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A85020 The infants advocate of circumcision on Jewish and baptisme on Christian children. By Thomas Fuller, B.D. Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1653 (1653) Wing F2447; Thomason E1431_1; ESTC R202071 87,089 272

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only_o without_o any_o manner_n of_o gesture_n at_o all_o use_v by_o our_o saviour_n unto_o they_o mat._n 19_o 15._o only_a take_v notice_n that_o christ_n lay_v his_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o depart_v thence_o mark_v 10._o 16._o register_v all_o three_o remarkable_a action_n he_o take_v they_o up_o in_o his_o arm_n lay_v his_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o bless_v they_o saint_n john_n add_v chap._n 21._o 21._o and_o there_o be_v also_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o jesus_n do_v which_o be_v not_o write_v among_o which_o for_o aught_o appear_v to_o the_o contrary_a the_o baptise_v of_o these_o infant_n may_v be_v one_o of_o they_o however_o grant_v they_o be_v not_o formal_o and_o solemn_o baptise_a yet_o we_o may_v observe_v baptism_n consist_v of_o two_o part_n the_o application_n of_o water_n which_o we_o may_v call_v the_o body_n and_o the_o impression_n of_o the_o blessing_n which_o we_o may_v term_v the_o soul_n of_o baptism_n the_o late_a which_o indeed_o be_v the_o principal_a 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profaneness_n till_o which_o time_n charity_n command_v we_o to_o believe_v they_o not_o swine_n but_o lamb_n and_o capable_a of_o the_o sacrament_n object_n child_n be_v unable_a to_o discharge_v a_o essential_a requisite_a to_o baptism_n see_v what_o equipage_n baptism_n be_v martial_v by_o christ_n own_o commission_n mat._n 28._o 19_o 20._o 1._o go_v you_o therefore_o and_o teach_v all_o nation_n 2._o baptise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n etc._n etc._n 3._o teach_v they_o to_o observe_v all_o thing_n whatsoever_o i_o have_v command_v you_o here_o we_o have_v the_o safe_a and_o sure_a position_n of_o baptism_n as_o god_n himself_o order_v it_o it_o be_v place_v in_o the_o middle_n betwixt_o adouble_a teach_n one_o in_o the_o front_n and_o another_o in_o the_o rear_n thereof_o a_o precedent_a teach_n must_v usher_v in_o baptism_n and_o the_o subsequent_a teach_n must_v afterward_o wait_v upon_o it_o child_n therefore_o be_v incapable_a of_o this_o praevious_a and_o preparative_n teach_v be_v incapable_a also_o of_o baptism_n which_o depend_v thereupon_o answ_n the_o method_n prescribe_v here_o by_o christ_n to_o his_o apostle_n be_v only_o to_o be_v use_v by_o they_o in_o their_o preach_n to_o pure_a pagan_n grow_v up_o to_o be_v man_n and_o this_o their_o commission_n proper_o extend_v unto_o the_o gentile_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d go_v therefare_n that_o be_v in_o due_a time_n leave_v this_o land_n of_o palestine_n wherein_o you_o live_v for_o the_o present_a when_o you_o shall_v be_v accomplish_v with_o the_o spirit_n make_v your_o progress_n into_o far_o distant_a part_n and_o there_o teach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o nation_n the_o word_n proper_o import_v heathen_n former_o unacquainted_a with_o god_n &_o his_o word_n such_o people_n must_v first_o be_v teach_v before_o they_o may_v be_v baptise_a this_o text_n therefore_o may_v just_o be_v charge_v 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yet_o possible_o the_o measure_n thereof_o may_v be_v faulty_a elisha_n be_v like_o eliah_n and_o eliah_n a_o man_n subject_n to_o like_a passion_n as_o we_o be_v james_z 5._o 17._o and_o he_o may_v see_v in_o himself_o what_o other_o see_v not_o in_o he_o that_o he_o be_v too_o much_o transport_v with_o passion_n and_o perchance_o do_v too_o much_o insult_v on_o the_o present_a