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be_v in_o covenant_n then_o and_o not_o now_o grace_n will_v be_v large_a under_o the_o law_n than_o under_o the_o gospel_n three_o there_o will_v be_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o child_n of_o a_o christian_a and_o of_o a_o pagan_a but_o all_o the_o infant_n of_o christian_n will_v be_v as_o vile_a as_o the_o child_n of_o turk_n tartar_n or_o cannibal_n four_o they_o will_v be_v without_o god_n without_o christ_n without_o hope_n in_o the_o world_n not_o the_o child_n of_o god_n but_o of_o the_o devil_n will_v all_o be_v damn_v for_o out_o of_o covenant_n and_o visible_a church_n ordinary_o there_o be_v no_o salvation_n 10._o arg._n last_o that_o which_o have_v continue_v since_o the_o apostle_n time_n with_o bless_a success_n must_v needs_o be_v lawful_a but_o infant-baptism_n have_v continue_v with_o bless_a success_n since_o the_o apostle_n time_n therefore_o infant-baptism_n be_v lawful_a we_o will_v begin_v with_o the_o first_o centurie_n or_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n who_o the_o apostle_n convert_v at_o athens_n say_v holy_a man_n have_v receive_v a_o tradition_n from_o the_o father_n that_o be_v the_o apostle_n to_o baptise_v infant_n clemens_n who_o be_v record_v by_o some_o of_o the_o ancients_n to_o succeed_v peter_n in_o his_o ministry_n at_o rome_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baptzie_n your_o infant_n irenaeus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o second_o century_n say_v christus_fw-la pro_fw-la parvulis_fw-la parvulus_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la christ_n become_v a_o little_a one_o for_o little_a one_o sake_n that_o little_a one_o may_v be_v receive_v into_o covenant_n origen_n that_o live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o three_o century_n say_v the_o church_n receive_v a_o tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n to_o baptise_v infant_n and_o give_v a_o reason_n because_o they_o be_v bear_v in_o impurity_n of_o sin_n nay_o pelagius_n a_o great_a scholar_n who_o live_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o century_n though_o he_o deny_v original_a sin_n yet_o confess_v infant-baptism_n for_o when_o they_o press_v he_o with_o this_o argument_n if_o infant_n have_v not_o original_a sin_n what_o need_v they_o baptism_n he_o answer_v that_o christ_n appoint_v and_o the_o church_n practise_v infant-baptism_n not_o to_o purge_v sin_n bypass_a but_o to_o prevent_v it_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v cyprian_n in_o the_o four_o century_n confirm_v it_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o fidus_n and_o give_v a_o account_n of_o a_o council_n of_o sixty_o six_o bishop_n that_o decree_v that_o infant_n shall_v be_v baptise_a ambrose_n say_v because_o every_o age_n be_v liable_a to_o sin_n therefore_o every_o age_n be_v fit_a for_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n nazianzene_n say_v it_o be_v better_a to_o seal_v infant_n with_o baptism_n though_o they_o know_v it_o not_o than_o to_o leave_v they_o unseal_v austin_n be_v conceive_v to_o go_v too_o far_o who_o deny_v possibility_n of_o salvation_n to_o they_o that_o die_v unbaptised_n press_v that_o place_n john_n 3._o 5._o except_o a_o man_n be_v bear_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 the_o millevitan_a council_n in_o the_o five_o century_n decree_v that_o whosoever_o shall_v deny_v that_o infant_n even_o take_v from_o their_o mother_n womb_n may_v not_o be_v baptise_a shall_v be_v accurse_v all_o church_n all_o age_n since_o agree_v in_o this_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n of_o all_o reform_a church_n the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o apology_n the_o old_a catechism_n the_o twenty_o seven_o article_n the_o directory_n the_o great_a and_o lesser_a catechism_n compose_v by_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n the_o late_a parliament_n by_o a_o further_a declaration_n all_o confirm_v it_o the_o canon_n of_o our_o church_n do_v not_o only_o in_o former_a time_n declare_v but_o the_o law_n of_o our_o land_n do_v punish_v anabaptist_n as_o heretic_n mr._n fox_n