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into_o the_o will_v this_o give_v we_o sad_a ground_n to_o fear_n that_o whatever_o high_a esteem_n such_o may_v pretend_v to_o plain_a scripture_n when_o it_o seem_v to_o make_v for_o they_o yet_o they_o prefer_v their_o own_o fancy_n before_o it_o when_o it_o real_o make_v against_o they_o thus_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v a_o necessity_n for_o infant_n to_o have_v grace_n if_o ever_o they_o get_v to_o glory_n i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o close_a of_o my_o argument_n minor_a proposition_n but_o some_o infant_n do_v get_v to_o heaven_n now_o i_o need_v not_o spend_v much_o time_n to_o prove_v he_o for_o i_o hope_v the_o anabaptist_n will_v not_o be_v so_o uncharitable_a as_o to_o sentence_n all_o infant_n to_o eternal_a destruction_n rather_o than_o receive_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o indeed_o i_o find_v some_o of_o they_o so_o far_o from_o deny_v that_o some_o infant_n get_v to_o heaven_n that_o they_o rather_o believe_v that_o none_o miss_v of_o heaven_n 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the_o ground_n of_o our_o hope_n of_o a_o inward_a change_n and_o be_v it_o possible_a to_o see_v the_o heart_n unrenew_v whatever_o profession_n such_o a_o one_o may_v make_v it_o will_v be_v a_o sin_n to_o baptise_v such_o a_o one_o so_o that_o if_o we_o have_v but_o good_a ground_n to_o hope_n they_o have_v faith_n be_v it_o by_o profession_n or_o otherwise_o it_o matter_n not_o if_o the_o objecter_n say_v it_o be_v his_o bare_a profession_n give_v a_o right_a than_o they_o give_v away_o the_o cause_n they_o have_v so_o contend_v for_o since_o faith_n and_o profession_n be_v not_o only_o distinct_a but_o separable_a if_o they_o say_v faith_n give_v they_o a_o right_n this_o make_v for_o i_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v if_o they_o say_v it_o be_v faith_n as_o profess_a and_o no_o otherway_n this_o be_v evidenly_a to_o lay_v more_o stress_n upon_o their_o profession_n than_o faith_n since_o whatever_o other_o ground_n we_o have_v to_o hope_v they_o have_v faith_n yet_o without_o a_o 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