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the_o reader_n may_v only_o have_v to_o do_v with_o argument_n and_o answer_n when_o they_o come_v to_o they_o he_o spend_v some_o leaf_n to_o prove_v he_o do_v not_o incosiderate_o and_o rash_o take_v up_o his_o opinion_n as_o i_o accuse_v he_o whereas_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o any_o where_o i_o accuse_v he_o of_o rashness_n but_o antidote_n sect_n 7._o of_o inconsiderateness_n and_o haste_n in_o that_o passage_n wherein_o he_o name_v anabaptist_n in_o the_o plural_a mean_v i_o only_o which_o whether_o he_o do_v or_o no_o it_o be_v not_o material_a nor_o worth_a while_n to_o make_v reply_n to_o the_o descant_n of_o his_o corrective_a on_o that_o passage_n in_o my_o antidote_n the_o next_o thing_n in_o his_o history_n to_o which_o i_o be_o to_o answer_n be_v that_o he_o charge_v i_o with_o both_o there_o and_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o my_o valedictory_n oration_n page_n 209_o 210._o with_o falsehood_n in_o tell_v they_o in_o the_o pulpit_n that_o i_o can_v never_o know_v his_o argument_n till_o the_o dispute_n that_o he_o hide_v his_o weapon_n till_o he_o mean_v to_o strike_v that_o i_o be_v set_v upon_o at_o a_o sudden_a that_o i_o have_v the_o argument_n conceal_v from_o i_o aforehand_o the_o contrary_a whereof_o be_v manifest_a in_o that_o he_o have_v urge_v the_o same_o argument_n at_o col._n tailor_n house_n in_o london_n that_o i_o bid_v see_v some_o note_n of_o his_o in_o which_o the_o first_o be_v that_o which_o he_o urge_v at_o the_o dispute_n and_o therefore_o that_o i_o speak_v not_o truth_n and_o it_o be_v a_o evidence_n his_o argument_n be_v good_a in_o that_o i_o give_v such_o feeble_a answer_n to_o they_o to_o which_o i_o say_v i_o do_v not_o think_v i_o say_v i_o can_v never_o know_v his_o argument_n till_o the_o dispute_n
visible_a church-membership_a page_n 183._o he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o palpable_a untruth_n which_o i_o say_v he_o four_o text_n in_o his_o epistle_n levit._n 25._o 41_o 42._o deut._n 29._o 11_o 12._o act._n 15._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o with_o rom._n 11._o 19_o be_v all_o he_o conclude_v any_o thing_n from_o mean_v in_o the_o dispute_n at_o bewdley_n and_o say_v the_o hearer_n know_v it_o and_o be_v to_o be_v see_v before_o but_o to_o my_o best_a remembrance_n with_o search_n into_o the_o note_n i_o take_v after_o and_o the_o note_n which_o be_v communicate_v to_o i_o it_o be_v no_o untruth_n mat._n 28._o 19_o i_o think_v he_o allude_v to_o but_o i_o remember_v not_o it_o be_v urge_v or_o any_o other_o text_n beside_o the_o forename_a as_o a_o medium_n from_o which_o to_o conclude_v any_o proposition_n to_o be_v prove_v then_o he_o say_v i_o have_v be_v full_o answer_v before_o but_o yet_o add_v concern_v levit._n 25._o 41_o 42._o 1._o the_o jew_n infant_n be_v infant_n and_o the_o dispute_n between_o we_o be_v of_o the_o species_n answ._n 1._o though_o mr._n b._n and_o before_o he_o mr._n cobbet_n usual_o call_v the_o sort_n or_o rank_n of_o man_n that_o be_v infant_n the_o species_n yet_o other_o logician_n usual_o call_v man_n the_o low_a species_n or_o kind_n and_o say_v age_n and_o sex_n make_v not_o another_o kind_n 2._o but_o allow_v mr._n b._n and_o mr._n cobbet_n their_o language_n i_o say_v the_o dispute_n be_v not_o about_o the_o species_n or_o kind_n to_o wit_n infant_n as_o infant_n but_o infant_n of_o believer_n who_o be_v particular_a person_n and_o the_o question_n as_o it_o be_v right_o state_v between_o i_o and_o mr._n m._n be_v whether_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v with_o christ_n baptism_n by_o a_o lawful_a minister_n according_a to_o ordinary_a rule_n without_o extraordinary_a revelation_n or_o direction_n and_o if_o paedobaptist_n will_v maintain_v their_o practice_n they_o shall_v make_v good_a this_o proposition_n that_o all_o the_o infant-children_n of_o profess_a or_o inchurch_v believer_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v with_o christ_n baptism_n by_o the_o law_n full_a minister_n according_a to_o ordinary_a rule_n though_o mr._n baillee_fw-mi and_o mr._n