lord_n and_o on_o god_n part_n that_o he_o may_v establish_v thou_o this_o day_n for_o a_o people_n 2_o here_o be_v in_o the_o text_n no_o mention_n of_o any_o act_n of_o the_o father_n engage_v they_o under_o a_o curse_n or_o oath_n but_o only_o of_o god_n oath_n which_o he_o make_v to_o they_o v_o 12._o 3_o if_o they_o have_v thus_o adjure_v or_o lay_v oath_n or_o curse_n upon_o their_o child_n yet_o will_v this_o make_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o their_o and_o our_o enter_v into_o covenant_n we_o by_o the_o oath_n of_o baptism_n which_o be_v lay_v on_o the_o child_n by_o he_o to_o be_v perform_v when_o he_o come_v to_o ability_n unless_o he_o will_v forfeit_v all_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o baptism_n do_v in_o like_a manner_n adjure_v our_o infant_n though_o while_o they_o remain_v such_o they_o hear_v it_o as_o little_a as_o the_o jewish_a infant_n do_v 4_o whereas_o from_o v_o 15._o he_o cite_v that_o the_o posterity_n then_o unborn_a thus_o enter_v into_o covenant_n there_o 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and_o scripture_n tertullia_n testimony_n designati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la origen_n author_n quaest_n ad_fw-la antiochum_fw-la cyprian_a chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o infant_z child_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o epistle_n s._n augustine_n word_n examine_v in_o his_o last_o chapter_n he_o proceed_v to_o the_o view_n of_o those_o §§_o which_o set_v down_o the_o positive_a part_n of_o our_o basis_n evidence_v the_o opinion_n and_o sense_n which_o the_o apostle_n have_v of_o christ_n institution_n and_o of_o his_o intention_n to_o include_v and_o not_o to_o exclude_v infant_n from_o baptism_n the_o apostle_n sense_n must_v be_v judge_v by_o their_o own_o usage_n and_o practice_n and_o that_o be_v testify_v to_o we_o two_o way_n 1._o by_o one_o considerable_a remain_n and_o indication_n of_o it_o in_o s._n paul_n 2._o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n of_o the_o church_n receive_v infant_n to_o baptism_n and_o so_o testify_v 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no_o feel_n of_o it_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v he_o be_v sanctify_v from_o the_o infancy_n i._n e._n baptize_v then_o in_o gregory_n nazianzen_n to_o which_o testimony_n and_o the_o rest_n which_o be_v there_o produce_v out_o of_o the_o agreement_n of_o the_o jewish_a style_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanctification_n for_o baptism_n to_o which_o agree_v maecarius_n saying_n of_o the_o jewish_a baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o sanctify_v the_o flesh_n hom._n 47._o p._n 509._o because_o the_o main_a difficulty_n of_o the_o interpretation_n consist_v herein_o i_o shâ—ll_v now_o add_v more_o one_o very_o ancient_a before_o any_o of_o these_o within_o less_o than_o a_o 100_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o s._n john_n tertullian_n de_fw-fr animâ_fw-la c._n 39_o where_o speak_v of_o infant_n and_o say_v ex_fw-la sanctificato_fw-la alterutro_fw-la sexu_fw-la sanctos_fw-la procreari_fw-la that_o when_o either_o the_o father_n or_o mother_n be_v sanctify_v i._n e._n receive_v as_o a_o believer_n by_o baptism_n into_o the_o church_n the_o child_n be_v holy_a etc._n etc._n clear_a evidence_n of_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n this_o he_o there_o prove_v by_o these_o very_a word_n of_o this_o apostle_n caeterum_fw-la inquit_fw-la immundi_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la else_o so_o caeterum_fw-la in_o tertullian_n style_n be_v know_v to_o be_v put_v for_o alioqui_fw-la or_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v your_o child_n unclean_a add_v in_o stead_n of_o these_o other_o word_n but_o now_o be_v they_o holy_a quasi_fw-la designatos_fw-la tamen_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la salutis_fw-la intelligi_fw-la volens_fw-la fidelium_fw-la filios_fw-la hereby_o willing_a that_o we_o shall_v understand_v that_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v the_o design_v or_o the_o seal_v of_o holiness_n in_o the_o sense_n i_o conceive_v wherein_o they_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v by_o the_o ancients_n frequent_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v seal_v and_o thereby_o of_o salvation_n also_o and_o all_o this_o say_v he_o thus_o urge_v by_o the_o apostle_n ut_fw-la huius_fw-la spei_fw-la pignora_fw-la matrimoniis_fw-la quae_fw-la retinenda_fw-la censuerat_fw-la patrocinarentur_fw-la that_o this_o hope_n may_v be_v a_o pledge_n to_o engage_v the_o believe_a wife_n or_o husband_n not_o to_o part_v from_o the_o unbeliever_n and_o he_o yet_o far_a add_v still_o to_o the_o confirm_v of_o this_o interpretation_n alioqui_fw-la meminerat_fw-la dominicae_fw-la definitionis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quis_fw-la nascatur_fw-la ex_fw-la aquâ_fw-la &_o spiritu_fw-la non_fw-la introibit_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la i._n e._n non_fw-la erit_fw-la sanctus_n otherwise_o or_o if_o this_o argument_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o be_v sufficient_a he_o will_v have_v mention_v the_o definition_n of_o christ_n that_o unless_o one_o be_v bear_v of_o water_n and_o the_o spirit_n i._n e._n baptize_v he_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n i._n e._n shall_v not_o be_v holy_a show_v still_o of_o what_o holiness_n he_o understand_v the_o apostle_n speech_n that_o which_o the_o child_n of_o the_o believer_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o by_o baptism_n conclude_v ita_fw-la omnis_fw-la anima_fw-la usque_fw-la eo_fw-la in_o adam_n censetur_fw-la donec_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la recenseatur_fw-la tamdiu_fw-la immunda_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la recenseatur_fw-la every_o soul_n be_v so_o long_o enrol_v in_o adam_n till_o it_o be_v enrol_v anew_o in_o christ_n and_o be_v so_o long_o unclean_a till_o it_o be_v thus_o anew_o enrol_v which_o as_o it_o suppose_v every_o child_n of_o adam_n to_o be_v impure_a till_o he_o be_v thus_o by_o baptism_n make_v a_o child_n of_o god_n a_o member_n of_o christ_n so_o it_o give_v a_o full_a account_n of_o that_o uncleanness_n and_o that_o holiness_n of_o which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v the_o former_a the_o state_n of_o a_o child_n of_o adam_n unbaptise_v the_o
as_o to_o infer_v a_o uniform_a concordant_a tradition_n of_o all_o the_o age_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n even_o since_o the_o apostle_n time_n unto_o this_o day_n for_o the_o receive_a infant_n to_o baptism_n and_o that_o shall_v be_v the_o last_o part_n of_o this_o reply_n to_o mr._n t._n and_o the_o antipadobaptist_n who_o pretension_n be_v the_o contrary_a that_o infant_n must_v not_o be_v thus_o admit_v sect._n 2._o a_o catalogue_n of_o testimony_n of_o the_o first_o age_n for_o infant_n baptism_n and_o the_o apostolicalness_n thereof_o first_o than_o i_o begin_v with_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n so_o long_o insist_v on_o and_o vindicate_v from_o mr._n t._n his_o exception_n and_o by_o so_o ancient_a a_o writer_n as_o tertullian_n etc._n etc._n apply_v to_o this_o matter_n and_o that_o first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n be_v write_v at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o three_o year_n stay_v in_o asia_n act._n 20.31_o i_o e._n an._n chr._n 54._o i_o shall_v there_o place_v my_o first_o testimony_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o first_o centurie_n s._n paul_n deliver_v these_o word_n now_o be_v your_o child_n holy_a i._n e._n your_o child_n newborn_a as_o appear_v by_o the_o context_n and_o tertullian_n be_v sanctify_v as_o that_o signify_v baptize_v in_o the_o style_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o the_o ancient_a church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v vouchsafe_v the_o good_a thing_n that_o come_v by_o baptism_n say_v the_o author_n of_o the_o respon_n ad_fw-la orthod_n whether_o that_o be_v justine_n the_o martyr_n who_o suffer_v anno_fw-la 163._o or_o another_o very_o ancient_a writer_n under_o that_o name_n and_o this_o of_o that_o apostle_n be_v a_o evidence_n of_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o first_o or_o apostolical_a age_n soon_o after_o christ_n and_o be_v not_o contradict_v by_o any_o that_o write_v in_o that_o age_n in_o the_o next_o age_n after_o the_o apostle_n flourish_v s._n irenaeus_n say_v to_o be_v martyr_v at_o lion_n the_o seat_n of_o his_o bishopric_n the_o 5_o t_o of_o severus_n an._n chr._n 197._o he_o have_v be_v a_o auditor_n of_o polycarpe_n bishop_n of_o smyrna_n style_v by_o that_o church_n a_o 〈◊〉_d apostolical_a and_o prophetical_a doctor_n and_o be_v by_o vir_fw-la s._n hierome_n look_v on_o as_o a_o man_n of_o the_o apostolical_a time_n and_o by_o valent._n tertullian_n as_o a_o most_o accurate_a searcher_n of_o all_o doctrine_n and_o so_o be_v a_o most_o competent_a witness_n of_o the_o apostolical_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n and_o thus_o he_o speak_v l._n 2._o advers._fw-la har_z c._n 38._o omnes_fw-la venit_fw-la christus_fw-la per_fw-la semet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la renascuntur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la infant_n &_o parvulos_fw-la &_o pueros_fw-la &_o juvenes_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la christ_n come_v to_o save_v all_o by_o himself_o all_o i_o say_v who_o be_v bear_v again_o unto_o god_n by_o he_o infant_n and_o little_a one_o and_o child_n and_o young_a man_n and_o old_a man_n where_o it_o be_v evident_o his_o affirmation_n that_o infant_n express_o be_v by_o christ_n regenerate_v unto_o god_n and_o that_o must_v be_v in_o baptism_n that_o laver_v of_o regeneration_n and_o so_o they_o be_v not_o in_o his_o opinion_n exclude_v from_o baptism_n and_o so_o this_o be_v a_o testimony_n of_o the_o second_o century_n not_o find_v or_o pretend_v to_o be_v contradict_v by_o any_o other_o of_o that_o age_n immediate_o after_o irenaeus_n follow_v tertullian_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 2_o and_o beginning_n of_o the_o 3_o century_n a_o man_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o a_o diligent_a observer_n and_o recorder_n of_o the_o custom_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a church_n and_o he_o lib._n de_fw-la animâ_fw-la c._n 39_o affirm_v it_o from_o the_o apostle_n ex_fw-la sanctificato_fw-la alterutro_fw-la sexu_fw-la sanctos_fw-la procreari_fw-la that_o when_o either_o parent_n be_v sanctify_v or_o believer_n i._n e._n baptize_v the_o child_n that_o be_v bear_v from_o they_o be_v holy_a and_o this_o tam_fw-la ex_fw-la seminis_fw-la praerogatiuâ_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la institutionis_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la both_o by_o prerogative_n of_o their_o seed_n and_o by_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o institution_n i._n e._n as_o have_v be_v show_v by_o baptism_n add_v from_o the_o same_o apostle_n that_o deliver_v those_o word_n 1_o cor._n 7.4_o that_o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n shall_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v designati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la salutis_fw-la and_o evidence_v what_o he_o mean_v thereby_o by_o the_o follow_a word_n of_o christ_n definition_n joh._n 3._o unless_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v of_o water_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n he_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n i._n e._n non_fw-la erit_fw-la sanctus_fw-la shall_v not_o be_v holy_a where_o baptism_n be_v manifest_o the_o thing_n by_o which_o these_o child_n be_v say_v to_o attain_v that_o sanctity_n and_o more_o he_o add_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o chapter_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o so_o he_o be_v a_o competent_a witness_n for_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o three_o age_n and_o be_v not_o find_v contradict_v by_o any_o other_o passage_n in_o his_o work_n or_o by_o any_o of_o his_o time_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a origen_n who_o die_v at_o tyre_n an._n chr._n 254._o have_v three_o most_o irrefragable_a testimony_n for_o it_o first_o on_o luke_n hom._n 14._o parvuli_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la little_a one_o be_v baptize_v into_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o quomodo_fw-la potest_fw-la ulla_fw-la lavacri_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la ratio_fw-la subsistere_fw-la nisi_fw-la juxta_fw-la illum_fw-la sensum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la paulò_fw-la autè_fw-la diximus_fw-la nullus_fw-la mundus_fw-la à _fw-la sorde_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o can_v the_o account_n of_o baptise_v little_a one_o bold_a but_o according_a to_o that_o which_o before_o be_v say_v none_o be_v clean_o from_o pollution_n no_o not_o if_o he_o be_v but_o a_o day_n old_a and_o per_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la sordes_fw-la deponuntur_fw-la propterea_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la &_o parvuli_fw-la by_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n the_o pollution_n of_o our_o birth_n be_v put_v off_o and_o therefore_o little_a one_o be_v baptize_v second_o on_o