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that_o he_o speak_v by_o way_n of_o prophecy_n that_o what_o they_o have_v write_v shall_v not_o only_o live_v as_o a_o witness_n for_o god_n and_o his_o reproach_v truth_n but_o as_o a_o live_a testimony_n against_o themselves_o in_o their_o unreasonable_a and_o unrighteous_a departure_n from_o the_o same_o except_o they_o repent_v to_o all_o generation_n if_o these_o man_n can_v appeal_v to_o heaven_n touch_v their_o own_o integrity_n so_o thunder_v a_o sentence_n must_v needs_o trouble_v their_o conscience_n moreover_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o they_o be_v divide_v among_o themselves_o about_o the_o administrator_n of_o baptism_n as_o unwholesome_a word_n because_o unscriptural_a pastor_n teacher_n minister_n we_o read_v of_o but_o no_o administrator_n some_o hold_n none_o but_o man_n in_o office_n may_v give_v baptism_n other_o that_o a_o private_a man_n may_v do_v it_o especial_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o mr._n tomb_n favour_v this_o opinion_n praecursor_n pag._n 72._o and_o he_o give_v his_o reason_n for_o it_o viz._n because_o all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o minister_n ordain_v in_o england_n be_v against_o baptise_v of_o person_n of_o year_n sprinkle_a in_o infancy_n and_o there_o lie_v upon_o they_o that_o see_v infant-baptism_n a_o corruption_n a_o necessity_n to_o be_v baptise_a upon_o profession_n of_o faith_n there_o be_v a_o necessity_n that_o they_o be_v baptise_a by_o person_n not_o ordain_v i_o like_v a_o man_n that_o will_v speak_v plain_o his_o mind_n &_o i_o will_v be_v as_o plain_a in_o open_v i_o and_o i_o think_v i_o have_v hit_v upon_o the_o truth_n namely_o that_o the_o opposer_n of_o infant-baptism_n must_v hold_v that_o unbaptised_a person_n ☞_o may_v baptise_v and_o a_o church_n with_o true_a ordinance_n may_v be_v of_o unbaptised_a person_n or_o else_o they_o must_v disow_v their_o new_a baptism_n and_o all_o their_o ordinance_n and_o turn_v seeker_n for_o the_o first_o of_o their_o administrator_n must_v either_o baptise_v himself_o or_o else_o be_v baptise_a by_o some_o person_n baptise_a in_o infancy_n that_o be_v with_o they_o by_o a_o unhaptized_a person_n last_o i_o want_v not_o instance_n to_o show_v how_o impatient_a they_o be_v of_o have_v their_o adore_a opinion_n contradict_v and_o must_v prepare_v myself_o for_o the_o hard_a censure_n of_o my_o antagonist_n and_o his_o party_n and_o have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o truth_n and_o love_n that_o i_o bear_v unto_o it_o they_o shall_v have_v go_v on_o till_o doomsday_n though_o i_o believe_v god_n will_v short_o break_v the_o neck_n of_o their_o ridge_v principle_n before_o i_o will_v have_v disturb_v their_o quiet_n and_o expose_v myself_o to_o their_o ill-will_n it_o be_v sufficient_o observe_v and_o deplore_v by_o sober_a christian_n that_o be_v unaddict_v to_o faction_n how_o turbulent_a this_o fort_n of_o man_n have_v always_o be_v as_o in_o foreign_a part_n so_o in_o our_o own_o country_n in_o the_o propagation_n of_o their_o opinion_n and_o how_o distasteful_a it_o be_v to_o they_o to_o have_v any_o thing_n say_v against_o their_o way_n there_o be_v a_o sad_a passage_n quote_v by_o the_o author_n himself_o pag._n 308._o of_o his_o treatise_n out_o of_o cloppenburg_n gangrene_n viz._n the_o troop_n of_o anabaptist_n that_o dwell_v in_o friestand_n although_o they_o trouble_v not_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o suffer_v not_o the_o pure_a reform_a church_n to_o be_v edify_v without_o daily_a conflict_n and_o what_o a_o stir_n they_o keep_v in_o gemany_n with_o those_o godly_a minister_n luther_n zwinglius_fw-la musculus_fw-la contest_v with_o they_o disturb_v their_o church_n you_o shall_v hear_v short_o in_o our_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o author_n historical_a part_n at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o discourse_n 9_o by_o be_v a_o occasion_n say_v he_o to_o stir_v up_o much_o bitter_a hatred_n wrath_n strife_n enmity_n persecution_n against_o those_o that_o oppose_v it_o how_o have_v they_o be_v follow_v with_o stripe_n imprisonment_n confiscation_n yea_o death_n itself_o something_o of_o this_o may_v be_v lay_v at_o their_o own_o