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and_o other_o father_n to_o avouch_v the_o practice_n to_o have_v be_v even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n 57_o apostle_n cent._n 3._o c._n 4._o pag._n 57_o now_o what_o say_v st._n austin_n touch_v such_o immemorial_n usage_n as_o the_o catholic_n church_n hold_v and_o ever_o have_v hold_v and_o have_v not_o come_v into_o use_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o any_o council_n that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v right_o believe_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v down_o to_o we_o by_o no_o less_o than_o apostolical_a authority_n volusiam_n authority_n in_o donat._n l._n 4._o c._n 23._o calling_n it_o a_o eccles_n custom_n or_o as_o he_o explain_v himself_o a_o apostol_n tradition_n se_fw-la de_fw-la genesi_fw-la ad_fw-la literam_fw-la l._n 10._o c._n 23._o and_o his_o 3_o epist_n to_o volusiam_n and_o lest_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o wrest_n of_o his_o word_n viz._n traditum_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n or_o apostolical_a tradition_n he_o peremptory_o affirm_v
speak_v of_o the_o church_n authority_n in_o this_o case_n of_o paedobaptism_n that_o it_o be_v without_o all_o question_n deliver_v by_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o apostle_n traditum_fw-la apostle_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la merit_n &_o remiss_a c._n 16._o proculdubio_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la &_o apostolos_fw-la traditum_fw-la the_o word_n tradition_n the_o father_n understand_v not_o in_o the_o popish_a sense_n for_o that_o which_o have_v be_v deliver_v in_o doctrine_n from_o age_n to_o age_n above_o what_o be_v write_v to_o supply_v the_o suppose_a defect_n of_o the_o scripture_n but_o for_o the_o very_a write_a word_n itself_o by_o which_o they_o deliver_v the_o truth_n and_o for_o their_o example_n and_o report_n thereof_o tend_v to_o the_o explication_n of_o their_o doctrine_n and_o not_o to_o the_o add_v any_o new_a doctrine_n calvin_n affirm_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n to_o be_v a_o holy_a institution_n observe_v in_o christ_n church_n 6._o church_n instit_fw-la 4._o c._n 16._o sect._n 6._o all_o the_o reform_a church_n use_v it_o as_o you_o may_v see_v by_o the_o harmony_n of_o their_o confession_n 506._o confession_n th._n à _fw-fr jesus_n de_fw-fr convers_n omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la l._n 7._o pag._n 506._o the_o greek_a church_n who_o yearly_o excommunicate_v the_o pope_n baptise_v their_o infant_n 17._o infant_n pagit_n of_o heresy_n pag._n 17._o so_o the_o cophti_n or_o native_a christian_n of_o egypt_n who_o have_v no_o communion_n with_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o the_o practice_n be_v so_o general_a and_o primitive_a erasmus_n wonder_v what_o evil_a devil_n enter_v they_o who_o deny_v the_o baptism_n of_o child_n use_v in_o the_o catholic_n church_n above_o 1400_o year_n and_o he_o may_v the_o rather_o for_o that_o it_o have_v be_v the_o general_a consent_n and_o almost_o universal_a practice_n not_o only_o of_o all_o christendom_n but_o of_o all_o the_o world_n jew_n gentile_n mahometan_n christian_n of_o all_o sect_n protestant_n 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indicat_fw-la etiam_fw-la infant_n per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la inferendos_fw-la etc._n etc._n magdeb._n cent._n l._n 2._o c._n 4._o magdeb._n cent._n 2._o it_o be_v say_v nec_fw-la usquam_fw-la legitur_fw-la infant_n hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la à _fw-la baptismo_fw-la remotos_fw-la esse_fw-la we_o do_v read_v they_o be_v then_o exclude_v baptism_n c._n 4._o p._n 48._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la nor_o as_o it_o be_v say_v until_o the_o 6_o cent._n when_o it_o be_v except_v against_o by_o one_o adrianus_n that_o terull_n himself_o be_v for_o infant_n baptism_n appear_v in_o that_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 39_o he_o press_v it_o when_o the_o child_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o death_n and_o give_v his_o reason_n lib._n de_fw-fr bapt._n cap._n 12._o praescribitur_fw-la nemini_fw-la sine_fw-la baptismo_fw-la competere_fw-la salutem_fw-la council_n of_o trullo_n can._n 48._o require_v that_o all_o the_o grecian_a little_a one_o without_o delay_n 