b._n for_o some_o advantage_n set_v down_o this_o as_o their_o proposition_n to_o be_v prove_v that_o some_o infant_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v m._n b._n say_v he_o have_v prove_v our_o privilege_n great_a than_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o i_o deny_v it_o not_o and_o that_o this_o to_o wit_n to_o be_v god_n servant_n be_v not_o peculiar_a to_o they_o whereas_o i_o have_v prove_v the_o contrary_a from_o ver_fw-la 55._o and_o the_o whole_a chapter_n be_v about_o law_n peculiar_a to_o the_o jew_n and_o ver_fw-la 38_o 39_o 40._o go_v before_o show_v plain_o that_o this_o law_n be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o jew_n that_o they_o and_o their_o child_n shall_v return_v from_o servitude_n under_o which_o they_o be_v for_o poverty_n at_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n and_o ver_fw-la 45_o 46._o plain_o restrain_v it_o to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n allow_v they_o to_o take_v the_o child_n of_o stranger_n so_o journ_v among_o they_o and_o therefore_o proselyte_n as_o a_o inheritance_n and_o therefore_o in_o whatever_o sense_n it_o be_v mean_v that_o they_o be_v god_n servant_n it_o be_v mean_v only_o of_o hebrew_n as_o exod._n 21._o 2._o be_v express_v i_o do_v not_o conceive_v nor_o any_o interpreter_n that_o i_o meet_v with_o do_v expound_v this_o of_o a_o proselyte_n but_o only_o of_o a_o hebrew_n bear_v if_o cornelius_n have_v child_n they_o have_v not_o be_v god_n servant_n in_o the_o sense_n there_o mean_v which_o be_v clear_o this_o that_o they_o be_v his_o servant_n in_o this_o respect_n only_o in_o that_o place_n in_o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v dispose_v of_o not_o as_o man_n will_v but_o as_o he_o only_o will_v who_o have_v right_a to_o they_o by_o his_o purchase_n in_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o none_o can_v get_v sovereign_a dominion_n over_o they_o no_o not_o by_o their_o voluntary_a sell_v themselves_o to_o prejudice_v his_o as_o deodat_n annot_n in_o levit._n 25._o 42._o whence_o i_o infer_v that_o it_o be_v a_o most_o gross_a abuse_n of_o this_o scripture_n in_o mr._n b._n to_o urge_v it_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o gentile_a believer_n now_o be_v servant_n to_o god_n relate_v to_o he_o as_o a_o peculiar_a people_n separate_v to_o himself_o from_o the_o world_n which_o be_v speak_v mere_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o hebrew_n child_n and_o their_o corporal_a servitude_n which_o be_v to_o be_v at_o god_n dispose_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o redemption_n of_o they_o out_o of_o egypt_n when_o he_o tell_v i_o of_o my_o accustomednesse_n to_o mistake_n it_o be_v more_o true_a of_o himself_o as_o i_o have_v often_o show_v yea_o tho_o the_o word_n be_v write_v before_o he_o and_o in_o this_o very_a thing_n he_o call_v my_o mistake_n that_o he_o argue_v thus_o whosoever_o be_v call_v god_n servant_n may_v be_v baptize_v whereas_o he_o may_v have_v see_v if_o he_o have_v take_v any_o care_n to_o set_v down_o my_o word_n right_o that_o my_o word_n be_v as_o his_o own_o notary_n take_v they_o and_o he_o have_v print_v they_o if_o this_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n infant_n be_v call_v servant_n of_o god_n therefore_o they_o be_v disciple_n and_o must_v be_v baptize_v which_o be_v his_o argument_n either_o in_o word_n or_o substance_n as_o for_o the_o conclusion_n and_o argument_n as_o he_o set_v it_o down_o page_n 182._o i_o think_v it_o be_v not_o urge_v in_o the_o dispute_n and_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o levit._n 25._o 42._o be_v mean_v only_o of_o hebrew_n child_n not_o of_o gentile_n nor_o in_o the_o sense_n mr._n b._n will_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v relative_o separate_v to_o god_n from_o the_o world_n in_o the_o sense_n as_o god_n be_v servant_n be_v equipollent_a to_o a_o disciple_n of_o christ._n page_n 184_o he_o call_v my_o answer_n to_o his_o allegation_n of_o deut._n 19_o 11_o 12_o vain_a senseless_a reavil_n and_o then_o break_v out_o into_o word_n of_o pity_n to_o people_n that_o take_v