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as_o for_o what_o may_v be_v do_v extraordinary_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v express_v myself_o and_o have_v vindicate_v myself_o from_o the_o wrong_a inference_n make_v thence_o postscript_n sect_n 15._o and_o elsewhere_o page_n 206._o the_o people_n of_o kederminster_n do_v not_o hear_v from_o my_o mouth_n in_o the_o dispute_n jam._n 1._o how_o little_a anabaptist_n can_v say_v in_o the_o hard_a point_n of_o baptism_n for_o i_o use_v no_o such_o word_n nor_o any_o thing_n i_o say_v or_o omit_v to_o say_v can_v infer_v it_o and_o when_o they_o have_v read_v my_o answer_n i_o think_v they_o shall_v believe_v i_o can_v say_v more_o than_o i_o do_v say_v then_o and_o see_v the_o reason_n why_o no_o
cor._n 7._o 14._o of_o infant_n covenant-holinesse_n in_o his_o sense_n before_o luther_n and_o zuinglius_fw-la and_o then_o ask_v be_v this_o irue_a i_o answer_v i_o think_v it_o be_v and_o if_o he_o can_v produce_v any_o one_o i_o think_v he_o shall_v have_v do_v it_o in_o his_o book_n if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v do_v more_o then_o mr._n ms._n friend_n better_o verse_v as_o i_o conceive_v in_o antiquity_n then_o mr._n b._n have_v do_v though_o attempt_v it_o page_n 21._o of_o mr._n ms._n defence_n of_o his_o sermon_n two_o place_n he_o cite_v one_o in_o tertullian_n which_o i_o have_v answer_v in_o my_o apology_n page_n 85._o the_o other_o in_o athanasius_n qu._n 114._o ad_fw-la antiochum_fw-la as_o teach_v infant-baptisme_n by_o virtue_n of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o but_o 1._o the_o author_n be_v confess_o spurious_a by_o rivet_n critic_n sac_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 6._o scultetus_n part_n 2._o medul_a patr._n l._n 1._o c._n 42._o perkins_n preparat_fw-la to_o the_o demonstr_n of_o the_o problem_n the_o work_v false_o impose_v on_o athanasius_n be_v these_o the_o book_n of_o divers_a question_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n unto_o king_n antiochus_n for_o therein_o great_a athanasius_n be_v cite_v yet_o mr._n m._n or_o his_o friend_n have_v these_o word_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la these_o word_n then_o which_o be_v safe_a and_o sound_a ground_v upon_o tho_o same_o scripture_n which_o i_o have_v much_o insist_v on_o be_v read_v in_o the_o work_n of_o athanasius_n where_o the_o question_n be_v about_o infant_n die_v require_v a_o resolution_n that_o may_v clear_o set_v whether_o they_o go_v to_o be_v punish_v or_o to_o the_o kingdom_n the_o answer_n be_v see_v the_o lord_n say_v suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v unto-me_a for_o of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o apostle_n say_v now_o your_o child_n be_v holy_a observe_v the_o gospel-ground_n the_o same_o that_o i_o build_v upon_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n which_o be_v baptize_v do_v as_o unspotted_a and_o faithful_a enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n this_o assertion_n be_v own_v by_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n but_o have_v mr._n m._n or_o his_o friend_n recite_v the_o word_n full_o then_o it_o will_v have_v appear_v how_o impertinent_o the_o word_n be_v allege_v to_o prove_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n by_o virtue_n of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o &_o that_o none_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n will_v own_v the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o author_n be_v build_v on_o no_o gospel-ground_n but_o popish_a opinion_n of_o limbus_n infantum_fw-la for_o the_o entire_a word_n be_v these_o qu._n 114._o ad_fw-la antiochum_fw-la whither_o go_v die_a infant_n to_o punishment_n or_o the_o kingdom_n and_o where_o be_v the_o infant_n of_o believer_n die_v unbaptise_v dispose_v with_o the_o believer_n or_o unbeliever_n answ._n the_o lord_n say_v suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v for_o of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o again_o the_o apostle_n say_v but_o now_o be_v your_o child_n holy_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n baptize_v go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n as_o unspotted_a and_o believe_a but_o the_o unbaptised_a and_o heathenish_a neither_o go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n nor_o into_o punishment_n for_o they_o have_v do_v no_o sin_n which_o answer_n plain_o determine_v that_o infant_n of_o believer_n if_o baptize_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n but_o neither_o the_o unbaptised_a infant_n of_o believer_n or_o heathen_n enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n or_o punishment_n for_o they_o have_v do_v no_o sin_n not_o a_o word_n of_o federal_a holiness_n but_o the_o plain_a popish_a doctrine_n that_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v