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nb._n and_o pag._n 249_o 250_o etc._n etc._n though_o as_o to_o admittance_n which_o be_v the_o church_n part_n to_o the_o outward_a ordinance_n he_o make_v profession_n as_o i_o do_v sufficient_a yet_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o the_o sacrament_n be_v a_o convert_v ordinance_n he_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ordinance_n appoint_v for_o conversion_n his_o argument_n be_v 1._o because_o no_o effect_n can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o this_o ordinance_n which_o fall_v not_o under_o the_o signification_n of_o it_o etc._n etc._n as_o vasquez_n 2._o this_o sacrament_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o it_o appear_v to_o praesuppose_v those_o that_o reap_v the_o sweet_a and_o benefit_n of_o it_o to_o be_v convert_v and_o in_o grace_n namely_o to_o have_v faith_n in_o christ_n and_o to_o be_v live_v member_n and_o if_o this_o be_v presuppose_v by_o this_o ordinance_n than_o it_o be_v not_o first_o wrought_v by_o it_o 3._o the_o word_n be_v the_o only_a instrument_n of_o god_n to_o beget_v 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they_o differ_v from_o we_o in_o deny_v remission_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o sacrament_n in_o favour_n to_o their_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n yet_o they_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ordinance_n of_o nutrition_n and_o so_o do_v all_o their_o schoolman_n and_o so_o do_v the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o strengthen_n and_o refresh_v of_o our_o soul_n &c_n &c_n i_o need_v not_o number_v author_n or_o church_n it_o be_v so_o plain_a a_o case_n that_o i_o wonder_v they_o that_o have_v stand_v up_o in_o defence_n of_o it_o as_o a_o convert_n ordinance_n have_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o there_o be_v a_o army_n to_o a_o man_n against_o they_o and_o the_o ancient_a christian_a church_n be_v so_o clear_a in_o it_o so_o far_o mr_n vine_n &_o hooker_n in_o he_o concern_v the_o distinction_n of_o forum_n dei_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la and_o its_o sense_n see_v that_o judicious_a agreement_n of_o the_o associate_v minister_n of_o cumberlanâ—_n and_o westmoreland_n pag._n 47._o where_o they_o 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adultorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la &_o infantium_fw-la at_o cuique_fw-la istorum_fw-la generum_fw-la competit_fw-la una_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la ratio_fw-la introeundi_fw-la in_o communionem_fw-la foederis_fw-la illius_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la foedere_fw-la pendent_fw-la adultis_fw-la scilicet_fw-la fides_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la christi_fw-la promissiones_fw-la amplectuntur_fw-la infantibus_fw-la conditio_fw-la nascendi_fw-la ex_fw-la parentibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la thes._n 11._o pag._n 51._o ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la adulti_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la intrumittuntur_fw-la in_o foederis_fw-la evangelici_fw-la communionem_fw-la svi_fw-la nescii_fw-la intromittuntur_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la fides_n autem_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la quidam_fw-la intellectûs_fw-la tanto_fw-la cum_fw-la acriore_fw-la svi_fw-la sensu_fw-la conjunctus_fw-la quantò_fw-la intellectus_fw-la ipse_fw-la facultas_fw-la est_fw-la praestantissima_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la acerrimo_fw-la sensu_fw-la praeditus_fw-la thes._n 12._o baptismus_fw-la autem_fw-la propriè_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la finem_fw-la destinatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la nobis_fw-la esse_fw-la indultam_fw-la testificaretur_fw-la thes._n 13._o vno_fw-la verbo_fw-la baptismo_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la obsignatur_fw-la adoptio_fw-la nostra_fw-la thes._n 15._o primarius_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o magìs_fw-la proprius_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la consistit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peccati_fw-la destructionem_fw-la &_o abolitionem_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la factam_fw-la actu_fw-la nobis_fw-la communicari_fw-la testetur_fw-la pag._n 372._o thes._n 45._o ideóque_fw-la neque_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la neque_fw-la quodquam_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la seu_fw-la signum_fw-la seu_fw-la tessera_fw-la seu_fw-la pignus_fw-la aut_fw-la arrhabo_fw-la ulli_fw-la traditur_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la seize_v verbo_fw-la &_o promissioni_fw-la fidem_fw-la habere_fw-la profiteretur_fw-la which_o be_v their_o common_a description_n of_o save_v faith_n pag._n 78._o thes_n 37._o nec_fw-la vero_fw-la