leviticus_n hom._n 8._o requiratur_fw-la quid_fw-la causae_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la detur_fw-la secundum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la dari_fw-la let_v it_o be_v consider_v what_o the_o cause_n be_v when_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o church_n be_v give_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n that_o baptism_n shall_v according_a to_o the_o observation_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n be_v give_v to_o little_a one_o three_o on_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n l._n 5._o ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la suscepit_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la dare_n the_o church_n have_v receive_v tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n to_o give_v baptism_n to_o little_a one_o also_o such_o little_a one_o still_o as_o by_o the_o former_a word_n appear_v as_o those_o of_o a_o day_n old_a and_o the_o like_a and_o so_o here_o be_v a_o full_a concord_n of_o testimony_n both_o for_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o tradition_n receive_v from_o the_o apostle_n for_o baptise_v of_o infant_n and_o so_o be_v a_o far_a evidence_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o three_o age_n not_o contradict_v by_o any_o of_o that_o time_n about_o the_o same_o time_n or_o without_o question_n soon_o after_o write_v the_o author_n under_o the_o name_n of_o dionysius_n areopagita_n the_o eccl._n hierarch_n for_o as_o by_o 1_o photius_n it_o appear_v theodorus_n presbyter_n about_o the_o year_n 420._o debate_v the_o question_n whether_o that_o writer_n be_v dionysius_n mention_v in_o the_o act_n or_o no._n and_o of_o this_o no_o doubt_n have_v be_v make_v but_o that_o he_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a and_o learned_a author_n he_o therefore_o in_o his_o 233._o 7._o chap_n of_o eccles_n hierarch_n propose_v the_o question_n as_o that_o which_o may_v seem_v to_o profane_a person_n i._n e._n heathen_n ridiculous_a why_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d child_n which_o can_v yet_o understand_v divine_a thing_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o sacred_a birth_n from_o god_n i._n e._n â—19_n evident_o of_o baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n say_v maximus_n his_o scholiast_n add_v to_o the_o same_o head_n also_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o in_o their_o stead_n pronounce_v the_o abrenunoiation_n and_o divine_a confession_n 234._o and_o his_o answer_n be_v 1._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o thing_n which_o be_v unknown_a by_o we_o why_o they_o be_v do_v have_v yet_o cause_v worthy_a of_o god_n
late_a of_o he_o that_o by_o baptism_n be_v initiate_v and_o matriculate_v into_o christ_n 5._o and_o to_o this_o agree_v perfect_o that_o of_o origen_n of_o the_o same_o age_n a_o very_a few_o year_n after_o tertullian_n speak_v of_o the_o apostle_n from_o who_o say_v he_o the_o church_n receive_v by_o tradition_n that_o infant_n shall_v be_v baptize_v sciebant_fw-la enim_fw-la illi_fw-la quibus_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la secreta_fw-la commissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la divinorum_fw-la quia_fw-la essent_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la genuinae_fw-la sordes_fw-la peccati_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la ablui_fw-la deberent_fw-la they_o to_o who_o the_o secret_n of_o the_o divine_a mystery_n or_o sacrament_n be_v commit_v know_v that_o there_o be_v in_o all_o the_o connatural_a pollution_n of_o sin_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v wash_v away_o by_o water_n and_o the_o spirit_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v what_o uncleanness_n and_o holiness_n it_o be_v that_o child_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o their_o birth_n from_o adam_n and_o the_o cleanness_n or_o sanctity_n of_o christian_a baptism_n so_o athanasius_n d._n quaest_n ad_fw-la antioch_n 114._o or_o whosoever_o it_o be_v under_o the_o name_n of_o that_o ancient_a father_n where_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o baptize_v infant_n be_v conclude_v by_o he_o upon_o force_n of_o those_o two_o text_n suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v unto_o i_o and_o now_o be_v your_o child_n holy_a whereto_o he_o there_o set_v parallel_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o baptize_v infant_n of_o believer_n as_o the_o plain_a paraphrase_n of_o the_o apostle_n word_n to_o these_o i_o far_a add_v another_o passage_n of_o 80._o cyprian_a together_o with_o the_o 66._o bishop_n that_o be_v in_o council_n with_o he_o in_o their_o epistle_n to_o fidus_n where_o speak_v of_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n and_o express_o forbid_v that_o any_o such_o shall_v be_v hinder_v or_o keep_v from_o it_o he_o bring_v for_o proof_n of_o it_o the_o word_n of_o s._n peter_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v count_v none_o common_a or_o unclean_a where_o it_o appear_v what_o be_v that_o holy_a father_n notion_n of_o common_a or_o unclean_a such_o as_o may_v be_v refuse_v baptism_n and_o consequent_o they_o which_o be_v not_o such_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clean_o or_o holy_a and_o such_o say_v paul_n here_o be_v the_o believer_n child_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v thither_o upon_o which_o word_n of_o s._n cyprian_n hieron_n s._n augustine_n speak_v say_v he_o make_v no_o new_a decree_n but_o keep_v most_o firm_a the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n &_o mox_fw-la natum_fw-la rite_n baptizari_fw-la posse_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la coepiscopis_fw-la censuit_fw-la and_o he_o and_o his_o fellow_n bishop_n resolve_v that_o a_o child_n may_v due_o be_v baptize_v as_o soon_o as_o bear_v so_o 16._o s._n chrysostome_n in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o they_o that_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v speak_v of_o the_o several_a title_n of_o baptism_n apply_v unto_o it_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 6.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o you_o be_v wash_v but_o you_o be_v sanctify_v 19_o and_o again_o of_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n pronounce_v they_o not_o only_o make_v clean_o but_o just_a and_o holy_a also_o so_o 27.31_o gregory_n nyssene_n in_o like_a manner_n glaphyr_n in_o exod._n l._n 2._o speak_v of_o he_o that_o defer_v baptism_n to_o old_a age_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o be_v sanctify_v indeed_o i._n e._n baptize_v but_o bring_v in_o no_o profit_n to_o god_n and_o c._n comm_n in_o is_n l._n 1._o or._n 1._o speak_v of_o baptism_n again_o and_o the_o sufficiency_n to_o wash_v away_o sin_n he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o they_o be_v once_o sanctify_v i._n e._n baptize_v but_o i_o need_v no_o more_o such_o like_a suffrage_n this_o i_o have_v both_o there_o §§_o 34_o 35_o 36_o 37._o and_o here_o thus_o large_o deduce_v because_o in_o this_o one_o matter_n all_o the_o difficulty_n consist_v and_o if_o it_o be_v once_o grant_v that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o now_o be_v your_o child_n holy_a then_o here_o be_v a_o evidence_n undeniable_a of_o the_o apostle_n practice_n of_o baptise_v infant_n and_o consequent_o a_o irrefragable_a testimony_n of_o their_o sense_n of_o christ_n institution_n include_v not_o exclude_v infant_n and_o so_o this_o be_v a_o short_a and_o clear_a way_n of_o prevent_v all_o mr._n t._n his_o endeavour_n and_o pain_n so_o large_o take_v to_o invalidate_v my_o conclusion_n from_o this_o place_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o i_o need_v not_o now_o be_v far_a solicitous_a for_o my_o paraphrase_n on_o all_o those_o 3._o verse_n wherein_o he_o will_v fain_o find_v out_o some_o excess_n and_o defect_n some_o insertion_n and_o omission_n if_o such_o there_o be_v as_o i_o doubt_v not_o to_o 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notice_n of_o that_o the_o term_n young_a child_n of_o christian_n be_v more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o text_n which_o have_v only_o your_o child_n which_o say_v he_o be_v not_o restrain_v to_o infancy_n i_o shall_v brief_o remove_v this_o exception_n 1._o by_o the_o authority_n of_o tertullian_n just_a now_o produce_v who_o interpret_v it_o of_o their_o infant_n child_n as_o appear_v both_o by_o the_o express_a word_n sanctos_fw-la procreari_fw-la and_o the_o caeterum_fw-la immundi_fw-la nascerentur_fw-la and_o by_o the_o occasion_n of_o that_o discourse_n in_o that_o place_n which_o be_v the_o immunda_fw-la nativitas_fw-la ethnicorum_fw-la the_o unclean_a birth_n of_o heathen_n child_n and_o the_o unlawfulnesse_n of_o baptise_v they_o unless_o one_o of_o the_o parent_n be_v christian_a to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v also_o nazianzen_n phrase_v foremention_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sanctify_v from_o infancy_n for_o so_o sure_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o child_n before_o or_o soon_o after_o birth_n say_v hesychius_n and_o aristophanes_n the_o grammarian_n cite_v by_o 944._o eustathius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o child_n new_o bear_v which_o in_o all_o probability_n refer_v to_o this_o place_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o so_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o child_n by_o their_o infant_n child_n 2_o it_o be_v as_o manifest_v by_o the_o general_a doctrine_n of_o the_o father_n when_o they_o speak_v of_o the_o faith_n of_o parent_n profit_v their_o child_n mean_v always_o their_o infant_n child_n bring_v to_o baptism_n by_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o parent_n before_o they_o be_v personal_o capable_a of_o have_v faith_n themselves_o 3_o by_o the_o inconvenience_n which_o must_v follow_v in_o case_n it_o be_v interpret_v of_o any_o other_o but_o infant_n child_n for_o supose_v they_o come_v to_o year_n of_o understanding_n and_o capacity_n they_o shall_v 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in_o habit_n next_o to_o these_o succeed_v s._n augustine_n who_o die_v in_o the_o 30_o year_n of_o this_o 5_o t_o age_n and_o be_v the_o great_a champion_n of_o the_o church_n against_o all_o the_o invader_n of_o the_o depositum_fw-la commit_v to_o it_o his_o passage_n on_o this_o subject_n be_v to_o many_o to_o be_v enumerate_v and_o some_o of_o they_o have_v already_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o resol_n of_o the_o quaere_fw-la p._n 217._o make_v it_o the_o perpetual_a doctrine_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o all_o age_n before_o he_o and_o express_o include_v that_o of_o the_o apostle_n so_o the_o bap_n contra_fw-la donat._n l._n 4._o c._n 23._o quod_fw-la traditum_fw-la tenet_fw-la universitas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la parvuli_fw-la infant_n baptizantur_fw-la qui_fw-la certè_fw-la nondum_fw-la possunt_fw-la cord_n credere_fw-la ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la &_o ore_fw-la confiteri_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la nullus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la dixerit_fw-la 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and_o again_o non_fw-la enim_fw-la quaestio_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la utrum_fw-la parvuli_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la sint_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la esse_fw-la parvulos_fw-la nemo_fw-la dubitat_fw-la quando_fw-la nec_fw-la illi_fw-la hinc_fw-la dubitant_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la alterâ_fw-la parte_fw-la contradicunt_fw-la the_o question_n betwixt_o they_o and_o we_o be_v not_o whether_o infant_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v let_v no_o man_n make_v doubt_n of_o this_o see_v neither_o do_v they_o doubt_v of_o this_o which_o contradict_v we_o in_o the_o other_o question_n concern_v the_o benefit_n of_o it_o and_o again_o in_o a_o far_a process_n with_o those_o disputer_n dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la obsecro_fw-la te_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptizatis_fw-la christus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prodest_fw-la a_o nil_fw-la prodest_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la dicat_fw-la prodesse_fw-la premitur_fw-la mole_n matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la do_v christ_n profit_n infant_n that_o be_v baptize_v or_o do_v he_o not_o he_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o he_o do_v profit_n he_o be_v press_v with_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o church_n our_o mother_n and_o again_o authoritate_fw-la reprimuntur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la dixerint_fw-la christum_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodesse_fw-la baptizatis_fw-la infantibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quam_fw-la superfluè_fw-fr baptizantur_fw-la infant_n they_o be_v repress_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n for_o if_o they_o say_v that_o christ_n profit_v not_o infant_n baptize_v they_o plain_o affirm_v that_o infant_n be_v superfluous_o baptize_v but_o this_o those_o very_a heretic_n the_o pelagian_n dicere_fw-la non_fw-la audent_fw-la dare_v not_o say_v and_o so_o be_v fain_o to_o