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antiquity_n be_v on_o our_o side_n and_o that_o the_o anabaptist_n have_v nothing_o but_o false_a and_o new_a imagination_n who_o feign_v the_o baptism_n of_o child_n to_o be_v the_o pope_n commandment_n or_o any_o late_a invention_n or_o innovation_n nor_o be_v our_o manner_n of_o administer_a this_o sacred_a rite_n by_o sprinkle_v or_o pour_v on_o of_o water_n novel_a as_o i_o say_v or_o unjustifiable_a for_o the_o word_n to_o baptise_v usual_o signify_v as_o much_o which_o as_o dr._n feat_o 78._o feat_o dipper_n dip_v pag._n 33._o see_v wells_n also_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o danvers_n pag._n 242._o print_v anno_fw-la 74._o and_o walker_n discourse_n of_o dip_v and_o sprinkle_v wherein_o be_v show_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o other_o way_n of_o baptization_n beside_o that_o of_o total_a immersion_n print_a anno_fw-la 78._o say_v hesychius_n stephanus_n scapula_n and_o budaeus_fw-la those_o great_a master_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n make_v good_a by_o many_o instance_n and_o 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that_o nature_n this_o he_o tell_v we_o be_v express_v in_o aspersione_n etiam_fw-la vel_fw-la perfusione_n quia_fw-la cujus_fw-la caput_fw-la as_o he_o add_v aspergitur_fw-la vel_fw-la perfunditur_fw-la be_v aquis_fw-la istis_fw-la quasi_fw-la sepelitur_fw-la thesis_n theologicae_fw-la pag._n 360._o he_o that_o have_v water_n pour_v on_o he_o as_o well_o as_o he_o that_o be_v dip_v be_v put_v under_o water_n and_o the_o water_n fall_v on_o he_o that_o be_v sprinkle_v fair_o represent_v the_o earth_n fall_v upon_o he_o that_o be_v bury_v and_o speak_v the_o similitude_n of_o a_o burial_n and_o by_o the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o other_o we_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v bury_v with_o christ_n by_o baptism_n into_o death_n the_o representation_n than_o be_v make_v both_o way_n though_o in_o the_o one_o it_o be_v more_o lively_a and_o sensible_a than_o in_o the_o other_o and_o the_o appear_v again_o after_o and_o from_o under_o that_o affusion_n represent_v also_o a_o 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as_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o baptism_n as_o a_o initiate_a rite_n succeed_v circumcision_n and_o my_o text_n will_v avouch_v for_o the_o truth_n thereof_o for_o the_o apostle_n have_v tell_v the_o colossian_n that_o they_o have_v the_o circumcision_n make_v without_o hand_n the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o heart_n he_o further_o signify_v by_o way_n of_o implication_n that_o they_o have_v as_o good_a as_o the_o outward_a circumcision_n too_o by_o be_v baptize_v or_o he_o can_v have_v no_o occasion_n to_o add_v bury_v with_o he_o in_o baptism_n and_o his_o argument_n have_v be_v a_o mere_a non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la unless_o he_o give_v they_o to_o understand_v thereby_o that_o baptism_n succeed_v and_o come_v in_o place_n of_o circumcision_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o genuine_a sense_n and_o intendment_n of_o the_o apostle_n i_o have_v i_o conceive_v not_o only_o more_o full_o illustrate_v but_o demonstrate_v in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n 43._o discourse_n pag._n 43._o whereto_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n i_o proceed_v in_o the_o three_o place_n to_o show_v that_o as_o christ_n death_n so_o his_o burial_n and_o resurrection_n be_v not_o only_o exemplify_v in_o the_o ceremony_n and_o manner_n of_o its_o administration_n but_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v exemplify_v after_o a_o spiritual_a manner_n in_o the_o bless_a effect_n and_o fruit_n of_o that_o holy_a sacrament_n viz._n in_o our_o mortification_n and_o vivification_n first_o as_o to_o the_o symbol_n or_o ceremony_n christ_n burial_n and_o resurrection_n may_v be_v and_o be_v represent_v in_o the_o external_a action_n of_o that_o sacrament_n or_o manner_n of_o its_o admistration_n and_o the_o apostle_n seem_v to_o allude_v to_o a_o practice_n which_o may_v then_o be_v use_v by_o some_o in_o those_o hot_a country_n viz._n of_o dip_v or_o put_v the_o whole_a body_n under_o water_n in_o baptism_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o word_n baptise_v carry_v 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