minùs_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la constat_fw-la cur_n infidelium_fw-la liberi_fw-la non_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la nam_fw-la evangelicum_fw-la foedus_fw-la quidem_fw-la quatenus_fw-la conditionatum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnino_fw-la homines_fw-la spectat_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la christus_fw-la omnium_fw-la redemptor_n modò_fw-la credant_fw-la at_o quatenus_fw-la absolutum_fw-la est_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la solos_fw-la actu_fw-la fideles_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la eorum_fw-la christus_fw-la redemptor_n tantùm_fw-la quia_fw-la soli_fw-la credidere_fw-la quod_fw-la enim_fw-la foedus_fw-la conditionatum_fw-la appellatur_fw-la propterea_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la praestatione_n conditionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la executio_fw-la pendet_fw-la id_fw-la praestitâ_fw-la conditione_n evadit_fw-la absolutum_fw-la jam_fw-la verò_fw-la quamdius_fw-la foedus_fw-la conditionatum_fw-la est_fw-la promissiones_fw-la quae_fw-la foedere_fw-la continentur_fw-la non_fw-la pertinent_a actu_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la conditionem_fw-la non_fw-la praestiterunt_fw-la ideo_fw-la eos_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la alloquintur_fw-la quam_fw-la dicendo_fw-la si_fw-la credideris_fw-la salvus_fw-la eris_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la credideris_fw-la manet_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la super_fw-la te_fw-la quoniam_fw-la igitur_fw-la baptismus_fw-la institutus_fw-la est_fw-la tantùm_fw-la atque_fw-la comparatus_fw-la obsignandis_fw-la dei_fw-la promissionibus_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la pertinent_a nemo_fw-la ex_fw-la infidelibus_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la profiteatur_fw-la seize_v actu_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o infidelitatem_fw-la deposuisse_fw-la et_fw-la pag._n 79._o thes._n 40._o quemadmodum_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la credit_n actu_fw-la jure_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la &_o postquam_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la est_fw-la jus_o habet_fw-la indubitatum_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la marc._n 16.16_o sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la nascitur_fw-la ex_fw-la parentibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la itidem_fw-la jure_fw-la baptismo_fw-la tingitur_fw-la &_o postquam_fw-la etc._n etc._n thes._n 38._o si_fw-la deficiant_fw-la illi_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la aut_fw-la vero_fw-la ex_fw-la eà _fw-la ob_fw-la vitam_fw-la turpiter_fw-la actam_fw-la aut_fw-la puritatem_fw-la religionis_fw-la ejuratam_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la malo_fw-la pertinaciam_fw-la invictam_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la censentur_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la esse_fw-la fideles_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la eorum_fw-la liberi_fw-la eâ_fw-la praerogatiuâ_fw-la excidant_fw-la pet._n molinaeus_n of_o tradition_n translat_n engl._n pag._n 62._o say_v mollnaeus_fw-la it_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v take_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n as_o it_o be_v first_o institute_v by_o the_o lord_n mr._n crook_n in_o 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in_o the_o qualification_n necessary_a to_o baptism_n as_o i_o have_v afterward_o cite_v his_o word_n any_o one_o that_o will_v have_v more_o may_v peruse_v our_o english_a divine_n that_o purposely_o write_v of_o preparation_n to_o the_o lord_n supper_n such_o as_o bradshaw_n hildersham_n pemble_n dike_n bolton_n and_o abundance_n more_o and_o they_o shall_v soon_o see_v that_o it_o be_v true_a repentance_n and_o faith_n that_o they_o require_v as_o necessary_a to_o a_o lawful_a receive_v and_o the_o profession_n of_o these_o to_o our_o lawful_a administer_a but_o i_o will_v weary_v the_o reader_n no_o long_o with_o citation_n but_o only_o shall_v add_v a_o few_o word_n of_o mr._n black_a himself_o and_o leave_v you_o to_o find_v out_o the_o sense_n mr._n blake_n of_o sacrament_n pag._n 124._o so_o that_o i_o conceit_n no_o promise_n of_o these_o ordinance_n make_v to_o such_o a_o faith_n but_o a_o actual_a investiture_n of_o every_o such_o believer_n in_o they_o and_o if_o no_o 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in_o obligationibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la nullus_fw-la certus_fw-la statuitur_fw-la dies_fw-la quovis_fw-la die_fw-la debetur_fw-la there_o be_v no_o day_n overtake_v but_o the_o engagement_n be_v for_o present_v and_o he_o that_o profess_v to_o consent_v to_o be_v a_o true_a believer_n at_o present_a or_o the_o next_o minute_n do_v in_o sense_n profess_v himself_o a_o true_a believer_n at_o present_a pag._n 147._o his_o two_o first_o argument_n draw_v from_o authority_n the_o first_o of_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n and_o other_o of_o a_o number_n of_o father_n be_v bring_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n be_v require_v to_o baptism_n and_o what_o be_v that_o to_o i_o who_o never_o deny_v it_o but_o in_o plain_a word_n have_v often_o affirm_v it_o it_o be_v sufficient_o employ_v where_o i_o