door_n as_o before_o have_v be_v manifest_v in_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o tongue_n to_o which_o they_o be_v so_o much_o addict_v but_o as_o for_o those_o martyr_n he_o speak_v of_o that_o have_v suffer_v stripe_n imprisonment_n death_n we_o find_v very_o few_o of_o they_o in_o fox_n his_o martyrologie_n and_o none_o of_o they_o punish_v pure_o for_o oppose_a infant-baptism_n but_o the_o antichristian_a tenet_n of_o rome_n transubstantiation_n the_o mass_n etc._n etc._n for_o which_o other_o protestant_n suffer_v and_o some_o of_o they_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o assert_v dangerous_a error_n and_o for_o sedition_n here_o in_o england_n and_o multitude_n for_o horrid_a act_n beyond_o the_o sea_n as_o shall_v appear_v in_o the_o historical_a narrative_n 10._o by_o confirm_v hereby_o the_o whole_a antichristian_a interest_n as_o make_v good_a 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be_v no_o paradox_n to_o those_o who_o have_v hear_v of_o john_n baptist_n be_v sanctify_v in_o the_o womb._n i_o can_v here_o turn_v the_o author_n to_o several_a place_n in_o mr._n tomb_n his_o work_n where_o he_o dare_v not_o deny_v but_o infannt_n may_v have_v the_o seed_n of_o grace_n but_o i_o have_v speak_v to_o this_o before_o only_o take_v notice_n of_o that_o be_v his_o praecursor_n pag._n 13._o it_o be_v not_o doubt_v but_o infant_n belong_v to_o the_o invisible_a kingdom_n of_o the_o elect_n but_o how_o they_o attain_v salvation_n be_v not_o so_o certain_a if_o by_o a_o seed_n of_o faith_n and_o holiness_n without_o actual_a exercise_n the_o thing_n be_v more_o easy_a to_o conceive_v etc._n etc._n and_o again_o he_o say_v there_o be_v believer_n of_o two_o sort_n either_o in_o the_o seed_n or_o fruit_n either_o by_o ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a operation_n in_o one_o of_o which_o way_n infant_n be_v or_o may_v be_v believer_n 2._o that_o person_n may_v be_v visible_a church-member_n before_o conversion_n and_o be_v that_o such_o a_o wonder_n we_o have_v prove_v that_o chapter_n 6._o part_v 1_o they_o be_v church-member_n under_o the_o law_n why_o not_o under_o the_o gospel_n when_o be_v they_o exclude_v 3._o that_o person_n may_v repent_v believe_v and_o be_v save_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o another_o we_o own_v no_o such_o thing_n 4._o that_o type_n and_o shadow_n profit_v after_o the_o antitype_n and_o substance_n be_v come_v introduce_v thereby_o the_o birth-priviledge_n the_o weakness_n of_o this_o be_v discover_v before_o prove_v the_o covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n still_o to_o continue_v to_o believer_n and_o their_o natural_a seed_n as_o you_o may_v see_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 3d_o chapter_n part._n 2._o 5._o that_o the_o better_a to_o exclude_v believers-baptism_n new_a church-covenant_n be_v invent_v etc._n etc._n this_o be_v direct_v only_o against_o one_o sort_n of_o paedobaptist_n call_v independent_o who_o he_o say_v in_o 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answer_v again_o and_o again_o
but_o especial_o in_o chap._n 4._o part_n 1._o about_o the_o end_n of_o baptism_n of_o which_o this_o be_v name_v for_o the_o three_o 2._o that_o it_o true_o figure_n and_o represent_v a_o death_n burial_n &_o resurrection_n and_o yet_o do_v nothing_o but_o sprinkle_v or_o pour_v a_o little_a water_n on_o the_o face_n this_o be_v another_o repetition_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o author_n for_o the_o four_o end_n of_o baptism_n and_o answer_v chap._n 4._o part_n 1._o likewise_o again_o chap._n 4._o part_n 2._o 3._o that_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v require_v in_o person_n to_o be_v baptise_a and_o that_o it_o be_v ridiculous_a yea_o impious_a and_o profane_a to_o do_v it_o without_o and_o yet_o confess_v that_o child_n to_o who_o they_o apply_v it_o have_v neither_o say_v no_o more_o of_o this_o for_o your_o honour_n sake_n which_o have_v already_o suffer_v much_o for_o abuse_v author_n you_o know_v baxter_n piscator_fw-la perkins_n paraeus_n calvin_n all_o speak_v of_o grow_v person_n and_o the_o last_o with_o a_o asterisk_n notandum_fw-la haec_fw-la verba_fw-la fieri_fw-la de_fw-la adultis_fw-la therefore_o say_v he_o that_o