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council_n vindicate_v p._n 30_o 31._o o_o origen_n vindicate_v p._n 15_o 16_o 17._o p_o parent_n believe_a be_v root_n of_o their_o child_n p._n 142._o passeover_n our_o sacrament_n come_v in_o stead_n of_o it_o p._n 203._o privilege_n we_o not_o straighten_a but_o enlarge_v p._n 185._o a_o great_a abridgement_n of_o they_o to_o have_v our_o child_n leave_v out_o of_o the_o covenant_n p._n 193._o photius_n patriarch_n p._n 33._o q._n question_n put_v to_o the_o baptize_v disprove_v not_o baptism_n p._n â—1_n â—ay_v they_o prove_v it_o p._n 52._o r_o rogers_n vindicate_v p._n 5._o s_o selden_n p._n 170._o strabo_n examine_v p._n 37._o sacrament_n what_o it_o seal_v absolute_o and_o conditional_o 117._o how_o they_o be_v seal_n p._n 201._o our_o rule_n in_o administer_a they_o p._n 233._o how_o we_o may_v argue_v from_o jew_n sacrament_n to_o we_o p._n 198._o 201._o t_o tomb_n his_o way_n of_o reason_v p._n 3._o 105._o 125._o 134._o unjust_o charge_v the_o assembly_n p._n 79._o think_v 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not_o capable_a of_o circumcision_n p._n 93._o how_o circumcise_a in_o the_o man_n p._n 94._o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v esteem_v as_o circumcise_a they_o can_v not_o have_v eat_v the_o passeover_n 96._o errata_fw-la page_n 1._o 10._o line_n 11._o read_v you_o will_v not_o do_v p._n 144._o l._n 34_o for_o where_o r._n be_v p_o 145._o l._n 35._o r._n thrasi_fw-la p._n 157._o l._n 23._o deal_n not_o p._n 164._o l._n 22._o â—_o sequitur_fw-la p._n 166._o l._n 5._o r._n 〈◊〉_d p._n 167._o l_o 6._o r._n catechumeni_fw-la p._n 173_o l._n 3._o r._n impure_a to_o you_o a_o sense_n p._n 175._o l._n 〈…〉_z â—_o 176._o l._n 13._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 1._o 16._o r._n tempore_fw-la p._n 178._o l._n 38._o r._n faâ—â—â—uâ—_n p._n 191._o l._n 33._o for_o that_o r._n but_o p_o 199._o l._n 1._o dolâ—_n comma_n after_o omnibus_fw-la p._n 213._o l._n 1._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 213._o l._n 5._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p_o 222._o l._n 7._o â—_o as_o for_o â—a_n p._n 226_o l._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d baptism_n and_o prayer_n all_o one_o r._n baptise_v into_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n sâ—nne_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o prayer_n all_o one_o l._n 22._o for_o his_o baptism_n and_o prayer_n be_v all_o one_o read_v that_o ananidâ—_n his_o baptise_v paul_n into_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n or_o into_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n some_z and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o paul_n calling_n upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v all_o one_o judas_n 3_o mr._n john_n goodwin_n answer_v to_o mr._n edward_n gaâ—gr_n p._n 20._o psal_n 76._o 3._o james_n 1._o 20._o psal_n 25._o 9_o reply_v to_o the_o preface_n sect._n 2._o reply_v to_o the_o historical_a part_n vindicate_v the_o antiquity_n of_o infant_n baptism_n justine_n martyr_n or_o the_o treatise_n under_o his_o name_n vindicate_v hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la semper_fw-la tenuit_fw-la hoc_fw-la a_o majorum_fw-la fide_fw-la accepit_fw-la hoc_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la per_fw-la severant_a custodit_fw-la aug._n serm._n 15._o de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apost_n just_a mart._n qu._n 56_o