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4._o to_o the_o 9_o see_v also_o argument_n prove_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o part_v with_o the_o militia_n argument_n 10._o according_a to_o protestation_n oath_n and_o covenant_n he_o ought_v to_o be_v bring_v to_o exemplary_a and_o condign_a punishment_n he_o be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o notorious_a delinquent_n in_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n yea_o the_o original_a fountain_n and_o wellspring_n of_o all_o the_o delinquent_n in_o the_o kingdom_n give_v commission_n to_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o kill_v murder_n and_o slay_v the_o innocent_a people_n also_o query_n to_o find_v out_o who_o it_o be_v that_o hold_v out_o in_o arm_n against_o the_o state_n of_o england_n how_o can_v it_o be_v proper_o say_v that_o the_o english_a creator_n the_o state_n of_o england_n can_v commit_v treason_n against_o its_o own_o meeâ—_n creature_n the_o king_n their_o rebellious_a servant_n who_o have_v stand_v it_o out_o in_o open_a hostility_n as_o long_o as_o possible_o he_o can_v against_o his_o 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a_o charge_n and_o trouble_v for_o ever_o and_o to_o convert_v the_o great_a revenue_n of_o the_o crown_n to_o the_o public_a treasure_n the_o last_o warn_v p._n 1_o &_o 2._o none_o can_v show_v one_o good_a act_n that_o ever_o any_o king_n do_v voluntary_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o people_n if_o you_o will_v examine_v story_n or_o your_o own_o experience_n yourself_o may_v produce_v thousand_o of_o oppression_n murder_n and_o other_o tyranny_n though_o no_o condition_n of_o mankind_n ever_o do_v so_o many_o so_o intolerable_a mischief_n though_o it_o can_v be_v say_v to_o what_o use_n they_o serve_v or_o that_o there_o be_v any_o use_n of_o they_o except_v to_o debauch_v and_o vex_v a_o people_n you_o hate_v those_o that_o will_v show_v a_o more_o just_a and_o rational_a way_n of_o government_n then_o that_o of_o king_n remostrance_n p._n 16._o if_o you_o will_v in_o many_o thing_n follow_v the_o hollander_n good_a example_n and_o make_v this_o nation_n a_o state_n free_a from_o the_o oppression_n of_o king_n and_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o court_n etc._n etc._n aaaa_o the_o just_a man_n in_o bond_n p._n 1._o the_o lord_n be_v but_o paint_v puppy_n and_o dagon_n that_o our_o superstition_n and_o ignorance_n their_o own_o craft_n and_o impudence_n have_v erect_v no_o natural_a issue_n of_o law_n but_o the_o extuberance_n and_o mushroom_n of_o prerogative_n the_o wen_n of_o just_a government_n put_v the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n to_o pain_n as_o well_o as_o occasion_v deformity_n son_n of_o conquest_n they_o be_v and_o usurpation_n not_o of_o choice_n and_o election_n intrude_v upon_o we_o by_o power_n not_o constitute_v by_o consent_n not_o make_v by_o the_o people_n from_o who_o all_o power_n place_n and_o office_n that_o be_v just_a in_o this_o kingdom_n ought_v only_o to_o arise_v bbbb_n alarm_n to_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n p._n 4._o this_o be_v
that_o circumcision_n do_v primary_o seal_v the_o temporal_a promise_n and_o signify_v sanctification_n but_o secondary_o i_o know_v the_o anabaptist_n in_o germany_n shame_v not_o to_o say_v that_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n be_v a_o mere_a carnal_a thing_n and_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o eternal_a life_n as_o for_o the_o expression_n of_o learned_a cameron_n if_o by_o primary_o he_o mean_v immediate_o that_o it_o seal_v these_o thing_n first_o in_o order_n as_o they_o be_v type_n of_o spiritual_a thing_n it_o may_v then_o pass_v cum_fw-la grano_fw-la salis_fw-la but_o if_o by_o primary_o he_o intend_v principal_o that_o circumcision_n do_v chief_o seal_v earthly_a blessing_n the_o opinion_n be_v too_o unsavoury_a to_o be_v receive_v bb_n m._n marshal_n defence_n 