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the_o disciple_n here_o for_o eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o defile_v because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o unwashed_a hand_n though_o they_o have_v not_o eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o undip_v hand_n but_o have_v use_v baptization_n before_o their_o eat_n and_o so_o then_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o interpret_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o of_o the_o strict_a singular_a way_n of_o immersion_n but_o it_o may_v be_v use_v when_o yet_o the_o wash_n be_v perform_v by_o but_o a_o affusion_n and_o so_o our_o infant_n and_o other_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v though_o not_o total_o immerse_v or_o but_o sprinkle_v §_o 6._o and_o for_o the_o set_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o design_n only_o thus_o much_o that_o whereas_o those_o that_o have_v wash_v in_o the_o morning_n for_o all_o day_n keep_v themselves_o pure_a from_o defilement_n by_o pollute_a action_n and_o occasion_n need_v not_o to_o wash_v any_o more_o before_o meat_n they_o that_o go_v to_o the_o market_n because_o of_o the_o almost_o impossibility_n that_o there_o be_v to_o avoid_v defilement_n there_o be_v at_o their_o come_n home_o to_o repeat_v their_o wash_n before_o they_o do_v eat_v though_o they_o have_v wash_v before_o which_o wash_v be_v by_o no_o tradition_n of_o necessity_n to_o be_v by_o immersion_n but_o may_v be_v perform_v by_o affusion_n as_o be_v say_v before_o and_o thus_o much_o for_o this_o instance_n §_o 7._o i_o pass_v to_o another_o 606._o cui_fw-la ritui_fw-la sc_fw-la adspersioni_fw-it quoque_fw-la tavet_fw-la baptismus_fw-la in_o nube_fw-la &_o mari_fw-fr de_fw-fr quo_fw-la paulus_n 1_o cor._n 10._o agit_fw-fr walaeus_n synop_n pur._n theolog._n disp_n 44._o thes_n 19_o p._n 606._o viz._n 1_o cor._n 10.1_o 2._o where_o the_o apostle_n be-speaking_a his_o jewish_a brethren_n say_v all_o our_o father_n be_v under_o the_o cloud_n and_o all_o pass_v through_o the_o sea_n and_o be_v all_o baptize_v into_o moses_n in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n a_o baptise_v we_o have_v here_o that_o be_v plain_a for_o they_o be_v all_o baptize_v and_o double_o too_o for_o fear_n of_o fail_v in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n but_o how_o be_v they_o baptize_v in_o the_o sea_n to_o begin_v with_o that_o first_o by_o be_v all_o total_o immerse_v into_o it_o by_o be_v dip_v all_o over_o head_n and_o ear_n into_o the_o water_n of_o it_o that_o must_v be_v if_o baptize_v according_a to_o the_o notion_n our_o anabaptist_n have_v of_o baptism_n but_o no_o such_o matter_n for_o it_o be_v say_v exod._n 14.21_o 22._o the_o lord_n cause_v the_o sea_n to_o go_v back_o by_o a_o strong_a east_n wind_v all_o that_o night_n 251._o vid._n christian_n beckman_n exercit._fw-la theolog._n 17._o p._n 251._o and_o make_v the_o sea_n dry_a land_n and_o the_o water_n be_v divide_v and_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n go_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o sea_n upon_o the_o dry_a ground_n and_o the_o water_n be_v a_o wall_n unto_o they_o on_o their_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o their_o left_a so_o then_o no_o immersion_n of_o they_o into_o the_o sea_n no_o one_o of_o they_o have_v so_o much_o as_o a_o foot_n dip_v into_o the_o water_n of_o it_o and_o yet_o a_o baptism_n in_o the_o sea_n they_o be_v all_o baptize_v and_o baptize_v in_o it_o there_o may_v then_o be_v a_o baptise_v without_o a_o total_a yea_o or_o a_o partial_a immersion_n of_o the_o party_n into_o that_o thing_n wherein_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v not_o necessary_o always_o signify_v either_o a_o total_a or_o a_o partial_a immersion_n §_o 8._o but_o if_o not_o dip_v into_o the_o sea_n when_o baptize_v in_o it_o much_o less_o be_v they_o dip_v into_o the_o cloud_n when_o baptize_v in_o that_o man_n walk_v on_o dry_a ground_n and_o yet_o dip_v into_o a_o cloud_n who_o discern_v not_o the_o incongruity_n of_o it_o have_v they_o be_v drop_v from_o heaven_n to_o earth_n much_o of_o that_o may_v have_v be_v by_o the_o way_n but_o as_o and_o where_o they_o they_o be_v it_o can_v not_o be_v and_o yet_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o cloud_n plain_o again_o than_o it_o be_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o baptism_n without_o a_o total_a or_o partial_a immersion_n of_o the_o party_n baptize_v into_o that_o wherein_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o consequent_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v not_o always_o necessary_o signify_v immersion_n and_o so_o our_o infant_n or_o other_o be_v and_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v true_o baptize_v though_o they_o be_v no_o more_o dip_v into_o the_o water_n than_o the_o israelite_n be_v into_o the_o cloud_n or_o into_o the_o sea_n when_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o both_o §_o 9_o 30._o maris_fw-la illius_fw-la aquis_fw-la capitibus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la transcuntium_fw-la altiùs_fw-la extantibus_fw-la obruti_fw-la ac_fw-la sepulti_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la poterant_fw-la videri_fw-la &_o emergere_fw-la ac_fw-la resurgere_fw-la denuo_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la litua_fw-la objectum_fw-la evasissent_fw-la pluviá_fw-la ergo_fw-la copiosà _fw-la cùm_fw-la perfunderetur_fw-la populus_fw-la ille_fw-la universus_fw-la sicut_fw-la subter_fw-la nubem_fw-la extitisse_fw-la omnes_fw-la ita_fw-la nube_fw-la baptizari_fw-la omnes_fw-la commodè_fw-la satis_fw-la perhibentur_fw-la gataker_n advers._fw-la c._n 4._o p._n 30._o but_o how_o be_v they_o baptize_v in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n why_o by_o be_v bedew_v with_o the_o sprinkling_n of_o the_o cloud_n while_o they_o walk_v through_o the_o sea_n and_o since_o cyril_n of_o alexand._n 296._o alexand._n non_fw-la enim_fw-la fieri_fw-la aliter_fw-la poterat_fw-la ut_fw-la maculae_fw-la animus_fw-la peccantium_fw-la aspersa_fw-la aspergerctur_n nisi_fw-la sancto_fw-la baptismo_fw-la cujus_fw-la figaram_fw-la nubem_fw-la esse_fw-la statuimus_fw-la d._n cyril_n alex._n in_o hesa_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 19_o tom._n 1._o col_fw-fr 296._o resolve_v the_o cloud_n to_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o baptism_n who_o can_v tell_v but_o that_o the_o two_o way_n of_o baptise_v viz._n of_o dip_v and_o sprinkle_v may_v be_v typify_v by_o the_o two_o way_n of_o baptise_v in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n the_o way_n of_o sprinkle_v by_o the_o bedewing_n of_o the_o cloud_n fall_v in_o drop_n upon_o they_o and_o the_o way_n of_o dip_v by_o their_o go_v so_o into_o the_o sea_n as_o that_o to_o such_o as_o be_v on_o land_n they_o may_v seem_v cover_v with_o it_o for_o it_o be_v express_o say_v ver_fw-la 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o thing_n be_v our_o example_n or_o figure_n literal_o type_n representation_n make_v then_o in_o that_o church_n of_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v now_o in_o our_o church_n §_o 10._o but_o be_v that_o as_o it_o will_v the_o apostle_n say_v the_o israelite_n be_v all_o baptize_v in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n and_o yet_o none_o of_o they_o be_v dip_v in_o either_o no_o necessity_n then_o of_o a_o immersion_n to_o make_v a_o baptism_n or_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v always_o signify_v to_o dip_v §_o 11._o and_o if_o a_o immersion_n be_v necessary_a to_o make_v a_o baptism_n how_o shall_v we_o understand_v it_o that_o the_o apostle_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v baptize_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o our_o saviour_n promise_v they_o shall_v be_v act._n 1.5_o nay_o and_o with_o fire_n too_o as_o st._n john_n baptist_n foretell_v matth._n 3_o 11._o and_o luke_n 3.16_o and_o be_v fulfil_v act_n 2.3_o 4_o what_o analogy_n be_v there_o between_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o the_o apostle_n and_o baptism_n if_o baptism_n must_v signify_v nothing_o but_o a_o total_a immersion_n sure_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o dip_v nor_o plunge_v into_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v with_o it_o no_o such_o thing_n be_v say_v of_o they_o but_o they_o be_v fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n yes_o but_o that_o hold_v no_o proportion_n with_o baptise_v man_n by_o immersion_n into_o water_n if_o the_o water_n be_v any_o thing_n the_o full_a for_o the_o person_n baptize_v so_o it_o be_v but_o the_o person_n baptize_v be_v not_o fill_v with_o the_o water_n they_o be_v put_v into_o the_o water_n not_o the_o water_n into_o they_o no_o resemblance_n then_o betwixt_o baptise_v by_o immersion_n and_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n on_o the_o apostle_n that_o they_o from_o that_o shall_v be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v with_o it_o §_o 12._o how_o then_o may_v they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v with_o it_o or_o what_o resemblance_n be_v there_o betwixt_o that_o descent_n and_o any_o other_o way_n of_o baptise_v that_o from_o thence_o they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v baptize_v with_o it_o 344._o ab_fw-la alterá_fw-fr
