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because_o of_o the_o correspondency_n and_o unity_n that_o be_v between_o the_o french_a christian_n after_o call_v the_o waldenses_n and_o they_o viz._n germanus_n and_o lupus_n answ_n what_o abundance_n of_o untruth_n will_v one_o man_n head_n hold_v 1._o he_o will_v make_v the_o ignorant_a believe_v that_o the_o french_a church_n that_o send_v over_o germanus_n and_o lupus_n be_v such_o as_o after_o be_v call_v waldenses_n when_o yet_o before_o he_o cit_v perin_n say_v that_o the_o waldenses_n be_v the_o offspring_n of_o the_o novatian_o banish_v from_o rome_n beda_n hist_o eccl._n lib._n 1._o c._n 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o tell_v we_o brief_o that_o the_o britain_n be_v infect_v with_o pelagianism_n by_o agricola_n the_o son_n of_o severianus_n a_o pelagian_a bishop_n send_v to_o france_n for_o help_v as_o be_v unable_a themselves_o to_o dispute_v the_o case_n the_o bishop_n of_o france_n in_o a_o great_a synod_n agree_v to_o send_v germanus_n bishop_n of_o altissiodore_n and_o lupus_n bishop_n of_o trecasse_n brother_n to_o vincentius_n lerinensis_n prosper_v in_o his_o chronicle_n tell_v we_o that_o germanus_n be_v send_v by_o pope_n celestine_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o palladius_n a_o deacon_n usher_n recite_v and_o reject_v not_o baronius_n his_o conciliation_n that_o it_o be_v do_v by_o the_o pope_n and_o french_a bishop_n germanus_n and_o lupus_n come_v over_o and_o work_v miracle_n by_o the_o way_n and_o here_o germanus_n carry_v a_o box_n with_o he_o of_o the_o relic_n of_o all_o the_o apostle_n and_o many_o martyr_n beda_n c._n 18._o this_o he_o lay_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o blind_a maid_n and_o cure_v she_o sud_o which_o confound_v the_o pelagian_n these_o relic_n he_o bury_v in_o st._n alban_n sepulchre_n and_o instead_o of_o they_o take_v with_o he_o some_o of_o the_o dust_n where_o st._n alban_n blood_n have_v be_v shed_v which_o remain_v red_a till_o then_o and_o after_o
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one_o of_o benedictus_n spinosa_n in_o his_o late_a pestilent_a tractatus_fw-la theologico-politicus_a i_o think_v i_o have_v plain_a proof_n that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o man_n be_v not_o move_v in_o it_o and_o all_o his_o act_n as_o a_o engine_n by_o unavoidable_a necessitation_n but_o i_o despair_v that_o ten_o year_n study_n more_o shall_v enable_v this_o writer_n clear_o to_o solve_v the_o objection_n of_o hobbes_n or_o camero_n about_o it_o in_o a_o word_n though_o we_o have_v plain_a proof_n that_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n i_o shall_v be_v loath_a that_o the_o faith_n of_o this_o nation_n shall_v lie_v upon_o the_o success_n of_o a_o dispute_n about_o it_o between_o a_o crafty_a infidel_n and_o this_o self-conceited_a man_n §_o 21._o and_o why_o shall_v my_o impartiality_n in_o acknowledge_v the_o church_n liberty_n as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o baptism_n at_o first_o be_v so_o unkind_o receive_v i_o mean_v not_o nor_o say_v that_o christ_n have_v leave_v it_o indifferent_a and_o to_o their_o liberty_n but_o that_o they_o leave_v one_o another_o at_o liberty_n herein_o because_o 1._o the_o first_o and_o great_a work_n be_v in_o settle_v the_o church_n by_o convert_v jew_n and_o gentile_n to_o the_o faith_n and_o the_o adult_n who_o be_v the_o active_a member_n be_v they_o that_o the_o apostle_n have_v most_o to_o do_v with_o and_o therefore_o who_o case_n be_v express_o speak_v of_o 2._o because_o it_o be_v a_o know_a thing_n that_o the_o infant_n of_o church-member_n have_v ever_o be_v church-member_n and_o be_v in_o possession_n of_o that_o relation_n when_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n set_v up_o baptism_n 3._o and_o it_o be_v a_o grant_v case_n that_o all_o sanctify_a person_n devote_v themselves_o and_o all_o that_o they_o have_v to_o god_n and_o every_o thing_n according_a to_o its_o capacity_n and_o therefore_o their_o infant_n according_a to_o their_o capacity_n which_o god_n himself_o have_v before_o expound_v 4._o and_o it_o be_v never_o the_o meaning_n of_o christ_n to_o lay_v so_o much_o on_o the_o outward_a wash_n as_o many_o papist_n