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holy_a school_n of_o christ_n 1_o cor_fw-la 7.14_o 3._o such_o child_n belong_v to_o christ_n for_o he_o call_v they_o to_o he_o as_o he_o to_o receive_v his_o blessing_n mark_v 10_o 13-16_a they_o be_v to_o be_v receive_v in_o his_o name_n mark_v 9.37_o luke_n 9_o 48._o they_o have_v a_o part_n in_o the_o lord_n jost_n 22.24.25_o therefore_o they_o be_v disciple_n for_o to_o belong_v to_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v a_o disciple_n of_o christ_n mark_v 9.41_o with_o mat._n 10.42_o now_o if_o they_o be_v disciple_n than_o they_o be_v member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o from_o the_o equivalency_n of_o those_o term_n be_v before_o show_v the_o whole_a current_n and_o harmony_n of_o scripture_n show_v argum_fw-la 5_o that_o ever_o since_o there_o be_v a_o visible_a church_n on_o earth_n the_o child_n thereof_o have_v by_o the_o lord_n appointment_n be_v a_o part_n of_o it_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o old_a and_o it_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v so_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n eve_n the_o 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it_o according_a to_o scripture_n save_v for_o notórious_a sin_n and_o incorrigibleness_n therein_o rom_n 11.20_o which_o be_v not_o the_o case_n of_o these_o parent_n 2_o because_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v to_o the_o faithful_a and_o their_o seed_n after_o they_o in_o their_o generation_n gen_n 17.7_o even_o to_o a_o thousand_o generation_n i._n e._n conditional_o provide_v that_o the_o parent_n successive_o do_v continue_v to_o be_v keeper_n of_o the_o covenant_n exod_n 20.6_o deut_n 7_o 9_o 11_o psalm_n 105_o 8._o which_o the_o parent_n in_o question_n be_v because_o they_o be_v not_o in_o scripture_n account_n in_o this_o case_n forsaker_n or_o rejecter_n of_o the_o god_n and_o covenant_n of_o their_o father_n see_v deut_n 29.25_o 26._o 2_o king_n 17_o 15-20_a 2_o chron_n 7_o 22_o deut_n 7_o 10._o 2._o that_o these_o parent_n in_o question_n do_v not_o put_v in_o any_o bar_n to_o hinder_v their_o child_n from_o baptism_n be_v plain_a from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o proposition_n wherein_o they_o be_v describe_v to_o be_v such_o as_o understand_v the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o public_o profess_v their_o assent_n thereto_o therefore_o they_o put_v not_o in_o any_o bar_n of_o gross_a ignorance_n atheism_n heresy_n or_o infidelity_n also_o they_o be_v not_o scandalous_a in_o life_n but_o solemn_o own_o the_o covenant_n before_o the_o church_n therefore_o they_o put_v not_o in_o any_o bar_n of_o profaneness_n or_o wickedness_n or_o apostasy_n from_o the_o covenant_n whereinto_o they_o enter_v in_o minority_n that_o the_o infant-children_n in_o question_n do_v themselves_o put_v in_o any_o bar_n none_o will_v imagine_v the_o child_n of_o the_o parent_n in_o question_n be_v either_o child_n of_o the_o covenant_n argum_fw-la 2_o or_o stranger_n from_o the_o covenant_n eph_n 2_o 12._o either_o holy_a or_o unclean_a 1_o cor_n 7_o 14._o either_o within_o the_o church_n or_o without_o 1_o cor_n 5_o 12_o either_o such_o as_o have_v god_n for_o their_o god_n or_o without_o god_n in_o the_o world_n eph_n 2_o 12._o but_o he_o that_o consider_v the_o proposition_n will_v not_o affirm_v the_o latter_a concern_v these_o child_n and_o the_o form_n be_v grant_v infer_v their_o right_n to_o baptism_n to_o deny_v the_o proposition_n argum_fw-la 3_o will_v be_v 1._o to_o straiten_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o gospel-dispensation_n and_o to_o make_v the_o church_n in_o new_a testament-time_n in_o a_o worse_a case_n relate_v to_o their_o child_n successive_o than_o be_v the_o jew_n of_o old_a 2._o to_o render_v the_o child_n of_o the_o jew_n when_o they_o shall_v be_v call_v in_o a_o worse_a condition_n then_o under_o the_o legal_a administration_n contrary_a to_o jer_n 30_o 20._o ezekiel_n 37_o 25_o 26._o 3._o to_o deny_v the_o application_n of_o the_o initiatory_a seal_n to_o such_o as_o regular_o stand_v in_o the_o church_n and_o covenant_n to_o who_o the_o moysaicall_a dispensation_n nay_o the_o first_o institution_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o abraham_n appoint_v it_o to_o be_v apply_v gen_n 17_o 9_o 10._o john_n 7.22_o 23._o 4._o to_o break_v god_n covenant_n by_o deny_v the_o initiatory_a seal_n to_o those_o that_o be_v in_o covenant_n gen_n 17_o 9_o 10_o 14._o confederate_a visible_a believer_n though_o but_o in_o the_o low_a degree_n such_o argum_fw-la 4_o be_v to_o have_v their_o child_n baptize_v witness_v the_o practice_n of_o john_n baptist_n and_o the_o aposile_n who_o baptize_v person_n upon_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o their_o christianity_n but_o the_o parent_n in_o question_n be_v confederate_a visible_a believer_n at_o least_o in_o some_o degree_n for_o 1._o charity_n may_v observe_v in_o they_o sundry_a positive_a argument_n for_o it_o witness_v the_o term_n of_o the_o proposition_n and_o nothing_o evident_a against_o it_o 2._o child_n of_o the_o godly_a qualify_v but_o as_o the_o person_n in_o the_o proposition_n be_v say_v to_o be_v faithful_a tit_n 1.6_o 3._o child_n of_o the_o 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