profession_n of_o it_o be_v cast_v into_o prison_n there_o he_o be_v visit_v by_o the_o brethren_n that_o be_v the_o christian_n and_o have_v satisfy_v they_o touch_v his_o conversion_n by_o they_o receive_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v be_v baptize_v and_o the_o next_o day_n suffer_v martyrdom_n by_o behead_v take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o by_o receive_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v mean_v be_v baptize_v as_o not_o only_a dr._n hanmer_n in_o his_o english_a marginal_a note_n on_o eusebius_n gloss_n it_o but_o the_o centuriator_n of_o magdeburg_n report_v it_o and_o that_o most_o agreeable_o to_o the_o primitive_a idiom_n call_v baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 639._o greg._n nazianz._n orat._n 4._o p._n 638_o 639._o a_o seal_n i_o shall_v refer_v it_o unto_o the_o indifferent_a reader_n to_o consider_v and_o determine_v all_o circumstance_n of_o the_o place_n person_n and_o occasion_n due_o weigh_v with_o what_o probability_n this_o baptism_n can_v be_v perform_v by_o a_o total_a immersion_n or_o rather_o how_o utter_o improbable_a it_o must_v be_v for_o any_o such_o thing_n to_o be_v then_o do_v and_o if_o that_o can_v not_o be_v than_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v yield_v to_o be_v do_v some_o other_o way_n that_o have_v more_o of_o privacy_n and_o less_o of_o danger_n to_o be_v discover_v in_o it_o namely_o by_o a_o aspersion_n or_o sprinkle_n of_o water_n on_o he_o where_o not_o so_o much_o the_o quantity_n of_o water_n apply_v as_o the_o application_n of_o that_o water_n for_o such_o purpose_n as_o in_o that_o sacrament_n be_v design_v be_v the_o thing_n most_o principal_o to_o be_v consider_v §_o 32._o and_o that_o the_o baptise_v of_o this_o person_n thus_o on_o this_o occasion_n be_v not_o one_o single_a swallow_n 126._o ita_fw-la &_o in_fw-la carcere_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la conversi_fw-la magdeb._n cent._n 3._o cap._n 6._o col_fw-fr 123_o &_o 126._o but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n so_o to_o do_v we_o be_v assure_v as_o far_o as_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o centuriator_n be_v able_a to_o assure_v we_o of_o it_o for_o they_o speak_v of_o the_o usage_n of_o this_o age_n in_o baptism_n tell_v we_o not_o only_o that_o even_o in_o prison_n convert_v be_v baptize_v but_o that_o to_o they_o at_o least_o it_o seem_v receptum_fw-la a_o receive_a thing_n that_o be_v receive_v into_o use_n as_o a_o ordinary_a practice_n and_o it_o may_v be_v i_o may_v give_v some_o further_a instance_n of_o it_o by_o and_o by_o §_o 33._o but_o if_o there_o can_v be_v any_o doubt_n of_o this_o there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n of_o the_o baptise_v of_o novatus_n or_o novatianus_n for_o he_o be_v call_v by_o both_o name_n about_o an._n chr._n ccl_o not_o by_o a_o total_a immersion_n 222._o see_v euseb_n eccl_n hist_o l._n 6._o c._n 43._o surius_n council_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 222._o nor_o so_o much_o as_o a_o partial_a mersation_n but_o by_o a_o affusion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o historian_n report_v it_o from_o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n at_o that_o time_n be_v sprinkle_v when_o he_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o very_a same_o bed_n whereon_o he_o lie_v dangerous_o sick_a and_o like_a to_o die_v and_o for_o a_o further_a confirmation_n hereof_o if_o need_n be_v it_o may_v be_v allege_v that_o when_o fabian_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o be_v crown_v with_o martyrdom_n an._n chr._n ccliii_o design_v to_o make_v the_o same_o novatus_n a_o priest_n he_o be_v withstand_v by_o the_o clergy_n in_o general_n and_o by_o many_o of_o the_o laity_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o unlawfulness_n of_o make_v any_o one_o a_o priest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v be_v sprinkle_v that_o be_v baptize_v by_o sprinkle_v on_o his_o bed_n which_o unlawfulness_n if_o not_o before_o as_o it_o be_v suppose_v by_o surius_n to_o have_v be_v be_v afterward_o fix_v by_o canon_n 223._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ordinatus_fw-la est_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la sed_fw-la contra_fw-la canon_n quibus_fw-la minime_fw-la licebat_fw-la quenquam_fw-la in_o lecto_fw-la propter_fw-la morbum_fw-la baptizatum_fw-la sicut_fw-la huic_fw-la contigerat_fw-la in_fw-la clerum_fw-la assumi_fw-la surius_n council_n tom._n 1._o p._n 223._o in_o the_o council_n of_o necocaesaria_n in_o the_o 12_o canon_n of_o that_o council_n custom_n ecclesiastic_a in_o the_o mean_a time_n prevail_v as_o and_o have_v the_o power_n of_o a_o law_n which_o notwithstanding_o fabian_n find_v some_o relaxation_n allowable_a by_o law_n even_o towards_o person_n so_o baptize_v upon_o weighty_a reason_n such_o as_o notable_a diligence_n and_o faithfulness_n in_o person_n fit_a for_o the_o priesthood_n beside_o scarcity_n of_o man_n prevail_v to_o have_v he_o ordain_v give_v assurance_n that_o he_o will_v ordain_v no_o more_o such_o now_o this_o neither_o will_v he_o have_v do_v nor_o the_o other_o have_v suffer_v have_v not_o both_o he_o and_o they_o judge_v he_o sufficient_o baptize_v and_o as_o i_o 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cornelius_n himself_o declare_v which_o confirmation_n institute_v as_o polydore_v virgil_n tell_v we_o by_o clem._n 1_o be_v so_o necessary_a that_o no_o man_n be_v suppose_v a_o perfect_a christian_a man_n if_o that_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n be_v by_o negligence_n omit_v which_o notwithstanding_o cornelius_n sufficient_o own_v his_o baptism_n while_o he_o accuse_v he_o for_o forsake_v the_o church_n of_o god_n wherein_o he_o be_v baptize_v and_o so_o do_v st._n cyprian_n too_o while_o he_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o have_v be_v baptize_v therein_o nor_o do_v i_o discern_v any_o exception_n make_v against_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o baptise_v but_o either_o against_o his_o stay_n so_o long_o before_o he_o be_v baptize_v or_o against_o his_o omit_v some_o rite_n then_o usual_a in_o the_o church_n after_o his_o baptism_n and_o yet_o those_o that_o be_v so_o baptize_v the_o centuriator_n of_o magdeb._n tell_v we_o be_v only_o sprinkle_v not_o dip_v nor_o dowse_v with_o water_n in_o any_o 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vtiturque_fw-la ea_fw-la voce_fw-la eâdem_fw-la significatione_n plinius_n lib._n 15._o c._n 5._o et_fw-la paralyticum_fw-la cujus_fw-la fit_a mentio_fw-la joh._n 5._o idem_fw-la cyprianus_n ep_v 76._o clinicum_fw-la vocat_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la 38._o annos_fw-la in_o infirmitate_fw-la fuisse_fw-la dicatur_fw-la spondan_n epit._n baron_n a_o chr._n 254._o p._n 269._o et_fw-la in_o lecto_fw-la quidem_fw-la aegrotantes_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la quod_fw-la prolixè_fw-la ostendit_fw-la cyprianus_n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la mag._n magdeb._n cent_n 3._o c._n 6._o col_fw-fr 126._o quaesisti_fw-la etiam_fw-la frater_fw-la charissime_fw-la quid_fw-la mihi_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la videatur_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o infirmitate_fw-la &_o languore_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la a_o habendi_fw-la sint_fw-la legitimi_fw-la christiani_n cò_fw-la quòd_fw-la aquâ_fw-la salutari_fw-la non_fw-la loti_fw-la sint_fw-la sed_fw-la perfusi_fw-la d._n ep_v 7._o l._n 4._o nos_fw-la quantum_fw-la concipit_fw-la mediocritas_fw-la nostra_fw-la existimamus_fw-la in_o nullo_n mutilari_fw-la &_o debilitari_fw-la posse_fw-la beneficia_fw-la divina_fw-la nec_fw-la minus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la illic_fw-la posse_fw-la contingere_fw-la ubi_fw-la plenâ_fw-la &_o totâ_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o dantis_fw-la &_o accipientis_fw-la accipitur_fw-la quod_fw-la divinis_fw-la muneribus_fw-la hauritur_fw-la id._n ib._n in_o sacramentis_fw-la