be_v unbeliever_n have_v st._n paul_n teach_v a_o contrary_a doctrine_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n viz._n that_o the_o child_n of_o christian_a parent_n have_v no_o more_o right_a to_o baptismal_a initiation_n than_o those_o of_o heathen_a idolater_n it_o will_v certain_o have_v offend_v they_o more_o than_o all_o they_o preach_v against_o circumcision_n and_o keep_v the_o ceremonial_a law_n page_z the_o 17._o he_o have_v these_o word_n the_o near_a you_o be_v to_o the_o truth_n the_o further_a off_o you_o be_v from_o the_o papist_n and_o the_o further_o off_o from_o the_o truth_n the_o near_a to_o they_o which_o be_v so_o false_a that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o least_o deserve_v a_o confutation_n since_o they_o hold_v most_o if_o not_o all_o the_o fundamental_a article_n of_o faith_n how_o ever_o they_o may_v endanger_v the_o foundation_n by_o their_o building_n hay_n and_o stubble_n thereon_o but_o it_o signify_v nothing_o it_o seem_v to_o retort_v upon_o they_o for_o 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argumentation_n for_o the_o nonnecessity_n of_o water-baptism_n though_o they_o think_v good_a in_o their_o present_a circumstance_n to_o practice_v it_o 663._o it_o vid._n johannis_n volkelii_fw-la misnici_fw-la de_fw-la verà _fw-la religione_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 14._o the_o aqua-baptismo_a ab_fw-la apostolis_n usurpato_fw-la pag._n 663._o in_o the_o same_o page_n he_o say_v it_o be_v strange_a reason_n to_o argue_v that_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o st._n paul_n be_v dip_v when_o he_o be_v baptize_v see_v he_o be_v sick_a and_o weak_a have_v fast_v three_o day_n etc._n etc._n methinks_v he_o shall_v rather_o have_v say_v strong_a reason_n be_v it_o will_v be_v so_o unsuitable_a to_o the_o easiness_n of_o christ_n yoke_n who_o will_v have_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_n ay_o but_o say_v this_o answerer_n he_o be_v command_v to_o be_v baptize_v close_v with_o the_o command_n and_o do_v not_o consult_v with_o flesh_n and_o blood_n very_o good_a it_o will_v ill_o become_v he_o to_o dispute_v god_n commandment_n but_o be_v the_o manner_n prescribe_v that_o it_o must_v be_v by_o dip_v the_o whole_a body_n under_o water_n or_o plunge_v it_o as_o they_o do_v with_o their_o clothes_n on_o which_o will_v be_v rather_o a_o baptise_v of_o garment_n than_o of_o body_n nothing_o of_o this_o appear_v all_o circumstance_n agree_v that_o he_o be_v not_o so_o baptize_v such_o a_o penance_n to_o st._n paul_n in_o his_o condition_n have_v perhaps_o be_v more_o unsupportable_a than_o circumcision_n and_o more_o dangerous_a than_o whatever_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n require_v to_o those_o therefore_o who_o be_v such_o stubborn_a assertor_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o dip_v that_o of_o st._n peter_n may_v be_v well_o apply_v why_o tempt_v you_o god_n to_o put_v such_o a_o yoke_n on_o the_o neck_n of_o christian_n that_o be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v it_o and_o let_v they_o fear_v who_o submit_v thereto_o that_o god_n say_v not_o unto_o they_o at_o last_o who_o have_v require_v this_o at_o your_o hand_n what_o he_o say_v to_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o gaoler_n be_v in_o short_a this_o if_o they_o have_v not_o go_v forth_o out_o of_o his_o house_n how_o can_v he_o say_v when_o he_o have_v bring_v they_o into_o his_o house_n as_o if_o the_o keeper_n have_v not_o or_o may_v not_o have_v a_o apartment_n in_o the_o prison_n peculiar_a to_o himself_o and_o distinct_a from_o that_o of_o the_o malefactor_n he_o be_v again_o with_o my_o strange_a reason_n page_n 24._o about_o the_o manner_n of_o philip_n baptise_v of_o the_o eunuch_n it_o seem_v it_o be_v too_o difficult_a for_o he_o