their_o opinion_n on_o my_o word_n to_o which_o be_v i_o say_v that_o my_o answer_n be_v not_o vain_a senseless_a cavil_n will_v appear_v in_o my_o reply_n to_o mr._n b._n about_o that_o text_n and_o as_o he_o pity_v they_o that_o take_v their_o opinion_n on_o my_o word_n so_o i_o pity_v they_o that_o take_v their_o opinion_n on_o his_o word_n or_o any_o mere_a man_n word_n contrary_a to_o christ_n privilege_n mat._n 23._o 1._o page_n 184._o in_o my_o word_n adoption_n be_v print_v for_o doctrine_n page_n 185._o he_o repeat_v his_o frivolous_a charge_n of_o our_o accuse_v our_o child_n as_o no_o disciple_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o no_o christian_n and_o therefore_o no_o ground_n to_o believe_v or_o hope_v they_o be_v save_v thus_o calumniate_a i_o when_o i_o have_v often_o say_v they_o may_v be_v both_o disciple_n and_o christian_n invisible_o and_o so_o have_v salvation_n and_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o hope_n they_o be_v in_o god_n election_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o general_a indefinite_a promise_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o god_n usual_a deal_n with_o his_o people_n though_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n either_o from_o mr._n bs._n ground_n or_o i_o since_o mr._n b._n will_v not_o say_v that_o every_o visible_a church-member_n be_v save_v all_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o be_v about_o their_o visible_a church-membership_a whether_o the_o deny_v that_o take_v away_o ground_n of_o hope_n of_o their_o salvatien_n mr._n b._n say_v it_o do_v because_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o that_o person_n salvation_n that_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o the_o invisible_a church_n but_o he_o that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o visible_a church_n do_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o the_o invisible_a ergo_fw-la but_o the_o minor_n be_v not_o true_a as_o he_o take_v the_o word_n seem_v and_o by_o god_n assistance_n i_o doubt_v not_o to_o show_v when_o i_o examine_v ch_n 27._o of_o part_n 1._o his_o mistake_n concern_v the_o term_n visible_a as_o if_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o appear_v such_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o probability_n though_o not_o descernad_v by_o sense_n by_o which_o defini-nition_a the_o opposite_a term_n visible_a and_o invisible_a may_v be_v confound_v and_o the_o term_n visible_a
cor._n 7._o 14._o of_o infant_n covenant-holinesse_n in_o his_o sense_n before_o luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la and_o then_o ask_v be_v this_o irue_a i_o answer_v i_o think_v it_o be_v and_o if_o he_o can_v produce_v any_o one_o i_o think_v he_o shall_v have_v do_v it_o in_o his_o book_n if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v do_v more_o then_o mr._n ms._n friend_n better_o verse_v as_o i_o conceive_v in_o antiquity_n then_o mr._n b._n have_v do_v though_o attempt_v it_o page_n 21._o of_o mr._n ms._n defence_n of_o his_o sermon_n two_o place_n he_o cite_v one_o in_o tertullian_n which_o i_o have_v answer_v in_o my_o apology_n page_n 85._o the_o other_o in_o athanasius_n qu._n 114._o ad_fw-la antiochum_fw-la as_o teach_v infant-baptisme_n by_o virtue_n of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o but_o 1._o the_o author_n be_v confess_o spurious_a by_o rivet_n critic_n sac_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 6._o scultetus_n part_n 2._o medul_a patr._n l._n 1._o c._n 42._o perkins_n preparat_fw-la to_o the_o demonstr_n of_o the_o problem_n the_o work_v false_o impose_v on_o athanasius_n be_v these_o the_o book_n of_o divers_a question_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n unto_o king_n antiochus_n for_o therein_o great_a athanasius_n be_v cite_v yet_o mr._n m._n or_o his_o friend_n have_v these_o word_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la these_o word_n then_o which_o be_v safe_a and_o sound_a ground_v upon_o tho_o same_o scripture_n which_o i_o have_v much_o insist_v on_o be_v read_v in_o the_o work_n of_o athanasius_n where_o the_o