salutaribus_fw-la necessitate_v cogente_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la largiente_fw-la totam_fw-la credentibus_fw-la conferunt_fw-la divina_fw-la compendia_fw-la id._n ib._n nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la movere_fw-la debet_fw-la quòd_fw-la aspergi_fw-la vel_fw-la perfundi_fw-la videntur_fw-la agri_fw-la cùm_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dominicam_fw-la consequantur_fw-la quando_fw-la scriptura_fw-la sancta_fw-la per_fw-la ezekielem_fw-la prophetam_fw-la loquatur_fw-la &_o dicat_fw-la et_fw-la aspergam_fw-la super_fw-la vos_fw-la aquam_fw-la mundam_fw-la &_o mund_o 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not_o be_v have_v that_o glorious_a martyr_n judge_v that_o way_n of_o baptise_v to_o have_v be_v repugnant_a either_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n or_o to_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n or_o yet_o unto_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 36._o of_o the_o same_o st._n laurence_n it_o be_v also_o say_v that_o 1._o anthonini_n historiae_fw-la par._n 1._o tit._n 7._o c._n 8._o fol._n 191._o col_fw-fr 1._o at_o his_o enter_v into_o prison_n he_o find_v there_o one_o lucillus_n who_o have_v weep_v himself_o blind_a to_o who_o he_o promise_v sight_n on_o condition_n of_o his_o faith_n in_o christ_n and_o that_o upon_o his_o conversion_n be_v baptize_v he_o receive_v his_o sight_n but_o how_o can_v it_o possible_o come_v into_o our_o mind_n that_o he_o shall_v there_o be_v tolly_a immerse_v no_o fancy_n in_o its_o utmost_a extravagancy_n can_v imagine_v any_o other_o but_o that_o water_n be_v either_o allow_v for_o the_o prisoner_n to_o drink_v or_o otherwise_o private_o in_o some_o small_a quantity_n steal_v in_o he_o therewith_o sprinkle_v he_o or_o pour_v it_o upon_o he_o 26._o b._n tailor_n dust_n dub._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o s._n 13._o n._n 9_o p._n 644._o walâ—frid_n strabo_n de_fw-fr reb._n eccles_n cap._n 26._o indeed_o bp._n tailor_n from_o the_o historian_n say_v he_o pour_v it_o upon_o his_o head_n and_o from_o these_o example_n walafridus_n strabo_n as_o that_o bishop_n tell_v we_o do_v conclude_v and_o why_o may_v not_o we_o as_o well_o do_v so_o too_o that_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o use_v sprinkle_v §_o 37._o i_o shall_v here_o end_v this_o century_n but_o that_o lactantius_n 15._o tinctus_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la joanne_n propheta_fw-la in_o jordane_n flumine_fw-la ut_fw-la lavacro_fw-la spiritali_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la sva_fw-la quae_fw-la utique_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la sed_fw-la carnis_fw-la quam_fw-la gerebat_fw-la aholeret_fw-la ut_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la judaeos_fw-la susceptâ_fw-la circumcisione_n sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la gentiles_n baptismo_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la purifici_fw-la roris_fw-la perfusione_n salvaret_fw-la lactant._n l._n 4._o c._n 15._o who_o flourish_v a_o chr._n 290._o stand_v so_o fair_a in_o my_o way_n invite_v my_o attendance_n to_o his_o evidence_n that_o i_o can_v civil_o pass_v he_o by_o and_o indeed_o the_o rather_o be_o i_o willing_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o he_o in_o regard_n i_o have_v before_o declare_v my_o intention_n to_o give_v a_o more_o full_a account_n of_o his_o sense_n in_o the_o proper_a place_n for_o it_o which_o be_v this_o now_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n say_v that_o he_o be_v baptize_v by_o john_n the_o prophet_n in_o the_o river_n jordan_n that_o by_o that_o spiritual_a wash_n he_o may_v put_v away_o his_o sin_n not_o his_o own_o which_o to_o be_v sure_a he_o have_v none_o of_o but_o of_o that_o flesh_n which_o he_o do_v bear_v that_o he_o may_v save_v as_o the_o jew_n by_o undergo_a circumcision_n so_o the_o gentile_n also_o by_o baptism_n that_o be_v the_o perfusion_n or_o sprinkle_n of_o the_o purify_n dew_n where_o his_o paraphrase_v of_o baptism_n by_o the_o sprinkle_n of_o the_o purify_n dew_n intimate_v baptism_n to_o have_v be_v perform_v purifici_fw-la roris_fw-la perfusione_n by_o the_o sprinkle_n of_o purify_n dew_n that_o be_v shed_v of_o water_n on_o the_o party_n baptize_v it_o not_o be_v to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o he_o found_v his_o expression_n on_o the_o then_o present_a usage_n of_o the_o church_n at_o least_o in_o some_o case_n if_o not_o general_o nor_o can_v it_o well_o be_v say_v whence_o else_o he_o shall_v borrow_v it_o and_o these_o testimony_n without_o more_o i_o think_v enough_o for_o this_o age._n §_o 38._o if_o we_o step_v forward_o from_o hence_o into_o the_o four_o age_n we_o shall_v find_v about_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o that_o 313._o anno_fw-la 313._o a_o council_n hold_v at_o neocaesarea_n somewhat_o before_o that_o famous_a one_o at_o nice_n and_o afterward_o confirm_v in_o the_o six_o council_n at_o constantinople_n in_o trullo_n in_o that_o council_n fourteen_o canon_n be_v make_v among_o they_o one_o viz._n the_o 12_o be_v concern_v those_o who_o get_v to_o be_v baptize_v in_o their_o sickness_n 223._o de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o aegritudine_fw-la baptisma_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la siquis_fw-la in_o aegritudine_fw-la constitutus_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la presbyter_n ordinari_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la council_n neocaes_n can_v 12._o carang_n ordinatus_fw-la est_fw-la presbyter_n sc_n novatus_n sed_fw-la contra_fw-la canon_n quibus_fw-la minimè_fw-la licebat_fw-la quenquam_fw-la in_o lecto_fw-la propter_fw-la morbum_fw-la baptizatum_fw-la sicut_fw-la buic_fw-la contigerat_fw-la in_fw-la clerum_fw-la assumi_fw-la surius_n council_n tom._n 1._o p._n 223._o and_o touch_v they_o the_o decree_n be_v that_o no_o one_o baptize_v in_o his_o sickness_n shall_v be_v ordain_v a_o priest_n now_o if_o we_o remember_v but_o after_o what_o manner_n the_o centuriator_n tell_v we_o the_o person_n call_v clinic_n be_v baptize_v namely_o not_o by_o immersion_n for_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o their_o bed_n nor_o by_o any_o large_a effusion_n of_o water_n upon_o they_o as_o they_o lie_v in_o their_o bed_n for_o that_o be_v as_o ill_o as_o perhaps_o worse_o than_o to_o take_v they_o out_o of_o their_o bed_n and_o put_v they_o into_o water_n and_o a_o sure_a way_n to_o give_v they_o or_o hasten_v their_o death_n or_o high_o endanger_v it_o then_o we_o must_v conclude_v that_o the_o way_n of_o baptise_v such_o person_n be_v by_o a_o aspersion_n or_o conspersion_n of_o water_n upon_o they_o or_o in_o plain_a term_n by_o sprinkle_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n than_o be_v that_o such_o as_o have_v by_o reason_n of_o sickness_n be_v baptize_v by_o sprinkle_v shall_v be_v incapable_a of_o ordination_n to_o the_o priesthood_n the_o consequent_a hereof_o infallible_o be_v this_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o way_n of_o baptise_v and_o person_n so_o baptize_v then_o §_o 39_o but_o here_o we_o must_v note_v that_o the_o council_n do_v not_o condemn_v the_o way_n of_o baptise_v but_o the_o person_n that_o drive_v their_o baptism_n so_o long_o till_o they_o can_v not_o other_o way_n be_v baptize_v nor_o do_v they_o forbid_v any_o from_o thenceforward_a to_o be_v so_o baptize_v but_o only_o declare_v the_o incapability_n of_o such_o as_o will_v not_o soon_o be_v baptize_v to_o be_v ordain_v to_o the_o priesthood_n they_o do_v not_o evacuate_v their_o baptism_n as_o null_n and_o put_v they_o out_o of_o the_o state_n of_o christian_n but_o judge_v they_o unworthy_a to_o be_v of_o the_o clergy_n sur._n in_o clerum_fw-la assumi_fw-la sur._n and_o forbid_v they_o to_o be_v ordain_v priest_n in_o a_o word_n they_o do_v not_o order_v they_o to_o be_v rebaptise_v but_o decree_v they_o shall_v not_o be_v ordain_v so_o no_o quarrel_n here_o lie_v against_o the_o baptism_n but_o against_o the_o baptise_a and_o that_o not_o for_o be_v baptize_v so_o but_z no_o soon_o §_o 40._o and_o if_o we_o consult_v the_o reason_n on_o which_o the_o council_n ground_v this_o canon_n it_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v so_o that_o be_v not_o because_o their_o baptism_n be_v unlawful_a and_o a_o mere_a nullity_n as_o some_o say_v by_o we_o but_o because_o the_o faith_n i._n e._n as_o i_o conceive_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o those_o that_o will_v not_o be_v baptize_v till_o they_o believe_v themselves_o to_o be_v no_o long_o man_n of_o this_o world_n est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la fides_fw-la