in_o his_o act_n and_o monument_n approve_v of_o the_o albigenses_n waldenses_n wickliffist_n lollard_n poor_a man_n of_o lion_n brownist_n barrowist_n as_o member_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n but_o whole_o exclude_v the_o anabaptist_n as_o err_v fundamental_o i_o will_v say_v no_o more_o for_o confirmation_n of_o this_o polemicall_a discourse_n but_o wind_v up_o all_o with_o a_o word_n of_o exhortation_n i_o beseech_v you_o brethren_z consider_v what_o a_o dangerous_a error_n this_o be_v that_o rob_v the_o scripture_n of_o its_o truth_n infant_n of_o their_o right_n parent_n of_o their_o comfort_n the_o church_n of_o its_o member_n christ_n of_o his_o merit_n god_n of_o his_o glory_n that_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o many_o other_o error_n hence_o spring_v the_o ranter_n socinian_n antitrinitarian_n shakers_n leveller_n they_o that_o be_v above_o ordinance_n antiscripturian_o a_o error_n that_o god_n have_v express_v many_o signal_n judgement_n against_o as_o sleiden_n and_o gastius_n in_o germany_n and_o some_o of_o our_o worthy_n in_o england_n have_v declare_v as_o reverend_a mr._n cotton_n tell_v one_o of_o his_o apostated_a flock_n that_o have_v his_o house_n burn_v and_o his_o child_n in_o it_o no_o wonder_n that_o fire_n seize_v upon_o his_o house_n and_o god_n deny_v water_n to_o quench_v it_o who_o deny_v that_o water_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o baptise_v his_o infant_n second_o consider_v that_o much_o benefit_n redound_v both_o to_o parent_n and_o child_n by_o infant-baptism_n first_o much_o comfort_n come_v hereby_o to_o the_o parent_n when_o they_o consider_v god_n free_a grace_n to_o they_o and_o they_o that_o he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o be_v call_v their_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o their_o seed_n after_o they_o hebr._n 11._o 16._o second_o much_o benefit_n come_v to_o infant_n by_o baptism_n which_o the_o devil_n know_v well_o when_o he_o cause_v witch_n to_o renounce_v their_o baptism_n when_o they_o enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o he_o for_o they_o be_v thereby_o addmit_v into_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o church_n devote_a and_o consecrate_v unto_o god_n his_o name_n be_v put_v upon_o they_o they_o wear_v his_o royal_a badge_n and_o by_o it_o they_o be_v distinguish_v from_o heathen_n and_o this_o be_v so_o clear_a from_o scripture_n true_o and_o spiritual_o understand_v that_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o it_o now_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n and_o truth_n by_o his_o spirit_n lead_v we_o into_o all_o truth_n keep_v we_o pure_a and_o unspotted_a in_o this_o hour_n of_o england_n temptation_n and_o trial_n keep_v we_o faithful_a to_o the_o death_n that_o so_o we_o may_v receive_v a_o crown_n of_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o arraignment_n and_o conviction_n of_o anabaptism_n the_o first_o part._n mr._n tomb_n 1_o section_n a_o plea_n for_o antipaedobaptists_a against_o the_o vanity_n and_o falsehood_n of_o scribble_v paper_n entitle_v the_o anabaptist_n anatomize_v and_o silence_v in_o a_o public_a dispute_n at_o abergaveny_n in_o monmothshire_n sept._n 5._o 165â—_n betwixt_o john_n tomb_n john_n cragge_n and_o henry_n vaughan_n touch_v infant-baptism_n by_o john_n tomb_n b._n d._n job_n 11._o 2_o 3._o shall_v not_o the_o multitude_n of_o word_n be_v answer_v and_o shall_v a_o man_n full_a of_o talk_n be_v justify_v shall_v thy_o lie_n or_o device_n make_v man_n hold_v their_o peace_n and_o when_o thou_o mock_v shall_v no_o man_n make_v thou_o ashamed_a to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o sir_n john_n oldcastle_n in_o py-corner_n reply_n a_o plea_n for_o antipaedobaptists_a and_o why_o do_v mr_n tomb_n intend_v to_o commence_v a_o suit_n against_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o to_o overthrow_v the_o divine_a institution_n of_o infant-baptism_n with_o the_o antiquity_n universality_n and_o succession_n thereof_o let_v he_o first_o consider_v whether_o his_o action_n will_v hold_v plea_n and_o whether_o there_o may_v not_o be_v
