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can_v choose_v but_o condemn_v augustine_n for_o say_v that_o infant_n die_v without_o baptism_n be_v condemn_v so_o he_o ow_v augustine_n when_o he_o please_v he_o and_o reject_v he_o when_o he_o dilplease_v he_o in_o the_o end_n of_o page_n 141_o he_o glori_v a_o little_a upon_o his_o false_a insinuation_n which_o only_o manifest_v his_o deceit_n and_o folly_n as_o be_v his_o ordinary_a custom_n in_o page_n 142_o he_o return_v to_o prove_v that_o infant_n be_v under_o a_o law_n which_o he_o acknowledge_v can_v be_v find_v in_o scripture_n in_o so_o many_o word_n but_o may_v be_v gather_v by_o a_o presbyterian_a commentator_n from_o the_o 13_o and_o 14_o verse_n of_o roman_n 5._o for_o until_o the_o law_n sin_n be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o sin_n be_v not_o impute_v where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n nevertheless_o death_n reign_v from_o adam_n to_o moses_n even_o over_o they_o who_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n transgression_n who_o be_v the_o figure_n of_o 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exposition_n as_o if_o r_n b_o have_v say_v that_o man_n sin_v only_o by_o imitation_n than_o which_o he_o can_v hardly_o have_v devise_v a_o great_a lie_n and_o i_o entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o see_v the_o page_n now_o cite_v and_o consider_v what_o faith_n these_o man_n can_v deserve_v and_o as_o to_o the_o comparison_n betwixt_o adam_n and_o christ_n in_o r_n b_o his_o apology_n and_o again_o in_o his_o vind_n page_n 58._o he_o say_v they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v regare_v because_o they_o be_v to_o be_v account_v among_o the_o gross_a sooinianâ—_n who_o make_v the_o the_o death_n and_o suflering_n of_o christian_a occasion_n or_o example_n only_o etc._n etc._n but_o not_o at_o all_o the_o procure_a cause_n of_o salvation_n this_o need_v no_o other_o answer_n but_o this_o thou_o shall_v not_o bear_v false_a witness_n against_o thy_o brother_n and_o i_o hope_v we_o shall_v know_v our_o own_o faith_n better_o than_o this_o liâ—ing_a priest_n his_o next_o to_o prove_v infant_n guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n be_v ephes_n 2_o 3._o the_o word_n aâ—e_v among_o who_o we_o all_o also_o have_v our_o conversation_n in_o time_n pass_v in_o the_o lust_n of_o our_o flesh_n sulfil_v the_o desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o of_o the_o mind_n and_o be_v by_o nature_n the_o child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o other_o who_o be_v he_o that_o read_v this_o verse_n and_o see_v not_o that_o it_o mention_n actual_a sin_n and_o that_o by_o nature_n be_v understand_v that_o corrupt_a nature_n which_o have_v bring_v forth_o these_o forename_a transgression_n but_o that_o any_o word_n here_o can_v intimate_v that_o infant_n be_v condemn_v for_o adam_n sin_n be_v a_o wild_a consequence_n he_o say_v if_o the_o apostle_n have_v mean_v otherways_o he_o will_v have_v except_v infant_n but_o he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v say_v he_o mean_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o the_o damnation_n of_o infant_n because_o he_o have_v no_o where_o afsert_v iâ—_n but_o to_o prove_v that_o by_o nature_n be_v mean_v original_a sin_n he_o cit_v some_o scripture_n but_o so_o impertinent_o as_o a_o man_n may_v think_v he_o dream_v gal_n 2._o 5_o and_o 4._o 8._o 1_o cor._n 15_o 44_o 46_o etc._n etc._n which_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v and_o consider_v his_o citation_n of_o calvin_n he_o may_v have_v spare_v his_o pain_n and_o if_o r_n b_o pasle_v by_o they_o it_o be_v because_o they_o be_v not_o worth_a his_o while_n and_o so_o his_o conclusion_n resolve_v in_o wind._n next_o he_o give_v we_o a_o whole_a page_n of_o augustine_n and_o some_o other_o against_o the_o pelagian_o and_o what_o then_o will_v he_o own_o all_o that_o these_o man_n have_v write_v but_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o fourteen_o bishop_n and_o therefore_o i_o must_v ask_v he_o whether_o these_o fourteen_o bishop_n be_v lâ—mbs_n of_o anti-christ_n as_o our_o bishop_n use_n to_o be_v call_v or_o if_o a_o bishop_n can_v be_v a_o good_a christian_a his_o next_o be_v psalm_n 51._o 5._o i_o be_v shape_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n do_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o say_v he_o r_n b_o deny_v the_o inference_n which_o yet_o be_v clear_a from_o nehemiah_n 9_o but_o have_v not_o be_v so_o honest_a as_o to_o tell_v the_o verse_n and_o i_o can_v find_v no_o such_o thing_n there_o except_o in_o the_o 2_o verse_n whether_o it_o be_v say_v they_o confess_v their_o sin_n and_o the_o iniquity_n of_o their_o father_n and_o so_o throughout_o the_o whole_a chapter_n but_o no_o mention_n of_o adam_n transgression_n what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o marriage_n duty_n be_v most_o impertinent_a except_o he_o can_v say_v that_o david_n parent_n have_v no_o sin_n except_o it_o be_v the_o marriage_n duty_n which_o i_o think_v no_o presbyterian_a will_v assert_v but_o he_o think_v he_o have_v do_v a_o brave_a late_a in_o ask_v when_o his_o adversary_n read_v of_o actual_a sin_n because_o r_n b_o ask_v he_o in_o what_o scripture_n be_v read_v of_o original_a sin_n but_o he_o may_v find_v if_o he_o will_v that_o he_o shall_v receive_v according_a 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