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the_o case_n of_o bad_a man_n in_o the_o church_n and_o schismatic_n out_o of_o it_o 9_o arguendum_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la foris_fw-la quoà _fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la agnoscendum_fw-la est_fw-la c._n 9_o according_a to_o st._n austin_n be_v much_o the_o same_o only_o with_o this_o difference_n 10._o dixerit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la interiora_fw-la zizania_fw-la facilius_fw-la in_o frumentum_fw-la converti_fw-la concedo_fw-la ita_fw-la esse_fw-la c._n 10._o that_o he_o allow_v bad_a man_n in_o the_o church_n to_o be_v in_o a_o more_o hopeful_a condition_n to_o become_v good_a than_o schismatic_n be_v but_o if_o he_o will_v allow_v bad_a man_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n he_o must_v in_o some_o sense_n allow_v schismatic_n to_o do_v so_o too_o or_o else_o he_o do_v not_o fair_o conclude_v from_o the_o validity_n of_o sacrament_n administer_v by_o bad_a man_n in_o the_o church_n to_o the_o validity_n of_o sacrament_n administer_v by_o schismatic_n out_o of_o the_o church_n 3._o in_o answer_n to_o that_o captious_a question_n of_o the_o donatist_n whether_o baptism_n administer_v by_o they_o do_v regenerate_v which_o they_o will_v make_v a_o mark_n of_o the_o true_a church_n to_o beget_v child_n to_o god_n by_o baptism_n he_o do_v acknowledge_v not_o only_o their_o baptism_n but_o baptismal_a regeneration_n but_o then_o say_v 10._o quasi_fw-la vero_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la generet_fw-la unde_fw-la separata_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la unde_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la separata_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la à _fw-la vinculo_fw-la charitatis_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la sed_fw-la adjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la baptismate_fw-la itaque_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la sola_fw-la catholica_fw-la nominatur_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la suum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o communionibus_fw-la diversorum_fw-la à _fw-la sva_fw-la unitate_fw-la separatis_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o eye_n habet_fw-la ipsa_fw-la utique_fw-la generate_fw-la non_fw-la illi_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la separatio_fw-la ecrum_fw-la generate_fw-la quod_fw-la secum_fw-la de_fw-la ista_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la dimittant_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la generant_fw-la l._n 1._o cap._n 10._o that_o baptism_n have_v this_o effect_n as_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n not_o upon_o account_n of_o its_o administration_n by_o they_o wherein_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o church_n they_o can_v do_v nothing_o but_o as_o far_o as_o they_o continue_v unite_v as_o they_o do_v in_o the_o same_o baptism_n so_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n will_v have_v their_o effect_n though_o their_o efficacy_n be_v immediate_o lose_v in_o a_o schism_n of_o which_o more_o present_o which_o be_v a_o plain_a acknowledgement_n that_o schismatic_n be_v not_o whole_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n as_o retain_v something_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n and_o this_o he_o confirm_v by_o a_o mystical_a interpretation_n of_o the_o story_n of_o sarah_n and_o hagar_n and_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n and_o say_v that_o the_o church_n bear_v child_n not_o only_o by_o herself_o but_o by_o her_o maid_n conceive_v by_o the_o divine_a seed_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 10._o l._n 1._o c._n 10._o ergo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la generate_fw-la &_o per_fw-la uterum_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la uterum_fw-la ancillarumex_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la viri_fw-la svi_fw-la semine_fw-la which_o how_o fanciful_a soever_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v show_v what_o st._n augustine_n opinion_n be_v that_o schismatic_n themselves_o do_v in_o some_o sense_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n 4._o but_o then_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v think_v that_o it_o be_v no_o great_a hurt_n to_o separate_v from_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n if_o schismatic_n may_v retain_v the_o faith_n and_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n st._n austin_n add_v that_o though_o schismatic_n may_v have_v the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o available_a to_o salvation_n in_o a_o schism_n they_o have_v baptism_n and_o give_v baptism_n 1._o non_fw-la recte_fw-la foris_fw-la habetur_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la habetur_fw-la sic_fw-la non_fw-la recte_fw-la foris_fw-la datur_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la datur_fw-la sicut_fw-la