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heart_n and_o to_o make_v way_n for_o its_o own_o reception_n be_v this_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n upon_o the_o parent_n as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o cornelius_n and_o lydia_n and_o shall_v it_o seem_v unreasonable_a to_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v do_v by_o this_o first_o sacrament_n in_o their_o child_n for_o why_o do_v we_o conceiv_v the_o spirit_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a agent_n and_o efficient_a work_n in_o and_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n and_o without_o who_o operation_n and_o assistance_n they_o be_v but_o as_o empty_a vessel_n and_o edgless_a tool_n the_o spirit_n i_o say_v do_v we_o conceiv_v he_o work_v only_o as_o a_o moral_a agent_n to_o stand_v at_o the_o door_n and_o knock_n as_o only_o ready_a and_o willing_a to_o enter_v if_o the_o door_n be_v open_v to_o proffer_v grace_n if_o man_n will_v receiv_v it_o then_o be_v it_o reason_n indeed_o to_o require_v faith_n in_o child_n no_o less_o than_o in_o their_o parent_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o we_o conceiv_v he_o in_o the_o baptise_n of_o infant_n work_v as_o a_o natural_a or_o rather_o as_o a_o supernatural_a agent_n viz._n open_v the_o door_n and_o enter_v put_v grace_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o work_v it_o in_o the_o will_n confer_v upon_o they_o such_o a_o grace_n as_o for_o the_o present_a they_o be_v capable_a of_o viz._n initial_a and_o seminal_a as_o before_o be_v say_v add_v this_o also_o that_o in_o the_o baptise_n of_o infant_n there_o be_v not_o baptism_n altogether_o without_o faith_n theridamas_n be_v presuppose_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o parent_n and_o this_o suffice_v to_o qualify_v the_o infant_n for_o baptism_n yea_o for_o the_o grace_n and_o benefit_n of_o that_o sacrament_n what_o be_v the_o benefit_n of_o baptism_n be_v it_o not_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o spiritual_a regeneration_n to_o the_o obtain_n of_o which_o why_o may_v not_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o parent_n suffice_v in_o the_o child_n as_o yet_o corruption_n of_o nature_n which_o he_o bring_v into_o the_o world_n be_v not_o active_a it_o have_v produce_v neither_o thought_n word_n nor_o deed_n against_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o call_v for_o no_o personal_a act_n of_o grace_n to_o remove_v the_o gild_n thereof_a guilty_a he_o be_v and_o pollute_v but_o guilty_a only_o by_o imputation_n and_o pollute_v not_o by_o any_o consent_n of_o his_o own_o but_o by_o the_o act_n of_o another_o viz._n of_o his_o parent_n 59_o parent_n quantò_fw-la magis_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la non_fw-la dâ—het_fw-la infà ns_fw-la qui_fw-la recens_fw-la natus_fw-la nihil_fw-la peccavit_fw-la nisi_fw-la quòd_fw-la sâ—cundum_fw-la adam_n carnaliter_fw-la natus_fw-la qui_fw-la adrâ—mâ—ssam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la accipiendam_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la saciliis_fw-la ac_v it_o quòd_fw-la illi_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la non_fw-la propria_fw-la sid_n aliena_fw-la peccata_fw-la cyprian_a epla_fw-la 59_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o the_o imputation_n of_o another_o faith_n shall_v procure_v for_o he_o remission_n and_o removal_n of_o that_o which_o come_v by_o the_o imputation_n of_o another_o act_n that_o as_o he_o sin_v in_o another_o so_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o believe_v in_o another_o here_o be_v then_o the_o equity_n of_o god_n proceed_n that_o what_o malady_n and_o mischief_n be_v contract_v without_o his_o will_n shall_v be_v cure_v and_o remedy_v without_o he_o and_o any_o act_n of_o he_o it_o be_v by_o the_o ordinance_n and_o institution_n of_o god_n that_o the_o guilt_n of_o adam_n transgression_n be_v impute_v to_o the_o infant_n and_o the_o corruption_n of_o nature_n propagate_v and_o it_o be_v by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n that_o the_o gild_n of_o that_o sin_n be_v remit_v and_o a_o remedy_n against_o that_o native_a disease_n provide_v and_o both_o these_o be_v do_v in_o and_o upon_o the_o infant_n without_o any_o concurrence_n of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o as_o by_o the_o