go_v to_o limbus_fw-la infantum_fw-la but_o the_o baptize_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o doctrine_n father_v on_o fustin_a martyr_n qu._n 56._o add_v orthod_n now_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o what_o the_o reform_a church_n assert_v even_o from_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o that_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v federal_o holy_a afore_o baptism_n and_o go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n though_o they_o die_v unbaptise_v nor_o do_v the_o allege_v 1_v cor._n 7._o 14._o prove_v that_o the_o author_n observe_v the_o gospel-ground_n more_o true_o antievangelical_a or_o jewish_n which_o mr._n m._n build_v on_o for_o the_o holiness_n in_o that_o author_n be_v mean_v either_o of_o holiness_n in_o possibility_n in_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v baptize_v because_o believe_v parent_n will_v likely_o breed_v they_o up_o in_o christianity_n and_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o which_o sense_n tertull._n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la c._n 39_o expounde_n the_o apostle_n as_o call_v they_o holy_a not_o in_o act_n bare_o by_o descent_n from_o a_o believer_n but_o because_o designati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la or_o as_o hierome_n epist._n 153._o ad_fw-la paulinum_n allege_v tertullian_n de_fw-fr monogamia_fw-la quod_fw-la candidati_fw-la sint_fw-la fideiet_fw-la nullis_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la sordibus_fw-la polluantur_fw-la which_o erasmus_n in_o his_o gloss_n on_o hierom_n render_v thus_o quodvelut_fw-la ambiunt_fw-la et_fw-la exspectant_fw-la baptismum_fw-la or_o else_o of_o actual_a holiness_n in_o be_v baptize_v believer_n be_v wont_a to_o baptize_v their_o infant_n when_o near_a danger_n of_o death_n not_o by_o reason_n of_o covenant-holinesse_n but_o the_o give_v of_o grace_n by_o baptism_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o to_o save_v a_o infant_n from_o perish_v i_o be_o still_o confident_a that_o neither_o father_n nor_o interpreter_n precede_v the_o sixteen_o century_n do_v interpret_v 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o of_o holiness_n of_o separation_n to_o god_n as_o visible_a church-member_n by_o god_n covenant_n to_o they_o nor_o do_v chamier_n panstras_fw-la cathol_n tom_fw-mi 4._o l._n 5._o cap._n 10._o bring_v any_o though_o he_o purposed_o set_v down_o the_o various_a opinion_n about_o the_o holiness_n there_o mean_v and_o say_v omnes_fw-la complecti_fw-la conabor_fw-la &_o examinare_fw-la sententias_fw-la sure_o i_o be_o augustin_n tom_fw-mi 7._o l._n 2._o de_fw-la pecc_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la c._n 26._o say_v ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la sanctificatio_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la modi_fw-la sit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o filiis_fw-la fedelium_fw-la esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la &_o de_fw-la peccati_fw-la origine_fw-la vel_fw-la remissione_n omnino_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o conjuges_fw-la infideles_fw-la in_o conjugibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la sanctificari_fw-la dicit_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la loâ—o_fw-la etc._n etc._n unto_o which_o i_o think_v good_a to_o add_v that_o whereas_o mr._n m._n in_o his_o defence_n page_n 10._o 58._o bring_v in_o the_o pelagian_n acknowledge_v that_o infant_n be_v baptize_v secundum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la evangelii_n which_o he_o imagine_v to_o be_v the_o gospel-ground_n as_o he_o call_v it_o of_o federal_a holiness_n from_o the_o covenant_n to_o the_o believer_n and_o his_o seed_n in_o aug._n tom_n 7._o l._n 2._o contra_fw-la pelag._n &_o coelest_n c._n 5._o that_o he_o hadad_v the_o next_o word_n quia_fw-la dominus_fw-la statuit_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la baptizatis_fw-la posse_fw-la conferri_fw-la it_o will_v have_v appear_v that_o the_o gospel_n he_o mean_v be_v john_n 3._o 5._o which_o with_o rom._n 5._o 12._o be_v elleadge_v in_o those_o day_n as_o a_o reason_n of_o the_o church_n tradition_n of_o infant-baptisme_n and_o no_o other_o reason_n can_v i_o find_v for_o infant-baptisme_n nor_o in_o any_o the_o exposition_n of_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o in_o mr._n ms._n or_o mr._n bs._n sense_n till_o zwinglius_fw-la his_o day_n the_o eighteen_o absurdity_n be_v that_o i_o say_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v many_o hundred_o time_n for_o authority_n and_o ask_v be_v that_o true_a to_o which_o i_o answer_v this_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o dispute_n when_o i_o have_v not_o time_n or_o mean_n to_o collect_v the_o number_n of_o time_n wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v