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prove_v the_o saint_n know_v what_o be_v do_v here_o when_o it_o be_v evident_a our_o saviour_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o moses_n his_o person_n but_o of_o his_o write_n or_o law_n as_o he_o himself_o can_v interpret_v it_o in_o the_o forego_n place_n 10._o xii_o rev._n 10._o and_o who_o for_o shame_n to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n but_o such_o a_o man_n as_o he_o will_v quote_v the_o xii_o rev._n 10._o to_o prove_v the_o saint_n must_v know_v what_o be_v do_v on_o earth_n because_o the_o devil_n do_v who_o business_n it_o be_v to_o go_v to_o and_o fro_o which_o the_o saint_n do_v not_o while_o he_o seek_v who_o he_o may_v devour_v and_o to_o prove_v likewise_o the_o devil_n
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any_o infant_n in_o his_o parish_n to_o die_v without_o baptism_n be_v inform_v of_o its_o weakness_n and_o danger_n of_o death_n and_o desire_v to_o come_v and_o baptize_v the_o same_o and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v restore_v till_o he_o acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o promise_v before_o his_o ordinary_n that_o he_o will_v not_o witting_o incur_v the_o like_a again_o but_o we_o do_v not_o tie_v god_n to_o those_o mean_n to_o the_o use_n of_o which_o he_o have_v tie_v we_o and_o therefore_o do_v believe_v that_o by_o his_o infinite_a grace_n and_o mercy_n those_o infant_n may_v be_v save_v who_o without_o their_o own_o fault_n die_v unbaptise_v and_o this_o be_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n as_o appear_v from_o socrates_n 22._o socrates_n l._n v._n hist_o c._n 22._o who_o say_v in_o thessaly_n they_o baptize_v only_o at_o easter_n by_o which_o mean_v many_o die_v unbaptise_v and_o by_o a_o decree_n of_o pope_n leo_n i._n which_o show_v it_o be_v a_o universal_a custom_n in_o other_o place_n to_o baptize_v only_o twice_o a_o year_n which_o custom_n he_o say_v have_v be_v change_v because_o a_o great_a many_o depart_v without_o baptism_n but_o still_o this_o be_v a_o evidence_n they_o do_v not_o think_v it_o absolute_o necessary_a nor_o do_v the_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n such_o as_o gabriel_n biel_n card._n cajetan_n and_o many_o other_o i_o can_v name_v condemn_v child_n to_o hell_n who_o die_v unbaptise_v but_o be_v the_o child_n of_o faithful_a parent_n look_v upon_o they_o as_o within_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o capable_a of_o eternal_a life_n for_o which_o they_o give_v these_o reason_n first_a the_o infinite_a mercy_n of_o god_n who_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o the_o sacrament_n which_o he_o have_v ordain_v and_o second_o the_o like_a case_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n when_o circumcision_n answer_v to_o our_o baptism_n as_o this_o man_n acknowledge_v and_o the_o child_n die_v unbaptise_v be_v notwithstanding_o save_v by_o the_o sole_a faith_n of_o their_o parent_n so_o s._n bernard_n epist_n 77._o ad_fw-la hug._n de_fw-fr s._n vict._n and_o cajetan_n in_o 3._o part_n thom._n q._n 68_o from_o whence_o we_o may_v gather_v that_o even_o this_o notion_n of_o child_n be_v save_v by_o their_o parent_n faith_n without_o baptism_n be_v no_o more_o our_o opinion_n than_o it_o be_v they_o some_o say_v so_o among_o we_o and_o so_o do_v some_o among_o they_o matter_n therefore_o be_v thus_o state_v all_o his_o text_n be_v already_o answer_v we_o say_v the_o very_a same_o our_o saviour_n do_v iii_o joh._n 5._o 5._o iii_o joh._n 5._o in_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o our_o office_n of_o baptism_n where_o we_o make_v it_o as_o a_o reason_n why_o the_o church_n shall_v pray_v that_o god_n will_v grant_v to_o the_o child_n that_o thing_n which_o by_o nature_n he_o can_v have_v etc._n etc._n but_o though_o this_o be_v the_o ordinary_a way_n we_o dare_v not_o say_v it_o be_v the_o only_a god_n grace_n many_o of_o themselves_o acknowledge_v supply_v the_o want_n of_o baptism_n in_o extraordinary_a case_n thus_o even_o lorinus_n a_o jesuit_n in_o x._o act._n 44._o and_o he_o allege_v st._n austin_n for_o it_o who_o be_v very_o rigid_a in_o this_o point_n that_o the_o invisible_a sanctification_n sometime_o be_v sufficient_a without_o the_o visible_a sacrament_n when_o not_o by_o contempt_n of_o religion_n but_o by_o mere_a necessity_n they_o be_v deprive_v of_o baptism_n and_o thus_o peter_n lombard_n 2._o lombard_n l._n iu._n distin_n 4._o c._n 2._o understand_v this_o text_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o those_o who_o can_v be_v