illius_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v est_fw-la but_o just_o depart_v out_o of_o it_o be_v not_o voluntary_a but_o mere_o upon_o necessity_n and_o high_a reason_n certain_o be_v on_o that_o council_n side_n it_o be_v unfit_a that_o they_o upon_o choice_n shall_v be_v make_v shepherd_n who_o will_v not_o but_o upon_o necessity_n declare_v themselves_o sheep_n no_o hope_n be_v that_o they_o will_v ever_o die_v for_o the_o faith_n who_o till_o they_o be_v go_v to_o die_v will_v never_o declare_v themselves_o to_o be_v of_o the_o faith_n little_a expectation_n that_o they_o shall_v ever_o by_o example_n at_o their_o death_n encourage_v other_o to_o be_v martyr_n who_o never_o in_o their_o life_n before_o they_o be_v go_v to_o die_v have_v the_o courage_n to_o own_v themselves_o so_o much_o as_o professor_n §_o 41._o and_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o council_n so_o rigid_a neither_o in_o its_o censure_n as_o utter_o to_o exclude_v they_o from_o the_o very_a priesthood_n itself_o but_o leave_v a_o door_n open_a for_o they_o even_o unto_o that_o there_o be_v a_o nisi_fw-la a_o exception_n in_o the_o case_n 112._o nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr postea_fw-la ipsias_fw-la studium_fw-la &_o fides_fw-la probabilis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aut_fw-la hominum_fw-la raritas_fw-la cogat_fw-la caranz_n vid._n d._n hammond_n de_fw-fr confirmatione_fw-la c._n 4._o s._n 1._o paragr_n 11._o pag._n 112._o
that_o have_v be_v vouchsafe_v to_o they_o i_o need_v hot_a here_o again_o discourse_n what_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o baptise_v sick_a person_n have_v so_o late_o while_o i_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o council_n of_o neocaesarea_n show_v it_o to_o have_v be_v by_o way_n of_o sprinkle_v nor_o need_v i_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n argue_v from_o the_o council_n not_o condemn_v the_o baptism_n so_o administer_v nor_o order_v the_o rebaptising_a of_o such_o as_o have_v be_v so_o baptize_v to_o their_o approve_v at_o least_o as_o to_o the_o sufficiency_n thereof_o that_o manner_n of_o baptism_n §_o 48._o 644._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n gr._n naz._n orat._n 40._o p._n 643_o 644._o much_o about_o the_o time_n of_o that_o council_n or_o a_o little_a after_o an._n chr._n 370._o flourish_v gregory_n nazianzen_n and_o by_o his_o most_o passionate_a argue_v against_o man_n defer_v their_o baptism_n till_o their_o sickness_n be_v grow_v desperate_a and_o they_o almost_o if_o not_o whole_o past_o either_o speech_n or_o sense_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o do_v defer_v their_o baptise_v so_o long_o and_o that_o yet_o in_o that_o condition_n they_o be_v baptize_v it_o be_v likewise_o evident_a from_o his_o press_v they_o to_o be_v baptize_v before_o they_o have_v so_o far_o lose_v the_o use_n of_o their_o tongue_n that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a well_o to_o utter_v what_o be_v on_o their_o part_n to_o be_v say_v at_o their_o baptise_v and_o while_o their_o commence_v christian_n may_v be_v ground_v on_o certain_a argument_n and_o nor_o on_o uncertain_a opinion_n with_o much_o more_o to_o that_o purpose_n now_o how_o person_n in_o this_o condition_n can_v be_v baptize_v by_o a_o total_a dip_v or_o any_o other_o way_n but_o by_o a_o gentle_a sprinkle_n unless_o the_o baptizer_n mean_v to_o put_v they_o out_o of_o doubt_n and_o dispatch_v they_o quick_o out_o of_o the_o way_n the_o indifferent_a reader_n may_v with_o hope_n of_o a_o favourable_a judgement_n in_o the_o case_n be_v appeal_v unto_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o that_o whereas_o the_o unlawfulness_n of_o such_o a_o baptism_n be_v the_o most_o powerful_a argument_n that_o possible_o can_v be_v use_v to_o draw_v man_n off_o from_o such_o a_o course_n and_o hasten_v their_o baptise_v if_o ever_o they_o mean_v at_o all_o to_o be_v baptize_v since_o that_o on_o death_n bed_n by_o sprinkle_v and_o those_o in_o that_o condition_n be_v incapable_a of_o any_o other_o be_v perfect_o unlawful_a beside_o that_o it_o signify_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o baptize_v because_o not_o administer_v according_a to_o christ_n institution_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v by_o dip_v he_o do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o press_v that_o argument_n nor_o do_v any_o of_o the_o father_n else_o that_o i_o know_v of_o which_o be_v a_o clear_a evidence_n that_o though_o he_o and_o they_o wish_v man_n soon_o baptize_v yet_o they_o think_v that_o baptism_n which_o be_v administer_v so_o late_o to_o be_v in_o itself_o lawful_a though_o through_o their_o fault_n so_o late_o administer_v and_o in_o that_o manner_n §_o 49._o in_o this_o age_n flourish_v st._n hierom_n about_o an._n chr._n 385._o and_o though_o he_o speak_v not_o that_o i_o know_v of_o concern_v sprinkle_n yet_o there_o be_v in_o he_o a_o intimation_n of_o a_o baptise_v by_o less_o than_o a_o total_a dip_v many_o thing_n say_v he_o which_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o church_n by_o tradition_n luciferian_n no_o &_o multa_fw-la alia_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la observantur_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la sibi_fw-la scriptae_fw-la legis_fw-la usurparunt_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o lavacro_fw-la ter_z mergitare_fw-la caput_fw-la etc._n etc._n d._n hieron_n adv_fw-la luciferian_n have_v usurp_v to_o themselves_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o write_a law_n as_o for_o instance_n to_o dip_v the_o head_n thrice_o in_o baptism_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v dip_v indeed_o mention_v as_o a_o way_n use_v in_o baptise_v but_o it_o be_v not_o mention_v as_o the_o way_n nor_o be_v that_o dip_v of_o the_o whole_a person_n but_o only_o of_o a_o part_n namely_o the_o head_n of_o the_o party_n baptize_v and_o so_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o a_o total_a immersion_n be_v not_o always_o the_o only_a way_n of_o baptise_v but_o that_o as_o sprinkle_v as_o we_o have_v show_v be_v sometime_o so_o sometime_o a_o partial_a mersation_n be_v use_v in_o stead_n of_o it_o §_o 50._o contemporary_a with_o s._n hierom_n be_v siricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n 140._o spondan_n epit._n baron_n an_fw-mi chr._n 385._o nam_fw-la de_fw-la infantibus_fw-la baptizandis_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la dum_fw-la baptizati_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la quoties_fw-la necessitas_fw-la exegerit_fw-la regula_n ecclesiastica_fw-la per_fw-la beatum_fw-la siricium_n prolata_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la dicens_fw-la etc._n etc._n magdeb._n cent_n 9_o c._n 4._o col_fw-fr 140._o elect_v to_o that_o see_v à _fw-la clero_fw-la populoque_fw-la by_o the_o vote_n both_o of_o clergy_n and_o laity_n an._n chr._n 385._o and_o his_o authority_n as_o the_o centuriator_n tell_v we_o be_v vouch_v and_o under_o the_o title_n of_o regula_n ecclesiastica_fw-la a_o ecclesiastical_a rule_n by_o hincmarus_n archbishop_n of_o rheims_n for_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n as_o oft_o as_o necessity_n shall_v require_v the_o necessity_n for_o baptise_v of_o infant_n can_v be_v no_o other_o but_o danger_n of_o death_n in_o regard_n of_o sickliness_n and_o weakness_n now_o in_o what_o manner_n it_o be_v the_o use_n in_o those_o time_n to_o baptize_v person_n in_o that_o condition_n we_o have_v before_o declare_v so_o that_o it_o be_v almost_o needless_a to_o say_v it_o be_v not_o by_o that_o severe_a way_n of_o a_o total_a immersion_n of_o they_o three_o time_n into_o water_n ib._n well_o his_o quibus_fw-la in_o qualibet_fw-la necessitate_v opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sacri_fw-la undá_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la omni_fw-la volumus_fw-la ecleritate_fw-la succurri_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la perniciem_fw-la tendat_fw-la animarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n ib._n but_o by_o the_o more_o safe_a and_o gentle_a way_n of_o asperse_v or_o sprinkle_v water_n thrice_o upon_o they_o nor_o be_v his_o care_n only_o for_o weak_a infant_n but_o for_o all_o other_o in_o what_o necessity_n soever_o they_o be_v who_o he_o will_v shall_v be_v baptize_v with_o all_o speed_n lest_o if_o any_o be_v in_o that_o condition_n deny_v baptism_n shall_v depart_v out_o of_o this_o world_n unbaptise_v and_o so_o lose_v both_o kingdom_n and_o life_n that_o loss_n of_o they_o shall_v tend_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o our_o soul_n §_o 51._o a_o little_a after_o he_o about_o an._n chr._n 390._o flourish_v aurelius_n