for_o authority_n in_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o speak_v at_o adventure_n and_o if_o i_o do_v hyperbolize_v it_o may_v be_v neither_o absurdity_n nor_o untruth_n so_o to_o speak_v as_o be_v frequent_a in_o speaker_n &_o writer_n without_o imputation_n of_o falsehood_n nevertheless_o i_o find_v it_o use_v above_o a_o hundred_o time_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o matthew_n 10._o and_o 6._o of_o they_o it_o be_v translate_v authority_n and_o in_o most_o place_n where_o it_o be_v translate_v power_n it_o may_v be_v translate_v authority_n and_o if_o it_o be_v use_v for_o liberty_n in_o any_o of_o these_o place_n yet_o it_o be_v no_o where_o use_v for_o a_o veil_n but_o one_o 1._o cor._n 11._o 10._o and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o it_o be_v use_v for_o authority_n or_o power_n or_o liberty_n many_o hundred_o of_o time_n in_o the_o lxx_o greek_a of_o the_o old_a
page_n 273._o and_o say_v it_o be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n and_o indeed_o i_o think_v it_o so_o still_o for_o i_o think_v it_o will_v follow_v that_o except_o a_o magistrate_n can_v show_v his_o commission_n from_o christ_n that_o he_o be_v a_o usurper_n and_o then_o none_o be_v bind_v to_o he_o but_o to_o suppress_v he_o than_o no_o infidel_n be_v a_o lawful_a magistrate_n who_o deny_v christ_n and_o it_o will_v be_v questionable_a whether_o this_o will_v not_o extend_v to_o a_o non-churchmemb_a or_o a_o excommunicate_a person_n than_o a_o magistrate_n do_v of_o right_a to_o a_o infidel_n against_o a_o believer_n or_o to_o one_o believer_n against_o another_o as_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v a_o act_n for_o christ_n as_o mediator_n and_o if_o because_o all_o power_n be_v give_v to_o he_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n therefore_o magistracy_n so_o as_o that_o all_o power_n must_v be_v derive_v from_o christ_n as_o mediator_n than_o a_o father_n power_n over_o his_o child_n but_o sure_o that_o be_v in_o a_o father_n by_o nature_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v it_o any_o part_n of_o the_o curse_n then_o rule_v presbyter_n shall_v do_v the_o act_n of_o civil_a magistrate_n as_o have_v plain_a title_n to_o rule_v under_o christ._n nor_o do_v i_o think_v mr._n b._n have_v answer_v these_o argument_n or_o the_o rest_n but_o that_o however_o he_o prove_v magistracy_n to_o be_v from_o christ_n appointment_n and_o to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o his_o law_n and_o accountable_a to_o he_o and_o aught_o to_o act_v for_o he_o yet_o not_o that_o the_o commission_n of_o every_o lawful_a magistrate_n be_v from_o he_o as_o mediator_n i_o think_v it_o will_v follow_v if_o mr._n bs._n position_n be_v true_a that_o suppose_v christ_n have_v not_o be_v mediator_n there_o have_v be_v no_o lawful_a magistrate_n and_o that_o dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_fw-la which_o be_v heretofore_o deny_v and_o since_o christ_n be_v heir_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o believer_n only_o be_v christ_n and_o all_o they_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 22_o 23._o it_o will_v be_v consider_v whether_o by_o parity_n of_o reason_n the_o saint_n may_v not_o entitle_v themselves_o to_o all_o power_n and_o all_o man_n estate_n which_o be_v charge_v on_o anabaptist_n at_o munster_n but_o i_o find_v i_o digress_v and_o therefore_o stop_v till_o more_o liberty_n draw_v i_o to_o a_o full_a handle_n of_o it_o sect_n xx._n many_o learned_a man_n with_o the_o oxford_n convocation_n of_o former_a and_o late_a time_n take_v infant-baptisme_n only_o for_o a_o unwritten_a tradition_n mr._n b._n proceed_v to_o answer_v my_o antidote_n term_v it_o a_o corrective_a for_o a_o circumforaneous_a antidote_n but_o the_o antidote_n will_v appear_v to_o be_v good_a if_o take_v notwithstanding_o his_o disgraceful_a term_n of_o corrective_a without_o virtue_n page_n 299._o he_o print_v two_o passage_n of_o dr._n whitaker_n for_o the_o late_a oxford_n convocation_n to_o read_v and_o refer_v to_o the_o like_a in_o davenant_n but_o whatever_o doctor_n whitaker_n think_v yet_o that_o the_o ancient_n do_v take_v baptism_n of_o infant_n to_o have_v be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n unwritten_a seem_v to_o i_o from_o that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o my_o examen_fw-la part_n i._o sect_n 5._o not_o avoid_v by_o mr._n ms_n defence_n in_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n in_o the_o oration_n of_o the_o cardinal_n of_o ragusi_n it_o be_v assert_v item_n nusquam_fw-la legitur_fw-la in_o canone_o scripturae_fw-la s._n quod_fw-la parvulus_fw-la recenter_n baptizatus_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la cord_n credit_n ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la nec_fw-la ore_fw-la confitetur_fw-la ad_fw-la