245._o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o serious_o profess_v that_o suppose_v infant_n baptism_n a_o nullity_n i_o can_v understand_v how_o any_o in_o the_o world_n shall_v this_o day_n be_v lawful_o baptize_v 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anabaptist_n to_o contain_v in_o it_o many_o thing_n the_o true_a reason_n of_o which_o and_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o the_o circumstance_n concern_v they_o will_v not_o appear_v till_o the_o day_n of_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o righteous_a judgement_n of_o god_n dd_n ibid._n p._n 32._o how_o far_o the_o anabaptist_n seek_v reformation_n i_o can_v tell_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o carolostadius_fw-la and_o pelargus_n and_o some_o say_v melancthon_n will_v have_v reform_v it_o in_o saxony_n have_v not_o luther_n pertinacy_n in_o that_o as_o well_o as_o consubstantiation_n and_o image_n withstand_v it_o and_o baltazar_n hubmer_n seek_v it_o at_o zurick_n and_o be_v deny_v it_o be_v know_v i_o think_v the_o reform_a church_n have_v be_v to_o blame_v and_o so_o may_v be_v our_o present_a reformer_n that_o they_o have_v never_o yield_v to_o reform_v it_o in_o a_o regular_a way_n i_o ibid._n p._n 106._o m._n marshal_n book_n it_o appear_v be_v contrive_v by_o divers_a i_o believe_v the_o able_a of_o the_o assembly_n i_o wish_v it_o be_v declare_v whether_o the_o paedobaptist_n will_v stick_v to_o that_o work_n or_o any_o other_o ff_n ibid._n p._n 93._o and_o though_o many_o magnify_v the_o virtue_n and_o benefit_n of_o their_o juridical_a excommunication_n yet_o the_o best_a intelligence_n i_o have_v make_v i_o question_v whether_o it_o have_v not_o b_o en_fw-fr rather_o a_o engine_n of_o much_o harm_n as_o be_v use_v rather_o against_o dissenter_n in_o opinion_n and_o opposer_n of_o profit_n than_o man_n open_o vicious_a manager_n of_o that_o censure_n general_o show_v themselves_o irreconciliable_a to_o they_o that_o dissent_v from_o they_o but_o favourable_a enough_o to_o vicious_a live_n gg_n ibid._n p._n 57_o i_o be_v tell_v there_o be_v a_o very_a intelligent_a man_n that_o say_v he_o be_v sorry_a that_o i_o have_v m._n martial_n for_o my_o antagonist_n as_o know_v he_o to_o be_v apt_a to_o mistake_v which_o he_o conceive_v will_v be_v a_o vexation_n to_o i_o and_o indeed_o i_o find_v his_o word_n true_a p._n 69._o i_o must_v confess_v i_o find_v m._n martial_n still_o so_o confuse_v a_o disputer_n that_o i_o know_v not_o to_o what_o purpose_n his_o manner_n of_o write_v in_o this_o point_n shall_v tend_v but_o to_o puzzle_v his_o reader_n and_o weary_a his_o respondent_fw-la hh_o ibid._n p._n 19_o m._n martial_n say_v that_o i_o vilify_v m._n thomas_n goodwin_n as_o a_o man_n who_o by_o spin_v out_o similitude_n and_o conjecture_n deceive_v his_o auditor_n i_o say_v still_o that_o i_o expect_v from_o m._n goodwin_n argument_n but_o count_v myself_o delude_v with_o his_o conjecture_n find_v nothing_o to_o his_o purpose_n in_o any_o of_o these_o text_n which_o be_v the_o main_a he_o allege_v hh_v 2_o ibid._n p._n 3._o i_o see_v few_o or_o none_o regard_v for_o clear_v the_o truth_n but_o popular_a orator_n such_o as_o relate_v to_o great_a man_n or_o be_v useful_a to_o uphold_v a_o party_n be_v the_o man_n esteem_v and_o p._n 95._o i_o may_v rather_o say_v that_o by_o my_o two_o treatise_n there_o be_v such_o a_o wound_n give_v already_o to_o infant_n baptism_n that_o however_o man_n may_v play_v the_o mountebank_n and_o skin_n it_o over_o it_o will_v never_o be_v cure_v at_o the_o bottom_n two_o vide_fw-la supra_fw-la bb._n kk_n ibid._n p._n 10._o i_o dare_v not_o justify_v such_o a_o practice_n as_o to_o gather_v a_o separate_a church_n ll_o vide_fw-la supra_fw-la c._n mm_o vide_fw-la supra_fw-la bb._n nn_n tomb_n apology_n p._n 92._o i_o doubt_v much_o how_o hence_o may_v be_v conclude_v any_o power_n of_o suspension_n from_o the_o lord_n supper_n for_o every_o emergent_a scandal_n so_o