to_o answer_v to_o any_o purpose_n and_o therefore_o he_o bid_v i_o to_o leave_v off_o such_o carnal_a reason_n but_o what_o do_v he_o seem_v to_o say_v to_o it_o he_o endeavour_v to_o show_v that_o philip_n and_o the_o eunuch_n meet_v can_v not_o be_v accidental_a as_o i_o have_v observe_v for_o this_o very_a reason_n because_o it_o be_v eminent_o providential_a which_o argue_v that_o he_o be_v so_o very_o simple_a and_o ignorant_a that_o he_o understand_v not_o what_o accidental_a mean_n or_o that_o he_o most_o erroneous_o think_v that_o some_o thing_n may_v happen_v or_o fall_v out_o without_o the_o divine_a prescience_n and_o in_o which_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n be_v not_o concern_v he_o have_v a_o mere_a figment_n of_o his_o own_o invention_n though_o he_o do_v apply_v it_o which_o will_v argue_v that_o their_o meeting_n be_v not_o altogether_o accidental_a but_o that_o philip_n at_o least_o have_v some_o previous_a knowledge_n thereof_o for_o he_o say_v act._n 8.26_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n bid_v he_o arise_v and_o go_v to_o meet_v he_o when_o as_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o text._n and_o therefore_o he_o may_v just_o fear_v lest_o that_o curse_n he_o more_o than_o once_o causeless_o allude_v to_o page_n 22._o as_o of_o so_o tremendous_a and_o
and_o make_v a_o sign_n of_o that_o administration_n and_o covenant_n in_o which_o he_o have_v to_o do_v wherefore_o if_o the_o law_n cease_v circumcision_n can_v not_o continue_v see_v whosoever_o be_v circumcise_v become_v a_o debtor_n to_o keep_v the_o whole_a law_n and_o so_o it_o will_v infer_v as_o if_o christ_n be_v not_o come_v in_o the_o flesh_n nor_o can_v the_o abrogation_n or_o cessation_n of_o circumcision_n be_v understand_v to_o be_v any_o diminution_n to_o the_o promise_n forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o legal_a covenant_n out_o of_o a_o gracious_a consideration_n as_o doctor_n burthog_n well_o observe_v not_o in_o the_o derogation_n of_o the_o promise_n or_o of_o any_o privilege_n or_o duty_n arise_v from_o thence_o but_o in_o confirmation_n of_o they_o god_n take_v the_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o promise_n and_o put_v it_o upon_o the_o legal_a covenant_n show_v he_o have_v the_o covenant_n of_o promise_n still_o in_o remembrance_n for_o do_v so_o he_o can_v never_o look_v on_o or_o so_o much_o as_o think_v on_o the_o law_n but_o he_o must_v also_o remember_v the_o promise_n the_o sign_n and_o memorial_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v thus_o annex_v and_o put_v to_o the_o law_n so_o that_o here_o be_v a_o express_a command_n for_o baptise_v infant_n or_o little_a one_o though_o not_o in_o the_o very_a term_n baptism_n yet_o under_o this_o general_a notion_n as_o it_o be_v now_o the_o oaken_a of_o the_o covenant_n for_o god_n covenant_n with_o abraham_n still_o continue_v it_o be_v a_o everlasting_a covenant_n 17.7_o covenant_n gen._n 17.7_o in_o which_o blessedness_n be_v promise_v in_o and_o through_o christ_n the_o promise_a seed_n and_o by_o virtue_n whereof_o the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n or_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o that_o patriarch_n in_o like_a manner_n come_v on_o the_o gentile_n as_o the_o apostle_n assert_n gal._n 3.14_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v to_o abraham_n 8._o abraham_n ib._n v._n 8._o and_o as_o it_o be_v long_o before_o the_o law_n and_o not_o disannul_v by_o the_o come_n of_o the_o law_n so_o it_o be_v to_o endure_v till_o the_o seed_n shall_v come_v to_o who_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v and_o consequent_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n because_o christ_n come_v to_o establish_v the_o covenant_n make_v to_o the_o father_n 15.8_o father_n