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appear_v that_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr animâ_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 libr._n de_fw-fr bapt._n cap._n 12._o praescribitur_fw-la nemini_fw-la sine_fw-la baptism_n competere_fw-la salutem_fw-la it_o be_v prescribe_v that_o salvation_n be_v to_o none_o without_o baptism_n that_o cavil_v of_o his_o advice_n to_o defer_v baptism_n in_o some_o case_n i_o shall_v answer_v anon_o cyprian_n succeed_v who_o flourish_v as_o trithemius_n and_o other_o observe_v about_o the_o year_n 240._o in_o his_o 59_o epistle_n ad_fw-la fidum_fw-la be_v not_o only_o express_v for_o infant-baptism_n himself_o but_o mention_n a_o council_n of_o sixty_o six_o bishop_n who_o have_v declare_v the_o same_o and_o all_o this_o to_o satisfy_v the_o say_a fidus_n who_o be_v not_o against_o the_o divine_a institution_n and_o apostolical_a practice_n of_o infant-baptism_n but_o conceive_v that_o infant_n may_v not_o be_v baptise_a before_o the_o eight_o day_n because_o they_o may_v not_o be_v circumcise_v cyprian_n tell_v he_o that_o infant_n may_v not_o only_o be_v baptize_v before_o the_o eight_o day_n but_o any_o day_n austin_n approve_v of_o this_o epistle_n and_o his_o judgement_n say_v epist_n 28._o ad_fw-la hier._n cyprianus_n non_fw-la novum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la decretum_fw-la condens_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidem_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la servans_fw-la that_o cyprian_n do_v not_o devise_v any_o new_a decree_n but_o faithful_o observe_v what_o the_o church_n have_v do_v before_o he_o augustine_n that_o bright_a daystar_n of_o afâ—ick_n give_v further_a evidence_n sermon_n 15._o de_fw-la uâ—rbis_fw-la apost_n speak_v of_o infant-baptism_n say_v hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la habuit_fw-la semper_fw-la tenuiâ—_fw-la hoc_fw-la a_o majorum_fw-la fide_fw-la accepit_fw-la hoc_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la persâ—veranter_a custodit_fw-la the_o church_n always_o have_v it_o always_o observe_v it_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o ancestor_n keep_v it_o with_o perseverance_n to_o the_o end_n neither_o do_v those_o exception_n against_o he_o any_o whit_n impeach_v the_o credit_n of_o it_o much_o less_o the_o fact_n first_o because_o he_o call_v it_o a_o universal_a tradition_n not_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v ground_v upon_o scripture_n as_o before_o but_o with_o the_o oxford_n convocation_n avouch_v that_o which_o in_o general_a term_n by_o consequence_n and_o sub_fw-la obscure_o be_v deliver_v in_o scripture_n be_v more_o plain_o interpret_v by_o tradition_n as_o follow_v the_o river_n nilus_n the_o head_n that_o be_v somewhat_o obscure_a be_v find_v out_o and_o that_o constantine_n augustine_n alipius_n adâ—odatus_n be_v not_o baptize_v when_o infant_n be_v either_o because_o their_o parent_n be_v not_o christian_n or_o they_o be_v not_o convert_v till_o of_o age_n or_o be_v taint_v with_o some_o heresy_n or_o afraid_a of_o persecution_n as_o philip_n the_o first_o christian_a emperor_n no_o soon_o baptize_v â—ut_v private_o make_v away_o the_o second_o exception_n be_v that_o austin_n hold_v that_o infant_n die_v without_o baptism_n be_v damn_v this_o rivet_n father_n upon_o he_o de_fw-fr patrum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la cap._n 9_o augustinus_n aeternis_fw-la flammis_fw-la adjudicat_fw-la infant_n sine_fw-la baptismo_fw-la morientes_fw-la austin_n adjudge_n to_o eternal_a flame_n infant_n die_v without_o baptism_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v he_o maintain_v infant-baptism_n upon_o other_o ground_n though_o partly_o upon_o this_o which_o