n for_o which_o the_o lord_n forgive_v he_o yet_o it_o seem_v utter_o unlikely_a to_o i_o that_o in_o this_o petrus_n de_fw-fr bruis_n and_o henricus_n and_o their_o follower_n shall_v be_v belie_v when_o so_o many_o of_o chief_a account_n in_o their_o time_n from_o several_a place_n charge_v they_o with_o deny_v infant-baptisme_n and_o rebaptise_v petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la write_v to_o 3._o bishop_n of_o france_n and_o bernard_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o st._n gyles_n of_o purpose_n against_o they_o for_o this_o reason_n bernard_n and_o cluniacensiis_n put_v it_o for_o their_o prime_a error_n petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la and_o eckbertus_n produce_v and_o take_v on_o they_o to_o answer_v their_o allegation_n against_o infant-baptisme_n but_o not_o so_o as_o i_o 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but_o my_o hope_n be_v those_o great_a instrument_n of_o god_n to_o break_v the_o enemy_n of_o those_o that_o be_v term_v sectary_n though_o mr._n bs._n word_n seem_v to_o forebode_v and_o misdeem_v evil_a of_o they_o will_n and_o do_v prove_v better_a than_o he_o discribe_v they_o though_o i_o imagine_v they_o be_v not_o anabaptist_n nor_o do_v i_o like_v mr._n bs._n obscure_a satirical_a crimination_n they_o have_v some_o show_n of_o a_o malevolent_a mind_n whatever_o mr._n b._n may_v conceive_v of_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n way_n in_o other_o thing_n i_o be_o sure_a if_o they_o will_v keep_v themselves_o only_o to_o this_o to_o be_v baptize_v upon_o profession_n of_o faith_n they_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o safe_a way_n even_o in_o the_o way_n of_o christ._n sect_n xxii_o the_o speech_n that_o no_o one_o country_n be_v gather_v into_o christ_n visible_a church_n contain_v no_o malignancy_n to_o christ_n but_o be_v a_o manifest_a truth_n most_o of_o that_o which_o be_v in_o 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