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have_v or_o martyrdom_n be_v not_o require_v s._n bernard_n upon_o these_o and_o such_o like_a reason_n conclude_v that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v save_v by_o faith_n without_o baptism_n where_o there_o be_v a_o true_a desire_n and_o no_o contempt_n of_o baptism_n and_o that_o infant_n which_o die_v without_o baptism_n be_v consequent_o save_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o faithful_a parent_n thus_o far_o s._n bernard_n domini_fw-la saint_n cyprian_n cite_v here_o by_o saint_n augustin_n and_o by_o saint_n bernard_n out_o of_o saint_n augustin_n upon_o this_o point_n have_v these_o word_n speak_v of_o the_o thief_n upon_o the_o cross_n latrâ—cinium_n damnationem_fw-la meruerat_fw-la &_o supplicium_fw-la sed_fw-la cor_fw-la contritum_fw-la poenam_fw-la mutavit_fw-la in_o martyrium_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la in_o baptismum_fw-la and_o this_o be_v all_o that_o antiquity_n teach_v or_o our_o church_n require_v that_o baptism_n be_v not_o simple_o necessary_a so_o as_o without_o it_o damnation_n must_v follow_v of_o necessity_n and_o that_o child_n baptize_v be_v deliver_v from_o original_a sin_n but_o this_o man_n go_v further_a many_o that_o be_v baptize_v say_v he_o may_v after_o their_o baptism_n live_v a_o graceless_a life_n then_o they_o lose_v grace_n or_o else_o we_o must_v say_v that_o all_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v save_v i_o answer_v we_o need_v not_o say_v so_o we_o say_v that_o if_o they_o fall_v into_o a_o sinful_a and_o wicked_a life_n after_o baptism_n they_o lose_v the_o privilege_n of_o their_o baptism_n and_o the_o good_a that_o they_o may_v have_v have_v by_o it_o so_o long_o as_o they_o remain_v such_o and_o this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o answer_v he_o but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o predestination_n which_o he_o will_v oppugn_v by_o these_o quirk_n draw_v only_o from_o the_o charity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o baptism_n which_o charity_n we_o also_o hold_v