the_o baptise_a samaritan_n and_o lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 18._o neither_o be_v this_o do_v at_o that_o time_n only_o and_o there_o a_o end_n of_o it_o but_o the_o same_o order_n which_o be_v here_o take_v by_o saint_n peter_n and_o saint_n john_n saint_n paul_n observe_v 6._o act._n 19.5_o &_o 6._o act._n 19_o first_o he_o baptize_v the_o ephesian_n ver_fw-la 5._o and_o then_o he_o confirm_v they_o ver_fw-la 6._o he_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o they_o and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n come_v down_o upon_o they_o from_o their_o example_n the_o church_n learn_v this_o practice_n and_o have_v continue_v it_o to_o these_o day_n as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n chronol_n bucolceri_fw-la chronol_n 19_o saint_n clement_n bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o ninety_o four_o year_n after_o christ_n in_o the_o three_o of_o those_o epistle_n which_o be_v usual_o ascribe_v unto_o he_o though_o 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euan._n quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la noverunt_fw-la say_v he_o signum_fw-la christi_fw-la nisi_fw-la crux_fw-la christi_fw-la what_o be_v that_o which_o all_o the_o world_n take_v notice_n of_o that_o sign_n of_o christ_n what_o be_v it_o but_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o high_o be_v it_o esteem_v by_o he_o and_o the_o holy_a man_n of_o that_o age_n ibid._n ibid._n that_o he_o profess_v unless_o it_o be_v add_v sive_fw-la frontibus_fw-la credentium_fw-la sive_fw-la ipsi_fw-la aquae_fw-la quare_fw-la generantur_fw-la sive_fw-la olco_fw-la quo_fw-la chrismate_fw-la unguntur_fw-la unless_o say_v he_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v use_v in_o baptism_n and_o in_o confirmation_n nihil_fw-la eorum_fw-la rite_n perficitur_fw-la none_o of_o they_o be_v right_o perform_v that_o be_v according_a to_o the_o order_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o church_n 25_o so_o saint_n austin_n the_o cross_n therefore_o upon_o this_o or_o the_o like_a consideration_n be_v enjoin_v to_o be_v use_v in_o 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repentance_n that_o be_v as_o s._n augustine_n say_v shall_v be_v baptize_v again_o with_o that_o sacrament_n of_o repentance_n aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la c._n 3._o 27._o well_o the_o bishop_n have_v thus_o baptize_v this_o young_a man_n commit_v and_o commend_v to_o his_o charge_n he_o have_v such_o be_v over_o he_o he_o give_v he_o so_o good_a and_o so_o christian_n education_n that_o at_o last_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 20._o euseb_n hist_o eccles_n l._n 3._o c._n 20._o the_o seal_n of_o the_o lord_n mean_v confirmation_n which_o be_v finish_v with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o defence_n or_o safeguard_n from_o those_o powerful_a enemy_n sin_n and_o the_o devil_n so_o chrysostome_n use_v the_o word_n or_o as_o a_o antidote_n against_o poison_n so_o physician_n call_v it_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o last_o 3._o diony_n eccles_n hierar_fw-it c._n 3._o the_o most_o perfect_a defence_n he_o can_v add_v unto_o he_o which_o be_v confirmation_n and_o therefore_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o perfection_n of_o a_o christian_n 28._o not_o as_o though_o child_n be_v baptize_v be_v not_o full_o christian_n not_o so_o book_n common_a prayer_n book_n for_o as_o our_o common_a prayer_n book_n save_v well_o children_n be_v baptize_v have_v all_o thing_n necessary_a for_o their_o salvation_n and_o be_v undoubted_o save_v yet_o shall_v we_o find_v a_o different_a perfection_n in_o confirmation_n from_o that_o perfection_n which_o we_o receive_v in_o baptism_n baptismus_fw-la perficit_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la true_a it_o be_v that_o baptism_n perfit_v in_o his_o own_o kind_n but_o confirmation_n in_o another_o kind_n will_v you_o see_v the_o difference_n the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o the_o font_n plenitudinem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la ad_fw-la innocentium_fw-la 5._o though_o 3._o q._n 72._o 1._o c_o ex_fw-la melchiade_n p._n can_v 2._o the_o 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tho._n qâ—â—_n 12._o disp_n 38._o sect._n 1_o which_o make_v our_o passage_n to_o heaven_n the_o more_o easy_a and_o these_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v account_v simpliciter_fw-la necessaria_fw-la say_v the_o school_n simple_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n it_o seem_v clem._n say_v that_o he_o who_o careless_o and_o wilful_o omit_v confirmation_n can_v become_v a_o perfect_a christian_a and_o yet_o he_o deny_v not_o but_o a_o man_n may_v be_v a_o true_a and_o just_a christian_a without_o confirmation_n both_o which_o he_o be_v by_o baptism_n for_o in_o baptism_n we_o receive_v perfect_a justification_n but_o in_o confirmation_n our_o sanctification_n be_v in_o some_o good_a measure_n augment_v and_o be_v daily_o increase_v in_o we_o more_o and_o more_o by_o the_o bless_a eucharist_n and_o other_o religious_a action_n 29_o will_v you_o accept_v of_o a_o simile_n a_o infant_n new_o bear_v be_v a_o man_n a_o perfect_a man_n quoad_fw-la essentiam_fw-la according_a 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