secure_v their_o hypothesis_n by_o another_o evasion_n viz._n that_o they_o be_v baptize_v not_o for_o salvation_n but_o for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o yet_o far_o hoc_fw-la habet_fw-la authoritas_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hoc_fw-la fundatus_fw-la veritatis_fw-la obtinet_fw-la canon_n contra_fw-la hoc_fw-la robur_fw-la contra_fw-la hunc_fw-la inexpugnabilem_fw-la murum_fw-la quisquis_fw-la arietat_fw-la ipse_fw-la confringitur_fw-la fundata_fw-la ista_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la ferendus_fw-la est_fw-la peccator_fw-la errans_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la progredi_fw-la debet_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o fundamentum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quatere_fw-la moliatur_fw-la this_o the_o authority_n of_o our_o mother_n the_o church_n be_v possess_v of_o this_o the_o ground_a canon_n of_o truth_n hold_v fast_o against_o this_o fort_n this_o invincible_a wall_n whosoever_o make_v assault_v be_v break_v to_o piece_n this_o be_v a_o ground_a thing_n he_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v with_o who_o err_v in_o other_o question_n but_o he_o must_v not_o proceed_v thus_o far_o as_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n certain_o do_v as_o to_o endeavour_v to_o shake_v the_o very_a foundation_n of_o the_o church_n i._n e._n certain_o a_o doctrine_n lay_v by_o the_o first_o planter_n of_o the_o faith_n christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o so_o ep._n 89._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr superfluus_fw-la baptismus_fw-la parvulorum_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la generationem_fw-la illi_fw-la condemnationi_fw-la obligati_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la regenerationem_fw-la ab_fw-la eâdem_fw-la liberentur_fw-la the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n be_v not_o superfluous_a that_o they_o who_o by_o their_o birth_n be_v bind_v to_o that_o condemnation_n which_o come_v by_o adam_n shall_v be_v free_v from_o it_o by_o regeneration_n and_o more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o that_o place_n so_o in_o enchirid._n c._n 42._o à _fw-la parvulo_fw-la recens_fw-la nato_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la decrepitum_fw-la senem_fw-la sicut_fw-la nullus_fw-la prohibendus_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la baptismo_fw-la ita_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la peccato_fw-la moriatur_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la from_o the_o infant_n new_o bear_v to_o the_o decrepit_a old_a age_n as_o none_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v from_o baptism_n so_o there_o be_v none_o who_o die_v not_o to_o sin_n in_o baptism_n which_o word_n be_v soon_o after_o transcribe_v by_o leo_n ad_fw-la episc_n aquileg_n who_o be_v advance_v to_o the_o papacy_n about_o the_o year_n 440._o about_o this_o time_n be_v the_o epistle_n of_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n write_v to_o innocentius_n make_v bishop_n of_o rome_n about_o the_o year_n 400._o in_o which_o these_o word_n we_o find_v by_o way_n of_o decree_n quicunque_fw-la negat_fw-la parvulos_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la à _fw-la perditione_n liberari_fw-la &_o salutem_fw-la percipere_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la anathema_n sit_v whosoever_o deny_v that_o infant_n be_v by_o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n free_v from_o perdition_n and_o receive_v eternal_a life_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n about_o the_o same_o time_n while_o innocentius_n live_v and_o 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who_o have_v make_v use_n of_o they_o as_o whole_o to_o neglect_v the_o force_n and_o virtue_n of_o they_o and_o i_o think_v it_o have_v be_v to_o he_o visible_a that_o i_o have_v make_v my_o advantage_n of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o §_o 20_o 21_o 22._o though_o i_o do_v very_o think_v the_o foundation_n of_o this_o practice_n be_v more_o fit_o lay_v in_o that_o other_o of_o jewish_a baptism_n which_o belong_v to_o all_o both_o jew_n and_o proselyte_n child_n female_n as_o well_o as_o male_n whereas_o circumcision_n belong_v to_o male_n only_o be_v in_o that_o and_o some_o other_o respect_v a_o less_o perfect_a basis_n of_o it_o meanwhile_o for_o the_o clear_n of_o this_o whole_a matter_n it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o probation_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n either_o less_o or_o more_o perfect_a those_o i_o call_v less_o perfect_a which_o though_o they_o have_v full_a force_n in_o they_o as_o far_o as_o they_o be_v use_v yet_o be_v not_o of_o so_o large_a a_o extent_n as_o to_o 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the_o jew_n and_o so_o certain_o invalidate_v all_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n i_o e._n of_o mr._n tomb_n draw_v from_o the_o incapacity_n of_o infant_n from_o the_o pretend_a necessity_n that_o preach_v shall_v go_v before_o baptise_v from_o the_o qualification_n require_v of_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v etc._n etc._n for_o all_o these_o objection_n lie_v and_o be_v equal_o in_o force_n against_o circumcise_n of_o infant_n it_o be_v yet_o evident_a to_o be_v the_o appointment_n of_o god_n that_o every_o infant_n of_o 8._o day_n old_a shall_v be_v circumcise_v gen._n 17.12_o and_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n denounce_v against_o they_o as_o transgressor_n in_o case_n it_o be_v neglect_v the_o uncircumcised_a manchild_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o people_n he_o have_v break_v my_o covenant_n v_o 14._o and_o this_o the_o rather_o because_o the_o apostle_n compare_v baptism_n of_o christian_n with_o circumcision_n col._n 2.11.12_o in_o who_o you_o be_v circumcise_v bury_v with_o christ_n in_o baptism_n isidor_n pelusiote_n l._n 1._o ep._n 125._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o jew_n use_v circumcision_n in_o stead_n of_o baptism_n whereupon_o s._n epiphanius_n style_v baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a circumcision_n and_o s._n augustine_n to_o they_o that_o require_v a_o divine_a authority_n whereby_o to_o prove_v the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n render_v this_o of_o the_o 23._o jewish_a circumcision_n ex_fw-la quâ_fw-la veraciter_fw-la conjiciatur_fw-la quid_fw-la valeret_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la baptismi_fw-la whereby_o true_a judgement_n may_v be_v make_v what_o force_n the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n may_v have_v in_o infant_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n isidore_n l._n 1._o ep._n 125._o whereupon_o consideration_n of_o the_o angel_n come_v to_o kill_v moses_n because_o of_o the_o child_v not_o be_v circumcise_v he_o conclude_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o make_v haste_n to_o 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of_o the_o universal_a church_n for_o 1600_o year_n receive_v as_o the_o father_n with_o one_o consent_n testify_v from_o the_o apostle_n as_o the_o will_n of_o christ_n himself_n have_v this_o force_n and_o authority_n over_o every_o meek_a son_n of_o the_o church_n that_o he_o may_v not_o without_o incur_v god_n displeasure_n oppugn_v or_o contemn_v it_o and_o so_o by_o this_o mean_n there_o be_v much_o more_o perform_v than_o be_v needful_a if_o mr._n t._n have_v be_v the_o only_a adversary_n foresee_v even_o that_o which_o may_v convince_v all_o sort_n of_o opposer_n and_o disputer_n in_o this_o matter_n from_o anabapt_v peter_n de_fw-fr bruce_n and_o henry_n his_o scholar_n and_o the_o petrobusiani_fw-la and_o henriciani_n that_o spring_v from_o they_o to_o nicholas_n storck_n and_o john_n munzer_n melchior_n rinck_n balthasar_n habmaier_n michael_n satelar_a the_o swisser_n and_o so_o on_o to_o michael_n hoffman_n the_o skinner_n in_o the_o low_a country_n to_o vbbo_n and_o menno_n of_o friesland_n and_o theodorick_n vbbo_n son_n and_o all_o their_o follower_n which_o either_o then_o live_v and_o set_v up_o in_o germany_n or_o be_v now_o revive_v or_o copy_v out_o among_o we_o this_o one_o deduction_n of_o this_o practice_n of_o baptise_v infant_n from_o the_o apostle_n if_o it_o be_v solid_a be_v abundant_o sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o all_o controversy_n of_o this_o kind_n it_o be_v high_o unreasonable_a that_o a_o institution_n of_o christ_n such_o as_o each_o sacrament_n be_v shall_v be_v judge_v of_o by_o any_o other_o rule_n whether_o the_o fancy_n or_o reason_n of_o man_n but_o either_o the_o word_n wherein_o the_o institution_n be_v set_v down_o or_o when_o they_o as_o they_o be_v record_v in_o the_o scripture_n come_v not_o home_n to_o the_o decide_n of_o the_o controversy_n by_o the_o record_n of_o the_o practice_n whether_o of_o christ_n or_o because_o he_o baptize_v not_o himself_n of_o the_o apostle_n however_o conserve_v or_o 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their_o writer_n in_o proof_n thereof_o baptism_n among_o the_o heathen_n take_v from_o the_o jew_n among_o both_o from_o noah_n flood_n the_o derivation_n of_o christian_a from_o jewish_a baptism_n how_o manifest_v christ_n answer_n to_o nicodemus_n baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o deluge_n gr._n nazianzen_n and_o macarius_n testimony_n the_o father_n meaning_n in_o affirm_v the_o christian_n baptism_n to_o be_v in_o stead_n of_o circumcision_n the_o lord_n supper_n found_v in_o the_o jew_n postcoenium_fw-la yet_o in_o stead_n of_o their_o passeover_n and_o first_o he_o will_v abbreviate_v and_o give_v the_o reader_n the_o substance_n of_o my_o proof_n which_o he_o conceive_v to_o be_v this_o that_o the_o jew_n be_v wont_a when_o they_o admit_v proselyte_n to_o baptize_v they_o and_o their_o child_n here_o again_o at_o the_o entrance_n i_o must_v interpose_v that_o his_o epitome_n have_v do_v some_o injury_n to_o the_o book_n leave_v out_o one_o considerable_a if_o 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irresistible_a answer_n to_o my_o way_n of_o defend_v infant_n baptism_n mention_v by_o he_o in_o the_o pulpit_n as_o ready_a to_o be_v publish_v that_o by_o deduce_v the_o baptism_n of_o christian_n from_o the_o jewish_a custom_n of_o baptise_v of_o proselyte_n i_o have_v exclude_v all_o the_o child_n of_o christian_a ancestor_n from_o our_o baptism_n but_o as_o this_o be_v then_o a_o great_a surprise_n to_o i_o who_o know_v that_o i_o have_v clear_v that_o judaical_a baptism_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o child_n of_o all_o native_a jew_n as_o well_o as_o of_o proselyte_n so_o now_o i_o can_v not_o but_o wonder_v to_o find_v there_o be_v so_o perfect_a truth_n in_o that_o relation_n which_o i_o have_v receive_v and_o have_v no_o more_o to_o say_v but_o to_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o cast_v his_o eye_n upon_o that_o treatise_n and_o inform_v himself_o whether_o i_o have_v not_o as_o punctual_o deduce_v from_o the_o jewish_a writer_n the_o customary_a baptism_n of_o native_a jewish_a infant_n as_o i_o have_v do_v the_o baptism_n of_o proselyte_n and_o their_o child_n and_o indeed_o mention_v the_o former_a as_o the_o original_n from_o which_o the_o latter_a be_v to_o be_v transcribe_v and_o so_o as_o the_o foundation_n and_o groundwork_n of_o that_o other_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o recite_v here_o what_o be_v there_o so_o visible_a yet_o because_o i_o see_v it_o be_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o but_o the_o contrary_n assume_v for_o grant_v and_o the_o chief_a weight_n of_o his_o 24_o chapter_n lay_v upon_o that_o supposition_n there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v i_o to_o do_v in_o this_o matter_n but_o to_o transcribe_v my_o word_n from_o that_o 6_o §_o which_o be_v express_o these_o first_o then_o baptism_n or_o wash_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v a_o jewish_a solemnity_n by_o which_o the_o native_a jew_n be_v enter_v into_o the_o covenant_n of_o god_n make_v with_o they_o by_o moses_n so_o say_v the_o talmud_n tr_fw-la repud_fw-la israel_n or_o the_o israelite_n do_v not_o enter_v into_o covenant_n but_o by_o these_o three_o thing_n by_o circumcision_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o baptise_v and_o by_o peace_n offer_v so_o in_o gemara_n ad_fw-la do_fw-mi cherithoth_o c._n 2._o your_o father_n i._n e._n the_o jew_n of_o old_a time_n do_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o covenant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o by_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n and_o in_o jabimoth_n c._n 4._o rabbi_n joshua_n say_v we_o find_v of_o our_o mother_n that_o they_o be_v baptize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o circumcise_v so_o maimonides_n tit_n isuribia_n c._n 13._o by_o three_o thing_n the_o israelite_n enter_v into_o the_o covenant_n by_o circumcision_n baptism_n and_o sacrifice_n and_o soon_o after_o what_o be_v do_v to_o you_o to_o the_o jew_n in_o universum_fw-la you_o be_v initiate_v into_o the_o covenant_n by_o circumcision_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o baptism_n and_o sacrifice_n all_o these_o testimony_n there_o thus_o set_v down_o and_o then_o how_o can_v i_o conclude_v less_o than_o there_o i_o do_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o clear_o affirm_v by_o they_o i._n e._n by_o the_o jewish_a write_n of_o the_o great_a authority_n among_o they_o the_o talmud_n gemara_n and_o maimonides_n if_o this_o be_v not_o sufficient_a then_o follow_v §_o 11._o as_o a_o three_o thing_n observable_a in_o this_o baptism_n among_o the_o jew_n that_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o native_n be_v the_o pattern_n by_o which_o the_o baptism_n of_o proselyte_n be_v regulate_v and_o wherein_o it_o be_v found_v and_o this_o make_v evident_a by_o the_o argue_v and_o determine_v the_o question_n in_o the_o gemara_n do_fw-mi jabimoth_n c._n 4._o after_o this_o manner_n of_o he_o that_o be_v circumcise_v and_o not_o baptize_v rabbi_n eliezer_n say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o proselyte_n because_o say_v he_o we_o