afterward_o he_o retract_v three_o it_o be_v except_v for_o that_o of_o give_v they_o the_o eucharist_n be_v impertinent_a that_o he_o hold_v a_o certainty_n of_o regeneration_n by_o baptism_n and_o he_o make_v no_o question_n of_o the_o regeneration_n of_o infant_n i_o answer_v he_o do_v indefinite_o of_o the_o species_n or_o sort_n of_o baptize_v infant_n see_v god_n have_v promise_v to_o be_v a_o god_n of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o covenant_n with_o he_o and_o their_o seed_n and_o we_o have_v a_o promise_n and_o consequent_o faith_n of_o none_o else_o but_o he_o do_v not_o say_v that_o every_o individual_a baptize_v infant_n without_o limitation_n be_v regenerate_v but_o the_o contrary_a cortâ—cem_fw-la sine_fw-la nucleo_fw-la the_o shell_n without_o the_o kernel_n as_o he_o aver_v there_o be_v some_o quirem_fw-la baptismi_fw-la absque_fw-la sacramento_n baptismi_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la that_o have_v the_o matter_n of_o baptism_n that_o be_v the_o outward_a element_n without_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n that_o be_v without_o the_o inward_a and_o invisible_a grace_n the_o other_o ancient_n be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n as_o ambroseâ—â—stifies_v â—â—stifies_z of_o valentinian_n quem_fw-la in_o evangelilio_fw-la geniturus_fw-la eram_fw-la amisi_fw-la sed_fw-la ille_fw-la non_fw-la amisit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la poposcit_fw-la i_o have_v lose_v he_o who_o i_o be_v a_o beget_n by_o the_o gospel_n but_o he_o have_v not_o lâ—st_o the_o grace_n he_o desire_v but_o enjoy_v eternal_a life_n and_o how_o see_v he_o be_v not_o baptize_v he_o give_v the_o reason_n he_o be_v baptize_v inward_o in_o will_n though_o not_o outward_o with_o water_n the_o last_o exception_n be_v that_o austin_n maintain_v that_o not_o only_a infant_n of_o believer_n but_o unbeliever_n also_o may_v be_v baptize_v it_o be_v true_a if_o christian_n have_v the_o tuition_n of_o they_o and_o will_v engage_v for_o they_o they_o may_v as_o well_o be_v baptize_v as_o the_o child_n abraham_n posterity_n boughâ—_n wâ—th_v money_n or_o captive_n may_v be_v circumcise_v therefore_o tertullian_n plead_v both_o prerogative_n of_o birth_n and_o education_n as_o give_v capacity_n to_o baptism_n to_o these_o i_o may_v add_v ambrose_n that_o say_v that_o every_o age_n be_v liable_a to_o sin_n therefore_o every_o age_n be_v fit_a for_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n lactantius_n fulgentius_n prosper_n aquatanicus_n the_o milevitan_a council_n with_o all_o the_o succeed_a worthy_n enough_o to_o swell_v a_o volume_n go_v in_o the_o same_o equipage_n but_o say_v mr._n tomb_n infant-baptism_n as_o it_o be_v now_o use_v be_v oppose_v by_o tertullian_n and_o gregory_n nazianzen_n which_o argument_n make_v into_o form_n sound_v thus_o that_o which_o be_v oppose_v by_o tertullian_n and_o gregory_n nazianzen_n be_v not_o hold_v by_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o infant-baptism_n be_v oppose_v by_o tertullian_n and_o gregory_n nazianzen_n therefore_o infant-baptism_n be_v not_o hold_v by_o the_o whole_a church_n i_o deny_v both_o proposition_n first_o the_o major_n for_o if_o it_o be_v true_a two_o man_n oppose_a do_v not_o weaken_v a_o evidence_n of_o fact_n not_o interrupt_v for_o so_o many_o century_n second_o the_o minor_a be_v most_o false_a for_o it_o be_v former_o prove_v that_o tertullian_n and_o gregory_n be_v both_o for_o infant-baptism_n true_a it_o be_v the_o one_o advise_v to_o defer_v it_o till_o the_o infant_n be_v two_o or_o three_o year_n old_a unless_o they_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o death_n as_o it_o be_v conceive_v least_o dip_v impair_v their_o health_n what_o be_v this_o against_o
