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notice_n of_o this_o already_o faith_n be_v necessary_a to_o our_o baptism_n and_o to_o qualify_v we_o to_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o church_n but_o beside_o this_o a_o actual_a incorporation_n into_o the_o church_n by_o baptism_n be_v necessary_a to_o make_v we_o christian_n and_o to_o entitle_v we_o to_o the_o privilege_n of_o christ_n body_n in_o his_o three_o and_o four_o proposition_n he_o design_n to_o say_v something_o against_o i_o but_o i_o can_v imagine_v what_o it_o be_v he_o tell_v we_o that_o our_o submit_v to_o the_o ordinance_n and_o institution_n of_o baptism_n be_v a_o visible_a profession_n of_o our_o own_v the_o authority_n of_o christ_n so_o say_v i_o too_o it_o be_v such_o a_o profession_n of_o our_o subjection_n to_o christ_n as_o christ_n have_v make_v necessary_a to_o our_o incorporation_n into_o his_o church_n but_o we_o must_v own_v the_o authority_n of_o christ_n before_o we_o can_v make_v this_o profession_n of_o own_v it_o right_o we_o must_v believe_v christ_n to_o be_v lord_n and_o saviour_n but_o this_o alone_a do_v not_o make_v we_o christian_n unless_o we_o make_v such_o a_o profession_n of_o it_o and_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o church_n by_o such_o public_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n as_o christ_n have_v make_v necessary_a to_o that_o end_n the_o consent_n of_o both_o party_n be_v necessary_a to_o a_o marriage_n but_o this_o alone_a will_v not_o make_v the_o marriage_n without_o such_o a_o public_a solemnisation_n of_o it_o as_o be_v require_v by_o the_o law_n of_o country_n for_o when_o there_o be_v a_o legal_a way_n appoint_v for_o declare_v our_o consent_n no_o government_n take_v notice_n of_o any_o consent_n till_o it_o be_v declare_v in_o form_n of_o law_n our_o author_n tell_v we_o that_o baptism_n be_v both_o a_o badge_n and_o symbol_n of_o our_o profession_n and_o a_o bond_n and_o obligation_n upon_o we_o to_o
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that_o by_o such_o natural_a conveyance_n of_o grace_n from_o his_o person_n as_o there_o be_v of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n from_o the_o head_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o member_n and_o that_o man_n must_v first_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n before_o they_o can_v be_v capable_a of_o any_o spiritual_a motion_n so_o dr._n crisp_n very_o agreeable_o to_o what_o dr._n owen_n assert_n tell_v we_o that_o christ_n be_v &c_n the_o head_n now_o the_o head_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o animal_n spirit_n and_o of_o all_o motion_n without_o a_o head_n a_o man_n can_v hear_v see_v walk_z feel_v stir_v nor_o do_v any_o thing_n see_v all_o these_o operation_n come_v from_o the_o head_n christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o his_o church_n he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o spiritual_a sense_n and_o motion_n you_o may_v as_o soon_o conceive_v that_o a_o man_n be_v able_a to_o see_v whilst_o he_o have_v not_o a_o head_n as_o to_o think_v a_o man_n may_v have_v spiritual_a eye_n whether_o the_o eye_n 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and_o destroy_v the_o authority_n and_o necessity_n of_o christian_a society_n if_o all_o grace_n be_v so_o immediate_o derive_v from_o the_o person_n of_o christ._n these_o thing_n deserve_v a_o large_a discourse_n but_o i_o be_o now_o a_o hasten_v towards_o a_o conclusion_n and_o this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o vindicate_v myself_o and_o my_o notion_n from_o that_o unjust_a and_o scandalous_a imputation_n of_o pelagianism_n which_o can_v be_v attribute_v only_o either_o to_o the_o ignorance_n of_o my_o adversary_n or_o to_o their_o want_n of_o better_a argument_n or_o possible_o to_o both_o chap._n vi_o contain_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o charge_n of_o socinianism_n and_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o whole_a iam_fw-la now_o come_v to_o the_o last_o part_n of_o my_o task_n which_o may_v be_v dispatch_v in_o a_o few_o word_n dr._n owen_n and_o mr._n ferguson_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o my_o adversary_n do_v at_o every_o turn_n especial_o when_o they_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o answer_v 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