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practice_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n as_o it_o be_v from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n deduce_v and_o apply_v particular_o to_o the_o resolution_n of_o our_o quaere_fw-la to_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n i_o have_v clear_v also_o from_o some_o footstep_n of_o it_o in_o the_o scripture_n itself_o and_o from_o the_o concordant_a testimony_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n and_o have_v clear_v these_o two_o particular_n wherein_o all_o the_o difficulty_n consist_v i_o need_v not_o sure_o inquire_v of_o the_o opinion_n of_o antiquity_n for_o the_o dependence_n betwixt_o these_o two_o or_o the_o derivation_n of_o one_o of_o they_o from_o the_o other_o the_o very_a lineament_n and_o feature_n acknowledge_v and_o own_v this_o progeny_n to_o have_v come_v forth_o from_o that_o stock_n this_o stream_n to_o have_v be_v derive_v from_o that_o fountain_n without_o any_o testimonial_n to_o certify_v it_o and_o yet_o 3_o after_o all_o this_o i_o demand_v whether_o christ_n word_n to_o nicodemus_n joh._n 3._o mention_v §_o 18._o be_v not_o a_o evidence_n from_o scripture_n itself_o of_o this_o very_a matter_n the_o derivation_n of_o the_o christian_a from_o the_o jewish_a baptism_n when_o upon_o christ_n discourse_n on_o that_o subject_n that_o except_o a_o man_n be_v regenerate_v of_o water_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n he_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o on_o occasion_n of_o nicodemus_n objection_n against_o this_o v_o 9_o jesus_n answer_v be_v thou_o a_o master_n in_o israel_n and_o know_v not_o these_o thing_n discernible_o intimate_v that_o this_o his_o institution_n of_o baptism_n be_v so_o agreeable_a to_o the_o jewish_a custom_n of_o initiate_a and_o receive_v into_o the_o covenant_n by_o baptism_n that_o a_o rabbi_n among_o the_o jew_n can_v not_o reasonable_o be_v imagine_v to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o and_o if_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v as_o mr._n t._n cite_v it_o out_o of_o grotius_n its_o first_o original_n from_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o deluge_n purge_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n then_o sure_a that_o place_n of_o s._n peter_n which_o affirm_v the_o christian_a baptism_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o antitype_n or_o transcript_n of_o noah_n deluge_n be_v a_o express_a testimony_n of_o it_o also_o and_o this_o i_o hope_v may_v be_v a_o competent_a account_n of_o this_o matter_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o it_o be_v also_o clear_a that_o the_o father_n in_o their_o discourse_n of_o baptism_n do_v ordinary_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o it_o in_o moses_n or_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o jew_n witness_n gregory_n nazianzen_n or._n 39_o see_v say_v he_o it_o be_v the_o feast_n of_o christ_n baptism_n let_v we_o philosophise_v discourse_v exact_o of_o the_o difference_n of_o baptism_n then_o after_o this_o preface_n enter_v on_o the_o discourse_n he_o thus_o begin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d moses_n say_v he_o baptize_v but_o in_o water_n and_o before_o this_o in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o sea_n and_o then_o make_v that_o with_o s._n paul_n a_o type_n of_o the_o christian_a baptism_n he_o proceed_v to_o john_n baptism_n which_o say_v he_o differ_v from_o the_o moysaicall_a in_o that_o it_o add_v repentance_n to_o water_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d john_n also_o baptize_v but_o not_o judaical_o so_o before_o he_o macarius_n hom._n 32._o have_v mention_v the_o circumcision_n which_o be_v under_o the_o law_n foresignify_v the_o true_a circumcision_n of_o the_o heart_n annex_v thereto_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o baptism_n of_o the_o law_n which_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o figure_n of_o true_a thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o there_o that_o wash_v the_o body_n but_o here_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o of_o fire_n purge_v and_o wash_v the_o pollute_a mind_n and_o so_o go_v on_o to_o the_o parallel_n betwixt_o the_o legal_a priest_n and_o christ_n make_v the_o same_o accord_n betwixt_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o pair_n so_o hom._n 47._o p._n 509._o speak_v of_o thing_n under_o the_o law_n he_o first_o mention_n the_o glory_n of_o moses_n face_n a_o type_n of_o the_o true_a glory_n under_o the_o gospel_n 2._o circumcision_n a_o type_n of_o that_o of_o the_o heart_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o they_o there_o be_v baptism_n cleanse_v or_o sanctify_v the_o flesh_n but_o with_o we_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o of_o fire_n that_o which_o john_n preach_v the_o same_o be_v intimate_v again_o but_o not_o so_o explicit_o set_v down_o hom._n 26._o p._n 349._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peter_n succeed_v moses_n have_v the_o new_a church_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o true_a priesthood_n commit_v to_o he_o for_o now_o be_v the_o baptism_n of_o fire_n and_o the_o spirit_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o circumcision_n place_v in_o the_o heart_n where_o it_o seem_v the_o jewish_a baptism_n be_v the_o figure_n of_o the_o christian_a as_o the_o jewish_a priesthood_n of_o the_o christian_a and_o the_o jewish_a circumcision_n of_o the_o circumcision_n in_o the_o heart_n so_o in_o athanasius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cue_n 103._o 426._o number_v up_o seven_o sort_n of_o baptism_n the_o first_o even_o now_o mention_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o of_o the_o flood_n for_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o sin_n the_o second_o that_o of_o moses_n in_o pass_v the_o red_a sea_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d figurative_a the_o three_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o legal_a baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o hebrew_n have_v whereby_o every_o unclean_a person_n so_o be_v every_o one_o by_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v baptize_v in_o water_n have_v his_o
jew_n be_v baptize_v by_o he_o other_o reason_n he_o have_v choose_v to_o annex_v for_o confirmation_n of_o his_o negative_a that_o christ_n baptism_n be_v not_o in_o imitation_n of_o or_o in_o conformity_n with_o the_o jewish_a custom_n for_o 2._o say_v he_o christ_n will_v not_o have_v avouch_v the_o baptism_n of_o john_n to_o be_v from_o heaven_n and_o not_o from_o man_n if_o it_o have_v be_v in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jewish_a custom_n but_o i_o wonder_v what_o appearance_n of_o concludencie_n there_o be_v in_o that_o reason_n may_v not_o any_o thing_n be_v from_o heaven_n or_o by_o god_n appointment_n which_o be_v derive_v from_o a_o jewish_a custom_n may_v not_o god_n in_o heaven_n give_v commission_n to_o john_n baptist_n to_o preach_v repentance_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o other_o before_o he_o noah_n and_o jonah_n etc._n etc._n have_v preach_v repentance_n and_o to_o receive_v all_o that_o come_v in_o on_o his_o preach_n by_o the_o ceremony_n of_o baptise_v ordinary_o use_v and_o know_v to_o initiate_v man_n into_o covenant_n with_o god_n among_o the_o jew_n i_o see_v not_o the_o least_o incongruity_n in_o this_o or_o that_o any_o obligation_n of_o reason_n can_v be_v pretend_v why_o god_n may_v not_o appoint_v a_o ceremony_n know_v among_o man_n to_o be_v use_v in_o his_o service_n such_o sure_a be_v imposition_n of_o hand_n usual_a among_o the_o jew_n in_o benediction_n which_o now_o be_v make_v use_n of_o by_o the_o apostle_n of_o christ_n in_o ordain_v bishop_n over_o the_o church_n and_o so_o it_o may_v well_o be_v in_o this_o matter_n of_o john_n or_o christ_n baptism_n which_o though_o it_o be_v unquestionable_o from_o heaven_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o commission_n give_v to_o they_o by_o god_n appoint_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v yet_o may_v the_o ceremony_n of_o wash_v use_v by_o they_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o custom_n that_o be_v already_o familiar_a among_o they_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o instance_n in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o many_o the_o like_a which_o though_o bring_v into_o the_o church_n of_o christian_n by_o christ_n and_o so_o from_o heaven_n be_v yet_o derive_v and_o light_o change_v from_o jewish_a observance_n and_o in_o that_o respect_n from_o man_n also_o his_o 3_o reason_n that_o it_o be_v likely_a some_o where_o or_o other_o some_o intimation_n will_v have_v be_v give_v of_o that_o custom_n as_o the_o directory_n for_o christian_n in_o the_o use_n of_o baptism_n be_v too_o frivolous_a to_o require_v reply_n for_o beside_o that_o the_o negative_a argument_n be_v of_o no_o force_n if_o it_o be_v as_o be_v pretend_v it_o already_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o jewish_a writer_n more_o than_o intimation_n of_o this_o custom_n and_o some_o indication_n of_o it_o even_o in_o the_o scripture_n itself_o as_o john_n 3.5.10_o and_o for_o any_o plain_a affirmation_n what_o need_n can_v there_o be_v of_o they_o when_o both_o the_o matter_n itself_o speak_v it_o so_o plain_o that_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o word_n to_o those_o that_o know_v the_o jewish_a custom_n as_o the_o first_o writer_n and_o reader_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n do_v and_o when_o christ_n sole_a authority_n and_o practice_n of_o his_o apostle_n be_v sufficient_a directory_n for_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o use_n of_o baptism_n four_o he_o add_v that_o the_o institution_n and_o practice_n will_v have_v be_v comformable_a to_o it_o and_o so_o i_o say_v and_o have_v make_v clear_a that_o it_o be_v as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o controversy_n in_o hand_n we_o be_v or_o can_v be_v concern_v in_o it_o but_o say_v mr._n t._n the_o contrary_a appear_v add_v one_o main_a instance_n of_o the_o inconformity_n and_o 14._o lesser_a disparity_n the_o main_a disparity_n say_v he_o be_v in_o their_o baptise_v no_o infant_n of_o the_o gentile_n at_o their_o first_o conversion_n whereas_o the_o jew_n baptize_v only_a the_o gentile_n infant_n at_o their_o first_o proselyting_n not_o the_o infant_n of_o those_o who_o be_v baptize_v in_o infancy_n for_o the_o former_a of_o these_o he_o offer_v no_o manner_n of_o proof_n beyond_o his_o own_o affirmation_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o deny_v it_o as_o he_o know_v we_o do_v and_o evident_o beg_v the_o question_n in_o assume_v and_o not_o offer_v any_o proof_n for_o the_o contrary_n for_o the_o second_o that_o of_o the_o jewish_a practice_n he_o pretend_v no_o more_o than_o what_o he_o have_v before_o cite_v by_o reference_n but_o now_o set_v down_o in_o word_n viz._n the_o affirmation_n of_o mr._n selden_n but_o i_o have_v already_o show_v how_o groundless_a that_o affirmation_n of_o mr._n s._n be_v as_o to_o the_o native_a jew_n child_n who_o be_v still_o baptize_v after_o the_o give_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o same_o i_o now_o add_v for_o the_o child_n of_o those_o proselyte_n who_o have_v be_v baptize_v in_o infancy_n there_o appear_v not_o the_o least_o proof_n of_o this_o from_o the_o jewish_a writer_n who_o be_v the_o only_a competent_a witness_n in_o it_o but_o for_o the_o contrary_n i_o propose_v these_o two_o testimony_n take_v notice_n of_o by_o mr._n s._n himself_n de_fw-fr synedr_n c._n 3._o out_o of_o gemara_n babylon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o want_v the_o rite_n of_o a_o proselyte_n for_o ever_o unless_o he_o be_v baptize_v and_o circumcise_v here_o baptism_n and_o circumcision_n be_v join_v together_o as_o equal_o necessary_a to_o a_o proselyte_n and_o that_o for_o ever_o and_o circumcision_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v by_o every_o male_a not_o only_o at_o their_o first_o come_v to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n at_o their_o first_o proselytisme_n but_o through_o all_o posterity_n every_o child_n of_o a_o proselyte_n that_o be_v not_o circumcise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d become_v straightway_o no_o proselyte_n and_o then_o sure_a this_o conjunction_n of_o baptism_n with_o circumcision_n on_o these_o term_n of_o equality_n both_o of_o perpetual_a necessity_n to_o all_o proselyte_n must_v needs_o extend_v the_o baptism_n as_o