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be_v reject_v and_o do_v perish_v because_o it_o be_v say_v he_o find_v no_o place_n of_o repentance_n though_o he_o seek_v it_o careful_o with_o tear_n i_o answer_v that_o do_v not_o prove_v his_o final_a rejection_n but_o only_o that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v hear_v to_o have_v that_o first_o blessing_n recall_v which_o be_v already_o give_v to_o jacob._n 6._o where_o now_o shall_v these_o man_n find_v any_o place_n in_o scripture_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v any_o reprobate_a infant_n or_o that_o any_o infant_n die_v in_o infancy_n go_v to_o hell_n and_o perish_v eternal_o only_o for_o adam_n sin_n although_o that_o sin_n be_v forgive_v to_o adam_n and_o thousand_o more_o equal_o guilty_a by_o their_o own_o confession_n if_o they_o shall_v allege_v as_o some_o do_v that_o place_n in_o 1_o cor._n 7.14_o for_o the_o unbelieving_a husband_n be_v sanctify_v by_o the_o wife_n viz._n that_o believe_v and_o the_o unbelieving_a wife_n be_v sanctify_v by_o the_o husband_n else_o be_v 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womb_n and_o the_o like_a of_o jeremiah_n and_o so_o perhaps_o may_v be_v gather_v of_o moses_n or_o some_o other_o but_o these_o rare_a and_o singular_a example_n rather_o prove_v that_o child_n be_v not_o in_o general_n actual_o and_o the_o facto_fw-la holy_a from_o the_o womb_n and_o therefore_o that_o holiness_n of_o child_n mention_v 1_o cor._n 7._o must_v only_o signify_v some_o more_o near_a capacity_n in_o they_o than_o in_o other_o to_o become_v actual_o holy_a in_o time_n to_o come_v and_o that_o not_o of_o all_o child_n after_o the_o flesh_n but_o the_o child_n of_o promise_n as_o paul_n distinguish_v these_o two_o sort_n of_o child_n of_o the_o same_o parent_n rom._n 9.8_o but_o who_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o who_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n though_o it_o be_v well_o know_v unto_o god_n from_o the_o beginning_n yet_o common_o it_o be_v not_o know_v unto_o man_n until_o they_o discover_v themselves_o by_o their_o work_n and_o fruit_n 7._o as_o 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prove_v that_o all_o man_n be_v dead_a as_o paul_n argue_v the_o case_n and_o david_n though_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o good_a father_n yet_o bewail_v the_o state_n wherein_o he_o be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v psal_n 51.5_o behold_v 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 and_o that_o under_o moses_n law_n a_o offer_v be_v to_o be_v offer_v up_o for_o the_o mother_n and_o the_o child_n levit._n 12.4_o 5_o 6._o when_o it_o be_v bear_v and_o that_o the_o mother_n shall_v be_v unclean_a so_o many_o day_n after_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o child_n do_v certain_o signify_v a_o seed_n or_o principle_n of_o sin_n and_o corruption_n to_o be_v convey_v from_o the_o parent_n to_o the_o child_n in_o
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man_n until_o they_o join_v and_o consent_v unto_o it_o and_o actual_o obey_v it_o as_o be_v clear_a from_o rom._n 5.13_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 when_o there_o be_v no_o law_n now_o when_o be_v it_o that_o there_o be_v no_o law_n but_o in_o the_o time_n of_o infancy_n wherein_o child_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o any_o law_n or_o of_o do_v good_a or_o evil_a any_o more_o than_o when_o in_o the_o womb_n for_o until_o child_n begin_v to_o have_v the_o use_n and_o exercise_v of_o their_o reasonable_a understanding_n so_o as_o to_o know_v the_o right_a hand_n from_o the_o leave_v according_a to_o jonah_n 4.11_o they_o can_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v under_o the_o law_n but_o to_o say_v that_o any_o infant_n be_v eternal_o damn_v for_o that_o first_o sin_n and_o without_o any_o actual_a sin_n or_o transgression_n of_o they_o commit_v in_o their_o own_o body_n be_v express_o contrary_a to_o scripture_n that_o say_v the_o soul_n that_o sin_v shall_v die_v