infant-baptism_n can_v they_o be_v believer_n and_o catechumem_n at_o that_o age_n the_o other_o indeed_o will_v have_v the_o baptism_n of_o some_o to_o be_v put_v off_o till_o they_o be_v of_o competent_a age_n to_o answer_v for_o themselves_o but_o be_v they_o not_o as_o pamelius_n and_o other_o prove_v child_n of_o heathen_n which_o be_v apparent_a because_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o danger_n sponsorum_fw-la of_o the_o surety_n and_o nothing_o of_o the_o parent_n second_o the_o author_n in_o that_o chapter_n speak_v of_o the_o baptism_n of_o such_o as_o be_v bear_v of_o jewish_a or_o heathenish_a parent_n as_o s._n paul_n and_o the_o eunuch_n and_o therefore_o he_o desire_v that_o the_o baptism_n of_o such_o infant_n may_v be_v defer_v till_o they_o make_v confession_n of_o sin_n and_o profession_n of_o faith_n their_o parent_n be_v infidel_n and_o their_o sponsor_n mortal_a the_o most_o of_o their_o kindred_n and_o neighbour_n as_o it_o be_v probable_a be_v heathen_n this_o doctrine_n differ_v nothing_o from_o that_o we_o hold_v but_o master_n tomb_n further_a say_v the_o popish_a doctrine_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o baptise_v infant_n of_o their_o inherit_v heaven_n be_v teach_v by_o the_o writer_n call_v father_n call_v father_n and_o be_v they_o not_o so_o this_o be_v in_o patrios_fw-la mingere_fw-la cineres_fw-la to_o defile_v the_o urn_n of_o the_o ancient_n pinge_fw-la dvos_fw-la angues_fw-la pveri_fw-la sacer_fw-la est_fw-la locus_fw-la extrà _fw-la mejite_fw-la juvenal_n paint_v here_o two_o snake_n it_o ill_o become_v child_n to_o piss_v on_o father_n tomb_n in_o comparison_n of_o who_o what_o conceit_n soever_o some_o have_v of_o themselves_o they_o be_v but_o imp_n and_o zany_n but_o to_o the_o matter_n two_o untruth_n be_v here_o by_o he_o assert_v first_o that_o the_o father_n hold_v the_o necessity_n of_o baptise_v to_o salvation_n second_o that_o it_o be_v popish_a doctrine_n for_o the_o first_o they_o maintain_v a_o threefold_a baptism_n 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of_o christ_n to_o be_v able_a to_o supply_v that_o which_o be_v want_v of_o baptism_n but_o also_o faith_n and_o conversion_n of_o heart_n if_o haply_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o strait_a of_o time_n they_o can_v not_o be_v relieve_v by_o celebrate_v the_o mystery_n of_o baptism_n thus_o the_o father_n be_v clear_v from_o this_o aspersion_n neither_o be_v it_o popish_a doctrine_n or_o a_o general_a tenet_n of_o the_o papist_n that_o baptism_n be_v necessary_a for_o inherit_v of_o heaven_n bernard_n that_o live_v in_o the_o mist_n of_o popery_n and_o be_v a_o abbot_n confess_v that_o not_o the_o want_n but_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o sacrament_n damn_v and_o discourse_v upon_o this_o subject_n in_o his_o 77_o epistle_n avouch_v out_o of_o ambrose_n and_o augustine_n that_o invisible_a sanctification_n be_v sufficient_a to_o salvation_n without_o a_o participation_n of_o the_o visible_a sacrament_n blesensis_fw-la another_o papist_n that_o live_v near_o bernard_n time_n say_v sufficiet_fw-la spiritus_fw-la solus_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la testimonium_fw-la pondus_fw-la habet_fw-la the_o spirit_n alone_o that_o be_v the_o spiritual_a and_o inward_a baptism_n will_v be_v sufficient_a because_o the_o witness_n thereof_o have_v weight_n intimate_v that_o the_o party_n may_v be_v save_v when_o outward_a baptism_n through_o invincible_a necessity_n be_v deny_v true_a it_o be_v baptism_n do_v not_o conserre_v grace_n ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la all_o be_v not_o save_v that_o be_v baptize_v nor_o all_o damn_a that_o be_v not_o baptize_v yet_o under_o the_o gospel_n we_o have_v no_o promise_n of_o