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ergò_fw-la they_o be_v not_o equal_a in_o efficacy_n answ_n many_o of_o the_o place_n allege_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o that_o 1._o pet._n 3.21_o tit._n 3.5_o joh._n 3.5_o and_o what_o be_v that_o to_o the_o sacrament_n 2_o if_o in_o other_o place_n remission_n of_o sin_n be_v in_o show_n of_o word_n ascribe_v to_o the_o sacrament_n it_o must_v be_v understand_v significatiuè_fw-la at_o most_o but_o concomitant_a use_v let_v we_o now_o leave_v a_o while_n these_o toilsome_a controversy_n and_o see_v what_o use_n of_o this_o conclusion_n redound_v to_o we_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o same_o that_o paul_n once_o make_v to_o the_o people_n of_o corinth_n 1_o cor._n 10._o upon_o this_o ground_n that_o none_o of_o we_o presume_v upon_o sacrament_n as_o if_o they_o seal_v up_o impunity_n to_o wilful_a transgression_n there_o be_v no_o great_a virtue_n in_o we_o than_o be_v in_o jewish_a sacrament_n and_o their_o murmur_n idolatry_n fornication_n tempt_v of_o god_n be_v severe_o punish_v even_o in_o those_o that_o partake_v sacrament_n the_o same_o with_o we_o in_o signification_n use_n and_o efficacy_n and_o why_o shall_v any_o of_o we_o adventure_v the_o displeasure_n of_o god_n upon_o vain_a confidence_n of_o the_o work_n do_v of_o sacrament_n consider_v we_o that_o they_o be_v not_o only_a obsignation_n of_o favour_n but_o obligation_n to_o duty_n and_o so_o bine_v to_o dutiful_a carriage_n that_o they_o seal_v up_o pardon_n of_o no_o more_o sin_n then_o be_v repent_v and_o forsake_v it_o be_v in_o this_o respect_n with_o god_n pardon_n as_o with_o like_a indulgence_n of_o prince_n to_o malefactor_n they_o bind_v for_o ever_o to_o good_a behaviour_n and_o i_o can_v wish_v our_o people_n thus_o persuade_v of_o they_o but_o thus_o it_o fare_v with_o most_o through_o their_o ignorance_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o hart_n when_o he_o be_v wound_v he_o run_v to_o the_o herb_n dittany_n know_v by_o natural_a 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accident_n of_o patriarch_n be_v not_o without_o their_o mystery_n gregory_n speech_n be_v something_o too_o large_a if_o we_o take_v it_o universal_o but_o make_v it_o particular_a it_o have_v frequent_a truth_n scriptura_fw-la dum_fw-la narrat_fw-la gestum_fw-la prodit_fw-la mysterium_fw-la abraham_n be_v justify_v before_o circumcise_a chat_n want_v not_o its_o mystery_n thereby_o be_v signify_v that_o abraham_n be_v father_n even_o of_o uncircumcised_a believer_n that_o of_o his_o two_o wife_n and_o their_o child_n with_o their_o several_a condition_n and_o issue_n 4.24_o gal._n 4.24_o the_o apostle_n have_v avouch_v to_o be_v mystical_a the_o like_a think_v augustine_n of_o his_o offering_n his_o son_n of_o take_v keturah_n to_o wife_n after_o sarahs_n death_n and_o resolve_n though_o too_o large_o quicquid_fw-la dicit_fw-la scriptura_fw-la de_fw-la abraham_n &_o factum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o prophetia_fw-la est_fw-la temp._n augustin_n ser._n 72._o de_fw-fr temp._n augustine_n out_o of_o this_o ground_n takes_z occasion_n though_o not_o to_o justify_v the_o fall_n of_o saint_n yet_o to_o defend_v the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n record_v they_o 42._o nos_fw-la scripturas_fw-la sanctas_fw-la non_fw-la hominum_fw-la peccata_fw-la desendimus_fw-la augustin_n contr_n faustum_n manich_n l._n 22._o c._n 45._o etc._n etc._n 42._o against_o faustus_n the_o manichee_n and_o show_v how_o many_o the_o sin_n of_o saint_n be_v holy_o record_v in_o scripture_n though_o wicked_o commit_v by_o they_o they_o be_v record_v say_v he_o as_o prophecy_n and_o presignification_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v god_n so_o dispose_v even_o of_o their_o fall_n that_o they_o figure_v mystical_o some_o matter_n either_o of_o knowledge_n or_o practice_n one_o instance_n he_o give_v of_o lot_n drunkenness_n and_o incest_n allegorise_v it_o vain_o as_o he_o do_v many_o other_o thing_n and_o at_o length_n conclude_v illud_fw-la factum_fw-la cùm_fw-la in_o sancta_fw-la scriptura_fw-la narratur_fw-la prophetia_fw-la est_fw-la cùm_fw-la verò_fw-la in_o illorum_fw-la vita_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la commiserunt_fw-la consideratur_fw-la flagitium_fw-la est_fw-la better_a satisfaction_n to_o the_o manichee_n cavil_v he_o give_v after_o narrata_fw-la ista_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la laudata_fw-la etc._n etc._n papist_n some_o of_o they_o have_v hereby_o take_v occasion_n to_o turn_v the_o whole_a scripture_n into_o a_o allegory_n and_o endeavour_v a_o mystical_a interpretation_n of_o every_o part_n of_o scripture_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n they_o shall_v attempt_v