page_n 273._o and_o say_v it_o be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n and_o indeed_o i_o think_v it_o so_o still_o for_o i_o think_v it_o will_v follow_v that_o except_o a_o magistrate_n can_v show_v his_o commission_n from_o christ_n that_o he_o be_v a_o usurper_n and_o then_o none_o be_v bind_v to_o he_o but_o to_o suppress_v he_o than_o no_o infidel_n be_v a_o lawful_a magistrate_n who_o deny_v christ_n and_o it_o will_v be_v questionable_a whether_o this_o will_v not_o extend_v to_o a_o non-churchmemb_a or_o a_o excommunicate_a person_n than_o a_o magistrate_n do_v of_o right_a to_o a_o infidel_n against_o a_o believer_n or_o to_o one_o believer_n against_o another_o as_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v a_o act_n for_o christ_n as_o mediator_n and_o if_o because_o all_o power_n be_v give_v to_o he_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n therefore_o magistracy_n so_o as_o that_o all_o power_n must_v be_v derive_v from_o christ_n as_o mediator_n than_o a_o father_n power_n over_o his_o child_n 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davenant_n but_o whatever_o doctor_n whitaker_n think_v yet_o that_o the_o ancient_n do_v take_v baptism_n of_o infant_n to_o have_v be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n unwritten_a seem_v to_o i_o from_o that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o my_o examen_fw-la part_n i._o sect_n 5._o not_o avoid_v by_o mr._n ms_n defence_n in_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n in_o the_o oration_n of_o the_o cardinal_n of_o ragusi_n it_o be_v assert_v item_n nusquam_fw-la legitur_fw-la in_o canone_o scripturae_fw-la s._n quod_fw-la parvulus_fw-la recenter_n baptizatus_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la cord_n credit_n ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la nec_fw-la ore_fw-la confitetur_fw-la ad_fw-la falutem_fw-la inter_fw-la fideles_fw-la &_o crudentes_fw-la computetur_fw-la et_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la it_o a_o determinavit_fw-la et_fw-la statuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o principip_n huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la solum_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sciebant_fw-la fidem_fw-la 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so_o he_o say_v it_o be_v concern_v infan-baptism_n which_o be_v prove_v from_o john_n 3._o 5._o but_o that_o the_o sense_n whereby_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v only_o manifest_a by_o tradition_n which_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o schoolman_n a_o infants-baptism_n be_v not_o reckon_v perfect_a till_o the_o bishop_n lay_v on_o hand_n which_o act_n be_v call_v confirmation_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o imperfect_a baptism_n in_o infancy_n molinaeus_n in_o his_o vates_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o cite_v the_o canon_n do_v 5._o de_fw-la consecratione_fw-la as_o determine_v that_o without_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n no_o man_n be_v a_o full_a christian._n can._n omnes_fw-la et_fw-la can._n ut_fw-la jejuni_fw-la thomas_n 3._o part_n summae_fw-la q._n 72._o art_n 9_o dicit_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectionâ—m_fw-la baptismi_fw-la innuens_fw-la baptismum_fw-la esse_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la nisi_fw-la accesserit_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la lumb_n l._n 4._o scent_n do_v 7._o a._n omnes_fw-la fideles_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la accipere_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o confirmatione_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la ut_fw-la pleni_fw-la christiani_n inveniantur_fw-la bellarm._n tom_n 3._o the_o sacr_n confirm_v c._n 12._o confirmatio_fw-la est_fw-la complementum_fw-la &_o perfectio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la effec_fw-la sacram._n c._n 8._o est_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la quaedam_fw-la perfectio_fw-la &_o consummatio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la jewel_n defence_n of_o the_o apolog._n page_n 218._o allege_v it_o as_o caistan_n tenet_n that_o a_o infant_n for_o that_o he_o want_v instruction_n in_o faith_n therefore_o have_v not_o perfect_a baptism_n consonant_a hereto_o be_v the_o conceit_n of_o the_o common_a people_n that_o they_o have_v not_o their_o full_a