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article_n 25_o he_o make_v this_o one_o of_o the_o proposition_n coutch_v in_o that_o article_n all_o which_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n receive_v not_o there_o with_o all_o the_o thing_n signify_v by_o the_o sacrament_n percipiunt_fw-la sacrament_n propos_fw-fr 11._o he_o that_o shall_v hold_v otherwise_o do_v in_o effect_n bring_v in_o opus_fw-la operatum_fw-la again_o for_o although_o he_o will_v say_v that_o grace_n be_v give_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o institution_n yet_o he_o also_o say_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o institution_n every_o infant_n outward_o baptize_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o inward_a grace_n why_o so_o because_o baptize_v forsooth_o now_o no_o pp._n will_v say_v that_o baptism_n can_v confer_v grace_n if_o it_o be_v not_o by_o virtue_n of_o divine_a institution_n for_o there_o be_v none_o of_o they_o so_o absurd_a as_o to_o say_v that_o the_o outward_a sign_n of_o themselves_o natural_o without_o respect_n to_o the_o institution_n do_v confer_v grace_n this_o opinion_n therefore_o for_o substance_n be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o that_o of_o the_o papist_n only_o they_o have_v put_v on_o other_o clothes_n upon_o it_o it_o be_v as_o much_o â—luâ—sh_a as_o the_o other_o only_o it_o have_v get_v on_o a_o lamb_n skin_n therefore_o dr_n whitaâ—â—r_n disclaim_v it_o in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr sacram._n in_o genere_fw-la quaest_n 4_o cap_z 1._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la ne_fw-la parvulis_fw-la quidem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la conferri_fw-la à _fw-la sacramentis_fw-la affirmamus_fw-la ut_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la habere_fw-la gratiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la and_o before_o in_o explication_n of_o the_o three_o proposition_n he_o say_v in_o some_o the_o sacrament_n do_v effectual_o work_v in_o process_n of_o time_n by_o the_o help_n of_o god_n word_n read_v or_o preach_v which_o engender_v faith_n such_o be_v the_o estate_n principal_o of_o infant_n elect_v unto_o life_n and_o salvation_n and_o increase_n in_o year_n and_o upon_o art_n 28._o prop._n 4._o the_o life_n spiritual_a be_v peculiar_a to_o god_n elect_v mr_n hooker_n deliver_v as_o much_o for_o have_v say_v that_o infant_n receive_v the_o divine_a virtue_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o baptism_n which_o give_v to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o soul_n their_o first_o disposition_n towards_o future_a newness_n of_o life_n afterward_o add_v predestination_n bring_v not_o to_o life_n without_o the_o grace_n of_o external_a vocation_n wherein_o our_o baptism_n be_v imply_v for_o as_o we_o be_v not_o natural_o man_n without_o birth_n so_o neither_o be_v we_o christian_a man_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o by_o new_a birth_n nor_o according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a manifest_a course_n of_o divine_a dispensation_n new_o bear_v but_o by_o that_o baptism_n which_o both_o declare_v and_o make_v we_o christian_n in_o which_o respect_n we_o just_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v the_o door_n of_o our_o actual_a entrance_n into_o god_n house_n the_o first_o apparent_a beginning_n of_o life_n a_o seal_n perhaps_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o election_n before_o receive_v but_o to_o our_o sanctification_n here_o a_o step_n that_o have_v not_o any_o before_o it_o 316._o it_o lib._n 5._o sect._n 60_o pag_n 316._o some_o it_o may_v be_v will_v cavil_n at_o the_o word_n perhaps_o and_o say_v that_o he_o make_v it_o but_o a_o perhaps_o that_o man_n receive_v baptism_n as_o a_o seal_n of_o election_n but_o before_o they_o do_v so_o let_v they_o due_o weigh_v the_o place_n and_o they_o shall_v find_v that_o he_o make_v not_o perhaps_o of_o this_o that_o such_o as_o partake_v of_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n be_v elect_v but_o only_o of_o this_o that_o they_o do_v perhaps_o receive_v baptism_n as_o a_o seal_n of_o grace_n of_o election_n before_o bestow_v on_o they_o for_o he_o be_v deal_v with_o