and_o anabaptist_n do_v but_o as_o the_o uncircumcised_a infant_n in_o the_o wilderness_n be_v nevertheless_o church-member_n and_o save_v so_o when_o infant_n be_v in_o the_o covenant_n of_o god_n by_o the_o parent_n true_a and_o know_a consent_n their_o damnation_n be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v upon_o their_o die_v unbaptise_v by_o surprise_n 5._o but_o yet_o obedience_n to_o god_n be_v necessary_a many_o parent_n hasten_v their_o child_n baptism_n at_o two_o or_o three_o day_n old_a other_o staid_a till_o the_o eight_o day_n other_o longer_z and_o multitude_n have_v child_n that_o be_v in_o several_a degree_n enter_v on_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n when_o the_o parent_n be_v convert_v and_o it_o remain_v doubtful_a whether_o they_o be_v as_o to_o the_o covenant_n at_o their_o parent_n choice_n or_o their_o own_o and_o to_o this_o day_n there_o want_v not_o those_o that_o think_v that_o baptism_n be_v not_o institute_v to_o be_v the_o ordinary_a initiate_a sacrament_n of_o the_o child_n of_o church-member_n but_o only_o of_o proselyte_n and_o that_o christian_n infant_n take_v their_o place_n in_o the_o church_n of_o course_n but_o proselyte_n from_o without_o only_o be_v to_o be_v baptise_a though_o this_o be_v a_o error_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o there_o be_v some_o then_o as_o well_o as_o now_o of_o that_o opinion_n but_o nothing_o more_o occasion_v as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v find_v the_o delay_n of_o baptism_n than_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o danger_n of_o sin_v after_o it_o especial_o of_o apostasy_n all_o hold_v that_o all_o sin_n past_o be_v pardon_v in_o baptism_n and_o heb._n 6._o and_o 10._o and_o other_o text_n and_o the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n make_v they_o think_v it_o a_o very_a perilous_a thing_n to_o sin_n wilful_o after_o illumination_n and_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o therefore_o abundance_n delay_v their_o own_o baptism_n till_o age_n and_o many_o be_v backward_o to_o baptise_v their_o child_n lest_o childish_a folly_n and_o youthful_a lust_n and_o worldly_a temptation_n shall_v draw_v they_o to_o trample_v upon_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o on_o such_o account_n all_o be_v not_o baptise_a at_o one_o age_n and_o divers_a that_o be_v baptise_a at_o age_n upon_o their_o own_o conversion_n from_o heathenism_n be_v not_o sudden_o so_o know_v as_o to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o all_o the_o case_n about_o their_o child_n right_n but_o must_v have_v a_o considerable_a time_n to_o learn_v for_o it_o be_v be_v it_o speak_v without_o offence_n to_o strict_a man_n a_o general_n and_o narrow_a sort_n of_o knowledge_n which_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o primitive_a church_n require_v in_o the_o adult_n as_o necessary_a to_o baptism_n yea_o when_o they_o have_v at_o last_o keep_v they_o long_o under_o catechise_v for_o even_o in_o augustine_n time_n though_o all_o use_v the_o same_o word_n of_o baptism_n so_o few_o have_v a_o clear_a understanding_n of_o the_o very_a baptismal_a form_n or_o word_n that_o write_v ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la de_fw-la bapt_v contr_n donat._n he_o say_v that_o as_o to_o the_o mean_v of_o those_o word_n not_o only_o the_o heretic_n sed_fw-la ipsi_fw-la carnales_fw-la parvuli_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la si_fw-la possent_fw-la singuli_fw-la diligenter_fw-la interrogari_fw-la tot_fw-la diversitates_fw-la opinionum_fw-la fortassis_fw-la quot_fw-la homines_fw-la numerarentur_fw-la animalis_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la percipit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anon_o tamen_fw-la ideo_fw-la non_fw-la integrum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la §_o 22._o there_o remain_v a_o catalogue_n of_o my_o heinous_a error_n which_o he_o have_v put_v in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o first_o edition_n and_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o and_o which_o he_o and_o such_o as_o he_o have_v teach_v many_o honest_a weak_a people_n in_o 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