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whereby_o they_o forsake_v sin_n and_o faith_n whereby_o they_o steadfast_o believe_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n make_v to_o they_o in_o that_o sacrament_n the_o minor_a can_v be_v deny_v arg._n 5._o that_o practice_n that_o tend_v not_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n nor_o to_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o child_n when_o do_v nor_o in_o aftertime_n when_o grow_v up_o but_o may_v prove_v hurtful_a and_o of_o a_o dangerous_a nature_n to_o he_o caâ—â—câ—_n be_v a_o truth_n of_o god_n but_o the_o practice_n of_o infant-baptism_n tend_v not_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n nor_o to_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o child_n when_o baptize_v nor_o in_o aftertime_n when_o grow_v up_o but_o may_v prove_v hurtful_a and_o of_o a_o dangerous_a nature_n to_o he_o ergo._fw-la see_v levit._n 10._o 1_o 2._o where_o moses_n tell_v aaron_n because_o his_o son_n have_v do_v that_o which_o god_n command_v they_o not_o that_o god_n will_v be_v sanctify_v 〈◊〉_d all_o that_o draw_v 〈◊〉_d unto_o he_o intimate_v that_o 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