any_o to_o be_v save_v that_o be_v not_o candidati_fw-la or_o to_o use_v tertullia_n language_n designati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la in_o covenant_n visible_a and_o capable_a of_o baptism_n of_o which_o i_o have_v insist_v more_o large_o to_o give_v light_a to_o that_o which_o follow_v master_n tomb_n 6._o section_n as_o false_a it_o be_v that_o the_o baptise_v 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it_o not_o baptise_v of_o believer_n without_o infant_n have_v it_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o nicholas_n stork_n 4._o that_o it_o be_v command_v by_o christ_n 5._o practise_a by_o the_o apostle_n 6._o continue_a in_o the_o first_o age_n 7._o when_o infant_n be_v baptize_v it_o be_v very_o rare_o 8._o that_o it_o be_v only_o in_o case_n of_o danger_n of_o the_o nearness_n of_o death_n to_o the_o infant_n 9_o that_o when_o reformation_n of_o popish_a abuse_n be_v seek_v the_o reformation_n of_o this_o be_v seek_v with_o the_o first_o some_o hundred_o year_n before_o luther_n these_o be_v his_o nine_o worthy_n beside_o which_o many_o more_o deserve_v censure_v that_o come_v now_o to_o be_v strip_v that_o their_o deformity_n may_v be_v discover_v first_o the_o epistle_n do_v not_o affirm_v that_o the_o baptise_v of_o believer_n have_v its_o rice_n and_o spring_n from_o nicholas_n stork_n the_o word_n be_v these_o as_o all_o error_n so_o it_o that_o be_v anabaptism_n have_v its_o 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its_o rise_n and_o spring_n from_o nicholas_n stork_n this_o will_v be_v strange_a logic_n the_o anabaptist_n of_o germany_n in_o luther_n time_n be_v the_o most_o venomous_a or_o great_a disturber_n of_o reformation_n the_o first_o author_n whereof_o be_v nicholas_n stork_n therefore_o baptise_v of_o believer_n have_v its_o rise_n and_o spring_n from_o hence_o it_o be_v as_o inconsequent_a as_o this_o the_o anabaptist_n of_o england_n have_v be_v great_a disturber_n of_o our_o late_a reformation_n the_o first_o author_n whereof_o be_v master_n t._n therefore_o baptise_v of_o believer_n have_v its_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o master_n t._n true_a it_o be_v it_o will_v follow_v secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la that_o those_o anabaptist_n of_o germany_n have_v their_o spring_n from_o nicholas_n stork_n these_o of_o england_n from_o master_n t._n but_o that_o simpliciter_fw-la all_o anabaptist_n have_v their_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o they_o be_v a_o palpable_a inconsequence_n much_o more_o that_o the_o baptise_v of_o believer_n have_v its_o rise_n from_o thence_o
baptise_v of_o believer_n we_o confess_v have_v its_o spring_n from_o christ_n john_n baptist_n and_o the_o apostle_n but_o not_o only_o of_o actual_a believer_n exclude_v infant_n though_o master_n t._n confess_v that_o infant_n may_v habitual_o believe_v nay_o by_o extraordinary_a mean_n have_v actual_a faith_n and_o here_o by_o the_o way_n observe_v two_o thing_n 1._o he_o cunning_o alter_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o question_n from_o anabaptist_n that_o be_v denier_n of_o infant_n baptism_n and_o rebaptizer_n of_o baptise_a to_o baptizer_n of_o believer_n second_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v he_o nicholas_n stork_n or_o as_o other_o pelargus_n not_o stork_n as_o it_o be_v apparent_a per_fw-la antiphrasin_n by_o the_o contrary_a for_o he_o be_v so_o far_o with_o the_o stork_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pious_o to_o relieve_v his_o mother_n the_o church_n that_o he_o do_v rather_o viperlike_a eat_v through_o her_o bowel_n as_o too_o many_o of_o his_o child_n do_v at_o this_o day_n the_o second_o untruth_n be_v that_o we_o call_v the_o baptizer_n of_o believer_n