prudentius_n a_o man_n of_o consular_a dignity_n and_o a_o no_o less_o pious_a christian_a than_o ingenious_a poet._n and_o in_o he_o we_o have_v a_o plain_a instance_n of_o such_o baptise_v as_o that_o the_o party_n baptize_v be_v not_o dip_v but_o only_o bedew_v with_o the_o water_n of_o baptism_n and_o that_o must_v be_v by_o sprinkle_v or_o shed_v water_n upon_o he_o cultor_fw-la dei_fw-la memento_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o worshipper_n of_o god_n say_v he_o remember_v that_o thou_o do_v go_v under_o the_o holy_a dew_n of_o the_o font_n somn_v cultor_fw-la dei_fw-la memento_fw-la te_fw-la fontis_fw-la &_o lavacri_fw-la rorem_fw-la subîsse_fw-la sanctum_fw-la prudent_a hymn_n it_o somn_v and_o laver_n that_o be_v in_o plain_a english_a that_o thou_o be_v sprinkle_v in_o baptism_n for_o what_o else_o can_v be_v mean_v by_o the_o dew_n of_o the_o font_n and_o go_v under_o that_o dew_n §_o 52._o and_o let_v no_o man_n think_v this_o be_v a_o mere_a piece_n of_o poetry_n and_o that_o he_o be_v compel_v to_o this_o way_n of_o express_v himself_o by_o necessity_n of_o his_o verse_n for_o he_o be_v a_o person_n of_o such_o fluency_n of_o expression_n as_o that_o if_o there_o have_v be_v need_n for_o it_o he_o can_v have_v otherwise_o express_v himself_o and_o beside_o in_o another_o case_n when_o he_o can_v as_o well_o have_v use_v the_o word_n immergit_fw-la he_o dip_v or_o baptize_v by_o dip_v he_o do_v use_v perfundit_fw-la he_o pour_v water_n on_o or_o do_v baptize_v by_o pour_v on_o water_n it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o so_o may_v be_v add_v as_o a_o superventional_a testimony_n enchirid_a perfundit_fw-la fluvio_fw-la pastus_fw-la baptista_n locustis_fw-la etc._n etc._n prudent_a enchirid_a or_o at_o least_o as_o a_o further_a light_n to_o st._n bernard_n opinion_n before_o mention_v concern_v our_o saviour_n be_v baptize_v by_o john_n in_o jordan_n not_o by_o way_n of_o immersion_n but_o of_o perfusion_n not_o by_o put_v he_o under_o water_n but_o by_o pour_v water_n upon_o he_o §_o 53._o i_o will_v end_v this_o century_n and_o begin_v the_o follow_n with_o st._n augustin_n who_o live_v in_o both_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o
way_n that_o be_v compliant_a with_o their_o condition_n namely_o by_o a_o gentle_a application_n of_o water_n shed_v or_o sprinkle_v on_o they_o 579._o si_fw-mi pver_fw-la non_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la libere_fw-la adducatur_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la caveat_n ille_fw-la ut_fw-la cundem_fw-la protinus_fw-la baptizet_fw-la ne_fw-fr forte_fw-fr moriatur_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la can._n aelfrici_fw-la 26._o ap_fw-mi spelman_n council_n angl._n tom._n 1._o pag._n 579._o §_o 86._o and_o with_o the_o same_o gloss_n be_v to_o be_v read_v that_o canon_n of_o aelfric_n about_o an._n chr._n 1052._o whereby_o the_o priest_n be_v order_v forthwith_o to_o baptize_v the_o infant_n that_o be_v bring_v unto_o he_o lest_o haply_o he_o die_v a_o heathen_a §_o 87._o in_o the_o twelve_o century_n an._n chr._n 1120._o flourish_v st._n bernard_n and_o we_o can_v but_o think_v that_o he_o approve_v of_o the_o baptise_v of_o christian_n by_o way_n of_o perfusion_n or_o pour_v of_o water_n on_o their_o head_n who_o opinion_n be_v as_o we_o have_v show_v before_o that_o christ_n himself_o be_v so_o baptize_v of_o john_n in_o jordan_n but_o if_o he_o have_v say_v nothing_o of_o that_o yet_o that_o question_n of_o he_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la 1455._o quaenam_fw-la enim_fw-la natura_fw-la seu_fw-la ratio_fw-la docet_fw-la internam_fw-la aeternamque_fw-la salutem_fw-la mortalium_fw-la neminem_fw-la posse_fw-la percipere_fw-la cujus_fw-la foris_fw-la corpus_fw-la perfusuâ—_n visibili_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la elemento_fw-la d._n bernard_n ep._n 77._o ad_fw-la hug._n de_fw-fr s._n victore_fw-la col_fw-fr 1455._o when_o he_o ask_v what_o nature_n or_o reason_n teach_v that_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v ever_o be_v a_o partaker_n of_o the_o internal_a and_o eternal_a salvation_n who_o body_n be_v not_o outward_o baptize_v by_o a_o perfusion_n of_o it_o with_o the_o visible_a element_n this_o question_n i_o say_v sufficient_o show_v his_o opinion_n of_o a_o baptism_n by_o such_o a_o way_n of_o administration_n namely_o that_o it_o like_o baptism_n any_o other_o way_n administer_v conduce_v to_o the_o internal_a and_o eternal_a salvation_n of_o the_o soul_n though_o both_o to_o reason_n and_o nature_n it_o seem_v strange_a and_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o neither_o of_o they_o ever_o teach_v that_o there_o be_v no_o be_v save_v without_o it_o §_o 88_o contemporary_a with_o s._n bernard_n be_v s._n otho_n bishop_n of_o bamberg_n 1124._o spondan_n epit._n baron_n an._n chr._n 1124._o call_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o pomeranian_o from_o his_o convert_v that_o people_n be_v invite_v to_o that_o work_n by_o bolislaus_n king_n of_o polonia_n an._n chr._n 1124._o he_o at_o his_o own_o charge_n build_v fifteen_o monastery_n and_o prescribe_v order_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o church_n found_v by_o he_o several_a concern_v baptism_n among_o the_o rest_n this_o as_o novarinus_n inform_v we_o from_o the_o history_n of_o his_o act_n that_o when_o any_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v his_o baptism_n be_v to_o be_v dispatch_v by_o a_o threefold_a immersion_n of_o his_o head_n so_o 82._o sacerdos_n trinâ_fw-la immersione_n capitis_fw-la illius_fw-la mysterii_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la perfecit_fw-la novarin_n schediasm_n sacroprophan_v l._n 3._o num_fw-la 57_o p._n 82._o a_o immersion_n there_o be_v and_o that_o three_o time_n settle_v by_o he_o yet_o not_o a_o total_a one_o not_o of_o the_o whole_a body_n but_o only_o a_o partial_a one_o of_o the_o head_n the_o principal_a part_n §_o 89._o in_o the_o same_o century_n an._n chr._n 1140._o flourish_v gratian._n and_o he_o from_o the_o capitular_o l._n 5._o c._n 76._o cite_v a_o direction_n for_o any_o man_n that_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o have_v the_o consecrate_a water_n in_o his_o own_o house_n for_o sprinkle_v etc._n nullus_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la recepit_fw-la officium_fw-la etc._n etc._n i._n e._n to_o baptize_v withal_o to_o take_v it_o out_o of_o the_o font_n before_o the_o pour_v in_o of_o the_o chrism_n etc._n nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la debet_fw-la movere_fw-la quòd_fw-la aspergi_fw-la vel_fw-la perfundi_fw-la jubentur_fw-la agri_fw-la cùm_fw-la gratiam_fw-la divinam_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o however_o that_o may_v be_v interpret_v otherwise_o though_o against_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o author_n by_o such_o as_o have_v a_o kindness_n for_o holy_a water_n sprinkle_v ib._n hîc_fw-la primò_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la quòd_fw-la aqua_fw-la benedicta_fw-la qua_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la asperguntur_fw-la valet_fw-la ad_fw-la corum_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la gratian._n decret_a 3._o part_n de_fw-mi con_fw-mi ecrat_fw-mi do_v 4._o fol._n 452._o b._n col_fw-fr 4._o &_o litera_fw-la c._n i._n c._n capitis_fw-la satis_fw-la innuit_fw-la in_o pluribus_fw-la locis_fw-la quòd_fw-la de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr illis_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la aegritudinem_fw-la immergi_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la id._n ib._n yet_o that_o which_o follow_v be_v clear_o to_o be_v interpret_v of_o sprinkle_v in_o baptism_n and_o show_v that_o this_o aught_o so_o to_o be_v interpret_v too_o be_v note_n on_o st._n cyprian_n epistle_n to_o magnus_n before_o cite_v of_o that_o matter_n and_o here_o say_v gratian_n on_o st._n cyprian_n word_n first_o be_v show_v that_o the_o bless_a i._n e._n consecrate_a water_n wherewith_o man_n who_o be_v baptize_v be_v sprinkle_v be_v of_o avail_n to_o their_o sanctification_n §_o 90._o in_o the_o thirteen_o century_n the_o magdeburgensian_a historian_n quote_v hugo_n i_o suppose_v they_o mean_v he_o de_fw-fr s._n caro_fw-la who_o bellarmin_n etc._n si_fw-mi verò_fw-la tanta_fw-la copia_fw-la aquae_fw-la haberi_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la infans_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la totaliter_fw-la mergi_fw-la possit_fw-la cum_fw-la scutello_fw-la vel_fw-la scypho_fw-la vel_fw-la alio_fw-la vase_n aliqua_fw-la quantitas_fw-la aquae_fw-la super_fw-la infantem_fw-la effundatur_fw-la à _fw-la baptizante_fw-la &_o fundendo_fw-la dicat_fw-la