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that_o christ_n baptism_n comprehend_v john_n and_o somewhat_o more_o in_o act_n 2._o 37_o 38._o when_o the_o jew_n be_v prick_v in_o their_o heart_n which_o be_v a_o preparatory_n repentance_n and_o say_v to_o peter_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v peter_n say_v to_o they_o repent_v and_o be_v baptise_v every_o one_o of_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n so_o that_o we_o must_v require_v and_o expect_v true_a evangelical_a repentance_n to_o be_v profess_v before_o baptism_n for_o verse_n 41._o it_o be_v add_v then_o they_o that_o glad_o receive_v his_o word_n be_v baptise_v so_o that_o he_o baptise_v none_o that_o to_o outward_a appearance_n do_v not_o glad_o receive_v that_o word_n which_o can_v not_o be_v without_o a_o profession_n of_o that_o repentance_n and_o he_o that_o hence_o persuade_v to_o repent_v and_o be_v baptise_v for_o remission_n do_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n 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apparent_a that_o they_o take_v the_o profession_n or_o appearance_n of_o both_o faith_n and_o repentance_n as_o prerequisite_a to_o baptism_n and_o still_o this_o same_o repentance_n be_v it_o that_o have_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n connex_v acts._n 5._o 31._o luke_n 24._o 47._o po_o repentance_n unto_o life_n act_n 11._o 18._o and_o when_o the_o apostle_n compare_v john_n baptism_n with_o christ_n they_o still_o acknowledge_v john_n to_o be_v baptism_n of_o repentance_n act_n 13._o 24._o and_o 19_o 4._o and_o when_o the_o apostle_n do_v purposely_o recite_v the_o principle_n of_o our_o religion_n he_o do_v it_o in_o this_o order_n heb._n 6._o 1_o 2._o the_o foundation_n of_o repentance_n from_o dead_a work_n and_o say_v towards_o god_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o baptism_n etc._n etc._n argum._n 3._o they_o that_o before_o they_o be_v baptise_v must_v renounce_v the_o world_n the_o flesh_n and_o the_o devil_n must_v profess_v
profess_n of_o such_o a_o believe_v by_o which_o both_o he_o and_o his_o household_n may_v be_v save_v as_o be_v before_o show_v and_o so_o of_o all_o other_o in_o those_o time_n pag._n 163._o argum._n 19_o if_o we_o once_o admit_v man_n to_o baptism_n without_o their_o own_o personal_a profession_n we_o shall_v be_v utter_o confound_v and_o not_o be_v able_a to_o give_v any_o satisfactory_a resolution_n who_o profession_n may_v be_v a_o sufficient_a qualification_n to_o entitle_v to_o baptism_n and_o so_o never_o be_v able_a to_o practice_v the_o doctrine_n of_o paeâ—obaptism_n as_o be_v utter_o uncertain_a what_o infant_n to_o baptise_v this_o may_v be_v manifest_a by_o consider_v the_o several_a conceit_n of_o paedobaptist_n some_o whereof_o make_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n sufficient_a some_o the_o faith_n of_o albelieve_a nation_n some_o of_o any_o ancestor_n some_o of_o the_o surety_n some_o of_o the_o next_o parent_n some_o of_o the_o parent_n inchurch_v some_o of_o the_o parent_n or_o proparent_a and_o this_o they_o claim_v by_o a_o covenant_n which_o they_o can_v extend_v to_o no_o other_o than_o the_o parent_n who_o be_v believer_n not_o only_o by_o profession_n but_o also_o real_o before_o god_n which_o can_v be_v know_v to_o no_o administrator_n of_o baptism_n ordinary_o paedobaptist_n speak_v so_o much_o and_o purposely_o of_o this_o point_n particular_o master_n baxter_n of_o baptism_n part._n 1._o chap._n 29._o that_o one_o will_v think_v we_o may_v expect_v a_o exact_a resolution_n of_o this_o point_n from_o he_o if_o from_o any_o man_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v uncertain_a what_o to_o fix_v upon_o and_o if_o he_o resolve_v