anabaptist_n we_o do_v according_a to_o the_o nottaion_n of_o the_o word_n call_v those_o anabaptist_n that_o refuse_v to_o baptise_v infant_n of_o believe_a parent_n and_o be_v baptize_v by_o other_o rebaptize_v they_o when_o they_o come_v to_o age_n according_a to_o master_n t._n his_o judgement_n and_o practice_v who_o call_v infant-baptism_n a_o nullity_n a_o mockery_n that_o all_o that_o will_v be_v save_v must_v be_v baptize_v again_o when_o they_o become_v actual_a believer_n and_o this_o he_o put_v in_o execution_n by_o make_v as_o many_o proselyte_n by_o rebaptise_v as_o he_o can_v the_o three_o untruth_n be_v that_o baptise_v of_o believer_n without_o infant_n or_o exclude_v infant_n have_v not_o its_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o nicholas_n stork_n the_o epistle_n affirm_v anabaptism_n which_o be_v a_o other_o thing_n have_v its_o spring_n thence_o i_o be_o content_a to_o wave_v that_o and_o trace_v he_o in_o his_o own_o word_n and_o meaning_n this_o be_v a_o negative_a question_n concern_v matter_n of_o fact_n and_o be_v best_a confute_v by_o render_v invalid_a his_o own_o instance_n allege_v against_o it_o in_o his_o writing_n constantine_n the_o great_a gregory_n nazianzen_n chrysostom_n augustine_n adeodatus_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o baptize_v when_o infant_n say_v he_o therefore_o baptise_v of_o believer_n without_o infant_n be_v before_o nicholas_n stork_n this_o be_v a_o strange_a consequence_n and_o may_v be_v parallel_v with_o this_o abraham_n '_o ishmael_n naaman_n ebedmolesh_n man_n of_o forty_o year_n old_a in_o the_o wilderness_n beside_o many_o proselyte_n be_v not_o circumcise_v when_o infant_n therefore_o circumcise_n of_o believer_n without_o infant_n be_v ancient_a or_o always_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o only_a infant_n be_v baptize_v in_o every_o century_n for_o we_o acknowledge_v that_o as_o abraham_n be_v circumcise_v when_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a ishmael_n when_o thirteen_o the_o proselyte_n at_o what_o age_n soever_o they_o become_v proselytae_fw-la foederis_fw-la or_o enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o the_o jew_n so_o jew_n and_o gentile_n of_o what_o age_n soever_o be_v baptize_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o become_v christian_n not_o only_o in_o the_o primitive_a but_o in_o succeed_a age_n but_o the_o quere_z be_v whether_o before_o nicholas_n stork_n and_o john_n of_o leydens_n time_n infant_n of_o believer_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la be_v exclude_v from_o baptism_n which_o the_o forego_n instance_n do_v not_o prove_v they_o prove_v indeed_o that_o those_o party_n be_v not_o baptize_v when_o infant_n but_o they_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v infant_n of_o believe_a parent_n here_o the_o anabaptist_n shameful_o beg_v the_o question_n be_v not_o able_a to_o prove_v that_o the_o parent_n of_o any_o one_o of_o these_o be_v in_o covenant_n or_o believer_n when_o they_o be_v bear_v but_o rather_o the_o quite_o contrary_a as_o those_o two_o worthy_n master_n martial_a and_o master_n baxter_n have_v clear_v beyond_o exception_n out_o of_o authentic_a history_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o baptize_v as_o soon_o as_o convert_v as_o it_o be_v impertinent_a to_o the_o present_a controversy_n so_o it_o be_v fallacia_fw-la non_fw-la causae_fw-la ut_fw-la causae_fw-la a_o paralogism_n that_o will_v impose_v upon_o we_o but_o frontles_o that_o denial_n of_o infant_n baptism_n be_v the_o reason_n the_o consequence_n will_v be_v strange_a constantine_n nazianzen_n chrysostom_n augustine_n etc._n etc._n defer_v their_o baptism_n after_o their_o conversion_n therefore_o infant-baptism_n be_v not_o in_o