well_o as_o the_o circumcision_n beyond_o the_o first_o proselyte_n and_o their_o immediate_a child_n to_o all_o their_o posterity_n that_o shall_v come_v from_o they_o afterward_o for_o to_o all_o those_o belong_v circumcision_n so_o again_o in_o the_o same_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o if_o he_o be_v not_o baptize_v he_o remain_v a_o pagan_a or_o gentile_a here_o i_o shall_v ask_v whether_o the_o child_n of_o a_o proselyte_n who_o have_v be_v baptize_v in_o his_o infancy_n be_v to_o be_v a_o pagan_a for_o ever_o i_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v answer_v no_o and_o then_o by_o the_o force_n of_o that_o testimony_n of_o gemara_n i_o conclude_v therefore_o it_o must_v be_v suppose_v that_o he_o be_v baptize_v for_o else_o he_o will_v be_v a_o pagan_a for_o ever_o beside_o this_o two_o thing_n i_o far_o add_v to_o remove_v all_o possible_a force_n of_o this_o suggestion_n 1._o that_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v in_o the_o full_a latitude_n wherein_o it_o be_v propose_v that_o the_o jew_n baptize_v no_o other_o infant_n of_o proselyte_n but_o those_o who_o they_o have_v at_o their_o first_o conversion_n yet_o this_o will_v nothing_o profit_v mr._n t._n for_o it_o be_v then_o obvious_a to_o affirm_v that_o christ_n who_o imitate_v the_o jew_n in_o that_o and_o so_o baptize_v the_o child_n of_o christian_a proselyte_n do_v make_v some_o light_a change_n in_o this_o and_o far_o than_o the_o pattern_n before_o he_o afford_v baptize_v all_o the_o posterity_n that_o shall_v succeed_v they_o and_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o church_n in_o their_o infancy_n also_o the_o reason_n though_o not_o the_o pattern_n belong_v equal_o to_o they_o as_o to_o the_o child_n of_o the_o first_o proselyte_n and_o the_o jewish_a custom_n of_o baptise_v their_o native_n infant_n be_v full_o home_o to_o it_o 2_o that_o it_o be_v by_o all_o part_n grant_v that_o the_o child_n which_o the_o proselyte_n have_v at_o their_o first_o proselytisme_n be_v baptize_v among_o the_o jew_n this_o be_v as_o evident_a a_o confutation_n of_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n and_o so_o of_o mr._n t._n as_o it_o will_v if_o all_o their_o infant_n to_o all_o posterity_n be_v baptize_v for_o by_o that_o very_o baptise_v of_o the_o infant_n at_o their_o first_o proselytisme_n it_o appear_v that_o infant_n may_v be_v baptize_v for_o i_o hope_v those_o proselyte_n infant_n be_v infant_n and_o if_o any_o infant_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v baptize_v then_o be_v all_o their_o pretension_n destroy_v who_o only_a interest_n it_o be_v to_o evince_v that_o no_o infant_n must_v or_o may_v be_v baptize_v and_o i_o hope_v this_o will_v be_v of_o some_o use_n to_o mr._n t._n
when_o he_o shall_v have_v consider_v it_o the_o only_a way_n m._n t._n have_v to_o confirm_v this_o of_o the_o jew_n not_o baptise_v any_o infant_n of_o proselyte_n bear_v after_o their_o first_o conversion_n and_o baptism_n be_v the_o resolution_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o if_o a_o woman_n great_a with_o child_n become_v a_o proselyte_n and_o be_v baptize_v her_o child_n need_v not_o baptism_n when_o it_o be_v bear_v and_o this_o i_o have_v cite_v §_o 109._o out_o of_o the_o rabbin_n and_o so_o indeed_o i_o find_v it_o in_o maimonides_n tit_n isuri_fw-la bia_fw-la c._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o can_v think_v that_o whether_o true_a or_o false_a a_o sufficient_a proof_n to_o infer_v the_o conclusion_n for_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n may_v probable_o thus_o resolve_v upon_o this_o other_o ground_n because_o the_o mother_n and_o the_o child_n in_o her_o womb_n be_v esteem_v as_o one_o person_n the_o woman_n great_a with_o child_n be_v baptize_v they_o may_v deem_v the_o child_n baptize_v as_o well_o as_o the_o woman_n and_o not_o account_v it_o needful_a to_o repeat_v it_o after_o the_o birth_n which_o yet_o by_o the_o way_n it_o seem_v they_o will_v have_v do_v if_o they_o have_v not_o deem_v the_o child_n all_o one_o with_o the_o mother_n and_o consequent_o they_o must_v be_v suppose_v to_o baptize_v those_o child_n which_o be_v beget_v to_o the_o proselyte_n after_o the_o time_n of_o he_o or_o her_o first_o conversion_n and_o baptism_n and_o according_o the_o christian_a doctor_n in_o the_o council_n of_o neocaesarea_n can._n 6._o have_v resolve_v the_o contrary_a to_o that_o jewish_a hypothesis_n viz._n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mother_n that_o bear_v the_o child_n differ_v from_o the_o child_n or_o be_v not_o all_o one_o with_o it_o and_o her_o confession_n in_o baptism_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_a or_o particular_a to_o herself_o and_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o child_n in_o her_o womb_n give_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o woman_n that_o be_v with_o child_n and_o be_v then_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n leave_v to_o be_v baptize_v when_o she_o please_v suppose_v that_o the_o child_n which_o then_o she_o carry_v shall_v notwithstanding_o her_o baptism_n then_o be_v itself_o baptize_v after_o its_o birth_n which_o as_o it_o be_v a_o clear_a answer_n to_o the_o argument_n deduce_v from_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o that_o point_n so_o it_o be_v moreover_o a_o evidence_n how_o little_a of_o proof_n mr._n t._n have_v either_o from_o his_o own_o observation_n or_o mr._n selden'_v testimony_n from_o all_o which_o he_o can_v produce_v no_o other_o but_o this_o which_o in_o the_o sound_n be_v so_o far_o from_o affirm_v what_o he_o will_v have_v and_o upon_o examination_n be_v find_v to_o conclude_v the_o contrary_n sect._n 6._o lesser_a inconformity_n no_o prejudice_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o all_o hold_n prayer_n the_o christian_a sacrifice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rule_n of_o judge_v in_o this_o matter_n baptise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n prescribe_v by_o christ_n so_o dip_v or_o sprinkle_v the_o pract_n cat._n misreport_v mr._n marshal_n covenant_v this_o grand_a disparity_n then_o be_v clear_v to_o be_v mr._n t._n his_o mistake_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o attend_v his_o other_o instance_n of_o disparity_n this_o accord_n which_o have_v be_v already_o mention_v and_o vindicate_v be_v sufficient_a to_o my_o pretension_n and_o no_o concernment_n of_o my_o oblige_v i_o to_o believe_v or_o affirm_v that_o the_o parallel_n hold_v any_o far_a than_o christ_n be_v please_v it_o shall_v hold_v and_o of_o that_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v by_o what_o the_o scripture_n or_o ancient_a church_n tell_v we_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o he_o or_o his_o apostle_n for_o 1._o the_o jew_n i_o doubt_v not_o bring_v in_o many_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o devise_v into_o this_o as_o into_o other_o institution_n of_o god_n and_o the_o latter_a jew_n more_o as_o of_o the_o proselyte_n be_v so_o bear_v again_o in_o baptism_n that_o lie_v with_o his_o natural_a sister_n be_v no_o incest_n and_o the_o like_a and_o 2._o christ_n i_o doubt_v not_o change_v the_o jewish_a oeconomy_n in_o many_o thing_n as_o in_o lay_v aside_o circumcision_n in_o commissionate_v his_o disciple_n to_o baptize_v and_o they_o leave_v it_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o those_o to_o who_o he_o shall_v commit_v it_o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o baptize_v without_o the_o bishop_n say_v ignatius_n whereas_o it_o be_v not_o among_o the_o jew_n any_o part_n of_o the_o priest_n office_n any_o more_o than_o circumcision_n be_v and_o so_o in_o many_o other_o particular_n but_o what_o prejudice_n be_v that_o to_o my_o pretension_n who_o affirm_v no_o more_o of_o the_o accordance_n betwixt_o the_o jewish_a and_o christian_a practice_n than_o eiher_n by_o some_o indication_n in_o the_o scripture_n itself_o or_o by_o the_o christian_a father_n deduction_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n appear_v to_o be_v mean_v by_o christ_n and_o practise_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o then_o by_o the_o jewish_a writer_n be_v as_o evident_a to_o have_v be_v in_o use_n among_o they_o and_o this_o be_v all_o the_o return_n i_o need_v make_v to_o his_o 14_o lesser_a disparity_n and_o all_o that_o he_o have_v at_o large_a endeavour_v to_o infer_v from_o they_o suppose_v and_o grant_v they_o all_o to_o be_v such_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v not_o such_o as_o when_o 1._o he_o say_v the_o baptism_n of_o male_n must_v be_v with_o circumcision_n and_o a_o offering_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o though_o 1._o circumcision_n be_v lay_v aside_o by_o christ_n and_o 2._o when_o it_o be_v use_v it_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o baptism_n yet_o as_o to_o the_o adjoin_v of_o offering_n or_o sacrifice_n the_o parallel_n still_o hold_v the_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o christian_a sacrifice_n and_o those_o in_o the_o christian_a church_n solemn_o attendant_a on_o the_o administration_n of_o baptism_n so_o parallel_n to_o the_o court_n of_o three_o israelite_n by_o the_o confession_n or_o profession_n of_o who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v maimonides_n the_o infant_n be_v baptize_v we_o have_v now_o not_o only_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o who_o it_o be_v public_o administer_v and_o when_o more_o private_o yet_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o some_o christian_n who_o be_v afterward_o if_o there_o be_v any_o doubt_n to_o testify_v their_o knowledge_n to_o the_o church_n but_o more_o particular_o the_o godfather_n and_o godmother_n be_v themselves_o former_o baptize_v do_v represent_v the_o church_n of_o which_o they_o be_v member_n mean_v thereby_o the_o people_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o minister_n commissionated_a thereto_o by_o the_o bishop_n represent_v the_o church_n also_o mean_v the_o governor_n thereof_o but_o i_o shall_v not_o proceed_v to_o such_o superfluous_a consideration_n and_o so_o i_o have_v no_o need_n of_o add_v one_o word_n more_o of_o reply_n to_o his_o 24_o chap._n as_o far_o as_o i_o be_o concern_v in_o it_o unless_o it_o be_v to_o tell_v he_o that_o the_o bishop_n canon_n be_v not_o the_o rule_n by_o which_o i_o undertake_v to_o define_v wherein_o the_o jewish_a custom_n must_v be_v the_o pattern_n wherein_o not_o but_o as_o he_o can_v but_o know_v if_o he_o have_v read_v the_o resolution_n of_o the_o 4_o quaere_fw-la the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o testification_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n make_v know_v unto_o we_o to_o which_o as_o i_o have_v reason_n to_o yield_v all_o authority_n so_o i_o find_v the_o canon_n and_o ritual_n as_o of_o this_o so_o of_o all_o other_o church_n in_o the_o world_n no_o one_o except_v to_o bear_v perfect_a accoordance_n therewith_o in_o this_o particular_a of_o infant_n baptism_n though_o in_o other_o lesser_a particular_n they_o differ_v many_o among_o themselves_o and_o all_o from_o the_o jewish_a pattern_n and_o this_o i_o hope_n be_v a_o competent_a ground_n of_o my_o action_n and_o such_o as_o may_v justify_v it_o to_o any_o christian_a artist_n to_o be_v according_a to_o rule_n of_o right_a reason_n of_o meekness_n and_o sound_a doctrine_n and_o no_o work_n of_o passion_n or_o prejudice_n or_o singularity_n or_o as_o mr._n t._n suggest_v of_o the_o doctor_n own_o pleasure_n as_o if_o that_o be_v the_o mutable_a principle_n of_o all_o these_o variation_n from_o the_o jewish_a pattern_n of_o this_o score_n it_o be_v somewhat_o strange_a which_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o add_v concern_v the_o form_n of_o baptism_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o