baptizan_n ego_fw-la baptizo_fw-la te_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o silij_fw-la &_o spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la et_fw-la erit_fw-la insans_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la hugo_n in_o 16._o in_o johan_n ap_fw-mi magdeb._n cent_n 13._o col_fw-fr 596._o l._n 6_o 7._o etc._n etc._n as_o well_o as_o alsted_n place_n an._n chr._n 1245._o for_o baptism_n not_o by_o total_a immersion_n and_o say_v he_o if_o there_o can_v be_v have_v a_o sufficiency_n of_o water_n for_o the_o infant_n to_o be_v whole_o dip_v into_o it_o then_o let_v the_o baptizer_n pour_fw-fr some_o quantity_n of_o water_n upon_o the_o infant_n with_o a_o dish_n or_o other_o vessel_n and_o as_o he_o pour_v it_o let_v he_o say_v i_o baptize_v thou_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o infant_n will_v be_v baptize_v how_o baptize_v without_o be_v dip_v yes_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o this_o author_n a_o person_n of_o reputation_n in_o his_o time_n for_o judgement_n and_o learning_n §_o 91._o in_o the_o same_o century_n about_o an._n chr._n 1251_o the_o say_a author_n tell_v we_o of_o a_o synodical_a constitution_n 594._o et_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la nemansensi_fw-la conscripto_fw-la dicitur_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la itaque_fw-la ut_fw-la infans_fw-la quà m_fw-la cito_fw-la natus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la si_fw-la periculum_fw-la sibi_fw-la mortis_fw-la immineat_fw-la ita_fw-la quòd_fw-la presbytero_fw-la praesentari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la à _fw-la circumstantibus_fw-la masculis_fw-la baptizetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n magd._n cent_n 13._o c._n 6._o col_fw-fr 594._o write_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o nemans_n wherein_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o the_o infant_n be_v bear_v if_o there_o be_v any_o danger_n of_o death_n so_o as_o that_o it_o can_v be_v present_v to_o the_o priest_n than_o any_o either_o man_n or_o woman_n the_o very_a father_n or_o mother_n of_o it_o so_o there_o be_v no_o body_n else_o present_a that_o can_v may_v baptize_v it_o but_o in_o such_o necessity_n who_o can_v imagine_v the_o constitution_n intend_v the_o dip_v of_o the_o infant_n who_o can_v think_v any_o other_o but_o that_o reason_n move_v by_o pity_n sway_v by_o charity_n and_o guide_v by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n in_o such_o case_n will_v dictate_v the_o more_o favourable_a way_n of_o sprinkle_v §_o 92._o about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1255._o flourish_v thomas_n aquinas_n and_o he_o dispute_v the_o case_n whether_o immersion_n be_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n and_o produce_v argument_n for_o it_o and_o answer_n to_o they_o and_o ground_v on_o what_o be_v say_v by_o the_o apostle_n heb._n 10.22_o art_n cùm_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la assumatur_fw-la aqua_fw-la ad_fw-la corporis_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la per_fw-la immersionem_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la aspersionem_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la effusionem_fw-la aquae_fw-la baptismus_fw-la dari_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n aquin._n sum._n 3._o q._n 66._o art_n 7._o conclus_fw-la etc._n etc._n art_n let_v we_o draw_v near_o with_o a_o true_a heart_n in_o full_a assurance_n of_o faith_n have_v our_o heart_n sprinkle_v from_o a_o evil_a conscience_n and_o our_o body_n
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danvers_n and_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n that_o he_o that_o can_v find_v a_o advantage_n where_o there_o be_v none_o will_v overlook_v one_o where_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v for_o beza_n say_v baptizandi_fw-la verbum_fw-la the_o word_n to_o baptise_v rather_o answer_v to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o it_o do_v still_o that_o will_v not_o do_v the_o business_n for_o i_o have_v show_v in_o these_o paper_n ch_z 7._o from_o dr._n pocock_n that_o that_o word_n also_o be_v not_o always_o necessary_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o total_a immersion_n and_o beza_n himself_o do_v not_o contradict_v this_o for_o he_o do_v not_o say_v that_o it_o answer_v absolute_o and_o strict_o to_o this_o and_o not_o at_o all_o to_o the_o other_o but_o rather_o to_o this_o than_o to_o the_o other_o word_n which_o in_o english_a be_v thus_o much_o that_o it_o answer_v to_o both_o but_o yet_o be_v seldomer_n use_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d do_v proper_o signify_v tingendi_fw-la causâ_fw-la immergere_fw-la to_o dip_v in_o order_n unto_o die_v and_o that_o it_o signify_v not_o to_o wash_v but_o by_o consequence_n yet_o 1_o he_o do_v not_o always_o render_v it_o by_o immergo_fw-la but_o sometime_o by_o lavo_fw-la and_o particular_o in_o mark_n 7.4_o where_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v loti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la and_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lotiones_fw-la and_o on_o luke_n 11.38_o he_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mean_v the_o same_o in_o that_o place_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v i._n e._n in_o general_a to_o wash_v and_o particular_o to_o wash_v the_o hand_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v before_o ch_n 5._o and_o 2._o in_o his_o ep._n 2._o tract_n theolog._n vol._n 3._o p._n 195._o he_o maintain_v they_o to_o be_v right_o baptize_v who_o be_v baptize_v but_o by_o sprinkle_v though_o the_o word_n do_v signify_v dip_v no_o diminution_n be_v make_v of_o baptism_n by_o the_o change_n of_o a_o circumstance_n in_o it_o whilst_o what_o be_v substantial_a in_o it_o be_v retain_v as_o i_o shall_v show_v more_o at_o large_a in_o these_o paper_n c._n penult_n but_o to_o go_v on_o §_o 46._o selden_n that_o university_n of_o scholar_n in_o one_o man_n and_o a_o gentleman_n not_o to_o be_v mention_v without_o some_o signification_n of_o respect_n though_o here_o he_o have_v none_o give_v he_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n etc._n etc._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o as_o mr._n d._n tell_v we_o say_v that_o the_o jew_n from_o who_o this_o rite_n be_v conceive_v to_o come_v take_v the_o baptism_n wherein_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v not_o baptize_v to_o be_v void_a §_o 47._o i_o believe_v mr._n d._n to_o be_v fair_a in_o this_o report_n though_o i_o have_v not_o the_o author_n to_o consult_v but_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o christian_n be_v not_o so_o scrupulous_a about_o the_o business_n as_o the_o jew_n be_v nor_o do_v i_o believe_v mr._n danvers_n himself_o or_o any_o of_o his_o party_n will_v think_v a_o baptism_n void_a in_o case_n one_o hair_n of_o a_o head_n shall_v chance_v to_o miss_v dip_v as_o a_o jew_n will_v some_o few_o may_v have_v ancient_o question_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o baptism_n that_o be_v not_o administer_v by_o a_o total_a immersion_n though_o i_o remember_v but_o one_o that_o do_v it_o and_o of_o late_a some_o more_o have_v do_v it_o but_o the_o generality_n of_o christian_n both_o be_v and_o have_v be_v ancient_o satisfy_v with_o it_o though_o do_v other_o way_n and_o in_o some_o circumstantial_a point_n a_o thing_n may_v fail_v of_o be_v exact_o according_a to_o the_o accurate_a prescription_n of_o the_o law_n or_o rule_n of_o custom_n and_o yet_o not_o be_v invalid_a for_o all_o that_o whilst_o nothing_o of_o substance_n be_v omit_v as_o for_o instance_n a_o marriage_n without_o a_o ring_n or_o a_o baptism_n without_o a_o cross_n though_o it_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v do_v so_o yet_o be_v so_o do_v it_o will_v stand_v good_a fieri_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la factum_fw-la valuit_fw-la yea_o mr._n selden_n quote_v a_o say_n from_o the_o rabbi_n ideo_fw-la nec_fw-la sabbato_fw-la baptismus_fw-la rite_n satis_fw-la adhibebatur_fw-la nec_fw-la die_fw-la festo_fw-la nec_fw-la noctu_fw-la quibus_fw-la temporibus_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr adhiberetur_fw-la proselytus_fw-la quidem_fw-la be_v erat_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la actus_fw-la scilicet_fw-la say_v mr._n selden_n non_fw-la irritus_fw-la erat_fw-la tametsi_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la debuisset_fw-la seld._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n &_o gent._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o p._n 143._o §_o 48._o second_o i_o answer_v that_o unless_o