those_o day_n either_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la or_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la it_o conclude_v as_o this_o proselyte_n of_o the_o gate_n defer_v their_o circumcision_n after_o their_o conversion_n therefore_o infant_n than_o be_v not_o circumcise_v the_o true_a reason_n why_o they_o superstitious_o defer_v baptism_n be_v these_o 1._o a_o imitation_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v not_o baptize_v till_o he_o be_v thirty_o year_n of_o age_n 2._o a_o ambition_n to_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o christ_n be_v that_o be_v jordan_n thus_o constantine_n and_o valentinian_n but_o fall_v shoâ—â—_n the_o one_o be_v baptize_v at_o nicomedia_n where_o he_o die_v the_o other_o expire_v without_o baptism_n 3._o some_o defer_a baptism_n till_o they_o can_v receive_v it_o from_o some_o bishop_n of_o a_o eminent_a sea_n which_o ambition_n nazianzen_n reprove_v 4._o some_o thought_n baptism_n wash_v away_o all_o their_o sin_n therefore_o they_o defer_v it_o as_o gregory_n nyssen_n record_v sine_fw-la carne_fw-la abutar_fw-la &_o turpi_fw-la libidine_fw-la fruar_fw-la etc._n etc._n baptismum_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la suscipiam_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la vitun_n &_o iniquitatibus_fw-la desistam_fw-la give_v i_o leave_v to_o abuse_v the_o flesh_n and_o to_o enjoy_v my_o filthy_a lust_n then_o at_o the_o length_n i_o will_v undertake_v baptism_n when_o i_o can_v give_v over_o my_o vice_n and_o iniquity_n 5._o some_o thought_n that_o baptise_a person_n may_v live_v and_o not_o sin_n or_o if_o they_o sin_v after_o baptism_n their_o sin_n be_v unpardonable_a abuse_v that_o place_n heb._n 6._o 4._o thus_o the_o novation_n to_o one_o whereof_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n say_v well_o if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o none_o can_v be_v save_v that_o sin_n after_o baptism_n fac_fw-la tibi_fw-la acesi_fw-la scalam_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la ascendas_fw-la solus_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la acesius_n make_v thyself_o a_o ladder_n by_o which_o thou_o may_v alone_o ascend_v to_o heaven_n 6._o some_o put_v off_o baptism_n to_o avoid_v persecution_n by_o imperial_a decree_n it_o be_v forbid_v to_o buy_v sell_v eat_z drink_v or_o converse_v with_o christian_n as_o eusebius_n and_o socrates_n record_v the_o very_a name_n of_o a_o christian_a be_v odious_a bone_fw-la vir_fw-la caius_n seius_n in_o hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la malus_fw-la quod_fw-la christianus_n caius_n seius_n be_v a_o good_a man_n say_v the_o story_n in_o this_o only_a blame-worthy_a that_o he_o be_v a_o christian_n 7._o even_o infant-baptism_n out_o of_o urgent_a necessity_n not_o scruple_n of_o conscience_n may_v be_v defer_v which_o make_v nothing_o against_o the_o present_a tenet_n as_o upon_o these_o or_o the_o like_a occasion_n 1._o when_o a_o christian_a live_v among_o pagan_n and_o can_v not_o easy_o meet_v with_o a_o minister_n 2._o though_o they_o live_v among_o christian_n yet_o baptism_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n feisable_v when_o they_o please_v by_o reason_n of_o some_o violence_n this_o gregory_n nazianzen_n hint_n at_o orat._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o though_o they_o will_v they_o can_v not_o enjoy_v the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n neither_o for_o themselves_o and_o questionless_a the_o reason_n be_v the_o same_o nor_o for_o their_o child_n 3._o it_o fall_v out_o sometime_o that_o the_o orthodox_n live_v among_o heretic_n who_o corrupt_v the_o faith_n and_o grate_v the_o foundation_n and_o therefore_o they_o will_v not_o have_v their_o