this_o one_o thing_n say_v he_o which_o christ_n do_v not_o prescribe_v nor_o do_v the_o apostle_n that_o we_o find_v so_o conceive_v it_o yet_o say_v the_o doctor_n christ_n prescription_n must_v be_v indisspensable_o use_v in_o reply_n to_o this_o i_o shall_v not_o spend_v much_o time_n to_o evidence_n this_o form_n to_o be_v christ_n prescription_n if_o the_o express_a word_n at_o his_o part_n from_o the_o world_n mat._n 28._o go_v you_o therefore_o and_o teach_v or_o receive_v to_o discipleship_n all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o a_o prescription_n of_o christ_n and_o if_o the_o universal_a doctrine_n and_o continual_a practice_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n through_o all_o time_n be_v not_o testimony_n sufficient_a of_o the_o apostle_n conceive_v it_o thus_o and_o a_o competent_a ground_n of_o the_o indispensable_a tinue_v the_o use_n of_o it_o i_o shall_v not_o hope_v to_o persuade_v with_o he_o only_o i_o shall_v mind_v he_o of_o the_o word_n of_o s._n athanasius_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o serapion_n tom._n 1._o p._n 204._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o be_v not_o baptize_v in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o three_o receive_v nothing_o remain_v empty_a and_o imperfect_a for_o perfection_n be_v in_o the_o trinity_n no_o baptism_n perfect_a it_o seem_v but_o that_o and_o if_o this_o will_v not_o yet_o suffice_v i_o shall_v then_o only_o demand_v whether_o he_o can_v produce_v so_o express_a ground_n from_o christ_n or_o the_o apostle_n or_o the_o universal_a church_n of_o god_n through_o all_o age_n or_o from_o any_o one_o ancient_a father_n for_o his_o deny_v baptism_n to_o infant_n what_o in_o this_o place_n he_o add_v far_a from_o i_o out_o of_o the_o practical_a catechism_n that_o i_o confess_v that_o by_o christ_n appointment_n the_o baptize_v be_v to_o be_v dip_v in_o water_n i._n e._n according_a to_o the_o primitive_a ancient_a custom_n to_o be_v put_v under_o water_n be_v a_o strange_a misreport_n of_o my_o word_n 2._o i_o wonder_v mr._n t._n will_v be_v guilty_a of_o it_o the_o word_n in_o the_o pract._n cat._n be_v visible_o these_o by_o christ_n appointment_n whosoever_o shall_v be_v thus_o receive_v into_o his_o family_n shall_v be_v receive_v with_o this_o ceremony_n of_o water_n therein_o to_o be_v dip_v i._n e._n according_a to_o the_o primitive_a anetint_n custom_n to_o be_v put_v under_o water_n three_o time_n or_o in_o stead_n of_o that_o to_o be_v sprinkle_v with_o it_o where_o 1._o all_o that_o christ_n appointment_n be_v affix_v to_o be_v the_o receive_v all_o that_o shall_v be_v receive_v into_o christ_n family_n with_o this_o ceremony_n of_o water_n 2._o for_o the_o manner_n of_o that_o reception_n by_o water_n it_o be_v set_v down_o disjunctive_o therein_o to_o be_v dip_v three_o time_n or_o in_o stead_n of_o that_o to_o be_v sprinkle_v with_o it_o these_o be_v evident_o my_o word_n no_o way_n affirm_v either_o the_o dip_v or_o sprinkle_v one_o exclusive_o to_o the_o other_o to_o be_v appoint_v by_o christ_n but_o only_o the_o ceremony_n of_o water_n whether_o it_o be_v by_o dip_v in_o it_o or_o sprinkle_n with_o it_o either_o of_o which_o may_v be_v signify_v by_o the_o word_n use_v from_o christ_n by_o s._n matthew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baptize_v you_o what_o ground_n the_o church_n of_o christ_n have_v have_v to_o disuse_n immersion_n and_o in_o stead_n of_o put_v the_o whole_a body_n under_o water_n only_o to_o dip_v the_o face_n or_o sprinkle_v it_o with_o water_n i_o shall_v not_o now_o discourse_n all_o that_o i_o have_v to_o do_v in_o this_o place_n be_v to_o vindicate_v myself_o that_o i_o have_v no_o way_n affirm_v the_o put_n under_o water_n use_v by_o the_o primitive_a church_n to_o be_v appoint_v by_o christ_n exclusive_o to_o sprinkle_v and_o that_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v already_o do_v by_o the_o exact_a recite_v of_o my_o word_n which_o have_v be_v so_o much_o misreport_v by_o he_o and_o so_o i_o have_v do_v with_o his_o 24_o chapter_n for_o as_o to_o the_o objection_n against_o mr._n m._n draw_v from_o his_o covenant_a to_o perform_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n according_a to_o god_n word_n and_o admire_v that_o ever_o mortal_a man_n shall_v dare_v in_o god_n worship_n to_o meddle_v any_o jot_n far_o than_o the_o lord_n have_v command_v and_o yet_o in_o point_n of_o infant_n baptism_n follow_v the_o talmud_n i_o that_o be_o far_o from_o mr._n m._n his_o persuasion_n as_o well_o as_o practice_n be_o not_o sure_o bind_v to_o give_v answer_n for_o he_o aetatem_fw-la habet_fw-la let_v he_o answer_v for_o himself_o and_o when_o he_o do_v so_o it_o be_v not_o amiss_o he_o will_v consider_v whether_o episcopal_a government_n stand_v not_o on_o as_o firm_a a_o basis_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n as_o infant_n baptism_n be_v by_o he_o vouch_v to_o do_v chap._n ii_o of_o christ_n word_n mat._n 28.19_o sect._n 1_o the_o doctor_n pretend_a concession_n examine_v christ_n institution_n of_o baptism_n not_o set_v down_o mat._n 28._o but_o necessary_o before_o that_o time_n his_o 25._o chapter_n be_v a_o view_n of_o my_o interpretation_n of_o mat._n 28.19_o which_o lie_v thus_o go_v and_o disciple_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v disciple_n receive_v into_o discipleship_n all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o in_o the_o name_n etc._n etc._n teach_v they_o &c._n &c._n thereby_o evidence_v that_o the_o make_n or_o receive_v disciple_n not_o suppose_v any_o precedent_a instruction_n but_o look_v whole_o on_o it_o as_o subsequent_a can_v no_o way_n exclude_v the_o christian_n infant_n from_o baptism_n when_o they_o be_v thus_o bring_v to_o the_o church_n to_o be_v enter_v into_o the_o school_n of_o christ_n and_o undertake_v for_o that_o they_o shall_v learn_v when_o they_o come_v to_o year_n and_o to_o this_o a_o long_a proemial_a answer_n he_o have_v of_o many_o line_n which_o begin_v thus_o though_o i_o conceive_v dr._n h._n to_o ascribe_v more_o power_n to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o prelate_n about_o the_o sacrament_n then_o be_v meet_v be_v one_o who_o have_v write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n yet_o by_o this_o allegation_n of_o mat._n 28.19_o he_o seem_v tacit_o to_o yield_v that_o if_o the_o word_n there_o include_v not_o infant_n under_o the_o disciple_v then_o there_o be_v something_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n which_o exclude_v infant_n from_o baptism_n although_o he_o say_v §_o 96._o i_o do_v not_o believe_v or_o pretend_v that_o that_o precept_n of_o christ_n do_v necessary_o infer_v though_o it_o do_v as_o little_o deny_v that_o infant_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v before_o i_o proceed_v to_o that_o which_o follow_v it_o be_v not_o amiss_o to_o view_v in_o pass_v how_o many_o incongruity_n be_v here_o amass_v together_o in_o these_o few_o word_n for_o whereas_o my_o have_v write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n be_v make_v use_n of_o as_o a_o evidence_n to_o infer_v that_o i_o ascribe_v more_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o prelate_n then_o be_v meet_v it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n stand_v not_o by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o prelate_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o consequent_o if_o i_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o a_o confess_a partiality_n to_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n yet_o be_v this_o no_o evidence_n of_o my_o ascribe_v any_o thing_n therefore_o sure_a not_o more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o too_o much_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o prelate_n 2_o it_o never_o yet_o appear_v that_o by_o write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n i_o offend_v at_o all_o therefore_o sure_o not_o about_o either_o much_o less_o against_o both_o the_o sacrament_n 3_o the_o make_v my_o defence_n of_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n write_v long_o ago_o a_o proof_n that_o i_o oftend_v now_o in_o somewhat_o else_o viz._n in_o attribute_v too_o much_o to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v 1_o the_o connect_v together_o thing_n that_o be_v most_o disparate_a conclude_a quidlibet_fw-la ex_fw-la quolibet_fw-la and_o 2_o a_o plain_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n for_o such_o certain_o it_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o he_o with_o who_o he_o dispute_v and_o so_o must_v be_v till_o he_o shall_v offer_v proof_n that_o i_o have_v err_v in_o that_o defence_n the_o same_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v conclude_v that_o he_o who_o have_v once_o write_v the_o truth_n be_v oblige_v the_o next_o time_n to_o swerve_v from_o it_o so_o when_o he_o mention_n my_o allegation_n of_o mat._n 28.19_o the_o word_n allegation_n must_v signify_v that_o i_o produce_v and_o so_o allege_v that_o text_n as_o a_o proof_n of_o my_o position_n but_o this_o he_o know_v i_o do_v not_o but_o only_o suppose_v the_o
it_o be_v manifest_a it_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o infant_n uncapable_a child_n and_o none_o else_o it_o be_v true_a that_o mr._n t._n also_o except_v against_o the_o paraphrase_v of_o holy_a by_o admit_v to_o baptism_n affirm_v this_o to_o be_v a_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n no_o where_o else_o find_v but_o this_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v clear_v already_o both_o from_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o word_n among_o the_o jewish_a and_o first_o christian_n writer_n and_o may_v far_o do_v it_o even_o by_o this_o apostle_n dialect_n who_o in_o his_o inscription_n of_o most_o of_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n call_v all_o those_o to_o who_o he_o write_v i._n e._n the_o baptize_v christian_n of_o those_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a rom._n 1.17_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanctify_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a 1_o cor._n 1.2_o and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a 2_o cor._n 1.1_o and_o eph._n 1.1_o phil._n 1.1_o col._n 1.1_o among_o who_o no_o doubt_n there_o be_v many_o who_o be_v no_o otherwise_o holy_a or_o sanctify_a then_o as_o all_o baptize_v christian_n be_v capable_a of_o that_o style_n but_o i_o shall_v need_v add_v no_o more_o of_o that_o to_o what_o have_v be_v already_o so_o large_o say_v and_o the_o part_n of_o my_o interpretation_n be_v thus_o clear_v that_o their_o child_n be_v their_o babe_n or_o infant_n and_o their_o be_v holy_a their_o be_v baptize_v it_o be_v sure_a i_o can_v be_v concern_v in_o his_o conclusion_n that_o he_o never_o read_v or_o hear_v any_o exposition_n ancient_a or_o modern_a so_o expound_v as_o this_o doctor_n or_o dictator_n do_v nor_o do_v i_o think_v he_o can_v show_v any_o i_o hope_v now_o he_o will_v alter_v his_o mind_n and_o acknowledge_v that_o it_o be_v his_o own_o fault_n that_o this_o interpretation_n seem_v so_o new_a and_o strange_a to_o he_o as_o for_o the_o one_o place_n of_o s._n augustine_n produce_v by_o he_o it_o shall_v be_v l._n 2._o de_fw-fr pecc_n mer._n &_o remiss_a c._n 26._o to_o the_o seem_a prejudice_n of_o this_o interpretation_n ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la sanctificatio_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la modi_fw-la sit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o filiis_fw-la fidelium_fw-la esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la &_o peccati_fw-la origine_fw-la vel_fw-la remissione_n quaestionem_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la it_o will_v easy_o be_v reconcile_v to_o it_o if_o we_o but_o mark_v what_o question_n it_o be_v that_o there_o he_o speak_v of_o even_o that_o which_o he_o have_v then_o in_o hand_n viz._n whether_o baptism_n be_v necessary_a to_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o enter_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n that_o this_o be_v the_o question_n in_o hand_n appear_v by_o the_o word_n immediate_o precedent_a which_o be_v these_o sanctificatio_fw-la catechumenâ—_n si_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la baptizatâ—â—_n non_fw-la ei_fw-la valet_fw-la ad_fw-la inâ—randum_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la the_o sanctification_n of_o a_o catechumenus_fw-la what_o that_o be_v he_o have_v mention_v before_o catechumenos_fw-la secundum_fw-la quendam_fw-la modum_fw-la suum_fw-la per_fw-la signum_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o orationem_fw-la impositionis_fw-la manuum_fw-la puto_fw-la sanctificari_fw-la that_o some_o kind_n of_o sanctification_n which_o the_o unbaptised_a might_n have_v by_o prayer_n and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n of_o which_o we_o sometime_o read_v in_o the_o ancients_n as_o have_v elsewhere_o be_v show_v profit_v he_o not_o for_o the_o enter_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n or_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n unless_o he_o be_v baptize_v and_o therefore_o that_o sanctification_n of_o whatsoever_o kind_n it_o be_v viz._n if_o it_o be_v without_o baptism_n belong_v not_o say_v he_o to_o the_o question_n then_o in_o hand_n concern_v baptism_n and_o the_o original_n and_o pardon_n of_o sin_n here_o than_o i_o suppose_v be_v saint_n augustine_n meaning_n the_o adversary_n with_o who_o he_o dispute_v the_o pelagian_n to_o maintain_v the_o no_o necessity_n of_o baptise_v infant_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n make_v use_v of_o that_o text_n and_o conclude_v from_o it_o the_o sanctity_n of_o the_o christian_a infant_n birth_n before_o and_o without_o baptism_n to_o this_o he_o answer_v without_o any_o strict_a examination_n of_o the_o importance_n of_o that_o text_n that_o whatsoever_o sanctification_n it_o can_v be_v imagine_v to_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o except_o it_o be_v that_o of_o baptism_n it_o can_v avail_v to_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n etc._n etc._n some_o improper_a kind_n of_o sanctification_n say_v he_o he_o may_v confess_v secundum_fw-la quendam_fw-la modum_fw-la in_o he_o that_o be_v not_o yet_o baptize_v but_o that_o without_o baptism_n non_fw-la valet_fw-la ad_fw-la intrandum_fw-la be_v not_o of_o force_n for_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o whatsoever_o sanctification_n that_o be_v viz._n whatsoever_o without_o baptism_n it_o belong_v not_o to_o his_o question_n then_o before_o he_o and_o so_o the_o apostle_n word_n can_v have_v no_o force_n against_o he_o this_o i_o suppose_v then_o to_o be_v in_o brief_a s._n augustine_n meaning_n in_o that_o place_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o holiness_n of_o the_o christian_a infant_n birth_n but_o of_o their_o baptism_n which_o stand_v they_o in_o stead_n towards_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o then_o