with_o man_n page_n 165._o what_o he_o speak_v of_o my_o exceed_a high_a and_o passionate_a disposition_n be_v but_o his_o misdeem_n likely_a upon_o misinformation_n neither_o my_o word_n nor_o carriage_n show_v it_o page_n 166._o what_o the_o suppose_a gird_n be_v be_v set_v down_o before_o out_o of_o his_o now_o print_a book_n whereby_o it_o seem_v my_o few_o disciple_n as_o he_o miscall_v they_o be_v at_o least_o excuse_v and_o no_o notorious_a falsehood_n chargeable_a on_o they_o that_o which_o he_o say_v i_o force_v he_o to_o the_o disputation_n i_o conceive_v be_v not_o right_a how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v be_v show_v above_o that_o there_o be_v thousand_o of_o people_n there_o i_o think_v be_v overlasting_a the_o tale_n of_o the_o dispute_n be_v make_v to_o prepossess_v man_n with_o prejudice_n i_o tell_v he_o before_o that_o such_o a_o dispute_n be_v not_o fit_a to_o satisfy_v and_o i_o give_v he_o my_o reason_n and_o i_o propound_v the_o way_n use_v at_o the_o conference_n 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incline_n to_o vossius_fw-la etc._n etc._n their_o definition_n of_o a_o heretic_n page_n 171._o and_o his_o word_n page_n 259._o make_v i_o think_v he_o come_v not_o much_o short_a of_o count_v i_o a_o heretic_n to_o his_o allegation_n of_o my_o speech_n concern_v mr._n m._n and_o independent_o i_o have_v answer_v before_o i_o may_v say_v the_o doctrine_n be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o heresy_n yet_o not_o censure_v the_o man_n that_o hold_v it_o as_o heretical_a it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v formal_o a_o heretic_n and_o another_o thing_n material_o to_o hold_v that_o which_o denominate_v a_o party_n heretical_a in_o my_o examen_fw-la i_o tell_v mr._n m._n and_o now_o mr._n b._n that_o i_o think_v none_o of_o those_o glorious_a light_n mention_v hold_v mr._n ms._n position_n i_o do_v not_o judge_v all_o heretic_n that_o be_v against_o my_o opinion_n but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v more_o just_o style_v heretic_n then_o myself_o mr._n bs._n quickness_n in_o reply_v afore_o he_o weigh_v my_o speech_n or_o perhaps_o my_o scantness_n in_o expression_n out_o of_o wariness_n what_o i_o say_v to_o he_o who_o i_o find_v very_o captious_a have_v i_o perceive_v create_v i_o these_o hard_a censure_n that_o which_o mr._n b._n say_v page_n 172._o he_o dare_v say_v of_o i_o i_o dare_v say_v be_v false_a the_o inference_n which_o he_o call_v strange_a be_v none_o of_o i_o the_o passage_n and_o time_n of_o write_v it_o do_v still_o prevail_v with_o i_o to_o conceive_v that_o he_o want_v a_o spirit_n of_o love_n through_o ill_a surmise_n of_o i_o page_n 174._o infant-sprinking_a or_o pour_v water_n on_o they_o will_v not_o be_v prove_v baptism_n i_o shall_v not_o ease_v sinner_n that_o own_o their_o infant-sprinkling_a as_o baptism_n by_o my_o assertion_n that_o i_o tell_v they_o they_o never_o sin_v against_o their_o baptism_n and_o engagement_n be_v a_o fiction_n of_o mr._n b._n in_o which_o he_o have_v a_o pretty_a art_n i_o say_v not_o mr._n b._n give_v we_o a_o title_n to_o make_v we_o odious_a but_o that_o may_v make_v we_o odious_a which_o import_v the_o term_n may_v make_v we_o odious_a not_o that_o mr._n b._n have_v that_o purpose_n in_o use_v it_o page_n 175._o he_o have_v a_o discourse_n from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o accuser_n and_o the_o opposition_n of_o justification_n to_o accusation_n and_o condemnation_n to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v proper_a language_n to_o say_v he_o accuse_v another_o who_o deny_v a_o suppose_a privilege_n to_o be_v due_a to_o he_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o accuser_n accusation_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v condemnation_n and_o execution_n too_o for_o that_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o accuser_n i_o have_v think_v accusation_n note_v the_o accuser_n act_n not_o his_o end_n that_o justification_n be_v oppose_v to_o accusation_n and_o condemnation_n show_v they_o be_v distinguish_v the_o one_o be_v the_o charge_v with_o a_o fault_n the_o other_o pass_v sentence_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o yet_o understand_v not_o his_o language_n of_o accuse_v without_o charge_v with_o a_o fault_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v any_o law-dictionary_n do_v so_o define_v accusation_n i_o do_v not_o think_v the_o non-visible_a churchmembership_n of_o infant_n be_v penal_a or_o deprivation_n of_o a_o mercy_n now_o it_o be_v only_o by_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o church-frame_n whether_o the_o not_o acknowledge_v