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against_o the_o terror_n of_o sin_v and_o death_n for_o paul_n say_v christe_o be_v a_o propitiation_n by_o faith_n also_o the_o church_n in_o all_o prayer_n or_o collecâ—es_n add_v at_o the_o end_n per_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_n that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ._n here_o also_o man_n be_v to_o be_v monysh_v and_o to_o be_v put_v in_o remembrance_n of_o faith_n for_o the_o church_n mean_v that_o our_o work_n and_o our_o prayer_n do_v please_v god_n if_o we_o do_v believe_v that_o god_n be_v gracious_a for_o christ_n sake_n the_z high_a bysshop_n let_v these_o thing_n suffice_v at_o this_o time_n concern_v this_o place_n and_o we_o do_v know_v that_o this_o sentence_n and_o opinion_n which_o we_o defend_v be_v consonaunte_a and_o agre_v to_o the_o gospel_n and_o do_v bring_v most_o strong_a and_o sure_a consolation_n to_o godly_a conscience_n therefore_o let_v not_o godly_a conscience_n suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v lead_v away_o 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congregation_n of_o saint_n or_o holy_a man_n and_o they_o make_v a_o long_a process_n that_o evyll_n person_n be_v naâ—_n to_o be_v segregate_v or_o divided_a froâ—_n the_o church_n since_o that_o johan_n baptist_n coâ—â—pared_v the_o church_n to_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o barnâ—_n in_o which_o both_o corn_n and_o chaff_n be_v lay_v together_o on_o a_o heap_n church_n and_o christ_n compare_v it_o to_o a_o net_n in_o which_o be_v catch_v both_o good_a fish_n and_o bad_a without_o doubt_n it_o be_v a_o true_a say_a proverb_n against_o the_o bite_a of_o a_o sycophaunt_n or_o sclaunderer_n there_o be_v no_o remedy_n nothing_o can_v be_v speak_v so_o circumspect_o but_o that_o a_o captious_a sclaunderer_n shall_v find_v occasion_n to_o deprave_v it_o we_o even_o for_o this_o very_a cause_n do_v add_v the_o eight_o article_n jest_n any_o man_n shall_v think_v that_o we_o sever_v the_o evyll_n person_n and_o hypocrite_n from_o the_o outward_a society_n of_o the_o church_n or_o pluck_v 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&_o disallow_v very_o many_o other_o error_n of_o the_o anabaptiste_n anabaptiste_n yet_o this_o we_o condemn_v in_o especial_a that_o they_o dispute_v the_o baptism_n of_o child_n to_o be_v unprofitable_a for_o it_o be_v undoubted_a that_o the_o promise_n of_o helthe_n and_o salvation_n appertain_v also_o to_o little_a child_n but_o it_o do_v not_o apperteyn_a to_o they_o which_o be_v out_o of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n where_o be_v neither_o the_o word_n neither_o the_o sacrament_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n have_v the_o be_v only_o with_o the_o word_n &_o the_o sacrament_n therefore_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o baptise_v infant_n that_o the_o promise_n of_o salvation_n may_v be_v apply_v to_o they_o accord_v to_o the_o commandment_n of_o christ_n baptise_v you_o all_o people_n where_o like_o wise_a as_o to_o all_o man_n be_v offer_v salvation_n so_o to_o all_o man_n be_v offer_v baptism_n both_o to_o man_n woman_n child_n and_o infant_n it_o follow_v therefore_o 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the_o law_n &_o not_o of_o the_o gospel_n which_o do_v fain_a and_o imagine_v that_o man_n be_v first_o justify_v by_o the_o law_n before_o that_o he_o be_v reconcile_v by_o christ_n to_o god_n notwithstanding_o that_o christ_n himself_o say_v without_o i_o â—e_n can_v do_v nothing_o also_o i_o be_o the_o true_a vine_n and_o you_o be_v the_o branch_n but_o our_o adversary_n do_v imagine_v that_o we_o be_v the_o branch_n not_o of_o christ_n but_o of_o moses_n for_o they_o will_v first_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n and_o offer_v their_o love_n &_o workê_n unto_o god_n before_o that_o they_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n by_o christ_n before_o that_o they_o be_v braunce_n of_o christ_n paul_n contrarywyse_o say_v plain_o that_o the_o law_n can_v not_o be_v wrought_v nor_o fulfyl_v without_o christ_n therefore_o the_o promise_n be_v first_o to_o be_v receyve_v that_o by_o faith_n we_o may_v be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n for_o christis_fw-la sake_n or_o that_o we_o work_v the_o law_n 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