that_o as_o it_o be_v no_o evidence_n on_o my_o side_n that_o he_o interpret_v that_o place_n to_o the_o cor._n as_o i_o interpret_v it_o so_o it_o affirm_v nothing_o to_o the_o contrary_a but_o leave_v it_o in_o medio_fw-la have_v his_o advantage_n other_o way_n against_o the_o disputer_n however_o for_o the_o substance_n his_o accord_n with_o we_o be_v evident_a and_o his_o conclusion_n firm_a both_o in_o that_o place_n and_o l._n 3._o de_fw-fr pecc_n mer._n &_o remiss_a c._n 12._o illud_fw-la sine_fw-la dubitatione_n tenendum_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la illa_fw-la sanctificatio_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la valere_fw-la ad_fw-la christianos_n faciendos_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la dimittenda_fw-la peccata_fw-la nisi_fw-la christiana_n atque_fw-la ecclesiasticâ_fw-la institutione_n &_o sacramentis_fw-la â—ffici_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fideleâ—_n it_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v without_o doubt_v that_o whatsoever_o that_o sanctification_n be_v it_o avail_v not_o to_o the_o make_v they_o christian_n and_o to_o the_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n unless_o by_o christian_a and_o ecclesiastical_a institution_n and_o by_o the_o sacrament_n they_o be_v make_v faithful_a this_o be_v all_o that_o i_o can_v seasonable_o return_v for_o the_o vindicate_a of_o my_o paraphrase_n it_o will_v be_v too_o immoderate_a a_o excursion_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o all_o his_o pretend_a objection_n to_o the_o former_a part_n of_o it_o which_o concern_v the_o cohabit_v of_o the_o believer_n with_o the_o unbeliever_n which_o i_o assure_v mr._n t._n be_v easy_a full_o to_o answer_v and_o show_v his_o mistake_n in_o each_o particular_a if_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o present_a dispute_n do_v require_v or_o will_v well_o bear_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o that_o length_n or_o if_o i_o think_v it_o in_o the_o least_o degree_n useful_a to_o the_o reader_n that_o i_o shall_v far_o explain_v the_o ground_n of_o my_o paraphrase_n then_o as_o they_o be_v already_o lay_v before_o he_o sect._n 31._o etc._n etc._n yet_o because_o the_o reason_n which_o i_o there_o tender_v for_o the_o paraphrase_n take_v from_o the_o notation_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v be_v sanctify_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o but_o by_o the_o wife_n and_o by_o the_o plain_a consequent_n what_o know_v thou_o o_o wife_n whether_o thou_o shall_v save_v thy_o husband_n be_v by_o mr._n t._n examine_v with_o a_o endeavour_n to_o confute_v they_o and_o so_o to_o overthrow_v the_o whole_a paraphrase_n it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v think_v useful_a that_o i_o shall_v take_v a_o view_n of_o those_o his_o endeavour_n and_o therefore_o that_o i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o do_v and_o shall_v there_o meet_v with_o by_o the_o way_n what_o be_v most_o material_a in_o his_o former_a exception_n against_o my_o paraphrase_n sect._n 2._o the_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v be_v sanctify_v defend_v s._n hieromes_n testimony_n enallage_n must_v not_o be_v make_v use_n of_o without_o necessity_n no_o advantage_n from_o it_o here_o feign_a instance_n of_o enallage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o then_o to_o my_o first_o evidence_n take_v from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v be_v sanctify_a refer_v to_o some_o past_a know_a example_n and_o experience_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o a_o wife_n convert_v the_o husband_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v a_o double_a answer_n 1._o that_o as_o my_o paraphrase_n express_v it_o it_o shall_v signify_v not_o only_o that_o a_o
christian_n child_n be_v admit_v to_o baptism_n viz._n because_o by_o their_o live_n in_o the_o family_n with_o the_o christian_a parent_n they_o probable_o will_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o faith_n and_o the_o church_n require_v and_o receive_v promise_n from_o the_o parent_n reasonable_o presume_v they_o will_v and_o so_o admit_v they_o to_o baptism_n this_o argument_n of_o the_o apostle_n thus_o explain_v in_o my_o paraphrase_n or_o if_o he_o yet_o will_v have_v it_o more_o plain_o thus_o the_o church_n upon_o confidence_n that_o the_o believer_n child_n will_v be_v bring_v up_o in_o the_o faith_n receive_v they_o to_o baptism_n when_o they_o be_v infant_n and_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n of_o hope_n that_o your_o abide_n with_o the_o unbelieve_a husband_n may_v in_o time_n convert_v he_o as_o by_o experience_n it_o have_v oft_o be_v find_v i_o advise_v you_o not_o to_o depart_v from_o he_o if_o he_o will_v live_v with_o you_o for_o what_o know_v thou_o whether_o thou_o shall_v save_v thy_o husband_n etc._n etc._n mr._n t._n have_v make_v a_o shift_n not_o to_o understand_v and_o substitute_v another_o way_n of_o argue_v in_o my_o name_n in_o stead_n of_o it_o p._n 331._o and_o have_v do_v so_o i_o must_v leave_v he_o to_o combat_v with_o the_o shadow_n of_o his_o own_o create_v no_o part_n of_o his_o impression_n light_v upon_o that_o which_o alone_o i_o profess_v to_o be_v my_o meaning_n in_o it_o which_o i_o leave_v he_o or_o the_o reader_n to_o see_v in_o the_o particular_n propose_v by_o he_o but_o must_v not_o now_o be_v so_o impertinent_a as_o to_o lose_v time_n in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o they_o but_o the_o reason_n produce_v for_o my_o thus_o interpret_n he_o next_o proceed_v to_o examine_v and_o i_o must_v take_v care_n to_o vindicate_v they_o my_o first_o reason_n be_v because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a note_v a_o relative_a holiness_n a_o set_n apart_o to_o god_n and_o the_o low_a degree_n of_o that_o imaginable_a be_v the_o initiate_a into_o the_o church_n by_o baptism_n this_o must_v in_o reason_n be_v here_o note_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a as_o all_o visible_a professor_n ezr._n 9.2_o be_v the_o holy_a seed_n and_o in_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d holy_a to_o this_o he_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v all_o grant_v confirm_v not_o the_o doctor_n exposition_n because_o it_o be_v no_o good_a argument_n à _fw-la genere_fw-la ad_fw-la speciem_fw-la affirmatiuè_fw-la and_o because_o infant_n be_v not_o visible_a professor_n but_o sure_o when_o the_o species_n be_v such_o that_o he_o that_o have_v not_o that_o have_v not_o any_o part_n of_o the_o genus_fw-la the_o argument_n will_v thus_o hold_v very_o irrefragable_o suppose_v that_o of_o the_o deacon_n to_o be_v the_o low_a order_n of_o officer_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o without_o which_o there_o be_v no_o ascend_v to_o any_o high_a degree_n in_o the_o ministry_n will_v not_o then_o the_o argument_n hold_v he_o have_v some_o degree_n ecclesiastical_a upon_o he_o therefore_o sure_o he_o be_v a_o deacon_n thus_o sure_o it_o be_v in_o this_o matter_n the_o relative_a holiness_n belong_v to_o no_o person_n that_o be_v not_o baptize_v baptism_n be_v the_o low_a degree_n of_o it_o and_o all_o superior_a degree_n of_o apostle_n prophet_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v found_v in_o that_o therefore_o if_o the_o infant_n child_n be_v holy_a the_o infant_n child_n be_v baptize_v so_o again_o baptism_n be_v the_o low_a degree_n of_o visible_a profession_n therefore_o if_o these_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v holy_a be_v visible_a professor_n then_o sure_o they_o be_v baptize_v and_o so_o there_o be_v no_o force_n in_o that_o whether_o answer_n or_o exception_n to_o my_o first_o reason_n my_o 2_o follow_v from_o the_o notation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 10.14_o for_o those_o that_o must_v not_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n as_o on_o the_o other_o side_n god_n cleanse_v be_v god_n repute_v he_o fit_a to_o be_v partaker_n of_o this_o privilege_n whereby_o it_o appear_v how_o fit_o receive_v and_o not_o receive_v to_o baptism_n be_v express_v by_o holy_a and_o unclean_a to_o this_o he_o answer_v by_o acknowledge_v the_o conclusion_n viz._n the_o fitness_n of_o the_o expression_n all_o his_o exception_n be_v against_o my_o promise_n the_o notion_n of_o unclean_a act._n 10._o which_o say_v he_o signify_v there_o not_o only_o one_o out_o of_o the_o church_n but_o also_o one_o that_o a_o jew_n may_v not_o go_v in_o to_o or_o eat_v with_o to_o this_o i_o reply_v that_o my_o conclusion_n be_v grant_v i_o may_v safe_o part_v with_o that_o which_o infer_v it_o as_o when_o i_o be_o arrive_v at_o my_o journey_n end_n i_o have_v no_o far_o need_v or_o use_v of_o my_o horse_n or_o guide_n that_o bring_v i_o thither_o let_v it_o be_v remember_v that_o holy_a and_o unclean_a fit_o express_v those_o that_o be_v receive_v or_o not_o receive_v to_o baptism_n and_o then_o i_o be_o sure_a i_o have_v not_o offend_v against_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o word_n by_o conclude_v from_o this_o text_n that_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n the_o believer_n child_n be_v receive_v to_o baptism_n and_o if_o i_o have_v as_o little_o offend_v against_o the_o rational_a importance_n of_o the_o word_n in_o that_o place_n as_o i_o hope_v have_v former_o appear_v that_o i_o have_v than_o i_o hope_v i_o be_o perfect_o innocent_a in_o induce_v my_o conclusion_n as_o for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o phrase_n act._n 10._o though_o now_o i_o need_v not_o contend_v yet_o i_o may_v add_v that_o the_o notion_n of_o not_o enter_v to_o and_o eat_v with_o contain_v under_o it_o this_o other_o of_o not_o baptise_v for_o sure_o he_o may_v not_o baptize_v those_o to_o who_o he_o may_v not_o enter_v and_o the_o baptise_v cornelius_n and_o not_o only_o enter_v to_o he_o be_v the_o end_n for_o which_o peter_n receive_v that_o vision_n i_o still_o adhere_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o place_n signify_v one_o peculiarly_a that_o must_v not_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n by_o baptism_n and_o the_o holiness_n on_o the_o contrary_a reception_n to_o that_o privilege_n my_o 3_o reason_n be_v take_v from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o sanctify_v for_o wash_v any_o part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o on_o occasion_n of_o that_o mention_v a_o conjecture_n that_o the_o use_n of_o holiness_n for_o baptism_n may_v perhaps_o intimate_v that_o the_o primitive_a baptism_n be_v not_o always_o immersion_n but_o that_o sprinkle_n of_o some_o part_n may_v be_v sufficient_a he_o have_v a_o reply_n to_o each_o of_o these_o to_o the_o former_a that_o if_o this_o reason_n be_v good_a than_o the_o husband_n be_v sanctify_v by_o the_o wife_n must_v signify_v his_o be_v baptize_v or_o wash_v by_o she_o to_o the_o latter_a that_o i_o have_v in_o my_o write_n so_o oft_o acknowledge_v the_o baptism_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n to_o be_v immersion_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n that_o i_o ought_v to_o be_v ashamed_a to_o say_v the_o contrary_a and_o that_o i_o can_v hardly_o believe_v myself_o in_o it_o to_o these_o i_o answer_v first_o to_o the_o former_a 1._o that_o i_o that_o affirm_v sanctification_n among_o the_o jew_n to_o signify_v wash_n do_v also_o know_v that_o it_o have_v other_o signification_n and_o that_o that_o signification_n be_v in_o each_o text_n to_o be_v choose_v which_o seem_v most_o agreeable_a in_o all_o those_o respect_n which_o be_v to_o be_v considerable_a in_o the_o pitch_v on_o any_o interpretation_n consequent_o that_o the_o wive_n baptise_v the_o husband_n be_v a_o thing_n absurd_a and_o utter_o unheard_a of_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n whether_o in_o the_o apostle_n or_o succeed_a age_n this_o sense_n may_v not_o reasonable_o be_v affix_v to_o it_o whereas_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n by_o the_o ancients_n affirm_v to_o be_v receive_v from_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o understand_v the_o word_n of_o this_o though_o not_o of_o the_o other_o and_o so_o to_o apply_v the_o observation_n as_o it_o be_v visible_a i_o do_v to_o the_o latter_a not_o former_a part_n of_o that_o verse_n and_o yet_o 2._o if_o we_o shall_v distinguish_v of_o the_o notion_n of_o by_o and_o expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o woman_n of_o the_o persuasion_n that_o the_o woman_n have_v use_v to_o bring_v her_o husband_n to_o baptism_n and_o not_o of_o her_o mystery_n in_o baptise_v we_o may_v very_o convenient_o so_o interpret_v the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o verse_n also_o that_o by_o the_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o unbelieving_a husband_n have_v be_v