saâ—guinem_fw-la christi_fw-la infantibus_fw-la ibid._n and_o lest_o any_o shall_v take_v he_o to_o mean_v only_o a_o outward_a admission_n he_o afterward_o add_v the_o external_a mean_n be_v the_o word_n and_o water_n administer_v by_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n the_o effectual_a mean_n on_o his_o part_n that_o be_v cleanse_v be_v faith_n in_o one_o of_o year_n at_o least_o the_o spirit_n of_o faith_n as_o in_o infant_n for_o to_o they_o the_o spirit_n apply_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n 3_o that_o renown_a frenchman_n daniel_n chameir_n will_z ling_o yield_v that_o elect_a infant_n may_v be_v in_o some_o sense_n term_v faithful_a but_o how_o not_o actual_a believer_n but_o only_o potential_a because_o no_o man_n believe_v actual_o but_o he_o that_o be_v capable_a of_o discourse_n 28._o discourse_n quomodo_fw-la inquam_fw-la fideles_fw-la actu_fw-la ne_o a_o potentia_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la actu_fw-la negatur_fw-la quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la credit_n nisi_fw-la compos_fw-la rationis_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 10._o parag_n 28._o 4_o doctor_n ames_n be_v to_o prove_v against_o the_o anabaptist_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o baptise_v infant_n of_o 5_o argument_n he_o reserve_v this_o to_o the_o last_o place_n as_o if_o he_o set_v most_o by_o it_o in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o regeneration_n whereof_o baptism_n be_v the_o seal_n a_o man_n be_v mere_o passive_a and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v to_o be_v either_o circumcise_a or_o baptize_v no_o external_a act_n be_v require_v as_o in_o other_o sacrament_n there_o be_v but_o only_o a_o capacity_n passive_a to_o receive_v infant_n therefore_o be_v as_o capable_a of_o this_o sacrament_n in_o respect_n even_o of_o the_o chief_a use_v thereof_o as_o man_n of_o year_n themselves_o 13._o themselves_o quia_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la initio_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la cvius_fw-la sigillum_fw-la est_fw-la baptismus_fw-la homo_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la merè_fw-la possive_a unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la hominis_fw-la vel_fw-la circumcidendi_fw-la vel_fw-la baptizâ—ndi_fw-la nulla_fw-la actio_fw-la externa_fw-la requiritur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la receptio_fw-la passive_a infant_n igitur_fw-la sunt_fw-la aequè_fw-la capaces_fw-la huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la respectu_fw-la praecipui_fw-la eius_fw-la usus_fw-la atque_fw-la adulti_fw-la medulla_n theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 40._o thes_n 13._o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o that_o sacrament_n can_v be_v attain_v by_o infant_n without_o faith_n actual_a in_o they_o when_o as_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o inward_a grace_n thereof_o be_v the_o spirit_n the_o worker_n of_o faith_n now_o no_o man_n well_o in_o his_o wit_n will_v say_v that_o no_o person_n can_v first_o receive_v the_o spirit_n but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o actual_a faith_n for_o how_o shall_v he_o have_v faith_n without_o the_o spirit_n to_o work_v it_o in_o he_o 23._o he_o spiritus_fw-la autem_fw-la communicari_fw-la dicitur_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la fides_fw-la antecèdit_fw-la omnem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la operationem_fw-la ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la imperiti_fw-la colligunt_fw-la nam_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la prima_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la &_o conuersio_fw-la aperte_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la joh._n 3.5.6.8_o genitus_fw-la ex_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la soli_fw-la credentes_fw-la postquam_fw-la iam_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la operationem_fw-la illam_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la qua_fw-la obsignantur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la arrha_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la futurae_fw-la ephes_n 1.13.14_o &_o 4.30_o gal._n 3.14_o the_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v communicate_v to_o the_o faithful_a not_o because_o faith_n go_v before_o all_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o some_o ignorant_a man_n do_v collect_v for_o the_o very_a first_o regeneration_n and_o conversion_n be_v plain_o attribute_v by_o christ_n unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n john_n 3.5.6.8_o