perplexity_n and_o extremity_n of_o king_n jehoram_n wherefore_o conceive_v that_o he_o in_o the_o still_a voice_n will_v not_o come_v to_o one_o in_o so_o loud_a a_o passion_n he_o call_v for_o a_o minstrel_n so_o to_o reduce_v pacate_v and_o compose_v his_o soul_n that_o it_o may_v return_v to_o a_o quiet_a temper_n whence_o it_o plain_o appear_v what_o a_o enemy_n passion_n be_v general_o to_o the_o receive_n of_o god_n spirit_n and_o that_o all_o those_o which_o desire_v a_o revelation_n of_o the_o truth_n unto_o they_o must_v labour_v to_o divest_v themselves_o thereof_o 33._o three_o divest_v thyself_o of_o covetuousness_n here_o take_v notice_n how_o easy_o man_n be_v persuade_v to_o embrace_v those_o opinion_n though_o never_o so_o erroneous_a which_o bring_v in_o profit_n unto_o they_o for_o instance_n one_o with_o weak_a sinew_n of_o logic_n &_o worse_a colour_n of_o rhetoric_n will_v quick_o persuade_v a_o countryman_n to_o be_v a_o convert_n in_o this_o point_n that_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o his_o minister_n 34._o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o wean_v man_n from_o suck_v on_o those_o opinion_n which_o be_v sweeten_v unto_o they_o by_o commodity_n for_o by_o this_o craft_n we_o get_v our_o gain_n act_v 19_o 25._o no_o wonder_n if_o the_o pope_n zealous_o maintain_v purgatory_n see_v that_o purgatory_n so_o plentiful_o maintain_v the_o pope_n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o other_o lucrative_a error_n in_o their_o religion_n pilgrimage_n pardon_n prayer_n to_o the_o saint_n prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a etc._n etc._n scylla_n omnes_fw-la 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thereof_o tully_n say_v of_o our_o brittainy_a in_o his_o time_n when_o caesar_n rather_o discover_v than_o conquer_v it_o that_o it_o have_v natural_o ne_o micam_fw-la auri_fw-la aut_fw-la argenti_fw-la not_o a_o crumb_n of_o gold_n or_o silver_n as_o within_z the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n thereof_o so_o may_v i_o say_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o antipoedobaptism_n it_o be_v a_o bare_a and_o poor_a opinion_n gold_n and_o silver_n it_o have_v none_o and_o therefore_o alone_o of_o itself_o be_v never_o probable_a to_o enrich_v the_o patron_n and_o defender_n thereof_o 36._o and_o yet_o as_o tully_n go_v a_o little_a too_o far_o in_o condemn_v britain_n as_o utter_o devoid_a of_o silver_n oar_n and_o be_v disprove_v by_o the_o industry_n of_o our_o age_n which_o some_o year_n since_o have_v discover_v silver_n mine_n in_o wales_n so_o possible_o this_o opinion_n may_v be_v more_o advantageous_a to_o the_o defender_n thereof_o than_o be_v obvious_a to_o the_o eye_n of_o every_o 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will_v be_v offend_v at_o the_o simplicity_n &_o plainness_n of_o they_o there_o be_v a_o book_n entitle_v de_fw-fr medecinis_fw-la facilè_fw-la parabilibus_fw-la of_o medicine_n which_o may_v easy_o be_v procure_v and_o very_o good_a for_o such_o w_n ch_n take_v physic_n in_o forma_fw-la pauperis_fw-la yea_o general_o it_o be_v conceive_v nothing_o so_o much_o detract_v from_o the_o worth_n of_o those_o medicine_n as_o the_o cheapness_n and_o commonness_n thereof_o so_o that_o if_o we_o do_v but_o fetch_v from_o the_o east_n indies_n what_o now_o grow_v in_o our_o garden_n it_o will_v then_o be_v account_v a_o precious_a drug_n which_o now_o we_o esteem_v a_o common_a potherb_n in_o like_a manner_n i_o fear_v that_o these_o our_o counsel_n shall_v be_v undervalue_v for_o the_o usualness_n and_o obviousness_n of_o they_o if_o a_o soul-mount-abank_a shall_v prescribe_v such_o new_a fangle_a mean_n which_o be_v never_o hear_v of_o before_o he_o shall_v get_v more_o patient_n than_o all_o 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