judge_v by_o a_o congregation_n or_o congregationall_a presbytery_n oh_o ibid._n p_o 91._o i_o have_v say_v that_o i_o doubt_v whether_o ever_o excommunication_n a_o sacris_fw-la or_o the_o presbyterian_a or_o the_o independent_a ecclesiastical_a government_n will_v be_v prove_v to_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la by_o christ_n appointment_n and_o i_o doubt_v whether_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n matth._n 16._o be_v any_o other_o then_o doctrinal_a and_o whether_o matth._n 18._o contain_v any_o other_o direction_n then_o about_o particular_a injury_n betwixt_o brother_n and_o brother_n or_o let_v he_o be_v to_o thou_o a_o heathen_a and_o publican_n be_v any_o other_o then_o shun_v familiar_a converse_n pp_n ibid._n i_o confess_v that_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v but_o a_o matter_n of_o prudence_n whether_o each_o congregation_n have_v its_o complete_a power_n within_o itself_o or_o that_o it_o be_v order_v in_o some_o thing_n by_o a_o assembly_n of_o select_a person_n out_o of_o divers_a congregation_n and_o whether_o congregation_n and_o pastor_n be_v fix_v or_o unfixed_a p._n 93._o i_o suppose_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o do_v these_o thing_n we_o have_v not_o certain_a precise_a direction_n from_o god_n word_n but_o that_o we_o be_v leave_v free_a by_o god_n to_o order_v such_o thing_n though_o pertain_v to_o christian_n as_o christian_n by_o alterable_a rule_n of_o prudence_n qq_n ibid._n p._n 93._o nor_o do_v the_o church_n lose_v by_o have_v a_o christian_a magistrate_n if_o that_o jurisdiction_n be_v want_v since_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v better_a provide_v for_o by_o the_o constant_a care_n of_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n if_o conscientious_a in_o execute_v judgement_n if_o not_o such_o censure_n have_v be_v seldom_o execute_v with_o conscience_n or_o good_a effect_n rr_z m._n marshal_n defence_n p._n 73._o have_v not_o multitude_n of_o our_o anabaptist_n swallow_v down_o all_o arminianism_n ss_z a_o defence_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o infant_n baptism_n in_o answer_n to_o m._n spilsberry_n w_n m._n spilsberry_n peculiar_a interest_n of_o the_o elect_a in_o christ_n and_o his_o save_a grace_n xx_o gangrene_n first_o part_n division_n second_o p._n 23._o m._n den_n exercise_n in_o lamb_n church_n the_o usual_a theme_n that_o he_o be_v upon_o be_v christ_n die_v for_o all_o for_o judas_n as_o well_o as_o peter_n he_o often_o preach_v this_o doctrine_n as_o those_o who_o have_v hear_v he_o do_v report_n this_o be_v the_o everlasting_a gospel_n to_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n have_v dye_v for_o all_o man_n turk_n pagan_n and_o that_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n commit_v against_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v actual_o forgive_v and_o pardon_v when_o jesus_n christ_n shed_v his_o blood_n and_o none_o of_o they_o that_o ever_o man_n have_v commit_v or_o shall_v be_v impute_v to_o they_o but_o man_n be_v only_o damn_v for_o not_o believe_v in_o christ_n and_o for_o nothing_o else_o yy_a ibid._n p._n 36._o oat_n who_o be_v a_o great_a dipper_n and_o preacher_n among_o they_o deliver_v in_o bell-alley_n in_o colemanstreet_n not_o long_o ago_o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n eternal_a election_n and_o predestination_n be_v a_o damnable_a doctrine_n and_o