autem_fw-la per_fw-la unitatis_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la incipit_fw-la utiliter_fw-la haberi_fw-la quod_fw-la extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la inutiliter_fw-la habebatur_fw-la sic_fw-la per_fw-la eandem_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la incipit_fw-la utile_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la extra_fw-la illam_fw-la inutiliter_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr oapt_v l._n 1._o cap._n 1._o but_o without_o any_o profit_n or_o advantage_n and_o therefore_o he_o exhort_v the_o donatist_n and_o in_o they_o all_o other_o schismatic_n not_o to_o be_v puff_v up_o with_o a_o conceit_n of_o what_o they_o have_v but_o to_o consider_v what_o they_o want_v and_o how_o many_o great_a and_o excellent_a thing_n profit_v nothing_o when_o one_o thing_n be_v want_v and_o that_o this_o one_o thing_n be_v charity_n which_o principal_o consist_v in_o preserve_v catholic_n communion_n without_o which_o whatever_o they_o have_v beside_o can_v procure_v their_o admission_n into_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o donatist_n press_v he_o with_o that_o difficulty_n since_o he_o acknowledge_v baptism_n as_o administer_v by_o they_o to_o be_v true_a christian_a baptism_n 9_o non_fw-la extolluntur_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la habent_fw-la quid_fw-la tantum_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la sana_fw-la sunt_fw-la superbos_fw-la oculos_fw-la ducunt_fw-la et_fw-la vulnus_fw-la tuum_fw-la dignentur_fw-la humiliter_fw-la intueri_fw-la nec_fw-la solum_fw-la quid_fw-la assit_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la quid_fw-la desit_fw-la attendunt_fw-la videant_fw-la quam_fw-la multa_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la magna_fw-la nihil_fw-la possint_fw-la si_fw-la unum_fw-la quidem_fw-la desuerit_fw-la &_o videant_fw-la qaid_fw-la siti_fw-la sum_fw-la unum_fw-la charitatem_fw-la utique_fw-la non_fw-la habendo_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la nihil_fw-la eye_n prosunt_fw-la ad_fw-la aeternam_fw-la salutem_fw-la pervenire_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 9_o which_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v repeat_v whether_o this_o baptism_n do_v wash_v away_o sin_n for_o if_o it_o do_v than_o they_o be_v the_o true_a church_n wherein_o alone_a remission_n of_o sin_n be_v to_o be_v have_v if_o it_o do_v not_o than_o it_o be_v not_o true_a christian_a baptism_n and_o so_o those_o who_o be_v baptise_a by_o the_o donatist_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o catholic_n church_n without_o baptism_n st._n austin_n answer_v this_o two_o way_n either_o 1._o that_o baptism_n though_o administer_v by_o donatist_n be_v not_o their_o baptism_n but_o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n 12._o ib._n cap._n 11._o 12._o and_o the_o christian_a church_n have_v its_o effect_n in_o ipso_fw-la temporis_fw-la puncto_fw-la in_o the_o instant_n of_o its_o administration_n to_o wash_v away_o sin_n but_o that_o the_o gild_n of_o these_o sin_n do_v immediate_o return_v again_o the_o baptise_a person_n continue_v in_o his_o schism_n or_o 2._o that_o the_o schism_n of_o the_o person_n baptise_a do_v hinder_v the_o efficacy_n of_o baptism_n as_o any_o other_o sin_n do_v for_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n be_v give_v only_o to_o person_n who_o be_v qualify_v to_o receive_v it_o and_o if_o any_o such_o person_n offer_v themselves_o to_o baptism_n who_o live_v in_o any_o sin_n unrepented_a of_o their_o sin_n be_v not_o wash_v away_o in_o baptism_n though_o they_o receive_v it_o in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n but_o yet_o when_o they_o repent_v of_o their_o sin_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v rebaptise_v but_o then_o receive_v that_o grace_n and_o pardon_v by_o virtue_n of_o their_o former_a baptism_n which_o their_o hypocrisy_n and_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o 2_o tit._n 14._o as_o it_o be_v in_o st._n peter_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o name_n of_o israel_n as_o they_o be_v a_o nation_n a_o peculiar_a body_n and_o society_n of_o man_n separate_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n 3._o to_o confirm_v this_o we_o may_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o christ_n have_v die_v for_o we_o and_o purchase_v the_o pardon_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n unless_o this_o pardon_n and_o grace_n be_v apply_v to_o we_o in_o such_o way_n as_o he_o have_v appoint_v for_o it_o will_v not_o suffice_v that_o we_o make_v christ_n our_o own_o by_o a_o fanciful_a application_n of_o his_o merit_n to_o ourselves_o which_o will_v quick_o overturn_v the_o church_n and_o make_v the_o institution_n of_o our_o saviour_n very_o useless_a thing_n as_o we_o see_v this_o conceit_n have_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n do_v already_o but_o we_o must_v receive_v 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