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in_o itself_o nor_o other_o in_o it_o god_n judge_v not_o as_o man_n judge_v nor_o do_v he_o see_v as_o man_n see_v man_n only_o behold_v the_o outside_n of_o child_n operation_n load_v with_o defect_n arise_v from_o their_o bodily_a indisposition_n god_n see_v the_o heart_n and_o what_o main_o move_v therein_o the_o soul_n and_o age_n be_v meet_o circumstantial_a and_o accidental_a thereunto_o it_o make_v no_o odds_o at_o all_o in_o god_n discovery_n therein_o who_o can_v see_v in_o they_o that_o belief_n which_o we_o can_v behold_v but_o suppose_v the_o worst_a that_o infant_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v believe_v yet_o this_o can_v be_v a_o bar_n to_o their_o covenant_v in_o baptism_n no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v to_o the_o jewish_a child_n in_o circumcision_n their_o tender_a age_n know_v not_o what_o a_o covenant_n with_o god_n mean_v nor_o have_v they_o feel_v how_o thereby_o they_o be_v engage_v to_o keep_v the_o law_n nor_o understand_v what_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o inward_a circumcision_n of_o the_o heart_n yet_o be_v vouchsafe_v to_o be_v foederati_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la so_o it_o can_v be_v no_o bar_n to_o the_o child_n of_o christian_a parent_n to_o receive_v a_o seal_n of_o covenantship_n with_o christ_n albeit_o they_o at_o that_o time_n want_v reason_n to_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o covenant_n nor_o how_o they_o put_v on_o christ_n nor_o what_o it_o be_v to_o believe_v and_o to_o be_v wash_v clean_o from_o sin_n there_o be_v no_o more_o absurdity_n or_o inconsequence_n upon_o one_o than_o the_o other_o chap._n xviii_o other_o objection_n answer_v the_o grand_a objection_n thus_o clear_v such_o as_o remain_v will_v be_v easy_o satisfy_v as_o follow_v object_n it_o be_v pride_n and_o presumption_n for_o any_o to_o account_v themselves_o fit_a and_o forward_a for_o baptism_n than_o christ_n himself_o be_v now_o christ_n himself_o be_v not_o baptise_a luke_n 3._o 23._o till_o he_o begin_v to_o be_v about_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n none_o ought_v therefore_o to_o prevent_v that_o date_n of_o time_n in_o their_o baptism_n answ_n though_o christ_n be_v not_o baptize_v till_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n remember_v he_o be_v circumcise_v luke_n 2._o 21._o on_o the_o eight_o day_n second_o christ_n be_v not_o baptise_a out_o of_o necessity_n need_v no_o soul-physick_n who_o have_v no_o soul-sicknesse_n but_o a_o voluntary_a design_n to_o baptise_v baptism_n and_o to_o give_v a_o sovereign_a virtue_n thereunto_o three_o many_o of_o christ_n action_n be_v for_o our_o instruction_n not_o imitation_n christ_n present_o after_o his_o baptism_n fast_v forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n which_o the_o urger_n of_o this_o argument_n will_v not_o pretend_v unto_o discover_v we_o here_o a_o corruption_n too_o rife_o in_o all_o our_o heart_n such_o be_v the_o frowardness_n of_o our_o crosse-grained_a nature_n that_o we_o lazy_o stand_v still_o and_o admire_v such_o action_n of_o christ_n