child_n baptize_v by_o they_o like_o antiochus_n who_o refuse_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o jovinian_a a_o arrian_n bishop_n which_o be_v not_o simple_o to_o refuse_v ordination_n but_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la from_o such_o profane_a hand_n so_o they_o may_v deny_v their_o infant_n baptism_n not_o absolute_o but_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la to_o be_v baptize_v by_o heretic_n according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o cyprian_a and_o other_o africane_n who_o hold_v their_o baptism_n null_a 4._o they_o may_v out_o of_o neglect_n or_o some_o other_o humane_a frailty_n defer_v infant_n baptism_n be_v tie_v to_o no_o day_n as_o moses_n do_v circumcision_n of_o his_o infant_n from_o the_o eight_o day_n so_o precise_o command_v â—nd_v yet_o for_o all_o this_o baptise_v of_o believer_n without_o infant_n press_v as_o a_o duty_n have_v its_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o nicholas_n stork_n and_o in_o the_o sense_n as_o question_v have_v no_o footstep_n before_o
12._o some_o descend_v some_o ascend_v up_o the_o scale_n of_o primitive_a practice_n till_o they_o lose_v it_o into_o apostolical_a use_n and_o divine_a institution_n to_o pass_v by_o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n contemporanian_n with_o the_o apostle_n clemens_n the_o author_n of_o the_o question_n ad_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la justin_n martyr_n who_o flourish_v 150._o year_n after_o christ_n nativity_n 48_o year_n after_o st._n john_n irenâ—us_o that_o live_v in_o 180._o origen_n in_o the_o year_n 230._o nizianzâ—n_n 280._o cyprian_a and_o a_o council_n of_o sixty_o six_o bishop_n 260_o augustine_n who_o flourish_v 405_o do_v all_o harmonious_o avouch_v the_o universal_a practice_n of_o infant-baptism_n of_o who_o augustine_n be_v the_o mouth_n the_o church_n say_v he_o always_o have_v it_o always_o kepâ—_n it_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o ancestor_n keep_v it_o persevere_o unto_o the_o end_n to_o which_o i_o will_v only_o add_v that_o of_o pelagius_n which_o be_v unanswerable_a a_o man_n who_o live_v but_o 400_o year_n after_o christ_n a_o great_a scholar_n of_o eminent_a part_n that_o travel_v over_o europe_n asia_n and_o afâ—ice_n whereby_o he_o gain_v great_a experience_n know_v the_o custom_n of_o most_o place_n among_o many_o other_o dangerous_a opinion_n he_o maintain_v that_o infant_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v without_o original_a sin_n which_o come_v unto_o they_o when_o grow_v in_o year_n not_o from_o a_o inward_a principle_n of_o corruption_n but_o from_o their_o imitation_n of_o outward_a ill_a example_n present_v unto_o they_o s._n austin_n confute_v this_o by_o a_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n to_o baptize_v infant_n and_o that_o express_o in_o his_o 150._o epistle_n unto_o sixtus_n in_o the_o 18_o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n of_o marriage_n and_o concupiscence_n in_o his_o four_o book_n to_o bonifacius_n in_o his_o book_n against_o julian_n one_o of_o pelagius_n his_o scholar_n to_o wave_v many_o more_o instance_n that_o may_v be_v produce_v the_o argument_n in_o form_n be_v this_o those_o who_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v baptize_v in_o all_o age_n have_v original_a sin_n but_o infant_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v baptize_v in_o all_o age_n therefore_o infant_n have_v original_a sin_n if_o there_o have_v be_v the_o least_o colour_n that_o he_o can_v without_o shameless_a impudency_n have_v deny_v the_o minor_a he_o may_v have_v say_v i_o have_v be_v a_o traveller_n and_o have_v converse_v with_o the_o most_o church_n in_o christendom_n have_v read_v over_o the_o