and_o every_o one_o shall_v receive_v according_a to_o the_o deed_n do_v in_o the_o body_n good_a or_o evil_n and_o he_o that_o sow_v to_o the_o flesh_n shall_v reap_v corruption_n as_o he_o that_o sow_v to_o the_o spirit_n shall_v reap_v incorruption_n and_o life_n eternal_a and_o therefore_o none_o shall_v final_o perish_v or_o be_v lose_v for_o that_o first_o sin_n according_a to_o scripture_n but_o for_o their_o actual_a disobedience_n here_o in_o this_o world_n and_o their_o final_a unbelief_n and_o impenitency_n for_o as_o concern_v the_o judgement_n and_o punishment_n of_o the_o first_o sin_n it_o be_v immediate_o inflict_v after_o the_o fall_n to_o wit_n the_o death_n of_o all_o in_o adam_n but_o christ_n the_o second_o adam_n by_o his_o death_n for_o all_o that_o die_v in_o adam_n do_v give_v unto_o all_o his_o free_a gift_n that_o come_v upon_o all_o unto_o justification_n of_o life_n and_o thus_o the_o plaster_n be_v as_o broad_a as_o the_o sore_a and_o the_o medicine_n as_o universal_a as_o the_o disease_n and_o it_o be_v not_o simple_o the_o sin_n or_o disease_n but_o the_o refuse_v and_o reject_v the_o medicine_n and_o physician_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o any_o man_n final_a destruction_n and_o how_o or_o in_o what_o manner_n adam_n child_n and_o posterity_n be_v concern_v in_o that_o first_o sin_n whether_o only_o by_o imputation_n as_o some_o say_v or_o by_o real_a participation_n as_o other_o say_v the_o wise_a in_o heart_n may_v easy_o judge_v let_v it_o suffice_v at_o present_a to_o say_v that_o adam_n child_n be_v his_o branch_n and_o he_o their_o root_n they_o do_v real_o partake_v with_o he_o both_o in_o the_o defilement_n and_o also_o in_o the_o promise_a seed_n in_o order_n to_o their_o restoration_n for_o when_o god_n say_v to_o adam_n in_o the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v sure_o die_v his_o child_n and_o posterity_n be_v include_v so_o when_o god_n say_v i_o will_v put_v enmity_n between_o thou_o to_o wit_n the_o serpent_n and_o the_o woman_n and_o between_o thy_o seed_n and_o her_o seed_n it_o shall_v bruise_v thy_o head_n and_o thou_o shall_v bruise_v his_o heel_n their_o child_n and_o posterity_n be_v equal_o include_v for_o adam_n after_o his_o fall_n be_v restore_v and_o make_v a_o holy_a root_n as_o be_v general_o acknowledge_v as_o paul_n declare_v if_o the_o root_n be_v holy_a so_o be_v the_o branch_n and_o if_o the_o first_o fruit_n be_v holy_a the_o lump_n be_v also_o holy_a and_o as_o god_n promise_v unto_o noah_n and_o to_o his_o son_n gen._n 9.8_o and_o behold_v i_o establish_v my_o covenant_n with_o you_o and_o with_o your_o seed_n after_o you_o his_o branch_n be_v holy_a with_o he_o to_o wit_n not_o actual_o but_o by_o have_v a_o seed_n or_o principle_n of_o holiness_n put_v in_o they_o derive_v from_o christ_n the_o second_o adam_n who_o be_v that_o promise_a seed_n whereby_o they_o be_v make_v capable_a of_o become_v holy_a by_o improve_n the_o same_o and_o this_o be_v that_o federal_a holiness_n which_o all_o the_o child_n of_o adam_n and_o noah_n have_v that_o be_v all_o mankind_n which_o be_v more_o increase_v or_o diminish_v but_o not_o total_o abolish_v in_o any_o as_o the_o immediate_a parent_n be_v find_v more_o or_o less_o actual_o holy_a for_o the_o more_o that_o any_o sin_n that_o noble_a seed_n and_o principle_n of_o holiness_n both_o in_o they_o and_o in_o their_o child_n be_v the_o more_o cloud_v and_o veil_v every_o sin_n that_o a_o man_n commit_v until_o it_o be_v purge_v and_o do_v away_o be_v a_o vail_n over_o that_o noble_a seed_n and_o god_n renew_v the_o promise_n to_o abraham_n to_o make_v he_o the_o father_n of_o all_o nation_n and_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o in_o he_o they_o all_o shall_v be_v bless_v and_o in_o his_o seed_n not_o that_o this_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v by_o his_o be_v their_o father_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n or_o in_o the_o way_n of_o carnal_a generation_n but_o through_o 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