infant_n visible_a churchmembership_n be_v a_o deny_v a_o mercy_n real_a or_o imaginary_a whether_o there_o be_v injustice_n scorn_n or_o any_o error_n in_o my_o tenet_n about_o it_o be_v to_o be_v examine_v in_o answer_v his_o book_n what_o i_o do_v hold_v i_o do_v it_o not_o without_o natural_a affection_n to_o my_o child_n out_o of_o conscience_n of_o maintain_v truth_n the_o very_a same_o he_o charge_v upon_o i_o for_o deny_v infant-baptisme_n might_n mutatis_fw-la mutandis_fw-la by_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v charge_v on_o he_o for_o deny_v infant-communion_n i_o do_v judge_v this_o rhetorical_a or_o satirical_a passage_n of_o mr._n b._n to_o be_v a_o mere_a trifle_n in_o a_o serious_a matter_n that_o which_o be_v say_v page_n 176._o of_o my_o dispute_v my_o child_n out_o of_o the_o church_n by_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v visible_a church-member_n be_v mr._n bs_n mistake_n in_o define_v visible_a church-membership_a as_o i_o shall_v show_v in_o examine_v the_o 27._o chap._n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o book_n it_o be_v not_o true_a i_o deny_v all_o infant_n to_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n or_o that_o title_n to_o salvation_n which_o upon_o promise_n they_o have_v in_o point_n of_o law_n mr._n bs._n conditional_a covenant_n give_v no_o title_n till_o the_o condition_n be_v put_v which_o he_o will_v not_o say_v be_v true_a of_o any_o infant_n but_o the_o elect_a who_o alone_o be_v child_n of_o the_o promise_n in_o the_o apostle_n language_n rom._n 9_o 8._o pag._n 177._o he_o say_v i_o do_v all_o i_o can_v to_o keep_v infant_n out_o of_o the_o visible_a church_n but_o i_o deny_v that_o to_o hinder_v their_o baptism_n be_v to_o keep_v they_o out_o of_o the_o visible_a church_n or_o that_o to_o baptize_v they_o be_v to_o bring_v they_o in_o if_o it_o be_v why_o have_v they_o not_o the_o communion_n according_a to_o that_o which_o we_o read_v 1_o cor._n 12._o 13_o be_v janissary_n who_o be_v baptize_v child_n of_o greek_a christian_n therefore_o visible_a member_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n mr._n b._n though_o he_o have_v the_o copy_n of_o my_o sermon_n yet_o misrepresent_v my_o word_n i_o say_v not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n part_v to_o say_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n be_v member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n but_o my_o word_n be_v it_o be_v a_o error_n
and_o such_o pernicious_a effect_n follow_v that_o people_n think_v therefore_o they_o be_v christian_n because_o baptize_v which_o opinion_n of_o they_o be_v confirm_v by_o mr._n bs._n word_n for_o they_o be_v visible_a christian_n that_o be_v baptize_v into_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n if_o they_o have_v not_o since_o by_o word_n or_o work_n renounce_v he_o and_o rest_v therein_o and_o be_v thereby_o hold_v in_o carnal_a presumption_n we_o ought_v rather_o to_o think_v those_o that_o maintain_v infant-baptisme_n play_v the_o devil_n part_n which_o expression_n of_o my_o be_v add_v the_o vanity_n of_o mr._n bs._n arguing_n will_v appear_v that_o which_o he_o have_v page_n 178._o that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o thanks_n to_o i_o then_o to_o satan_n that_o i_o keep_v not_o god_n from_o make_v promise_n to_o his_o people_n which_o intimate_v i_o will_v do_v it_o if_o it_o be_v in_o my_o power_n for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o thanks_o to_o i_o then_o satan_n it_o be_v because_o there_o 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but_o my_o hope_n be_v those_o great_a instrument_n of_o god_n to_o break_v the_o enemy_n of_o those_o that_o be_v term_v sectary_n though_o mr._n bs._n word_n seem_v to_o forebode_v and_o misdeem_v evil_a of_o they_o will_n and_o do_v prove_v better_a than_o he_o discribe_v they_o though_o i_o imagine_v they_o be_v not_o anabaptist_n nor_o do_v i_o like_v mr._n bs._n obscure_a satirical_a crimination_n they_o have_v some_o show_n of_o a_o malevolent_a mind_n whatever_o mr._n b._n may_v conceive_v of_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n way_n in_o other_o thing_n i_o be_o sure_a if_o they_o will_v keep_v themselves_o only_o to_o this_o to_o be_v baptize_v upon_o profession_n of_o faith_n they_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o safe_a way_n even_o in_o the_o way_n of_o christ._n sect_n xxii_o the_o speech_n that_o no_o one_o country_n be_v gather_v into_o christ_n visible_a church_n contain_v no_o malignancy_n to_o christ_n but_o be_v a_o manifest_a truth_n most_o of_o that_o which_o be_v in_o 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