christian_a doom_n all_o they_o be_v bishop_v but_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v even_o learned_a protestant_n speak_v near_o the_o same_o i_o will_v cite_v some_o of_o their_o speech_n among_o which_o i_o will_v forbear_v to_o recite_v the_o speech_n of_o the_o lord_n brook_n and_o mr._n daniel_n rogers_n allege_v by_o i_o in_o my_o exercit._n sect_n 18._o and_o clear_v in_o my_o apology_n from_o mr._n rogers_n his_o latter_a gloss_n nor_o the_o opinion_n of_o mr._n bedford_n who_o judge_v with_o the_o romanist_n that_o the_o scripture_n give_v we_o proof_n only_o of_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o infant-baptisme_n as_o i_o gather_v by_o mr._n bs._n i_o answer_v to_o he_o page_n 305._o dr._n field_n of_o the_o church_n four_o book_n chap._n 20._o the_o four_o kind_n of_o inadition_n be_v the_o continue_a practice_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v neither_o contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n express_o nor_o the_o example_n of_o such_o practice_n express_o there_o deliver_v though_o the_o ground_n reason_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o such_o practice_n be_v there_o contain_v and_o the_o benefit_n or_o 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loucardiensis_n that_o be_v mr._n young_a as_o i_o be_o inform_v a_o eminent_a man_n in_o the_o late_a assembly_n and_o mr._n marshal_n friend_n that_o help_v he_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o defence_n in_o his_o dies_z dominica_n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o
exclamation_n admiration_n etc._n etc._n what_o i_o say_v and_o preach_v from_o act_n 3._o 23._o be_v right_a people_n do_v endanger_v their_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o god_n people_n who_o disobey_v christ_n in_o not_o be_v baptize_v when_o their_o duty_n be_v tell_v they_o as_o the_o pharisee_n and_o lawyer_n reject_v or_o make_v void_a the_o counsel_n of_o god_n against_o themselves_o be_v not_o baptize_v of_o john_n luke_n 7._o 30._o i_o preach_v against_o popish_a necessity_n of_o baptism_n and_o yet_o hold_v a_o necessity_n of_o precept_n for_o believer_n to_o be_v baptize_v yea_o and_o a_o ordinary_a necessity_n of_o mean_n according_a to_o christ_n doctrine_n mark_v 16._o 16._o i_o threaten_v no_o man_n for_o not_o yield_v to_o my_o opinion_n but_o not_o yield_v to_o a_o plain_a command_n of_o christ_n mat._n 28._o 19_o and_o his_o apostle_n act._n 2._o 38._o etc._n etc._n acknowledge_v by_o all_o my_o antagonist_n except_o socinianize_v from_o which_o mr._n bs._n observation_n 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bs._n notary_n so_o write_v it_o page_z 212._o how_o unseemly_o mr._n bs._n language_n be_v i_o have_v say_v afore_o i_o conceive_v it_o necessary_a mr._n b._n shall_v explain_v his_o term_n to_o satisfy_v the_o people_n who_o can_v not_o judge_v of_o his_o proof_n without_o know_v his_o meaning_n which_o may_v have_v be_v do_v and_o yet_o strict_a dispute_v observe_v which_o mr._n b._n deny_v though_o this_o be_v or_o shall_v have_v be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o dispute_n and_o the_o occasion_n of_o it_o lead_v he_o to_o it_o if_o for_o peace_n and_o for_o fear_v of_o scandal_n be_n equipollent_a as_o i_o take_v they_o to_o be_v in_o these_o speech_n then_o truth_n must_v not_o be_v lose_v for_o fear_n of_o scandal_n and_o no_o truth_n be_v to_o be_v conceal_v so_o as_o to_o be_v lose_v for_o peace_n differ_v not_o as_o much_o as_o truth_n from_o a_o most_o destructive_a falsehood_n as_o mr._n b._n say_v page_n 215._o austin_n i_o think_v have_v the_o word_n i_o cite_v in_o that_o sermon_n my_o book_n of_o scandal_n page_n 273._o and_o in_o my_o apology_n page_n 5._o though_o perhaps_o i_o be_o mistake_v and_o the_o speech_n be_v gregory_n who_o word_n in_o his_o seven_o homily_n on_o ezech._n be_v thus_o cite_v by_o aqu._n 2._o 2._o q._n 43._o art_n 7._o si_fw-mi de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la scandalum_fw-la sumitur_fw-la ut_fw-la tilius_fw-la nasci_fw-la permittur_fw-la scandalnm_fw-la quam_fw-la veritas_fw-la relinquatur_fw-la my_o traduce_v mr._n b._n in_o my_o pulpit_n mention_v page_n 217._o be_v nothing_o but_o cite_v his_o word_n which_o be_v not_o frequent_a nor_o be_v it_o if_o right_o do_v any_o injury_n when_o the_o book_n be_v publish_v what_o be_v of_o i_o and_o not_o of_o god_n
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