rome_n i_o ask_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o abolish_n if_o he_o say_v the_o cessation_n of_o it_o by_o virtue_n of_o any_o canonical_a decree_n of_o that_o church_n than_o i_o shall_v require_v the_o council_n and_o canon_n by_o which_o its_o abolition_n be_v decree_v and_o be_v of_o opinion_n till_o i_o see_v the_o contrary_a that_o none_o such_o will_v be_v produce_v if_o by_o abolish_n he_o mean_v disuse_v than_o i_o grant_v that_o in_o that_o sense_n this_o custom_n be_v indeed_o that_o abolish_v when_o that_o author_n write_v but_o i_o must_v say_v withal_o that_o it_o be_v not_o then_o first_o abolish_v but_o long_o before_o and_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o such_o its_o abolition_n be_v like_o the_o head_n of_o nilus_n undiscoverable_a the_o custom_n grow_v by_o insensible_a degree_n from_o be_v at_o first_o almost_o universal_a to_o become_v at_o last_o almost_o quite_o out_o of_o use_n if_o yet_o at_o all_o it_o be_v use_v in_o that_o church_n so_o little_a grist_n be_v by_o this_o testimony_n bring_v to_o the_o anabaptist_n mill_n §_o 22._o from_o he_o mr._n d._n proceed_v to_o walafridus_n strabo_n who_o de_n reb._n eccles_n tell_v we_o that_o we_o must_v know_v that_o the_o first_o believer_n be_v baptize_v simple_o in_o flood_n and_o fountain_n §_o 23._o well_o admit_v this_o it_o follow_v not_o first_o that_o all_o that_o be_v baptize_v in_o flood_n and_o fountain_n be_v total_o immerse_v into_o they_o they_o may_v be_v but_o sprinkle_v or_o but_o partial_o dip_v in_o flood_n or_o fountain_n §_o 24._o second_o it_o follow_v not_o hence_o that_o if_o any_o believer_n be_v total_o immerse_v all_o be_v so_o the_o expression_n be_v but_o indefinite_a and_o not_o universal_a and_o it_o be_v true_a if_o but_o some_o believer_n be_v so_o baptize_v but_o that_o all_o believer_n be_v so_o baptize_v as_o he_o do_v not_o say_v so_o it_o be_v if_o he_o have_v say_v it_o without_o convince_a evidence_n to_o prove_v its_o truth_n §_o 25._o nay_o three_o that_o he_o do_v mean_v his_o word_n but_o indefinite_o and_o not_o universal_o be_v plain_a by_o his_o own_o word_n that_o follow_v which_o mr._n d._n think_v it_o not_o for_o his_o interest_n to_o discover_v it_o be_v say_v he_o to_o be_v note_v that_o many_o have_v be_v baptize_v not_o only_o by_o dip_v but_o also_o by_o pour_v water_n from_o above_o upon_o they_o and_o he_o have_v give_v before_o a_o instance_n in_o lucillus_n baptize_v by_o st._n laurence_n that_o way_n and_o that_o they_o may_v still_o be_v so_o baptize_v 26._o notandum_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la mergendo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la desuper_fw-la fundendo_fw-la multos_fw-la baptizatos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la posse_fw-la baptizari_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la solet_fw-la evenire_fw-la cùm_fw-la provectiorum_fw-la granditas_fw-la corporum_fw-la in_o minoribus_fw-la vasibus_fw-la hominem_fw-la tingi_fw-la non_fw-la patitur_fw-la walafrib_o strabo_n de_fw-fr reb._n eccles_n c._n 26._o add_v also_o a_o account_n on_o which_o it_o be_v usual_a to_o baptize_v otherwise_o than_o by_o dip_v even_o when_o the_o font_n be_v too_o little_a to_o contain_v the_o great_a body_n §_o 26._o his_o next_o author_n be_v mr._n fox_n and_o he_o as_o mr._n d._n say_v tell_v we_o in_o his_o act_n and_o monument_n part_n 1._o pag._n 138._o out_o of_o fabian_n c._n 119_o 120._o that_o austin_n and_o paulinus_n do_v in_o the_o seven_o century_n baptize_v here_o in_o england_n great_a multitude_n in_o the_o river_n trent_n and_o the_o river_n swol_n where_o note_v by_o the_o way_n say_v mr._n fox_n it_o follow_v there_o be_v no_o use_n of_o font_n the_o like_a also_o as_o you_o will_v hereafter_o find_v germanus_n and_o lupus_n the_o two_o french_a evangelist_n do_v in_o the_o five_o century_n baptize_v multitude_n in_o the_o river_n allin_n near_o chester_n §_o 27._o grant_v all_o this_o and_o what_o then_o then_o it_o follow_v that_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o some_o be_v baptize_v in_o england_n in_o two_o several_a century_n by_o immersion_n because_o many_o be_v baptize_v in_o river_n yet_o i_o say_v it_o be_v but_o probable_a not_o certain_a unless_o appear_v from_o other_o evidence_n because_o a_o man_n may_v be_v baptize_v in_o a_o river_n without_o be_v total_o immerse_v into_o it_o and_o in_o that_o multitude_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v baptize_v in_o those_o river_n it_o make_v it_o the_o more_o probable_a that_o the_o baptism_n be_v not_o by_o a_o total_a immersion_n because_o the_o labour_n and_o time_n be_v more_o in_o baptise_v so_o than_o otherwise_o and_o when_o the_o baptizer_n be_v but_o one_o or_o but_o a_o few_o and_o the_o person_n to_o be_v baptize_v many_o reason_n will_v prompt_v that_o the_o more_o compendious_a and_o less_o troublesome_a way_n shall_v be_v take_v and_o that_o be_v sprinkle_v pour_v on_o of_o water_n or_o partial_a mersation_n into_o it_o §_o 28._o and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o font_n as_o mr._n fox_n note_n than_o there_o be_v the_o more_o reason_n they_o shall_v go_v to_o river_n though_o their_o go_v to_o rivers_n do_v not_o prove_v there_o be_v no_o font_n for_o where_o many_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v font_n unless_o of_o large_a capacity_n be_v not_o so_o convenient_a as_o river_n where_o many_o minister_n at_o once_o may_v be_v do_v the_o work_n whereas_o at_o a_o font_n hardly_o any_o more_o baptize_v than_o one_o at_o once_o but_o be_v that_o as_o it_o will_v do_v this_o prove_v that_o none_o either_o in_o england_n or_o in_o any_o other_o country_n either_o in_o those_o or_o any_o other_o age_n be_v baptize_v by_o sprinkle_v or_o any_o other_o way_n than_o by_o a_o total_a dip_v it_o be_v impossible_a it_o shall_v especial_o when_o the_o contrary_a to_o it_o be_v evidence_v by_o fact_n as_o i_o have_v make_v appear_v in_o these_o paper_n ch_n 10._o this_o then_o only_o follow_v hence_o that_o this_o whole_a passage_n be_v a_o grand_a impertinence_n and_o prove_v nothing_o of_o what_o be_v dispute_v of_o in_o this_o question_n which_o be_v not_o whether_o any_o or_o what_o number_n be_v baptize_v by_o dip_v but_o whether_o never_o any_o in_o the_o church_n be_v baptize_v by_o sprinkle_v or_o other_o way_n than_o by_o a_o total_a immersion_n §_o 29._o have_v write_v thus_o much_o on_o supposition_n of_o integrity_n in_o the_o quotation_n i_o resolve_v to_o consult_v the_o author_n himself_o and_o though_o not_o according_a to_o the_o quotation_n make_v by_o mr._n d._n of_o part_n 1._o p._n 138_o etc._n etc._n yet_o in_o pag._n 107._o col_fw-fr 2._o l._n 70_o etc._n etc._n i_o find_v this_o which_o follow_v but_o to_o return_v to_o austin_n again_o who_o by_o report_n of_o author_n be_v depart_v before_o this_o cruelty_n be_v do_v after_o he_o have_v baptize_v and_o christen_v ten_o thousand_o saxon_n or_o angles_n in_o the_o west_n river_n that_o be_v call_v small_a beside_o york_n on_o christmass-day_n perceive_v his_o end_n to_o draw_v near_o he_o ordain_v a_o successor_n name_v laurentius_n to_o rule_v after_o he_o the_o archbishop_n see_v of_o dorobernia_n where_o note_n by_o the_o way_n christian_n reader_n that_o whereas_o austin_n baptize_v then_o in_o river_n it_o follow_v there_o be_v then_o no_o use_n of_o font_n again_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o fabian_n say_v he_o baptize_v ten_o thousand_o in_o one_o day_n the_o rite_n then_o of_o baptise_v at_o rome_n be_v not_o so_o ceremonial_a neither_o have_v so_o many_o trinket_n at_o that_o time_n as_o it_o have_v since_o or_o else_o it_o can_v not_o be_v that_o he_o can_v baptize_v so_o many_o on_o one_o day_n upon_o this_o relation_n i_o shall_v crave_v the_o reader_n leave_v to_o make_v some_o remark_n §_o 30._o and_o first_o suppose_v augustine_n to_o have_v be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a strength_n and_o then_o at_o the_o fullness_n of_o it_o yet_o the_o number_n of_o the_o person_n say_v to_o be_v baptize_v by_o he_o and_o all_o in_o one_o day_n viz._n 10000_o be_v so_o great_a as_o that_o it_o exceed_v all_o measure_n of_o credibility_n that_o so_o many_o can_v be_v baptize_v of_o he_o by_o a_o total_a dip_v of_o they_o when_o we_o read_v of_o but_o three_o thousand_o baptize_v in_o one_o day_n by_o twelve_o person_n wise_a and_o learned_a man_n think_v it_o reasonable_a from_o the_o difficulty_n if_o not_o impossibility_n of_o it_o that_o so_o many_o shall_v by_o a_o total_a immersion_n be_v baptize_v by_o so_o few_o in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n to_o conclude_v that_o there_o baptise_v be_v perform_v not_o by_o dip_v but_o by_o sprinkle_v now_o much_o more_o strong_o be_v the_o same_o to_o be_v argue_v when_o against_o three_o thousand_o to_o twelve_o be_v set_v ten_o thousand_o to_o one_o §_o 31._o but_o than_o second_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o time_n of_o his_o life_n
