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do_v seal_v the_o same_o covenant_n i_o answer_v circumcision_n be_v a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n and_o that_o be_v the_o same_o make_v with_o we_o christian_n or_o else_o how_o can_v we_o by_o faith_n be_v make_v child_n of_o abraham_n and_o how_o can_v the_o prophet_n argue_v from_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n that_o christian_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n not_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n as_o he_o do_v gal._n 3.16_o 17._o unless_o we_o have_v the_o same_o covenant_n and_o of_o our_o covenant_n baptism_n be_v the_o seal_n 2._o he_o deny_v circumcision_n to_o be_v the_o seal_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o do_v not_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o circumcision_n be_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n and_o that_o imply_v remission_n of_o sin_n as_o he_o plain_o show_v in_o bring_v as_o proof_n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n psal_n 32.1_o bless_a be_v the_o man_n who_o sin_n be_v forgive_v rom._n 4_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o m._n h._n answer_n it_o be_v to_o abraham_n the_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n but_o that_o be_v peculiar_a to_o he_o wherein_o again_o whether_o of_o ignorance_n or_o of_o choice_n ipse_fw-la viderit_fw-la he_o jump_v with_o bellarmine_n against_o protestant_a divine_n bel._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr sacr_n in_o grem_fw-la cap._n 17._o but_o as_o our_o divine_n answer_v bellarmine_n thus_o he_o enervate_v the_o apostle_n argument_n from_o abraham_n example_n to_o we_o which_o be_v not_o argumentative_a in_o any_o thing_n peculiar_a to_o abraham_n second_o i_o will_v know_v of_o m._n har._n if_o circumcision_n do_v not_o seal_v righteousness_n of_o faith_n except_o to_o abraham_n what_o it_o do_v seal_v to_o proselyte_n title_n to_o canaan_n they_o have_v none_o seal_v a_o blank_a it_o must_v not_o therefore_o it_o seal_v the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n again_o there_o be_v in_o a_o sacrament_n a_o outward_a sign_n and_o a_o inward_a grace_n and_o that_o 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that_o be_v the_o sacrament_n of_o growth_n to_o the_o place_n col._n 2.11_o 12._o m._n h._n say_v it_o do_v no_o more_o prove_v baptism_n to_o succeed_v circumcision_n than_o noah_n ark_n or_o the_o red_a sea_n but_o he_o may_v have_v see_v my_o answer_n to_o m._n tomb_n that_o there_o be_v not_o the_o same_o reason_n of_o these_o for_o circumcision_n be_v a_o ordinance_n in_o ordinary_a use_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n virtue_n and_o state_n that_o baptism_n in_o be_v the_o jew_n sacrament_n of_o initiation_n and_o so_o be_v more_o proper_o say_v to_o be_v succeed_v by_o baptism_n but_o m._n h._n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o circumcision_n to_o show_v the_o colossian_n that_o they_o be_v complete_a in_o christ_n by_o regeneration_n etc._n etc._n i_o answer_v that_o be_v true_a but_o that_o be_v not_o all_o the_o apostle_n show_v they_o need_v not_o the_o element_n of_o the_o world_n whereof_o circumcision_n be_v one_o and_o why_o not_o only_o because_o they_o have_v 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upon_o record_n in_o the_o word_n else_o peter_n have_v speak_v out_o of_o his_o own_o head_n which_o the_o apostle_n neither_o do_v nor_o might_n do_v mat._n 28.20_o act._n 26.22_o 2._o the_o articlé_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o promise_n note_v some_o eminent_a promise_n and_o from_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o sermon_n that_o promise_n be_v evident_a to_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n 3._o that_o this_o promise_n do_v in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n belong_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o their_o child_n that_o be_v they_o and_o their_o child_n be_v of_o those_o to_o who_o the_o covenant_n do_v primary_o belong_v and_o to_o the_o gentile_n secondary_o when_o god_n shall_v call_v they_o according_a to_o that_o gen._n 12.3_o so_o then_o the_o promise_n belong_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o their_o child_n they_o and_o their_o child_n be_v child_n of_o the_o covenant_n in_o act_n and_o in_o regard_n of_o outward_a right_n as_o it_o be_v act._n 3.25_o 26._o to_o they_o pertain_v the_o adoption_n and_o the_o covenant_n rom._n 9.4_o and_o so_o shall_v the_o gentile_n when_o call_v as_o zacheus_n in_o joy_n the_o privilege_n of_o the_o child_n of_o abraham_n and_o thus_o the_o apostle_n lay_v before_o they_o a_o good_a ground_n of_o comfort_n to_o find_v pardon_n upon_o repentance_n because_o by_o their_o present_a church-state_n they_o and_o their_o child_n be_v child_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o god_n will_v make_v good_a and_o upon_o repentance_n accept_v they_o so_o then_o here_o be_v a_o privilege_n of_o child_n quâ_fw-la child_n to_o be_v child_n of_o the_o covenant_n else_o they_o be_v to_o no_o purpose_n nor_o with_o good_a sense_n here_o mention_v and_o that_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o to_o be_v faederati_fw-la with_o their_o parent_n which_o all_o confess_v in_o some_o sense_n to_o be_v so_o under_o the_o old_a testament_n according_a to_o which_o dispensation_n the_o apostle_n there_o speak_v but_o by_o the_o way_n pag_n 7._o m._n har._n drop_v we_o a_o distinction_n the_o gospel_n covenant_n say_v he_o may_v be_v extend_v to_o person_n visible_o or_o invisible_o and_o he_o deny_v infant_n to_o be_v visible_o within_o the_o covenant_n but_o i_o answer_v if_o he_o mean_v by_o visible_o known_o or_o that_o which_o we_o know_v to_o be_v so_o by_o evidence_n of_o scripture_n than_o i_o say_v infant_n be_v know_v to_o be_v within_o the_o gospel_n covenant_n with_o their_o parent_n which_o i_o have_v prove_v by_o those_o testimony_n that_o yet_o speak_v aloud_o for_o all_o his_o gag_n which_o be_v either_o too_o short_a or_o too_o weak_a but_o if_o by_o visible_a be_v mean_n that_o which_o be_v know_v to_o the_o eye_n only_o then_o his_o position_n be_v false_a for_o why_o shall_v not_o any_o demonstration_n to_o reason_n evidence_v a_o person_n be_v within_o covenant_n be_v as_o good_a a_o ground_n for_o baptism_n as_o those_o that_o be_v ocular_a only_o as_o for_o that_o which_o he_o say_v that_o infant_n 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directory_n vindicate_v before_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o second_o argument_n i_o shall_v think_v it_o needful_a to_o examine_v some_o thing_n publish_v by_o m._n tomb_n in_o his_o late_a apology_n to_o puzzle_v this_o argument_n draw_v from_o those_o place_n that_o show_v child_n to_o be_v confederate_n with_o their_o parent_n pag._n 40._o to_o 47._o where_o m._n tomb_n affirm_v that_o the_o argument_n which_o m._n martial_n d._n homes_n and_o m._n geree_n be_v for_o baptise_v infant_n be_v either_o a_o tautology_n or_o equivocation_n the_o proof_n he_o promise_v he_o eafter_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v liberty_n to_o examine_v their_o entangle_a discourse_n great_a word_n but_o how_o just_o i_o shall_v show_v in_o my_o own_o particular_a which_o will_v be_v a_o clear_n of_o my_o brethren_n also_o have_v pag._n 10._o produce_v the_o place_n gen._n 17.7_o i_o will_v establish_v my_o covenant_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o in_o their_o generation_n for_o a_o 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