p._n 5._o irenaeus_n testimony_n vindicate_v trithem_n p._n 6._o answ_n just_a mart._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diony_n areop_n hierarch_n ca._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr sab_n &_o circumcis_n basil_n exhortatione_n ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr initiandis_fw-la ca._n 2._o p._n 6._o mr._n mede_n p._n 6._o ezek._n 37._o de_fw-fr resur_fw-fr ca._n 31._o origen_n test_n vindicate_v hierom_n ad_fw-la pammachium_fw-la ruffini_n peroratio_fw-la in_o ep._n ad_fw-la rom._n he_o contract_v it_o half_o in_o half_n ruffi_n praefat_fw-la aâ—_n rom._n epiph._n in_o sâ—ne_n operis_fw-la ign._n ep_n ad_fw-la hier._n greg._n orat_fw-la 40._o in_o bapt._n nazian_n vindicate_v p._n 8._o p._n 9_o vide_fw-la clem._n alex_n paedagog_n athan._n
dicta_fw-la &_o interpretatio_fw-la script_n qu._n 94._o athanasiuâ—_n give_v testimony_n to_o infant_n baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n qu._n ad_fw-la antioch_n 114._o p._n 4._o athan._n ad_fw-la antioch_n qu._n 114._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephiphan_n contr_n cerinthianos_fw-la epiphanius_n own_v the_o argument_n from_o circumcision_n to_o baptism_n the_o question_n put_v to_o the_o baptise_n disprove_v not_o insant-baptisme_n paedag._n of_o old_a some_o defer_v their_o own_o baptism_n as_o well_o as_o their_o infant_n vbi_fw-la prius_fw-la euseb_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr const_n lib_n 4._o vbi_fw-la prius_fw-la aug._n confess_v 1._o 11._o orat._n 40._o sozom._n 4._o 38._o theod._n 4._o 14._o gen._n 17._o constantine_n bap._n no_o argument_n that_o infant_n be_v not_o then_o baptize_v nor_o gregory_n nazianzen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n socr._n 4._o 21._o soz._n 6._o 16._o greg._n vita_fw-la orat._n 40._o nor_o chrysost_o socr._n hist_o 5._o 2._o siz_n 8._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n orat._n ad_fw-la viduam_fw-la juniorem_fw-la grotius_n not_o to_o be_v rely_v upon_o in_o this_o point_n rivet_n apol._n provera_fw-fr pace_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la contr_n votum_fw-la grotii_fw-la rivet_n exam_fw-la animad_fw-la grotii_fw-la grotii_fw-la votum_fw-la pro_fw-la pace_fw-la eccles_n ad_fw-la articulum_fw-la 9_o p._n 9_o 10._o the_o council_n of_o neocaes_n not_o against_o baptism_n of_o infant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d con._n 6._o con._n neocaesariensis_n proles_fw-la baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la solereâ—_fw-la nisi_fw-la propria_fw-la vo_z untate_fw-la et_fw-la professiâ—ne_fw-la p._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 10._o the_o greek_a church_n misreport_v by_o grotius_n in_o this_o point_n phot._n patriarch_n covel_n anno_o as_o some_o 845._o as_o other_o 849._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tib._n 1._o de_fw-la fide_fw-la ca._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conc._n carth._n ca._n 14._o tert._n de_fw-fr bapt._n c._n 18._o in_o tertullia_n day_n infant_n be_v baptize_v â—ert_v de_fw-fr anima_fw-la c._n 13._o cyprian_n testimony_n vindicate_v p._n 10._o cyprianus_n non_fw-la novum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la decretum_fw-la condens_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidem_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la servans_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n ep._n 28._o ad_fw-la hier._n vestigium_fw-la