annal_n history_n and_o antiquity_n of_o these_o four_o hundred_o year_n since_o christ_n as_o doubtless_o he_o have_v and_o i_o find_v the_o custom_n have_v not_o be_v universal_a nor_o the_o spring_n and_o rise_v from_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n but_o he_o avouch_v nothing_o of_o this_o as_o know_v it_o be_v such_o a_o notorious_a untruth_n as_o will_v render_v his_o other_o tenet_n ignominious_a but_o endeavour_v to_o evade_v augustine_n argument_n by_o this_o device_n namely_o by_o plead_v that_o baptism_n be_v administer_v to_o infant_n not_o to_o wash_v away_o their_o original_a sin_n but_o to_o bring_v they_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n this_o master_n tomb_n confess_v but_o his_o fig_n leave_v to_o cover_v the_o shame_n of_o it_o be_v most_o pitiful_a that_o the_o pelagian_o do_v grant_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n because_o they_o dare_v not_o oppose_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v general_a be_v it_o general_a then_o and_o not_o before_o when_o begin_v it_o dare_v he_o not_o tell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v a_o innovation_n encroachment_n and_o not_o so_o from_o the_o beginning_n if_o there_o have_v be_v the_o least_o colour_n of_o plea_n for_o a_o position_n so_o advantageous_a for_o his_o interest_n when_o he_o dare_v broach_v error_n so_o pernicious_a and_o 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baptism_n what_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v and_o believe_v what_o last_o to_o be_v observe_v by_o they_o that_o be_v to_o be_v newborn_a to_o christ_n be_v mean_v only_o of_o they_o that_o be_v convert_v when_o of_o age_n be_v not_o bear_v of_o believe_a parent_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o instance_n of_o augustine_n who_o parent_n can_v be_v prove_v out_o of_o any_o authentic_a history_n to_o be_v christian_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v and_o the_o word_n follow_v backs_z this_o interpretation_n afterward_o be_v christian_n and_o understand_v original_a sin_n etc._n etc._n ne_fw-la perirent_fw-la parvuli_fw-la si_fw-la sine_fw-la remedio_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la defungerentur_fw-la statuerunt_fw-la eos_fw-la baptizari_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la pâ—ccatorum_fw-la lest_o their_o little_a one_o shall_v perish_v if_o they_o die_v without_o the_o remedy_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n they_o appoint_v to_o baptize_v they_o for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n afterward_o 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decree_v that_o all_o baptize_v samaritan_n and_o grecian_n shall_v be_v punish_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o bring_v not_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o their_o family_n to_o holy_a baptism_n tit._n 1._o de_fw-la fide_fw-la cap._n 10._o here_o you_o see_v that_o there_o be_v a_o law_n that_o upon_o strict_a penalty_n require_v of_o grecian_n that_o be_v baptize_v themselves_o that_o they_o shall_v bring_v their_o child_n to_o baptism_n he_o allege_v another_o imperial_a constitution_n that_o the_o samaritan_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o be_v baptize_v till_o catechise_v in_o or_o after_o conversion_n but_o their_o child_n though_o they_o know_v not_o the_o doctrine_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v the_o council_n in_o trullo_n canon_n 84._o require_v that_o all_o the_o grecian_n little_a one_o without_o delay_n shall_v be_v baptize_v one_o of_o the_o eight_o canon_n in_o carthage_n conclude_v against_o pelagius_n affirm_v that_o whosoever_o deny_v baptism_n for_o the_o 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