except_o a_o man_n be_v beget_v of_o the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n but_o therefore_o the_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v communicate_v to_o they_o because_o only_a believer_n after_o they_o have_v believe_v do_v receive_v that_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n whereby_o they_o be_v seal_v as_o with_o the_o earnest_n of_o the_o inheritance_n to_o come_v d._n ames_n medulla_n theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 28._o the_o adopt_v thes_n 23._o he_o must_v therefore_o first_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o faith_n to_o beget_v faith_n in_o he_o which_o spirit_n then_o he_o may_v receive_v in_o baptism_n without_o actual_a faith_n to_o take_v he_o in_o these_o new_a lingles_n in_o divinity_n against_o the_o current_n of_o all_o judicious_a divine_n be_v most_o intolerable_a and_o good_a for_o nothing_o that_o i_o know_v but_o to_o breed_v quarrel_n to_o work_v distraction_n to_o increase_v doubt_n to_o make_v all_o thing_n uncertain_a and_o to_o bring_v in_o atheism_n i_o never_o yet_o see_v that_o divine_a of_o note_n in_o the_o church_n that_o ever_o dare_v to_o say_v &_o stand_v to_o it_o that_o any_o infant_n though_o die_v in_o infancy_n be_v of_o necessity_n actual_o to_o believe_v or_o else_o they_o can_v not_o be_v unite_v unto_o christ_n so_o as_o to_o be_v save_v nor_o yet_o that_o no_o man_n can_v ordinary_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n in_o baptism_n or_o at_o any_o other_o time_n till_o by_o faith_n he_o lay_v hold_v upon_o he_o and_o so_o receive_v he_o into_o his_o heart_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n 5_o that_o reverend_a bishop_n dr_n davenant_n in_o his_o elaborate_a and_o solid_a lecture_n upon_o st_n paul_n epist_n to_o the_o collossian_o answer_v that_o objection_n so_o much_o bawl_v by_o the_o anabaptist_n one_o of_o the_o most_o ignorant_a sect_n in_o amsterdame_v viz_o that_o baptism_n have_v mortification_n etc._n etc._n annex_v to_o it_o whereof_o infant_n be_v not_o capable_a because_o destitute_a of_o knowledge_n and_o faith_n to_o apprehend_v it_o and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v baptize_v thus_o say_v if_o they_o speak_v of_o actual_a faith_n and_o of_o the_o actual_a study_n and_o profession_n of_o mortification_n and_o vivification_n thosâ—_n scripture_n which_o require_v these_o in_o person_n to_o be_v baptize_v be_v to_o be_v restrain_v to_o those_o of_o year_n touch_v infant_n because_o they_o be_v sinner_n not_o actual_a by_o any_o proper_a act_n of_o their_o own_o but_o by_o a_o hereditary_a habit_n it_o suffice_v they_o to_o have_v faith_n not_o actual_o exercise_v itself_o but_o include_v in_o the_o habitual_a principle_n of_o grace_n and_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n can_v work_v this_o habitual_a principle_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o and_o use_v so_o to_o do_v none_o but_o a_o crack_a brain_n will_v deny_v negaverit_fw-la deny_v si_fw-mi lâ—quantur_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la actuali_fw-la de_fw-la actuali_fw-la study_v &_o professione_n mortificationis_fw-la &_o vivificationis_fw-la illa_fw-la scripturae_fw-la loca_fw-la quae_fw-la â—aec_fw-la requirunt_fw-la ni_fw-fr baptizatis_fw-la ad_fw-la adultos_fw-la esse_fw-la restringenda_fw-la dicimus_fw-la ad_fw-la infant_n autem_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatores_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la proprio_fw-la actu_fw-la sed_fw-la haereditario_fw-la habitu_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quod_fw-la peccaâ—i_fw-la mortificationem_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la non_fw-la proprio_fw-la actu_fw-la â—ese_n exerentem_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o habituali_fw-la principio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la iâ—clusám_fw-la spiritum_fw-la autem_fw-la christi_fw-la principium_fw-la hoc_fw-la habituale_fw-la gratiae_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la efficere_fw-la posse_fw-la &_o solere_fw-la nemo_fw-la sanus_fw-la negaverit_fw-la 6_o the_o author_n of_o the_o comment_n on_o tit_n answer_v a_o objection_n which_o some_o may_v make_v against_o that_o resolution_n of_o the_o question_n touch_v 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that_o elect_a infant_n do_v receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n in_o baptism_n and_o by_o