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live_v that_o be_v without_o for_o without_o be_v dog_n and_o sorcerer_n and_o whore-monger_n and_o murderer_n and_o idolater_n and_o liar_n rev._n 22.15_o and_o there_o want_v not_o holy_a and_o judicious_a and_o faithful_a witness_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o the_o way_n of_o pure_a reformation_n who_o do_v so_o expound_v the_o principle_n of_o the_o apostle_n catechism_n heb._n 6.1.2_o that_o none_o of_o the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n be_v admit_v to_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o lord_n table_n but_o such_o as_o be_v enlighten_v to_o repentance_n and_o have_v taste_v of_o the_o heavenly_a gift_n of_o faith_n and_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o some_o kind_n and_o have_v taste_v the_o good_a word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v through_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o of_o the_o last_o judgement_n of_o these_o six_o principle_n of_o the_o apostle_n catechism_n the_o 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catechism_n touch_v the_o faith_n and_o promise_v of_o their_o godfather_n and_o godmother_n and_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n upon_o they_o by_o the_o pastor_n or_o bishop_n be_v final_o transform_v into_o a_o sacrament_n but_o all_o these_o gross_a superstition_n be_v but_o superaddition_n to_o the_o first_o primitive_a holy_a institution_n and_o yet_o as_o by_o the_o straw_n and_o stubble_n you_o may_v gather_v what_o kind_n of_o grain_n grow_v in_o the_o field_n so_o by_o these_o abuse_n of_o this_o ordinance_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v gather_v what_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a apostolic_a church_n in_o this_o case_n let_v then_o this_o primitive_a practice_n be_v restore_v to_o its_o purity_n as_o it_o be_v in_o some_o of_o the_o first_o church_n plant_v in_o this_o country_n and_o then_o there_o will_v be_v no_o more_o fear_n of_o pester_v church_n with_o a_o carnal_a generation_n of_o member_n baptize_v in_o their_o infancy_n then_o of_o admit_v a_o carnal_a company_n of_o hypocrite_n confess_v their_o faith_n and_o repentance_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o congregation_n either_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o faithfulness_n of_o his_o covenant_n will_v sanctify_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o baptize_v infant_n to_o prepare_v they_o for_o his_o table_n or_o else_o he_o will_v discover_v their_o hypocrisy_n and_o profaneness_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o church_n before_o man_n and_o angel_n and_o so_o prevent_v the_o pollution_n of_o the_o lord_n table_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n by_o their_o partake_n in_o they_o chap._n vii_o the_o four_o argument_n silvester_n silvester_n that_o i_o find_v against_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o ground_n both_o of_o ignorance_n and_o error_n for_o it_o hold_v people_n in_o blindness_n that_o they_o can_v come_v to_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o holy_a ordinance_n nor_o what_o the_o same_o require_v in_o the_o subject_n thereof_o and_o also_o it_o cause_v the_o simple_a to_o conceive_v that_o baptism_n be_v of_o necessity_n to_o salvation_n do_v you_o think_v that_o the_o circumcision_n of_o infant_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v any_o ground_n of_o ignorance_n or_o error_n silvanus_n silvanus_n that_o it_o hold_v people_n in_o blindness_n that_o they_o can_v not_o come_v to_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o that_o holy_a ordinance_n nor_o what_o the_o same_o require_v in_o the_o subject_n thereof_o sure_o god_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n when_o he_o say_v he_o know_v abraham_n who_o have_v late_o circumcise_v his_o child_n and_o household_n that_o he_o will_v command_v his_o child_n and_o household_n to_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n gen._n 18.19_o which_o how_o can_v he_o possible_o do_v unless_o he_o first_o teach_v they_o to_o know_v it_o in_o like_a sort_n the_o baptism_n of_o a_o man_n child_n do_v not_o allow_v he_o to_o keep_v they_o in_o blindness_n and_o error_n but_o rather_o 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