on_o any_o thing_n it_o be_v without_o proof_n as_o be_v show_v by_o master_n t._n review_n part._n 1._o sect._n 35._o 37._o exercit._n argum._n 9_o 11._o review_n part_n 2._o sect._n 10._o 12._o 17._o part._n 3._o sect._n 50._o etc._n etc._n and_o i_o perceive_v that_o the_o stress_n of_o the_o difference_n between_o master_n baxter_n and_o master_n t._n do_v rest_n much_o in_o this_o and_o no_o wise_a man_n will_v leave_v his_o ground_n till_o he_o see_v where_o he_o may_v have_v better_a especial_o when_o the_o ground_n be_v so_o plain_a as_o those_o of_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n be_v from_o christ_n institution_n matth._n 28._o 19_o mark_n 16._o 15_o 16._o and_o the_o apostle_n practice_n which_o master_n baxter_n have_v here_o so_o ample_o prove_v to_o be_v of_o the_o baptise_v only_o of_o person_n who_o themselves_o profess_v a_o save_a faith_n unless_o he_o mean_v to_o be_v for_o nothing_o or_o of_o no_o religion_n no_o man_n can_v tell_v where_o to_o fix_v nor_o what_o we_o must_v consent_v to_o to_o procure_v a_o title_n if_o we_o once_o forsake_v the_o present_a ground_n of_o the_o person_n own_o profession_n of_o save_a faith_n who_o be_v to_o be_v baptise_v what_o be_v say_v to_o the_o contrary_a be_v answer_v in_o the_o book_n forenamed_a and_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v to_o be_v still_o write_v for_o those_o lazy_a reader_n that_o have_v rather_o err_v then_o be_v at_o the_o pain_n of_o read_v what_o be_v already_o write_v none_o be_v disciple_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o your_o other_o faith_n but_o of_o either_o save_a faith_n or_o the_o profession_n of_o it_o none_o be_v christian_n on_o the_o account_n of_o your_o low_a kind_n of_o faith_n but_o only_o of_o save_a faith_n or_o the_o profession_n of_o it_o once_o for_o all_o i_o let_v you_o know_v that_o i_o take_v save_v faith_n to_o be_v the_o constitutive_a or_o necessary_a qualification_n of_o a_o real_a or_o mystical_a member_n and_o profession_n of_o that_o faith_n to_o be_v the_o qualify_a condition_n of_o visibility_n of_o membership_n i_o confess_v still_o that_o the_o sealis_fw-la to_o other_o beside_o believer_n but_o though_o the_o promise_n be_v conditional_a we_o must_v not_o seal_v to_o any_o but_o those_o that_o profess_v consent_n to_o the_o condition_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o any_o but_o those_o that_o profess_v to_o be_v true_a believer_n pag._n 190._o i_o find_v by_o sad_a experience_n to_o my_o sorrow_n that_o a_o considerable_a part_n of_o some_o parish_n or_o village_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o fundamental_n i_o have_v speak_v with_o abundance_n that_o that_o know_v not_o christ_n be_v god_n or_o man_n or_o either_o but_o they_o say_v he_o be_v a_o spirit_n nor_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v god_n nor_o why_o christ_n die_v nor_o that_o any_o satisfaction_n be_v make_v for_o our_o sin_n or_o any_o thing_n do_v or_o necessary_a to_o their_o pardon_n but_o our_o own_o repentance_n and_o amendment_n and_o with_o some_o that_o know_v not_o that_o the_o soul_n go_v to_o heaven_n before_o the_o resurrection_n nor_o that_o the_o body_n shall_v ever_o rise_v again_o now_o i_o will_v know_v of_o master_n blake_n whether_o all_o the_o child_n of_o these_o parent_n must_v be_v baptise_v again_o or_o not_o for_o certain_o these_o have_v not_o a_o dogmatical_a faith_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n that_o he_o say_v entitle_v to_o baptism_n and_o then_o what_o certainty_n have_v we_o that_o any_o of_o our_o ancestor_n have_v a_o true_a dogmatical_a faith_n and_o i_o will_v know_v of_o master_n baxter_n whether_o such_o child_n be_v not_o to_o be_v