12._o some_o descend_v some_o ascend_v up_o the_o scale_n of_o primitive_a practice_n till_o they_o lose_v it_o into_o apostolical_a use_n and_o divine_a institution_n to_o pass_v by_o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n contemporanian_n with_o the_o apostle_n clemens_n the_o author_n of_o the_o question_n ad_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la justin_n martyr_n who_o flourish_v 150._o year_n after_o christ_n nativity_n 48_o year_n after_o st._n john_n irenâ—us_o that_o live_v in_o 180._o origen_n in_o the_o year_n 230._o nizianzâ—n_n 280._o cyprian_a and_o a_o council_n of_o sixty_o six_o bishop_n 260_o augustine_n who_o flourish_v 405_o do_v all_o harmonious_o avouch_v the_o universal_a practice_n of_o infant-baptism_n of_o who_o augustine_n be_v the_o mouth_n the_o church_n say_v he_o always_o have_v it_o always_o kepâ—_n it_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o ancestor_n keep_v it_o persevere_o unto_o the_o end_n to_o which_o i_o will_v only_o add_v that_o of_o pelagius_n which_o be_v unanswerable_a a_o man_n who_o live_v but_o 400_o year_n after_o christ_n a_o great_a scholar_n of_o eminent_a part_n that_o travel_v over_o europe_n asia_n and_o afâ—ice_n whereby_o he_o gain_v great_a experience_n know_v the_o custom_n of_o most_o place_n among_o many_o other_o dangerous_a opinion_n he_o maintain_v that_o infant_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v without_o original_a sin_n which_o come_v unto_o they_o when_o grow_v in_o year_n not_o from_o a_o inward_a principle_n of_o corruption_n but_o from_o their_o imitation_n of_o outward_a ill_a example_n present_v unto_o they_o s._n austin_n confute_v this_o by_o a_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n to_o baptize_v infant_n and_o that_o express_o in_o his_o 150._o epistle_n unto_o sixtus_n in_o the_o 18_o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n of_o marriage_n and_o concupiscence_n in_o his_o four_o book_n to_o bonifacius_n in_o his_o book_n against_o julian_n one_o of_o pelagius_n his_o scholar_n to_o wave_v many_o more_o instance_n that_o may_v be_v produce_v the_o argument_n in_o form_n be_v this_o those_o who_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v baptize_v in_o all_o age_n have_v original_a sin_n but_o infant_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v baptize_v in_o all_o age_n therefore_o infant_n have_v original_a sin_n if_o there_o have_v be_v the_o least_o colour_n that_o he_o can_v without_o shameless_a impudency_n have_v deny_v the_o minor_a he_o may_v have_v say_v i_o have_v be_v a_o traveller_n and_o have_v converse_v with_o the_o most_o church_n in_o christendom_n have_v read_v over_o the_o annal_n history_n and_o antiquity_n of_o these_o four_o hundred_o year_n since_o christ_n as_o doubtless_o he_o have_v and_o i_o find_v the_o custom_n have_v not_o be_v universal_a nor_o the_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n but_o he_o avouch_v nothing_o of_o this_o as_o know_v it_o be_v such_o a_o notorious_a untruth_n as_o will_v render_v his_o other_o tenet_n ignominious_a but_o endeavour_v to_o evade_v augustine_n argument_n by_o this_o device_n namely_o by_o plead_v that_o baptism_n be_v administer_v to_o infant_n not_o to_o wash_v away_o their_o original_a sin_n but_o to_o bring_v they_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n this_o master_n tomb_n confess_v but_o his_o fig_n leave_v to_o cover_v the_o shame_n of_o it_o be_v most_o pitiful_a that_o the_o pelagian_o do_v grant_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n because_o they_o dare_v not_o oppose_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v general_a be_v it_o general_a then_o and_o not_o before_o when_o begin_v it_o dare_v he_o not_o tell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v a_o innovation_n encroachment_n and_o not_o so_o from_o the_o beginning_n if_o there_o have_v be_v the_o least_o colour_n of_o plea_n for_o a_o position_n so_o advantageous_a for_o his_o interest_n when_o he_o dare_v broach_v error_n so_o pernicious_a and_o destructive_a maugre_o the_o opposition_n of_o prelate_n counsel_n and_o the_o whole_a church_n the_o seven_o untruth_n be_v that_o when_o infant_n be_v