question_n be_v about_o infant_n die_v require_v a_o resolution_n that_o may_v clear_o set_v whether_o they_o go_v to_o be_v punish_v or_o to_o the_o kingdom_n the_o answer_n be_v see_v the_o lord_n say_v suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v unto-me_a for_o of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o apostle_n say_v now_o your_o child_n be_v holy_a observe_v the_o gospel-ground_n the_o same_o that_o i_o build_v upon_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n which_o be_v baptize_v do_v as_o unspotted_a and_o faithful_a enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n this_o assertion_n be_v own_v by_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n but_o have_v mr._n m._n or_o his_o friend_n recite_v the_o word_n full_o then_o it_o will_v have_v appear_v how_o impertinent_o the_o word_n be_v allege_v to_o prove_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n by_o virtue_n of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o &_o that_o none_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n will_v own_v the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o author_n be_v build_v on_o no_o gospel-ground_n but_o popish_a opinion_n of_o limbus_n infantum_fw-la for_o the_o entire_a word_n be_v these_o qu._n 114._o ad_fw-la antiochum_fw-la whither_o go_v die_a infant_n to_o punishment_n or_o the_o kingdom_n and_o where_o be_v the_o infant_n of_o believer_n die_v unbaptise_v dispose_v with_o the_o believer_n or_o unbeliever_n answ._n the_o lord_n say_v suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v for_o of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o again_o the_o apostle_n say_v but_o now_o be_v your_o child_n holy_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n baptize_v go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n as_o unspotted_a and_o believe_a but_o the_o unbaptised_a and_o heathenish_a neither_o go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n nor_o into_o punishment_n for_o they_o have_v do_v no_o sin_n which_o answer_n plain_o determine_v that_o infant_n of_o believer_n if_o baptize_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n but_o neither_o the_o unbaptised_a infant_n of_o believer_n or_o heathen_n enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n or_o punishment_n for_o they_o have_v do_v no_o sin_n not_o a_o word_n of_o federal_a holiness_n but_o the_o plain_a popish_a doctrine_n that_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v go_v to_o limbus_fw-la infantum_fw-la but_o the_o baptize_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o doctrine_n father_v on_o fustin_a martyr_n qu._n 56._o add_v orthod_n now_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o what_o the_o reform_a church_n assert_v even_o from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o that_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v federal_o holy_a afore_o baptism_n and_o go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n though_o they_o die_v unbaptise_v nor_o do_v the_o allege_v 1_v cor._n 7._o 14._o prove_v that_o the_o author_n observe_v the_o gospel-ground_n more_o true_o antievangelical_a or_o jewish_n which_o mr._n m._n build_v on_o for_o the_o holiness_n in_o that_o author_n be_v mean_v either_o of_o holiness_n in_o possibility_n in_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v baptize_v because_o believe_v parent_n will_v likely_o breed_v they_o up_o in_o christianity_n and_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o which_o sense_n tertull._n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la c._n 39_o expounde_n the_o apostle_n as_o call_v they_o holy_a not_o in_o act_n bare_o by_o descent_n from_o a_o believer_n but_o because_o designati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la or_o as_o hierome_n epist._n 153._o ad_fw-la paulinum_n allege_v tertullian_n de_fw-fr monogamia_fw-la quod_fw-la candidati_fw-la sint_fw-la fideiet_fw-la nullis_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la sordibus_fw-la polluantur_fw-la which_o erasmus_n in_o his_o gloss_n on_o hierom_n render_v thus_o quodvelut_fw-la ambiunt_fw-la et_fw-la