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profess_v their_o mind_n against_o the_o sprinkle_n of_o infant_n paedorantisme_n to_o all_o of_o they_o i_o ever_o hear_v of_o be_v a_o abomination_n it_o will_v not_o therefore_o be_v amiss_o before_o i_o leave_v they_o to_o speak_v something_o to_o those_o two_o point_n which_o all_o of_o they_o be_v content_a to_o take_v upon_o themselves_o as_o a_o characteristic_a distinction_n from_o any_o other_o sect._n let_v we_o then_o consider_v first_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o baptize_v any_o infant_n second_o whether_o sprinkle_v be_v sufficient_a or_o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o dip_v over_o head_n and_o ear_n all_o who_o be_v baptize_v concern_v the_o state_n of_o the_o first_o question_n question_n the_o state_n of_o the_o first_o question_n we_o need_v not_o controvert_v the_o quality_n of_o the_o infant_n to_o be_v baptize_v whether_o they_o must_v be_v the_o child_n of_o true_a believer_n or_o only_o of_o professor_n without_o scandal_n whether_o of_o church_n member_n 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the_o reason_n proceed_v not_o from_o every_o thing_n signify_v to_o every_o sign_n but_o from_o the_o chief_a thing_n signify_v to_o the_o first_o sign_n some_o of_o the_o blessing_n which_o circumcision_n do_v seal_v belong_v to_o melchisedek_n to_o lot_n to_o job_n and_o other_o who_o be_v not_o so_o far_o as_o we_o read_v circumcise_v but_o the_o main_a promise_n seal_v by_o circumcision_n in_o thy_o seed_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v the_o messiah_n come_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n as_o it_o be_v administer_v under_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n alone_o and_o to_o the_o proselyte_n who_o join_v themselves_o to_o their_o body_n nor_o do_v we_o speak_v but_o of_o the_o first_o sign_n for_o unless_o there_o be_v a_o right_a to_o this_o there_o be_v a_o right_a to_o none_o and_o where_o the_o lord_n have_v appoint_v sign_n 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infant_n baptism_n they_o count_v impediment_n put_v by_o god_n to_o paedobaptism_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n they_o deny_v the_o last_o part_n of_o the_o minor_a this_o we_o shall_v consider_v when_o we_o come_v to_o answer_v their_o objection_n it_o be_v not_o so_o pertinent_a in_o this_o place_n the_o first_o part_n likewise_o of_o the_o minor_a they_o deny_v affirm_v that_o no_o infant_n have_v right_a to_o any_o promise_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n before_o the_o time_n of_o their_o actual_a faith_n which_o they_o say_v can_v possible_o be_v in_o they_o before_o the_o year_n of_o their_o discretion_n this_o be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o dangerous_a knot_n in_o the_o whole_a debate_n for_o we_o do_v not_o so_o much_o contend_v for_o the_o outward_a sacrament_n to_o infant_n as_o for_o their_o spiritual_a right_n in_o god_n and_o his_o promise_n all_o our_o adversary_n deny_v to_o all_o infant_n all_o right_a in_o god_n all_o interess_n in_o his_o promise_n and_o covenant_n as_o much_o as_o they_o do_v to_o turk_n and_o pagan_n some_o of_o both_o say_v they_o may_v be_v elect_v and_o save_v but_o neither_o of_o both_o have_v any_o place_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n or_o any_o gospel_n promise_n till_o they_o be_v call_v by_o the_o word_n and_o by_o a_o actual_a faith_n have_v embrace_v the_o gospel_n if_o therefore_o we_o make_v good_a the_o right_n and_o interest_n of_o any_o infant_n in_o the_o chief_a promise_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o establish_v the_o main_a hinge_n of_o this_o whole_a controversy_n for_o this_o end_n we_o will_v endeavour_v to_o clear_v from_o scripture_n these_o four_o proposition_n first_o that_o the_o infant_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v real_a and_o true_a interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n even_o before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n second_o that_o the_o infant_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v that_o same_o right_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o