chap._n iu._n a_o answer_n to_o mr._n tombes_n view_n of_o my_o conclusion_n and_o therein_o the_o sense_n of_o antiquity_n in_o this_o question_n sect._n 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 7._o infant_n child_n the_o jew_n practice_n their_o notion_n of_o holy_a baptism_n a_o privilege_n of_o believer_n child_n yet_o be_v communicate_v to_o other_o who_o guardian_n be_v believer_n the_o several_a sort_n of_o holiness_n all_o vain_o mention_v by_o mr._n t._n his_o denial_n of_o the_o conclusion_n the_o place_n in_o tertullian_n vindicate_v s._n hieromes_n answer_n to_o paulinus_n institutionis_fw-la disciplina_fw-la in_o tertullian_n candidati_fw-la damoniorum_fw-la a_o 3_o denial_n of_o the_o conclusion_n the_o use_n of_o baptism_n to_o regenerate_v etc._n etc._n no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o sound_n it_o in_o the_o jewish_a practice_n his_o art_n of_o diversion_n to_o put_v off_o answer_v of_o testimony_n the_o way_n of_o testimony_n insist_v on_o after_o this_o examination_n 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place_n which_o i_o have_v not_o commodity_n to_o consult_v or_o examine_v there_o be_v nothing_o that_o exact_v any_o far_a reply_n from_o i_o the_o same_o will_v satisfy_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o last_o suggestion_n for_o to_o prove_v that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o privilege_n yet_o it_o may_v not_o be_v baptism_n he_o produce_v this_o reason_n that_o baptism_n according_a to_o the_o father_n opinion_n and_o practice_n belong_v to_o unbeliever_n child_n also_o if_o they_o be_v bring_v which_o be_v willing_o grant_v &_o so_o the_o matter_n clear_v that_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o baptism_n when_o the_o very_a unbeliever_n child_n if_o bring_v &_o assume_v for_o by_o other_o which_o be_v not_o their_o parent_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v it_o certain_o follow_v not_o from_o thence_o that_o the_o believer_n child_n be_v not_o admit_v or_o that_o their_o admission_n be_v not_o a_o privilege_n of_o believer_n child_n for_o so_o still_o it_o be_v though_o 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mr._n t._n have_v any_o kindness_n to_o it_o nor_o can_v he_o without_o destroy_v his_o own_o hypothesis_n and_o therefore_o it_o matter_n not_o what_o other_o imagine_v if_o it_o be_v federal_a external_a holiness_n that_o i_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o baptismal_a holiness_n baptism_n be_v the_o entrance_n into_o that_o covenant_n and_o for_o holiness_n in_o hope_n and_o expectation_n 1._o that_o can_v denote_v actual_o holy_a as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o note_n unless_o by_o holy_a we_o mean_v in_o the_o relative_a sense_n consecration_n or_o designation_n to_o holiness_n and_o then_o it_o be_v all_o one_o with_o baptism_n again_o the_o solemnity_n of_o that_o consecration_n before_o he_o leave_v the_o survey_n of_o my_o conclusion_n he_o will_v again_o resume_v what_o he_o have_v say_v without_o all_o degree_n of_o truth_n in_o the_o
of_o the_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n no_o nor_o any_o of_o those_o the_o doctor_n cite_v ever_o derive_v it_o from_o the_o jewish_a practice_n but_o certain_o this_o be_v of_o no_o force_n for_o 1._o so_o long_o as_o none_o of_o all_o these_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v so_o derive_v and_o when_o the_o matter_n itself_o speak_v it_o and_o the_o agreement_n between_o what_o we_o find_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n with_o what_o we_o find_v among_o the_o jew_n there_o be_v no_o want_n either_o of_o truth_n or_o sobriety_n in_o my_o assertion_n that_o christ_n institution_n of_o baptism_n be_v found_v in_o the_o jewish_a practice_n of_o baptise_v their_o native_n and_o their_o proselyte_n and_o that_o their_o custom_n be_v to_o baptize_v infant_n child_n christ_n institution_n also_o be_v by_o the_o apostle_n understand_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o infant_n child_n baptism_n be_v in_o that_o respect_n also_o conformable_a to_o the_o jewish_a copy_n and_o so_o still_o the_o jewish_a 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also_o what_o he_o now_o add_v of_o woman_n baptise_v among_o papist_n and_o the_o allowance_n thereof_o former_o among_o we_o of_o private_a baptism_n of_o the_o use_n of_o propound_v question_n to_o the_o infant_n which_o he_o be_v please_v to_o style_v ridiculous_a of_o the_o surety_n answer_v in_o the_o child_n behalf_n and_o express_v their_o desire_n to_o be_v baptize_v into_o the_o faith_n recite_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o baptise_v only_o at_o easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n of_o sprinkle_v or_o pour_v water_n on_o the_o face_n of_o a_o confession_n in_o the_o pract._n cat._n that_o all_o man_n be_v instruct_v ancient_o before_o they_o be_v baptize_v be_v all_o amast_n together_o if_o it_o may_v be_v to_o make_v up_o one_o accumulative_a argument_n but_o be_v utter_o insufficient_a to_o do_v so_o all_o that_o he_o conclude_v from_o the_o mention_n of_o all_o these_o be_v but_o his_o own_o resolution_n not_o to_o answer_v the_o testimony_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v from_o the_o 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baptism_n be_v institute_v by_o christ_n long_o before_o his_o crucifixion_n and_o 2._o the_o form_n wherein_o he_o institute_v it_o be_v not_o set_v down_o in_o the_o gospel_n and_o so_o 3._o the_o apostle_n practice_n be_v our_o only_a guide_n for_o the_o resolve_v such_o difficulty_n as_o these_o whether_o infant_n be_v admittable_a or_o no_o to_o baptism_n the_o foundation_n thereof_o among_o the_o jew_n visible_o belong_v to_o infant_n but_o it_o be_v still_o possible_a that_o this_o may_v be_v change_v in_o christ_n institution_n it_o be_v not_o now_o imaginable_a what_o way_n shall_v be_v open_a to_o we_o of_o this_o age_n 1600_o year_n after_o those_o time_n to_o discern_v christ_n institution_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o by_o the_o word_n or_o action_n of_o or_o some_o kind_n of_o intimation_n from_o the_o apostle_n how_o they_o understand_v christ_n institution_n of_o this_o one_o place_n we_o have_v 1_o cor._n 7._o which_o come_v in_o incidental_o speak_v to_o another_o 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2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o we_o affirm_v of_o this_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o our_o divine_a officer_n of_o the_o church_n be_v instruct_v by_o divine_a tradition_n have_v bring_v down_o unto_o we_o and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o divine_a guide_n i._n e._n the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v maximus_n consider_v this_o appoint_v that_o infant_n shall_v thus_o be_v admit_v according_a to_o the_o sacred_a manner_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o clear_a than_o that_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v by_o this_o ancient_a and_o elegant_a writer_n vouch_v for_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n as_o a_o sufficient_a account_n of_o that_o matter_n against_o the_o reproach_n and_o scoff_n of_o profane_a or_o heathen_a man_n who_o deem_v it_o unreasonable_a and_o so_o there_o be_v a_o most_o convince_a testimony_n for_o that_o time_n wherein_o that_o author_n write_v which_o must_v needs_o be_v in_o the_o four_o century_n before_o theodorus_n presbyter_n debate_v the_o question_n concern_v he_o but_o most_o probable_o more_o ancient_a and_o so_o to_o be_v place_v in_o this_o three_o age_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o this_o three_o age_n an._n chr._n 248._o be_v s._n cyprian_n make_v bishop_n of_o carthage_n and_o ten_o year_n after_o he_o suffer_v martyrdom_n i._n e._n 158_o year_n after_o the_o age_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o year_n 257_o he_o sit_v in_o council_n with_o 66_o bishop_n see_v justellus_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o african_a canon_n p._n 21._o and_o their_o decree_n by_o way_n of_o synodical_a epistle_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o his_o ep._n 58._o ad_fw-la fidum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la which_o be_v now_o among_o his_o work_n pamel_n edit_fw-la p._n 80._o the_o council_n be_v in_o answer_n to_o some_o question_n about_o baptism_n and_o according_o he_o there_o set_v down_o his_o own_o opinion_n together_o with_o the_o decree_n of_o that_o council_n of_o 66_o bishop_n which_o be_v assemble_v with_o he_o and_o so_o this_o as_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a so_o it_o be_v more_o than_o a_o single_a testimony_n that_o of_o a_o whole_a council_n add_v to_o it_o and_o yet_o far_o to_o increase_v the_o authority_n of_o it_o s._n augustine_n cite_v this_o epistle_n 3._o more_o than_o once_o and_o set_v it_o down_o almost_o entire_a as_o a_o testimony_n of_o great_a weight_n against_o heretic_n and_o so_o it_o be_v cite_v by_o s._n hierome_n also_o l._n 3._o dial_n contr_n pelag._n in_o this_o epistle_n the_o question_n be_v propose_v by_o fidus_n whether_o infant_n may_v be_v baptize_v the_o 2_o or_o 3_o day_n or_o whither_o as_o in_o circumcision_n the_o 8_o day_n be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v he_o answer_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o council_n vniversi_fw-la judicavimus_fw-la it_o be_v the_o resolution_n or_o sentence_n of_o all_o nulli_fw-la hominum_fw-la nato_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o gratiam_fw-la denegandam_fw-la that_o the_o mercy_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v to_o any_o humane_a birth_n to_o my_o child_n though_o never_o so_o young_a by_o that_o phrase_n mercy_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n evident_o mean_v baptism_n the_o rite_n of_o convey_v they_o to_o the_o baptize_v add_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o this_o grace_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o baptize_v pro_fw-la atate_fw-la accipientium_fw-la vel_fw-la minor_fw-la vel_fw-la major_a tribuitur_fw-la be_v give_v to_o they_o in_o a_o great_a or_o less_o degree_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o age_n of_o the_o receiver_n and_o that_o god_n as_o he_o accept_v not_o the_o person_n so_o nor_o the_o age_n of_o any_o confirm_v this_o by_o the_o word_n of_o s._n peter_n act._n 10._o that_o none_o be_v to_o be_v call_v common_a or_o unclean_a and_o that_o if_o any_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v from_o baptism_n it_o shall_v rather_o be_v those_o of_o full_a age_n who_o have_v commit_v the_o great_a sin_n and_o that_o see_v those_o when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o faith_n be_v not_o 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one_o singular_a opinion_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o baptism_n appear_v also_o both_o by_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o whole_a council_n that_o convene_v with_o he_o and_o by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o saint_n augustine_n ep._n 28._o ad_fw-la hieronym_n beatus_fw-la cyprianus_n non_fw-la aliquod_fw-la decretum_fw-la condens_fw-la novum_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidem_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la servans_fw-la mox_fw-la natum_fw-la rite_n baptizari_fw-la posse_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la coepiscopis_fw-la censuit_fw-la bless_v cyprian_a say_v he_o not_o make_v any_o new_a decree_n but_o keep_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n most_o firm_a decree_v with_o a_o set_a number_n of_o his_o fellow_n bishop_n that_o a_o child_n newborn_a may_v fit_o be_v baptize_v which_o show_v it_o the_o resolution_n of_o that_o father_n also_o that_o baptise_v of_o infant_n be_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n before_o cyprian_n time_n not_o only_o the_o opinion_n but_o the_o faith_n which_o give_v it_o the_o authority_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n in_o the_o next_o or_o four_o century_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 370._o flourish_v gregory_n nazianzen_n and_o die_v in_o the_o year_n 389._o who_o though_o he_o be_v by_o mr._n t._n affirm_v to_o dissuade_v from_o it_o but_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n by_o reason_n of_o apparent_a danger_n of_o death_n 339._o will_v yet_o give_v a_o evident_a testimony_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o that_o age_n in_o this_o matter_n in_o the_o 648._o 4_o oration_n write_v on_o this_o subject_n of_o baptism_n have_v go_v through_o all_o the_o age_n of_o man_n to_o demonstrate_v a_o proposition_n premise_v by_o he_o d._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o belong_v to_o every_o age_n and_o sort_n of_o life_n he_o at_o length_n come_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o infancy_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o thou_o have_v a_o infant_n let_v not_o iniquity_n get_v time_n observe_v let_v it_o be_v sanctify_v certain_o baptize_v in_o infancy_n let_v it_o in_o the_o tender_a age_n be_v consecrate_v to_o god_n spirit_n and_o whereas_o the_o heathen_n use_v amulet_n and_o charm_n to_o secure_v their_o child_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v you_o give_v it_o the_o trinity_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o baptism_n that_o great_a and_o good_a phylacterie_n or_o preservative_n a_o plain_a testimony_n of_o the_o church_n doctrine_n at_o that_o time_n afterward_o in_o the_o a._n same_o oration_n he_o return_v to_o this_o matter_n again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o say_v he_o will_v you_o say_v concern_v those_o that_o be_v yet_o child_n and_o neither_o know_v the_o loss_n nor_o be_v sensible_a of_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n shall_v we_o also_o baptize_v they_o and_o his_o answer_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yes_o by_o all_o mean_n if_o any_o danger_n press_v it_o be_v