baptize_v it_o be_v very_o rare_o the_o contradictory_n whereof_o have_v be_v sufficient_o evidence_v augustine_n hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la semper_fw-la tenuit_fw-la may_v well_o outvie_v mr._n tombes's_fw-fr non_fw-la habuit_fw-la non_fw-la tenuit_fw-la let_v our_o adversary_n show_v if_o they_o can_v that_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n be_v deny_v or_o defer_v unless_o it_o be_v for_o the_o forego_n or_o the_o like_a reason_n walfridus_n strabo_n his_o say_n chap_v 26._o de_fw-la rebus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la that_o in_o the_o fiâ—st_a time_n the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v give_v to_o they_o only_o who_o be_v come_v to_o the_o integrity_n of_o mind_n and_o body_n that_o they_o can_v know_v and_o understand_v what_o profit_n be_v to_o be_v get_v in_o baptism_n what_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v and_o believe_v what_o last_o to_o be_v observe_v by_o they_o that_o be_v to_o be_v newborn_a to_o christ_n be_v mean_v only_o of_o they_o that_o be_v convert_v when_o of_o age_n be_v not_o bear_v of_o believe_a parent_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o instance_n of_o augustine_n who_o parent_n can_v be_v prove_v out_o of_o any_o authentic_a history_n to_o be_v christian_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o the_o word_n follow_v backs_z this_o interpretation_n afterward_o be_v christian_n and_o understand_v original_a sin_n etc._n etc._n ne_fw-la perirent_fw-la parvuli_fw-la si_fw-la sine_fw-la remedio_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la defungerentur_fw-la statuerunt_fw-la eos_fw-la baptizari_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la pâ—ccatorum_fw-la lest_o their_o little_a one_o shall_v perish_v if_o they_o die_v without_o the_o remedy_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n they_o appoint_v to_o baptize_v they_o for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n afterward_o be_v christian_n they_o understand_v original_a sin_n when_o they_o be_v not_o christian_n they_o understand_v it_o not_o and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o fit_v their_o infant_n shall_v be_v baptize_v but_o be_v christian_n and_o understand_v it_o their_o infant_n be_v baptize_v that_o say_v of_o grotius_n that_o many_o of_o the_o greek_n defer_v the_o baptism_n of_o little_a one_o till_o they_o can_v themselves_o make_v confession_n of_o their_o faith_n be_v a_o groundless_a fiction_n which_o he_o invent_v partly_o to_o ingratiate_v with_o the_o socinian_o partly_o with_o cardinal_n peronius_n with_o both_o whereof_o he_o agree_v like_o sampson_n fox_n in_o the_o tail_n of_o this_o question_n though_o otherwise_o there_o be_v fire_n brand_n of_o dissension_n between_o they_o photius_n a_o learned_a grecian_a who_o know_v better_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o greek_n than_o either_o grotius_n or_o the_o anabaptist_n his_o client_n produce_v a_o imperial_a constitution_n wherein_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o all_o baptize_v samaritan_n and_o grecian_n shall_v be_v punish_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o bring_v not_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o their_o family_n to_o holy_a baptism_n tit._n 1._o de_fw-la fide_fw-la cap._n 10._o here_o you_o see_v that_o there_o be_v a_o law_n that_o upon_o strict_a penalty_n require_v of_o grecian_n that_o be_v baptize_v themselves_o that_o they_o shall_v bring_v their_o child_n to_o baptism_n he_o allege_v another_o imperial_a constitution_n that_o the_o samaritan_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o be_v baptize_v till_o catechise_v in_o or_o after_o conversion_n but_o their_o child_n though_o they_o know_v not_o the_o doctrine_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v the_o council_n in_o trullo_n canon_n 84._o require_v that_o all_o the_o grecian_n little_a one_o without_o delay_n shall_v be_v baptize_v one_o of_o the_o eight_o canon_n in_o carthage_n conclude_v against_o pelagius_n affirm_v that_o whosoever_o deny_v baptism_n for_o the_o 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