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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o nation_n it_o be_v not_o the_o nation_n in_o gross_a as_o dr._n holmes_n also_o tell_v you_o p._n 7._o for_o then_o all_o must_v be_v baptize_v say_v he_o and_o true_o too_o if_o the_o word_n nation_n universal_o take_v do_v there_o note_v the_o subject_n of_o baptism_n but_o it_o be_v the_o nation_n with_o restriction_n the_o nation_n disciple_v i._n e._n so_o many_o in_o all_o nation_n as_o be_v first_o make_v disciple_n by_o teach_v and_o not_o more_o that_o there_o be_v command_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o this_o mr._n cotton_n and_o mr._n baxter_n and_o dr._n featley_n and_o dr._n holmes_n and_o wellnigh_a all_o your_o champion_n be_v well_o aware_a can_v be_v deny_v and_o therefore_o rather_o than_o assert_v such_o a_o thing_n viz._n that_o any_o more_o be_v here_o bid_v to_o be_v baptize_v than_o such_o as_o be_v first_o bid_v to_o be_v disciple_v they_o choose_v to_o take_v so_o hard_a a_o province_n upon_o they_o as_o to_o 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thus_o de_fw-fr qua_fw-la agustinus_n si_fw-mi inquit_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quandam_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la quarum_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la haberent_fw-la omnino_fw-la sâ—cramenta_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la and_o then_o again_o p._n 365._o speak_v of_o those_o sacramental_a locution_n as_o you_o call_v they_o whereby_o the_o sign_n be_v oft_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o thing_n signify_v and_o say_v to_o do_v and_o be_v that_o which_o only_o the_o thing_n signify_v be_v and_o do_v in_o truth_n this_o say_v he_o be_v by_o a_o sacramental_a metonimy_n and_o the_o meaning_n of_o it_o be_v not_o that_o one_o be_v change_v real_o into_o the_o other_o but_o because_o the_o sign_n do_v so_o lively_o resemble_v the_o thing_n signify_v next_o to_o which_o he_o cite_v again_o the_o very_a same_o sentence_n out_o of_o austin_n which_o be_v rehearse_v in_o latin_a just_a above_o together_o with_o somewhat_o more_o all_o which_o i_o english_a 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