man_n offer_v themselves_o right_o to_o baptism_n confession_n of_o sin_n be_v require_v otherwise_o the_o whole_a action_n will_v be_v but_o sport_n but_o you_o must_v note_v say_v he_o that_o these_o word_n be_v speak_v of_o adult_n person_n but_o as_o for_o the_o infant_n seed_n of_o believer_n the_o case_n alter_v there_o for_o they_o be_v take_v into_o covenant_n with_o their_o parent_n it_o be_v instead_o of_o profession_n calv._n upon_o mat._n 19.28_o and_o mark_v 16.16_o look_v to_o the_o first_o chap._n part_n 1_o there_o you_o have_v a_o vindication_n of_o our_o divine_n from_o the_o infamy_n cast_v upon_o man_n as_o to_o their_o say_n about_o baptism_n in_o contradiction_n as_o he_o will_v have_v people_n believe_v to_o their_o own_o practice_n 5._o that_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n enter_v into_o the_o visible_a church_n 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for_o baptism_n donatistas_n danaeus_n ex_fw-la lib._n 1_o august_n de_fw-fr bapt._n contra_fw-la donatistas_n be_v express_v upon_o the_o case_n in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la against_o the_o donatist_n non_fw-la damnari_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la censeatur_fw-la sed_fw-la damnamus_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la scientes_fw-la illic_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la that_o baptism_n be_v not_o to_o be_v condemn_v for_o a_o nullity_n which_o have_v be_v receive_v from_o heretic_n but_o such_o be_v to_o be_v condemn_v who_o know_v they_o to_o be_v such_o do_v yet_o receive_v it_o of_o they_o bucan_n state_n the_o case_n in_o his_o 16_o question_v de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la 614._o bucan_n institutiones_fw-la theolog._n loc._n 47._o quest_n 16._o p._n 614._o thus_o anne_n qui_fw-la veer_fw-la christianam_fw-la religionem_fw-la edocti_fw-la sunt_fw-la parvulos_fw-la suos_fw-la sacrificulis_fw-la pontificiis_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la bonâ_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la offer_n possunt_fw-la whether_o they_o who_o be_v true_o teach_v the_o christian_a religion_n may_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n tender_v their_o child_n to_o mass-priest_n to_o be_v baptise_a he_o hold_v it_o negative_o for_o divers_a weighty_a reason_n as_o 1._o because_o by_o that_o act_n we_o own_o their_o false_a and_o antichristian_a ministry_n etc._n quia_fw-la corruptelis_fw-la tum_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la tum_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la &_o superstitiosis_fw-la cultibus_fw-la falsae_fw-la item_n &_o illegittimae_fw-la vocatâ—â—ni_fw-la antichristi_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la exemplo_fw-la nostro_fw-la probandis_fw-la &_o confirmandis_fw-la nullam_fw-la occasionem_fw-la praebere_fw-la debemus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o confirm_v they_o in_o their_o superstition_n whereas_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o appearance_n of_o evil_n and_o not_o to_o partake_v with_o they_o in_o their_o sin_n 2._o because_o we_o be_v not_o to_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v thereof_o 3._o because_o we_o be_v to_o depart_v and_o go_v out_o from_o among_o they_o and_o touch_v no_o unclean_a thing_n be_v 52._o 11._o and_o to_o abstain_v from_o idol_n 1._o joh._n 5.21_o 4._o because_o if_o our_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v we_o refuse_v to_o have_v they_o baptise_a in_o a_o superstitious_a manner_n which_o be_v best_a they_o be_v not_o thereby_o deprive_v of_o their_o interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o god_n grace_n and_o salvation_n be_v from_o the_o covenant_n and_o not_o the_o seal_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o want_n but_o the_o contempt_n of_o baptism_n that_o be_v damnable_a it_o be_v on_o this_o account_n that_o the_o waldenses_n keep_v their_o child_n from_o baptism_n for_o perin_n in_o his_o history_n of_o that_o people_n tell_v we_o 15._o paul_n perin_n hist_o walden_n cap._n 4._o p._n 15._o that_o they_o delay_v the_o baptism_n of_o their_o child_n until_o their_o pastor_n come_v home_n who_o be_v employ_v 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