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nicene_n council_n ratify_v the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n but_o they_o can_v have_v no_o true_a office_n concilium_fw-la elivertin_n to_o answer_v these_o argument_n brief_o first_o in_o general_a not_o one_o of_o these_o place_n or_o consideration_n will_v prove_v a_o unbaptised_a person_n may_v baptize_v because_o all_o their_o instance_n be_v of_o person_n circumcise_v or_o baptize_v or_o in_o church_n estate_n and_o therefore_o argue_v not_o that_o part_n of_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o question_n give_v in_o particular_a to_o each_o first_o to_o the_o instance_n of_o zippora_n it_o be_v not_o limit_v to_o any_o by_o any_o word_n of_o god_n to_o circumcise_v there_o be_v none_o appoint_v to_o perform_v this_o ordinance_n as_o in_o other_o case_n afterward_o and_o in_o this_o from_o the_o first_o institution_n and_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o she_o or_o any_o other_o to_o do_v it_o but_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o it_o may_v be_v so_o in_o this_o second_o it_o 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