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Of baptisme. The heads and order of such things as are especially insisted on, you will find in the table of chapters.
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Lawrence, Henry, 1600-1664.
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Wing L663; Thomason E1116_1; ESTC R210176
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believer_n not_o infidel_n though_o outward_o they_o can_v manifest_v no_o faith_n or_o sanctification_n to_o we_o ainsworth_n pag._n 49.50_o who_o i_o quote_v as_o be_v by_o all_o acknowledge_v a_o learned_a man_n &_o in_o this_o opinion_n wherein_o he_o concurre_v as_o we_o shall_v see_v with_o the_o stream_n of_o our_o divine_n not_o to_o be_v suspect_v the_o like_a to_o this_o say_v walleus_n de_fw-fr bapt._n infant_n p._n 493._o infant_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v among_o believer_n because_o the_o seed_n or_o spirit_n of_o faith_n be_v in_o they_o which_o some_o call_v a_o habit_n other_o a_o inclination_n from_o whence_o by_o degree_n through_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o word_n actual_a faith_n be_v form_v sometime_o soon_o sometime_o late_a this_o in_o the_o next_o pag._n 494._o he_o prove_v because_o else_o they_o will_v not_o be_v save_v rom._n 8.9_o if_o any_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n he_o be_v none_o of_o he_o and_o john_n 3.5_o no_o unclean_a thing_n shall_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o infant_n by_o nature_n be_v unclean_a &_o be_v purge_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n belong_v to_o they_o &_o they_o please_v god_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v lay_v for_o a_o ground_n among_o the_o calvinist_n concern_v baptism_n that_o baptism_n be_v only_o a_o sign_n and_o seal_n of_o regeneration_n already_o wrought_v oecolamp_n de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n cap._n 3._o aqua_fw-la mystica_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la non_fw-la regenerate_v nec_fw-la efficit_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la declarat_fw-la the_o mystical_a water_n in_o baptism_n do_v not_o regenerate_v nor_o make_v man_n son_n of_o god_n but_o declare_v so_o zwinglius_fw-la baptismus_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la signum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la exercitus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la signatur_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la signum_fw-la hoc_fw-la conjungit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la conjunctus_fw-la 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