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nothing_o 1_o john_n 4._o 6._o he_o that_o know_v god_n hear_v we_o he_o that_o be_v not_o of_o god_n hear_v not_o we_o hereby_o know_v we_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o error_n rev._n 22._o 18._o if_o any_o man_n shall_v add_v to_o these_o thing_n god_n shall_v add_v the_o plague_n which_o be_v write_v in_o this_o book_n and_o if_o any_o shall_v take_v away_o from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o this_o book_n god_n shall_v take_v away_o his_o part_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o life_n and_o that_o this_o text_n do_v establish_v as_o unalterable_a the_o whole_a new_a testament_n our_o adversary_n do_v acknowledge_v see_v diodate_v on_o the_o place_n and_o calvin_n upon_o deut._n 12._o 32_o sith_o they_o say_v he_o can_v deny_v that_o this_o be_v speak_v to_o the_o church_n what_o do_v they_o else_o but_o report_n the_o stubbornness_n of_o the_o church_n which_o they_o boast_v to_o have_v be_v so_o bold_a as_o after_o such_o prohibition_n 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see_v there_o be_v a_o multitude_n of_o stranger_n do_v go_v with_o the_o israelite_n and_o they_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n exod._n 12._o 38._o numb_a 11._o 4._o but_o s._n paul_n appropriate_v baptism_n in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n to_o the_o father_n all_o our_o father_n etc._n etc._n now_o for_o any_o to_o add_v and_o all_o their_o infant_n be_v a_o presumption_n not_o to_o be_v justify_v it_o be_v not_o say_v that_o israel_n or_o all_o israel_n be_v baptize_v which_o have_v it_o be_v so_o express_v will_v have_v more_o favour_v the_o notion_n and_o yet_o we_o know_v that_o the_o word_n israel_n and_o all_o israel_n do_v not_o include_v infant_n in_o many_o place_n for_o example_n exod._n 14._o 31._o &_o 15._o 1._o deut._n 13._o 11._o josh_n 7._o 25._o much_o less_o can_v they_o be_v here_o call_v father_n and_o such_o father_n too_o as_o do_v feed_v upon_o christ_n in_o manna_n etc._n etc._n as_o well_o as_o be_v baptize_v unto_o moses_n 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