rom._n 15.8_o now_o if_o the_o covenant_n be_v the_o same_o the_o promise_n of_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v continue_v in_o the_o same_o tenure_n in_o which_o they_o be_v at_o first_o make_v and_o run_v in_o the_o same_o latitude_n and_o extent_n take_v in_o child_n with_o their_o parent_n unless_o god_n himself_o have_v make_v any_o alteration_n or_o restriction_n or_o pass_v any_o act_n of_o exclusion_n but_o it_o be_v remarkable_a the_o apostle_n do_v not_o say_v the_o promise_n be_v but_o be_v 2.39_o be_v act._n 2.39_o and_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v now_o more_o ample_a than_o before_o under_o the_o law_n be_v then_o in_o its_o ordinary_a dispensation_n appropriate_v to_o the_o jew_n they_o be_v god_n favourite_n to_o who_o his_o grace_n in_o christ_n be_v manifest_v but_o now_o it_o reach_v to_o the_o gentile_n also_o have_v appear_v to_o all_o man_n to_o all_o sort_n and_o age_n sure_o therefore_o infant_n be_v in_o covenant_n then_o be_v not_o to_o be_v exclude_v now_o which_o if_o they_o be_v let_v it_o be_v show_v how_o and_o when_o they_o be_v eject_v how_o this_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la come_v to_o be_v forfeit_v how_o they_o who_o be_v once_o member_n of_o the_o mystical_a body_n come_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o the_o common_a wealth_n indeed_o of_o israel_n be_v at_o a_o end_n and_o the_o sceptre_n be_v depart_v from_o judah_n but_o the_o olive-tree_n the_o church_n continue_v though_o under_o a_o different_a administration_n the_o partition-wall_n be_v break_v down_o but_o the_o very_a church_n be_v not_o destroy_v and_o for_o this_o see_v and_o consult_v rom._n 11._o where_o the_o apostle_n compare_v the_o jew_n to_o a_o olive-tree_n and_o the_o reject_v of_o they_o for_o a_o season_n to_o the_o lop_n off_o its_o natural_a branch_n as_o branch_n which_o bear_v no_o fruit_n and_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n he_o resemble_v to_o the_o graft_n upon_o that_o old_a stock_n which_o grow_v again_o afresh_o make_v up_o one_o entire_a olive-tree_n who_o root_n and_o branch_n be_v nourish_v by_o the_o same_o sap_n which_o similitude_n plain_o intimate_v that_o jew_n and_o christian_n make_v up_o but_o one_o universal_a church_n of_o which_o our_o lord_n jesus_n be_v the_o head_n and_o that_o faith_n in_o he_o be_v the_o sap_n which_o give_v life_n and_o nourishment_n to_o it_o the_o consequence_n whereof_o be_v this_o that_o the_o same_o spiritual_a privilege_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o child_n of_o the_o jew_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o child_n of_o christian_n and_o that_o if_o the_o former_a be_v to_o be_v initiate_v into_o the_o church_n by_o circumcision_n so_o be_v the_o latter_a by_o baptism_n for_o be_v of_o the_o same_o church_n and_o within_o the_o same_o covenant_n they_o shall_v receive_v alike_o the_o seal_n thereof_o which_o though_o now_o change_v from_o circumcision_n to_o baptism_n yet_o the_o church_n and_o covenant_n be_v the_o same_o still_o and_o therefore_o church-membership_a be_v as_o extensive_a and_o comprehend_v infant_n under_o the_o gospel_n as_o it_o do_v once_o under_o the_o law_n and_o unless_o a_o law_n can_v be_v show_v which_o confine_n infant_n church-membership_a to_o the_o jewish-state_n and_o exclude_v they_o the_o christian_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v be_v frighten_v from_o our_o laudable_a practice_n of_o initiate_a infant_n into_o the_o christian_a church_n what_o say_v our_o saviour_n joh._n 3.5_o if_o one_o be_v not_o bear_v again_o of_o water_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o can_v inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n where_o we_o see_v not_o only_o the_o 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