it_o in_o the_o ten_o commandment_n yet_o that_o you_o may_v see_v how_o spiritual_o these_o man_n understand_v all_o thing_n in_o scripture_n 20._o diony_n carthus_n in_o exod._n 20._o the_o very_a decalogue_n have_v with_o some_o of_o they_o beside_o the_o sense_n literal_a another_o mystical_a other_o of_o they_o more_o judicious_a acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v not_o in_o every_o sentence_n of_o scripture_n 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church_n be_v conspicuous_a and_o eminent_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o who_o so_o have_v heart_n may_v thereto_o join_v themselves_o and_o share_v in_o the_o privilege_n thereof_o and_o father_n of_o circumcision_n that_o be_v of_o jew_n circumcise_v to_o they_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v to_o as_o many_o as_o unto_o circumcision_n add_v imitation_n of_o abraham_n faith_n so_o then_o circumcision_n alone_o while_o it_o stand_v in_o force_n as_o a_o sacrament_n make_v no_o man_n a_o child_n of_o abraham_n they_o must_v as_o well_o imitate_v his_o faith_n as_o admit_v circumcision_n that_o will_v be_v indeed_o and_o truth_n of_o that_o seed_n of_o abraham_n to_o who_o the_o covenant_n belong_v child_n of_o abraham_n be_v of_o three_o sort_n some_o such_o by_o propagation_n only_o so_o israelites_n yea_o ishmaelites_n be_v all_o his_o child_n some_o by_o imitation_n only_o as_o gentile_n that_o descend_v not_o out_o of_o his_o loin_n some_o both_o by_o propagation_n 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believe_v not_o shall_v be_v damn_v yea_o though_o he_o be_v baptize_v why_o then_o do_v papist_n obtrude_v upon_o we_o the_o work_n do_v of_o our_o sacrament_n as_o if_o it_o have_v such_o virtue_n to_o make_v we_o sharer_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n they_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v unto_o we_o a_o disparity_n in_o this_o kind_n betwixt_o old_a and_o new_a sacrament_n indeed_o say_v peter_n baptism_n save_v but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o element_n but_o the_o interrogation_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n 1._o pet._n 3.21_o and_o let_v i_o here_o once_o again_o advise_v our_o people_n to_o add_v to_o that_o they_o call_v their_o christendom_n faith_n unfeigned_a as_o they_o desire_v to_o become_v christian_n indeed_o and_o to_o share_v with_o christ_n in_o his_o benefit_n convey_v unto_o we_o in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n they_o err_v dangerous_o to_o their_o soul_n peril_n that_o think_v the_o naked_a sacrament_n make_v they_o god_n confederate_n to_o we_o indeed_o the_o baptize_v be_v such_o till_o they_o discover_v hypocrisy_n to_o god_n none_o else_o but_o hearty_a believer_n now_o in_o describe_v the_o circumcise_a son_n of_o abraham_n that_o be_v such_o not_o by_o propagation_n only_o or_o participation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o by_o imitation_n the_o phrase_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v they_o be_v say_v to_o walk_v in_o the_o step_n of_o his_o faith_n a_o metaphor_n express_v the_o exact_a kind_n of_o imitation_n not_o much_o unlike_a be_v that_o that_o job_n have_v express_v his_o precise_a and_o accurate_a obedienee_n job_n 23.11_o my_o foot_n have_v hold_v his_o step_n so_o accurate_a will_v the_o lord_n have_v we_o in_o imitate_v the_o virtuous_a example_n of_o his_o saint_n but_o of_o this_o point_n of_o imitation_n with_o the_o caution_n and_o limit_n thereof_o more_o hereafter_o on_o another_o occasion_n here_o it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o observe_v that_o
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righteousness_n to_o abraham_n and_o testify_v it_o to_o be_v most_o true_a and_o certain_a as_o we_o be_v wont_v to_o set_v seal_n to_o that_o which_o we_o will_v testify_v to_o be_v sure_a and_o firm_a now_o if_o any_o demand_n what_o they_o seal_v up_o or_o confirm_v unto_o we_o the_o answer_n be_v it_o be_v the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n that_o be_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o esteem_v of_o righteousness_n which_o the_o lord_n allow_v to_o all_o true_o believe_v if_o this_o be_v not_o all_o they_o assure_v we_o of_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a other_o end_n be_v all_o subordinate_a to_o this_o other_o use_v less_o principal_a and_o dependent_a thereon_o now_o see_v we_o what_o it_o be_v that_o adversary_n except_v against_o our_o description_n of_o sacrament_n hence_o collect_v forsooth_o they_o tell_v we_o that_o we_o reason_n absurd_o from_o one_o species_n to_o the_o whole_a kind_n affirmative_o thereto_o have_v be_v already_o answer_v they_o limit_v this_o 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