infantis_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la parus_fw-la svi_fw-la diel_fw-mi we_o constituti_fw-la mundum_fw-la non_fw-la dixisse_fw-la ath._n de_fw-fr sab._n &_o circumcis_n orat._n 40._o p._n 11._o lib._n 4._o c._n 22._o contr_n donat_n p._n 12._o p._n 12._o augustine_n vindicate_v soz._n 7._o 12._o p._n 14._o other_o ancient_a testimony_n for_o infant_n baptism_n soz._n 7._o 19_o soz._n 1._o 17._o p._n 1_o â—_o augustine_n baptism_n no_o argument_n that_o infant_n be_v not_o then_o baptize_v aug._n câ—nf_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o ille_fw-la nondum_fw-la erediderat_a confess_v 9_o 9_o possâ—d_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la aug_n c._n 1._o conf_n 4_o 3._o conf._n 1._o 11._o nor_o his_o son_n adeodaâ—us_n conf._n 9_o 6._o conf._n 6_o 7._o conf._n 7._o 19_o nor_o alipius_n pag._n 14._o fulgent_n de_fw-la fide_fw-la ad_fw-la petrum_fw-la ca._n 30._o pag._n 15._o pag._n 16._o chapter_n 23._o reply_v to_o sect._n 1_o answ_n reply_v to_o sect._n 2._o answ_n answ_n that_o the_o middle_a time_n between_o the_o father_n and_o luther_n be_v for_o baptise_v infant_n answ_n usher_n de_fw-fr successione_n cap._n 6._o sect._n 1â—_n 17._o cap._n 8._o sect._n 34._o cap._n 10._o magdeburgâ—enâ—_n 12._o cap._n 8_o col_fw-fr 1â—06_n baltazzar_n lidius_fw-la tom._n 2._o pag._n 285._o etc._n etc._n history_n of_o the_o waldenses_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 3._o p._n 10._o lib._n 1._o cap_n 4._o pag._n 15._o lib._n cap._n 6._o pag._n 43._o tom._n 3._o tit._n 5._o cap._n 53._o usher_n de_fw-fr success_n cap._n 7._o sect._n 37._o berengarius_fw-la clear_v from_o anabaptism_n waldenses_n albigenses_n etc._n etc._n clear_v from_o anabaptism_n usher_n ubi_fw-la supr_n ca._n 8._o sect._n 34._o jos_n vicecom_v obser_n eccl._n vol._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o p._n 103._o to_o sect._n 3_o to_o sect._n 4._o answ_n vide_fw-la vossii_n thesis_n the_o anabaptist_n reason_n against_o rebaptisation_n of_o such_o as_o be_v right_o baptize_v answ_n act._n 19_o 5_o 6._o vindicate_v from_o favour_v rebaptiztion_n vid._n vossii_n thesis_n the_o baptismo_fw-la johan_n pag_n 402._o etc._n etc._n to_o sect._n 5._o answ_n the_o old_a nonconformist_n in_o qu._n elizabeth_n day_n plead_v against_o episcopacy_n and_o ceremony_n il_fw-mi compare_v with_o the_o anabaptist_n in_o germany_n to_o sect._n 6._o answ_n to_z 1_o 2_o mr._n vine_n vindicate_v almost_o all_o the_o error_n of_o the_o german_a anabaptist_n late_o drink_v in_o in_o england_n mr._n dury_n to_o 3._o 4._o 6._o 7._o to_o sect._n 7._o answ_n 2._o answ_n sect._n 8._o to_o sect._n 9_o to_o sect._n 10._o defence_n of_o the_o three_o part_n of_o sermon_n reply_v to_o sect_n 1._o of_o the_o connexion_n between_o the_o covenant_n and_o seal_v the_o consequence_n of_o the_o argument_n make_v good_a reply_n the_o consequence_n prove_v by_o mr._n tomb_n own_o principle_n answ_n to_o melchisedeck_v job_n and_o â—et_o and_o to_o infant_n under_o eight_o day_n old_a woman_n not_o capable_a of_o circumcision_n woman_n circumcise_v in_o the_o man_n vindicate_v circumcise_a not_o put_v for_o the_o major_a or_o noble_a part_n gal._n 2._o 8._o reply_n no_o warrant_n for_o woman_n to_o eat_v the_o passeover_n unless_o they_o be_v to_o be_v esteem_v circumcise_v reply_v to_o sect._n 2._o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n always_o one_o and_o the_o same_o the_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n