baptise_v agian_n sure_o if_o he_o say_v no_o how_o can_v he_o allow_v that_o baptism_n which_o be_v without_o a_o profession_n of_o save_a faith_n if_o he_o say_v yea_o how_o can_v he_o assure_v himself_o that_o any_o of_o our_o ancestor_n have_v right_a baptism_n i_o think_v few_o that_o hold_v master_n baxter_n tenet_n shall_v allow_v of_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o english_a people_n who_o be_v no_o better_a than_o those_o master_n baxter_n mention_v and_o yet_o neither_o master_n baxter_n nor_o other_o paedobaptist_n do_v baptise_v such_o when_o they_o come_v to_o profess_v understand_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n pag._n 195._o my_o twenty_o and_o last_o argument_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n of_o christ_n it_o have_v be_v the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n from_o the_o apostle_n practice_n till_o now_o to_o require_v that_o profession_n of_o save_a faith_n and_o repentance_n as_o necessary_a before_o they_o will_v baptise_v therefore_o it_o must_v be_v our_o practice_n also_o but_o it_o be_v otherwise_o in_o infant_n baptism_n as_o experience_n show_v therefore_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o be_v not_o right_a for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o church_n practice_n 1._o i_o have_v already_o say_v enough_o about_o the_o apostle_n own_o practice_n and_o the_o church_n in_o their_o day_n 2._o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n since_o the_o apostle_n to_o this_o day_n be_v undoubted_o know_v 1._o by_o the_o very_a form_n of_o word_n in_o baptism_n and_o 2._o by_o the_o history_n of_o their_o proceed_n therein_o 1._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o church_n do_v ever_o baptise_v into_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v before_o the_o voluntary_a seek_n and_o reception_n of_o that_o baptism_n contain_v the_o actual_a profession_n of_o save_a faith_n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o person_n to_o be_v baptise_v if_o at_o age_n do_v profess_v to_o believe_v in_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n 3._o it_o be_v also_o certain_a that_o they_o do_v profess_v to_o renounce_v the_o flesh_n the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n 4._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o they_o promise_v for_o the_o future_a to_o live_v in_o new_a obedience_n and_o thus_o they_o public_o enter_v the_o three_o stipulation_n credis_fw-la credo_fw-la abrenuncias_fw-la abrenuncio_fw-la spondes_fw-la spondeo_fw-la do_v thou_o believe_v i_o believe_v do_v thou_o renounce_v i_o renounce_v do_v thou_o promise_v i_o promise_v it_o be_v the_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o church_n then_o that_o faith_n and_o repentance_n give_v in_o vocation_n do_v go_v first_o and_o that_o justification_n adoption_n and_o sanctification_n follow_v after_o and_o so_o they_o take_v this_o justify_v faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o be_v prerequisite_a to_o baptism_n therefore_o they_o ever_o require_v before_o hand_n whether_o they_o believe_v in_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o renounce_v the_o flesh_n the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a and_o cause_v they_o to_o profess_v this_o before_o they_o will_v baptise_v they_o and_o as_o it_o be_v true_a of_o the_o ancient_a church_n that_o they_o never_o baptise_v any_o without_o the_o profession_n of_o save_a faith_n and_o repentance_n so_o it_o be_v true_a of_o all_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o the_o world_n that_o i_o can_v hear_v of_o to_o this_o day_n the_o papist_n themselves_o do_v use_v the_o same_o word_n in_o baptism_n as_o