they_o for_o he_o only_o admonish_v we_o to_o be_v spare_v &_o cautious_a in_o our_o reason_n from_o proportion_n in_o positive_a and_o institute_v worship_n his_o advice_n we_o mind_v to_o follow_v as_o very_o reasonable_a for_o we_o do_v not_o from_o analogy_n infer_v the_o institution_n of_o baptism_n or_o any_o other_o positive_a worship_n only_o the_o application_n of_o baptism_n a_o worship_n institute_v by_o a_o express_a command_n to_o a_o certain_a subject_n to_o wit_n infant_n and_o to_o reason_n thus_o far_o yea_o far_a from_o proportion_n and_o analogy_n be_v the_o frequent_a custom_n both_o of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n thus_o the_o lord_n prove_v it_o lawful_a for_o his_o disciple_n to_o pluck_v the_o ear_n of_o corn_n on_o the_o sabbath_n from_o david_n eat_v of_o the_o shewbread_n and_o the_o apostle_n prove_v the_o necessity_n of_o maintain_v the_o minister_n from_o not_o muzle_v of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o ox_n that_o tread_v out_o the_o corn_n and_o their_o live_n by_o the_o altar_n who_o serve_v at_o the_o altar_n 1_o cor._n 9.9_o but_o the_o great_a stick_n be_v upon_o the_o antecedent_n baptism_n succession_n to_o circumcision_n we_o therefore_o prove_v it_o from_o col._n 2.11_o 12._o 12._o baptism_n succeed_v to_o circumcision_n col._n 2.11_o 12._o in_o who_o also_o you_o be_v circumcise_v with_o the_o circumcision_n make_v without_o hand_n in_o put_v off_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n by_o the_o circumcision_n of_o christ_n bury_v with_o he_o in_o baptism_n wherein_o also_o you_o be_v rise_v with_o he_o the_o apostle_n here_o show_v our_o completeness_n in_o christ_n tell_v we_o that_o we_o have_v in_o he_o the_o main_a thing_n signify_v by_o circumcision_n the_o spiritual_a circumcision_n of_o the_o heart_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n the_o put_v off_o of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n also_o that_o in_o place_n of_o the_o abolish_v rite_n of_o circumcision_n we_o have_v the_o new_a rite_n of_o baptism_n who_o 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more_o but_o that_o those_o two_o be_v not_o one_o which_o be_v never_o affirm_v by_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v like_a and_o agree_v only_o in_o some_o three_o can_v possible_o be_v one_o for_o identity_n destroy_v analogy_n and_o similitude_n but_o if_o two_o concordance_n betwixt_o baptism_n and_o circumcision_n be_v make_v good_a the_o three_o for_o which_o we_o reason_n will_n of_o its_o own_o accord_n follow_v if_o it_o be_v clear_v that_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n be_v both_o of_o they_o seal_v of_o the_o same_o covenant_n and_o both_o of_o they_o initiate_a seal_n it_o follow_v that_o if_o infant_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o one_o they_o be_v also_o of_o the_o other_o if_o the_o first_o two_o do_v not_o clear_o enough_o appear_v from_o the_o last_o passage_n of_o the_o apostle_n there_o be_v many_o more_o scripture_n beside_o to_o make_v they_o evident_a the_o first_o similitude_n betwixt_o baptism_n and_o circumcision_n be_v their_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n grace_n circumcision_n do_v seal_v the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o blessing_n therein_o contain_v this_o of_o baptism_n be_v never_o question_v but_o of_o circumcision_n the_o anabaptist_n do_v ever_o deny_v it_o we_o prove_v it_o first_o from_o gen._n 17.11_o 17.11_o gen._n 17.11_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o what_o covenant_n be_v this_o whereof_o circumcision_n be_v here_o call_v a_o token_n or_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v rom._n 4.11_o a_o sign_n and_o a_o seal_n moses_n express_v it_o in_o the_o 7._o v._o call_v it_o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n wherein_o god_n promise_v to_o be_v a_o god_n to_o abraham_n and_o to_o his_o seed_n after_o he_o this_o covenant_n must_v be_v of_o grace_n since_o the_o lord_n the_o fountain_n of_o grace_n and_o glory_n promise_v therein_o to_o communicate_v even_o himself_o to_o abraham_n posterity_n it_o be_v true_a according_a to_o the_o wise_a and_o wonderful_a dispensation_n of_o 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