exspectant_fw-la baptismum_fw-la or_o else_o of_o actual_a holiness_n in_o be_v baptize_v believer_n be_v wont_a to_o baptize_v their_o infant_n when_o near_a danger_n of_o death_n not_o by_o reason_n of_o covenant-holinesse_n but_o the_o give_v of_o grace_n by_o baptism_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o to_o save_v a_o infant_n from_o perish_v i_o be_o still_o confident_a that_o neither_o father_n nor_o interpreter_n precede_v the_o sixteen_o century_n do_v interpret_v 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o of_o holiness_n of_o separation_n to_o god_n as_o visible_a church-member_n by_o god_n covenant_n to_o they_o nor_o do_v chamier_n panstras_fw-la cathol_n tom_fw-mi 4._o l._n 5._o cap._n 10._o bring_v any_o though_o he_o purposed_o set_v down_o the_o various_a opinion_n about_o the_o holiness_n there_o mean_v and_o say_v omnes_fw-la complecti_fw-la conabor_fw-la &_o examinare_fw-la sententias_fw-la sure_o i_o be_o augustin_n tom_fw-mi 7._o l._n 2._o de_fw-la pecc_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la c._n 26._o say_v ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la sanctificatio_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la modi_fw-la sit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o filiis_fw-la fedelium_fw-la esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la &_o de_fw-la peccati_fw-la origine_fw-la vel_fw-la remissione_n omnino_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o conjuges_fw-la infideles_fw-la in_o conjugibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la sanctificari_fw-la dicit_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la loâ—o_fw-la etc._n etc._n unto_o which_o i_o think_v good_a to_o add_v that_o whereas_o mr._n m._n in_o his_o defence_n page_n 10._o 58._o bring_v in_o the_o pelagian_n acknowledge_v that_o infant_n be_v baptize_v secundum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la evangelii_n which_o he_o imagine_v to_o be_v the_o gospel-ground_n as_o he_o call_v it_o of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o the_o covenant_n to_o the_o believer_n and_o his_o seed_n in_o aug._n tom_n 7._o l._n 2._o contra_fw-la pelag._n &_o coelest_n c._n 5._o that_o he_o hadad_v the_o next_o word_n quia_fw-la dominus_fw-la statuit_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la baptizatis_fw-la posse_fw-la conferri_fw-la it_o will_v have_v appear_v that_o the_o gospel_n he_o mean_v be_v john_n 3._o 5._o which_o with_o rom._n 5._o 12._o be_v elleadge_v in_o those_o day_n as_o a_o reason_n of_o the_o church_n tradition_n of_o infant-baptisme_n and_o no_o other_o reason_n can_v i_o find_v for_o infant-baptisme_n nor_o in_o any_o the_o exposition_n of_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o in_o mr._n ms._n or_o mr._n bs._n sense_n till_o zwinglius_fw-la his_o day_n the_o eighteen_o absurdity_n be_v that_o i_o say_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v many_o hundred_o time_n for_o authority_n and_o ask_v be_v that_o true_a to_o which_o i_o answer_v this_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o dispute_n when_o i_o have_v not_o time_n or_o mean_n to_o collect_v the_o number_n of_o time_n wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v for_o authority_n in_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o speak_v at_o adventure_n and_o if_o i_o do_v hyperbolize_v it_o may_v be_v neither_o absurdity_n nor_o untruth_n so_o to_o speak_v as_o be_v frequent_a in_o speaker_n &_o writer_n without_o imputation_n of_o falsehood_n nevertheless_o i_o find_v it_o use_v above_o a_o hundred_o time_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o matthew_n 10._o and_o 6._o of_o they_o it_o be_v translate_v authority_n and_o in_o most_o place_n where_o it_o be_v translate_v power_n it_o may_v be_v translate_v authority_n and_o if_o it_o be_v use_v for_o liberty_n in_o any_o of_o these_o place_n yet_o it_o be_v no_o where_o use_v for_o a_o veil_n but_o one_o 1._o cor._n 11._o 10._o and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o it_o be_v use_v for_o authority_n or_o 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