no_o more_o mix_v for_o substance_n then_o the_o covenant_n with_o we_o circumcision_n seaâ—ed_v the_o spiritual_a part_n of_o the_o covenant_n proselyte_n be_v abraham_n seed_n this_o be_v not_o to_o join_v with_o arminius_n mr._n bayne_n of_o of_o my_o judgement_n that_o civil_a justiciaty_n be_v call_v abraham_n seed_n bayne_n in_o ephes_n p._n 138._o cap._n 1._o 5._o mr._n tomb_n join_v with_o servetus_n mr._n blake_n vindicate_v phil._n 3._o interpret_v what_o mean_v by_o seed_n of_o the_o flesh_n reply_v to_o sect._n 3_o infant_n take_v into_o covenant_n with_o their_o parent_n reply_n the_o sense_n of_o this_o second_o proposition_n clear_v man_n may_v be_v under_o the_o covenant_n several_a way_n some_o spiritual_o and_o some_o under_o the_o administration_n only_o great_a priviviledge_n belong_v to_o they_o who_o be_v under_o the_o external_a covenant_n gen._n 6._o 1._o deut._n 14._o 1._o gal._n 3._o 26._o rom._n 9_o 4._o rom._n 3._o 1._o john_n 8._o 17._o deut._n 33._o 4._o psal_n 147._o 20._o john_n 4._o 22._o a_o external_a right_n to_o the_o covenant_n prove_v rom._n 11._o this_o prove_v from_o mr._n tomb_n own_o principle_n mr._n tomb_n leave_v all_o infant_n of_o believer_n to_o be_v under_o the_o visible_a kingdom_n of_o the_o devil_n actual_o mr._n cotton_n vindicate_v tombesâ—â—deavours_n â—â—deavours_z to_o 〈◊〉_d a_o sense_n upon_o this_o proposition_n never_o intend_v by_o 〈◊〉_d not_o own_v by_o i_o what_o the_o sacrament_n seal_v absolute_o and_o what_o conditional_o how_o christianity_n may_v be_v call_v a_o birthright_n rom._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d to_o sect._n 5._o comparison_n between_o christ_n kingdom_n and_o other_o kingdom_n vindicate_v mr._n rutherford_n and_o mr._n cotton_n reconcile_v io_o sect._n 6._o vindicate_v act._n 2._o 38._o 39_o as_o a_o proof_n of_o infant_n of_o believer_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n mr._n tomb_n his_o method_n of_o answer_v mr._n tomb_n his_o art_n in_o multiply_a sense_n the_o prame_n sense_n &_o scope_n of_o this_o argument_n open_v and_o vindicate_v the_o promise_n give_v i_o will_v be_v thy_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o seed_n not_o peculiar_a to_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n prove_v by_o three_o argument_n deut._n 30._o 6._o esa_n 44._o 2_o 3._o esa_n 59_o 21._o these_o place_n vindicate_v mr._n tomb_n his_o exception_n against_o this_o argument_n answer_v 1_o exception_n answer_n 2_o exception_n answ_n 3._o exception_n answ_n to_o sect._n 7._o rom._n 11._o 6._o etc._n etc._n vindicate_v joh._n 15._o 2._o prove_v the_o interpretation_n to_o be_v true_a derivative_a and_o inherent_a holiness_n not_o opse_v believe_v parent_n be_v root_n to_o their_o child_n mr._n goodwin_n vindicated_n child_n follow_v the_o covenant_n condition_n of_o their_o parent_n mr_n tomb_n symbolise_v with_o arminius_n his_o expound_v rom._n 11._o to_o sect._n 8._o 1_o cor._n 7._o vindicate_v chamier_n often_o cite_v to_o no_o purpose_n and_o against_o his_o own_o judgement_n cham._n panstrat_n cathol_n tom._n 4._o lib._n 3._o ca._n 10._o beza_n cite_v by_o mr._n tomb_n contrary_a to_o his_o own_o judgement_n tertullian_n and_o athanasius_n expound_v this_o text_n for_o sederall_a holiness_n mr._n tomb_n his_o interpretation_n of_o this_o text_n overthrow_v by_o eight_o argument_n 1_o argument_n vindicate_v deut._n 23._o 2._o vindicate_v 1._o thess_n 4._o
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