falutem_fw-la inter_fw-la fideles_fw-la &_o crudentes_fw-la computetur_fw-la et_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la it_o a_o determinavit_fw-la et_fw-la statuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o principip_n huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la solum_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sciebant_fw-la fidem_fw-la interroganti_fw-la respondere_fw-la to_o which_o purpose_n walafridus_n strabo_n many_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o vives_n about_o that_o time_n who_o word_n be_v allege_v in_o my_o exercitation_n the_o title_n page_n and_o sect_n 17._o erasmus_n resp_n archiep._n hispal_a ad_fw-la artic_a object_n 61._o sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la innumera_fw-la quae_fw-la prisci_fw-la non_fw-la ausi_fw-la sunt_fw-la definire_fw-la sed_fw-la suspensae_fw-la pronunciatione_fw-la venerabantur_fw-la quod_fw-la genus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o parvuliessent_n baptizandi_fw-la and_o common_o the_o learn_a papist_n do_v instance_n in_o infant-baptism_n as_o a_o unwritten_a tradition_n in_o force_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v object_v that_o bellarm._n and_o other_o do_v bring_v scripture_n for_o it_o becan_n manual_a lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o sect_n 24._o answer_n aliqua_fw-la possunt_fw-la probariex_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quando_fw-la constat_fw-la de_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o legitimo_fw-la scripture_n sensu_fw-la so_o he_o say_v it_o be_v concern_v infan-baptism_n which_o be_v prove_v from_o john_n 3._o 5._o but_o that_o the_o sense_n whereby_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v only_o manifest_a by_o tradition_n which_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o schoolman_n a_o infants-baptism_n be_v not_o reckon_v perfect_a till_o the_o bishop_n lay_v on_o hand_n which_o act_n be_v call_v confirmation_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o imperfect_a baptism_n in_o infancy_n molinaeus_n in_o his_o vates_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o cite_v the_o canon_n do_v 5._o de_fw-la consecratione_fw-la as_o determine_v that_o without_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n no_o man_n be_v a_o full_a christian._n can._n omnes_fw-la et_fw-la can._n ut_fw-la jejuni_fw-la thomas_n 3._o part_n summae_fw-la q._n 72._o art_n 9_o dicit_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectionâ—m_fw-la baptismi_fw-la innuens_fw-la baptismum_fw-la esse_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la nisi_fw-la accesserit_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la lumb_n l._n 4._o scent_n do_v 7._o a._n omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o confirmatione_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la ut_fw-la pleni_fw-la christiani_n inveniantur_fw-la bellarm._n tom_n 3._o the_o sacr_n confirm_v c._n 12._o confirmatio_fw-la est_fw-la complementum_fw-la &_o perfectio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la effec_fw-la sacram._n c._n 8._o est_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la quaedam_fw-la perfectio_fw-la &_o consummatio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la jewel_n defence_n of_o the_o apolog._n page_n 218._o allege_v it_o as_o caistan_n tenet_n that_o a_o infant_n for_o that_o he_o want_v instruction_n in_o faith_n therefore_o have_v not_o perfect_a baptism_n consonant_a hereto_o be_v the_o conceit_n of_o the_o common_a people_n that_o they_o have_v not_o their_o full_a christian_a doom_n all_o they_o be_v bishop_v but_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v even_o learned_a protestant_n speak_v near_o the_o same_o i_o will_v cite_v some_o of_o their_o speech_n among_o which_o i_o will_v forbear_v to_o recite_v the_o speech_n of_o the_o lord_n brook_n and_o mr._n daniel_n rogers_n allege_v by_o i_o in_o my_o exercit._n sect_n 18._o and_o clear_v in_o my_o apology_n from_o mr._n rogers_n his_o latter_a gloss_n nor_o the_o opinion_n of_o mr._n bedford_n who_o judge_v with_o the_o romanist_n that_o the_o scripture_n give_v we_o proof_n only_o of_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o infant-baptisme_n as_o i_o gather_v by_o mr._n bs._n i_o answer_v to_o he_o page_n 305._o dr._n field_n of_o the_o church_n four_o book_n chap._n 20._o the_o four_o kind_n of_o inadition_n be_v the_o continue_a practice_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v neither_o contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n express_o nor_o the_o example_n of_o such_o practice_n express_o there_o deliver_v though_o the_o ground_n reason_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o such_o practice_n be_v there_o contain_v and_o the_o benefit_n or_o 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