baptize_v and_o contemn_v it_o iii_o tit._n 5._o prove_v no_o more_o but_o that_o baptism_n be_v the_o ordinary_a way_n and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v where_o it_o can_v be_v have_v from_o xvi_o mark_v 16._o he_o conclude_v peremptory_o that_o child_n must_v be_v baptise_a or_o not_o save_v 16._o xvi_o mark_v 16._o because_o they_o can_v believe_v which_o be_v to_o make_v baptism_n more_o necessary_a than_o belief_n whereas_o they_o can_v be_v baptize_v but_o upon_o a_o supposition_n of_o belief_n as_o his_o own_o church_n acknowledge_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 14._o trent_n sess_n vii_o can._n 14._o child_n want_v faith_n in_o the_o first_o act_n be_v baptize_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o the_o true_a way_n of_o argue_v from_o this_o place_n be_v that_o as_o our_o lord_n say_v he_o that_o believe_v and_o be_v baptize_v shall_v be_v save_v so_o he_o will_v have_v say_v have_v he_o think_v baptism_n absolute_o necessary_a he_o that_o believe_v not_o and_o be_v not_o baptize_v shall_v be_v damn_v but_o he_o only_o say_v he_o that_o believe_v not_o shall_v be_v damn_v which_o make_v faith_n only_o absolute_o necessary_a and_o i_o show_v before_o there_o be_v those_o in_o his_o own_o church_n who_o think_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o parent_n sufficient_a for_o this_o purpose_n and_o thus_o the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o father_n expound_v those_o word_n of_o st._n paul_n 14._o 1_o cor._n vii_o 14._o 1_o cor._n vii_o 14._o particular_o theodoret_n the_o unbelieving_a husband_n be_v sanctify_v by_o the_o wife_n and_o the_o unbelieving_a wife_n by_o the_o husband_n that_o be_v say_v he_o have_v hope_n of_o salvation_n but_o if_o either_o he_o or_o she_o continue_v in_o this_o disease_n their_o seed_n shall_v partake_v of_o salvation_n which_o be_v but_o reason_n for_o if_o the_o unbelieving_a husband_n suppose_v shall_v not_o have_v suffer_v the_o child_n beget_v of_o his_o believe_a wife_n to_o be_v baptize_v who_o can_v think_v this_o child_n so_o die_v perish_v his_o last_o text_n xvii_o gen._n 14._o 14._o xvii_o gen._n 14._o prove_v no_o more_o but_o the_o necessity_n of_o both_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n where_o they_o can_v be_v have_v as_o be_v show_v before_o for_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v not_o circumcise_v while_o they_o be_v in_o the_o wilderness_n v._o josh_n 5._o but_o who_o will_v say_v that_o all_o they_o who_o be_v bear_v and_o die_v within_o that_o time_n which_o be_v forty_o year_n go_v without_o remedy_n to_o hell_n his_o father_n which_o he_o have_v pick_v up_o out_o of_o bellarmine_n be_v not_o worth_a examine_n because_o some_o of_o they_o speak_v only_o against_o those_o who_o deny_v infant_n to_o be_v regenerate_v in_o baptism_n as_o st._n austin_n epist_n 90._o other_o speak_v of_o it_o in_o such_o term_n as_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o be_v understand_v for_o let_v he_o inform_v we_o what_o irenaeus_n mean_v in_o the_o place_n he_o quote_v that_o our_o body_n have_v receive_v unity_n by_o the_o wash_n of_o incorruption_n and_o our_o soul_n by_o the_o spirit_n and_o other_o speak_v such_o word_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n as_o the_o papist_n themselves_o will_v not_o abide_v by_o but_o confess_v st._n austin_n be_v too_o hard_o in_o his_o opinion_n which_o must_v admit_v of_o some_o 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die_a but_o of_o anoint_v for_o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o restore_v a_o man_n to_o life_n therefore_o he_o may_v have_v spare_v his_o discourse_n about_o the_o matter_n and_o form_n etc._n etc._n of_o a_o sacrament_n for_o their_o sacrament_n be_v not_o here_o describe_v but_o a_o holy_a rite_n for_o a_o purpose_n as_o much_o different_a from_o they_o as_o the_o soul_n be_v from_o the_o body_n and_o life_n from_o death_n vi_o mark_v 13._o 13._o mark_v vi_o 13._o his_o own_o best_a writer_n confess_v belong_v not_o to_o this_o matter_n contain_v only_o a_o adumbration_n and_o a_o figure_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o be_v not_o the_o sacrament_n itself_o as_o menochius_fw-la expound_v the_o place_n according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n which_o say_v this_o sacrament_n as_o they_o call_v it_o be_v insinuate_v in_o vi_o mark_n now_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v insinuate_v which_o be_v not_o express_o propound_v mark_n that_o but_o 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