congregation_n which_o the_o country_n know_v to_o be_v such_o as_o you_o have_v do_v pag._n 142_o 143._o upon_o the_o credit_n of_o your_o false_a reporter_n if_o i_o have_v deserve_v such_o deal_n from_o you_o the_o christian_a assembly_n of_o worcestershire_n have_v not_o restrain_v your_o indignation_n to_o i_o and_o abuse_v not_o your_o brethren_n that_o meddle_v not_o with_o you_o and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o be_v deny_v unanimous_o by_o other_o congregation_n sure_o not_o the_o necessity_n of_o profess_v a_o faith_n that_o be_v more_o than_o dogmatical_a at_o least_o i_o know_v no_o such_o congregation_n and_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v never_o know_v such_o for_o all_o your_o frequent_a and_o confident_a intimation_n that_o you_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o divine_n and_o i_o be_v singular_a if_o paper_n can_v blush_v abundance_n of_o such_o passage_n will_v confute_v themselves_o and_o prevent_v the_o delusion_n of_o your_o credulous_a reader_n who_o will_v believe_v you_o to_o save_v the_o labour_n of_o a_o trial_n pag._n 185._o the_o word_n of_o i_o that_o be_v cite_v as_o against_o myself_o be_v these_o vocation_n which_o be_v effectual_a only_o to_o bring_v man_n to_o a_o outward_a profession_n of_o faith_n be_v large_a than_o election_n and_o make_v man_n such_o who_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o baptize_v true_a how_o unhappy_a be_o i_o that_o must_v contradict_v my_o opinion_n in_o the_o very_a word_n which_o contain_v it_o but_o still_o will_v you_o persuade_v man_n that_o a_o outward_a profess_v of_o true_a save_a faith_n be_v all_o one_o with_o another_o kind_n of_o faith_n no_o man_n i_o think_v know_v what_o which_o you_o be_v busy_o promote_a to_o be_v the_o title_n to_o sacrament_n i_o shall_v not_o stand_v to_o search_v mr._n blake_n book_n for_o more_o of_o my_o self-contradiction_n or_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o a_o further_a vindication_n for_o in_o thus_o much_o he_o may_v see_v the_o face_n of_o the_o rest_n and_o discern_v the_o 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illuminate_v we_o and_o pardon_v all_o the_o wrong_n we_o have_v do_v to_o his_o church_n and_o truth_n through_o our_o darkness_n and_o self-conceitedness_n the_o three_o disputation_n quest._n whether_o the_o infant_n of_o notoriously-ungod_o baptize_v parent_n have_v right_o to_o be_v baptise_a tertullian_n apologet._n cap._n 16._o sed_fw-la dices_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la nostris_fw-la excedere_fw-la quosdam_fw-la à _fw-la regulâ_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la desunt_fw-la tum_fw-la christiani_n haberi_fw-la penès_fw-la nos_fw-la philosophi_fw-la verò_fw-la illi_fw-la cum_fw-la talibus_fw-la factis_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la perseverant_a thes._n salmuriens_fw-la vol._n 3._o pag._n 59_o thes._n 39_o sacramenta_fw-la non_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la fidem_fw-la habent_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la eam_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferunt_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la nullis_fw-la certis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la compertum_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la eam_fw-la esse_fw-la ementitam_fw-la aaron_n rod_n blossom_a pag._n 514._o i_o believe_v no_o conscientious_a minister_n will_v adventure_v to_o baptize_v one_o who_o have_v manifest_a and_o infallible_a sign_n of_o unregeneration_n sure_o we_o can_v be_v answerable_a to_o god_n if_o we_o shall_v minister_v baptism_n to_o a_o man_n who_o work_n and_o word_n do_v manifest_o declare_v he_o to_o be_v a_o unregenerate_v unconvert_v person_n and_o if_o we_o may_v not_o initiate_v such_o a_o one_o how_o shall_v we_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o lord_n table_n rutherford_n due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n pag._n 231._o n._n 2._o but_o say_v robinson_n most_o of_o england_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o first_o rudiment_n and_o foundation_n of_o religion_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v a_o church_n answ._n such_o be_v material_o not_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o have_v not_o a_o profession_n and_o be_v to_o be_v teach_v and_o if_o they_o wilful_o remain_v in_o that_o 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