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A33523 A just vindication of the covenant and church-estate of children of church-members as also of their right unto bastisme : wherein such things as have been brought by divers to the contrary, especially by Ioh. Spilsbury, A.R. Ch. Blackwood, and H. Den are revised and answered : hereunto is annexed a refutation of a certain pamphlet styled The plain and wel-grounded treatise touching baptism / by Thomas Cobbet. Cobbet, Thomas, 1608-1685. 1648 (1648) Wing C4778; ESTC R25309 266,318 321

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do_v in_o civil_a matter_n luk._n 12._o 2_o tim._n 2._o the_o apostle_n will_v not_o be_v cumber_v with_o table-service_n act._n 6._o 4._o much_o less_o with_o the_o civil_a law_n intricacy_n and_o whereas_o mal._n 2._o 15._o be_v urge_v as_o a_o proof_n by_o some_o it_o prove_v that_o which_o be_v not_o question_v scil_n legitimacy_n of_o child_n of_o any_o lawful_a man_n and_o wife_n but_o disprove_v such_o a_o tenet_n that_o unless_o the_o couple_n be_v one_o or_o both_o inchurch_v believer_n as_o be_v these_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o their_o child_n be_v not_o a_o seed_n of_o god_n a_o legitimate_a seed_n in_o that_o god_n eye_v all_o the_o son_n and_o daughter_n of_o adam_n and_o eve_n as_o conjugal_o unite_v in_o the_o same_o common_a reference_n as_o of_o duty_n in_o common_a of_o love_n care_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o husband_n and_o subjection_n in_o the_o wife_n and_o fidelity_n in_o both_o so_o in_o this_o fruit_n of_o such_o lawful_a conjugal_a fellowship_n legitimacy_n of_o child_n wherein_o both_o party_n as_o lawful_a man_n and_o wife_n have_v equal_a share_n without_o any_o such_o peculiar_a believe_a covenant_n and_o church_n respect_n as_o any_o instrumental_a cause_n thereof_o whereas_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o a_o case_n of_o holiness_n of_o child_n arise_v from_o some_o peculiar_a consideration_n of_o some_o one_o parent_n and_o not_o the_o other_o or_o if_o of_o both_o yet_o not_o of_o both_o in_o that_o common_a way_n of_o mere_a civil_a lawfulness_n of_o matrimony_n but_o with_o peculiar_a reference_n to_o a_o instrumental_a cause_n of_o a_o high_a nature_n and_o so_o we_o come_v to_o the_o other_o opinion_n to_o which_o answer_n be_v make_v in_o the_o six_o and_o seven_o consideration_n before_o mention_v as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o