be_v but_o philip_n the_o deacon_n not_o philip_n the_o apostle_n that_o baptize_v the_o eunuch_n a_o apostolical_a person_n or_o if_o you_o will_v a_o apostle_n in_o the_o large_a sense_n as_o clemens_n ignatius_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o primitive_a father_n be_v call_v apostle_n he_o be_v but_o no_o apostle_n in_o the_o strict_a sense_n we_o now_o speak_v of_o as_o design_v by_o that_o appellation_n only_o those_o eleven_o person_n who_o be_v by_o our_o saviour_n just_a at_o his_o ascension_n send_v by_o he_o and_o from_o his_o send_v they_o call_v apostle_n into_o all_o nation_n to_o make_v disciple_n all_o the_o world_n over_o by_o teach_v and_o baptise_v they_o with_o mathias_n after_o by_o divine_a appointment_n elect_v to_o take_v part_n of_o that_o ministry_n and_o apostleship_n §_o 14._o and_o have_v he_o be_v never_o so_o much_o a_o apostle_n yet_o still_o that_o can_v only_o have_v warrant_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o dip_v not_o enforce_v a_o necessity_n of_o it_o 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thing_n to_o the_o contrary_a §_o 15._o and_o so_o now_o upon_o serious_a consideration_n i_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o most_o prejudicate_a reader_n to_o say_v what_o enforcement_n can_v lie_v upon_o the_o church_n from_o philip_n baptise_v the_o eunuch_n to_o necessitate_v she_o to_o the_o dip_v of_o all_o she_o baptise_n §_o 16._o and_o now_o the_o church_n be_v suppose_v at_o liberty_n for_o any_o thing_n either_o in_o the_o precept_n of_o christ_n or_o practice_n of_o his_o apostle_n to_o use_v what_o way_n she_o please_v in_o baptise_v i_o will_v pursue_v my_o intend_a course_n of_o show_v on_o what_o account_v she_o first_o more_o spare_o permit_v and_o after_o more_o free_o admit_v baptise_v by_o way_n of_o sprinkle_v chap._n xv._o the_o church_n particular_a inducement_n to_o admit_v of_o sprinkle_v §_o 1._o baptism_n in_o the_o foremost_a age_n of_o the_o church_n 387._o for_o except_v the_o case_n of_o martyr_n who_o they_o think_v sufficient_o qualify_v for_o heaven_n by_o be_v baptize_v in_o their_o own_o blood_n they_o reckon_v no_o man_n can_v be_v save_v without_o be_v baptize_v dr._n cave_n prim._n christian_n part_n 1._o ch_n 10._o pag._n 300._o we_o hold_v the_o same_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n that_o the_o father_n do_v hold_v which_o be_v viâ_fw-la ordinariâ_fw-la yet_o non_fw-la alligando_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la ad_fw-la media_fw-la no_o more_o than_o the_o schoolman_n do_v b._n andrews_n answ_n to_o peron_n p._n 12._o nisi_fw-la enim_fw-la renatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ex_fw-la aquá_fw-la &_o spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la introire_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la vtique_fw-la nullum_fw-la excipit_fw-la non_fw-la infantem_fw-la non_fw-la aliquá_fw-la praeventum_fw-la necessitate_v d._n ambros_n de_fw-fr abrahaâ—o_fw-la patriarcha_fw-la l._n 2._o c_o 11._o sine_fw-la baptismo_fw-la mortuos_fw-la periisse_fw-la non_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la id._n de_fw-fr voc._n gent._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o sed_fw-la antequam_fw-la per_fw-la aetatem_fw-la possit_fw-la homo_fw-la vivere_fw-la secundùm_fw-la spiritum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la habet_fw-la mediatoris_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la d._n aug._n l._n 10._o de_fw-fr genes_n ad_fw-la literam_fw-la c._n 14._o parvulis_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la fides_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sine_fw-la sacramento_n qui_fw-la si_fw-la absque_fw-la baptismo_fw-la fuerint_fw-la defuncti_fw-la etiam_fw-la cùm_fw-la deferuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la damnabuntur_fw-la p._n lombard_n l._n 4._o do_v 4._o c._n 5._o p._n 387._o how_o little_a account_n soever_o any_o may_v make_v of_o it_o in_o this_o be_v hold_v necessary_a in_o order_n to_o salvation_n no_o come_n for_o any_o into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n that_o may_v have_v baptism_n and_o despise_v it_o or_o neglect_v it_o be_v believe_v then_o yea_o some_o in_o process_n of_o time_n go_v so_o far_o perhaps_o too_o far_o as_o to_o hold_v not_o as_o the_o church_n now_o hold_v a_o necessity_n in_o the_o ordinary_a way_n without_o tie_v god_n to_o the_o mean_n but_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o it_o so_o as_o that_o the_o salvation_n even_o of_o infant_n who_o can_v neither_o seek_v it_o nor_o desire_v it_o nor_o despise_v it_o nor_o neglect_v it_o if_o they_o die_v unbaptise_v be_v by_o some_o doubt_a dispute_v deny_v unless_o that_o defect_n be_v supply_v baptismo_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la with_o the_o bloody_a baptism_n of_o martyrdom_n how_o right_o this_o be_v believe_v and_o hold_v be_v not_o my_o present_n concern_v to_o inquire_v much_o less_o to_o determine_v sufficient_a it_o be_v to_o my_o present_a purpose_n that_o it_o be_v as_o i_o think_v none_o that_o have_v have_v any_o insight_n into_o antiquity_n but_o will_v say_v that_o it_o be_v so_o believe_v and_o hold_v §_o 2._o yet_o this_o notwithstanding_o it_o be_v evident_a beyond_o all_o possibility_n of_o dispute_n or_o doubt_v that_o many_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n who_o do_v believe_v this_o do_v for_o all_o that_o belief_n defer_v their_o baptism_n not_o only_o till_o their_o old_a age_n but_o to_o their_o deathbed_n or_o what_o they_o think_v may_v be_v so_o their_o reason_n why_o they_o do_v so_o be_v not_o one_o but_o many_o bapt._n preface_n to_o mod._n plea_n for_o inf._n bapt._n as_o i_o have_v abundant_o elsewhere_o declare_v it_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o note_v here_o three_o or_o four_o of_o they_o some_o do_v it_o out_o of_o lothness_n to_o part_v with_o the_o world_n and_o their_o sin_n and_o their_o pleasure_n as_o think_v that_o if_o once_o they_o take_v the_o yoke_n of_o christ_n upon_o they_o they_o must_v thenceforth_o renounce_v not_o the_o devil_n only_o and_o all_o his_o work_n but_o also_o the_o pomp_n and_o vanity_n of_o this_o wicked_a world_n and_o all_o the_o sinful_a lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n assure_v themselves_o that_o though_o they_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o never_o so_o long_a a_o season_n yet_o if_o they_o can_v but_o get_v to_o be_v baptize_v at_o last_o though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o late_o first_o not_o till_o they_o be_v upon_o their_o deathbed_n and_o at_o the_o last_o gasp_n all_o their_o sin_n pass_v shall_v be_v forgive_v they_o §_o 3._o some_o do_v it_o out_o of_o a_o apprehension_n that_o though_o they_o do_v by_o baptism_n obtain_v remission_n of_o all_o forepast_a sin_n though_o never_o so_o many_o and_o great_a yet_o if_o they_o sin_v after_o baptism_n for_o such_o sin_n there_o be_v no_o pardon_n and_o therefore_o as_o know_v the_o multitude_n of_o temptation_n they_o must_v daily_o be_v expose_v to_o in_o the_o world_n and_o their_o own_o weakness_n to_o resist_v they_o to_o prevent_v endanger_v the_o forfeiture_n of_o their_o pardon_n for_o what_o be_v past_a and_o secure_v their_o present_a peace_n and_o future_a salvation_n they_o will_v not_o be_v baptize_v till_o they_o think_v themselves_o to_o have_v out-sailed_a all_o rock_n and_o shelf_n to_o be_v past_o all_o storm_n and_o danger_n to_o have_v arrive_v in_o the_o port_n of_o happiness_n and_o to_o have_v nothing_o more_o to_o do_v but_o through_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n to_o enter_v into_o eternal_a life_n §_o 4._o some_o do_v it_o to_o avoid_v the_o danger_n of_o persecution_n for_o religion_n since_o till_o they_o be_v baptize_v they_o can_v neither_o by_o the_o cunning_a of_o the_o persecute_v heathen_n be_v discover_v nor_o by_o the_o cowardice_n of_o any_o persecute_a christian_n be_v betray_v 308._o see_v dr._n cave_n prim._n christ_n part_n 1._o c._n 10._o pag._n 308._o to_o be_v of_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o so_o will_v not_o embody_n themselves_o with_o the_o church_n all_o their_o life_n though_o they_o mean_v to_o expire_v in_o her_o bosom_n at_o their_o death_n as_o know_v by_o her_o principle_n and_o practice_n that_o she_o do_v sympathize_v with_o he_o that_o be_v her_o head_n and_o will_v not_o be_v willing_a that_o any_o shall_v perish_v but_o be_v ready_a to_o save_v all_o those_o that_o will_v not_o