profess_v the_o pure_a religion_n and_o make_v it_o appear_v at_o least_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n that_o they_o be_v godly_a in_o christ_n jesus_n this_o be_v a_o inseparable_a mark_n of_o a_o true_a church_n as_o we_o may_v see_v 1_o cor._n 14.33_o see_v further_o mr_n vine_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o sacrament_n p._n 150_o 151._o say_v that_o the_o separatist_n lay_v the_o foundation_n viz._n that_o only_o visible_a saint_n be_v fit_a communicant_n which_o be_v true_a as_o to_o the_o church_n admission_n that_o real_a saint_n only_o be_v worthy_a communicant_n which_o be_v true_a too_o as_o to_o the_o inward_a grace_n or_o benefit_n and_o 151._o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o christ_n real_a member_n and_o guest_n at_o this_o table_n and_o as_o i_o may_v say_v the_o visible_a church_n member_n or_o guest_n if_o he_o be_v a_o visible_a professor_n of_o faith_n unshipwrakt_a of_o capacity_n to_o discern_v the_o lord_n body_n of_o life_n without_o scandal_n he_o be_v a_o guest_n of_o the_o church_n and_o p._n 205._o though_o i_o shall_v rest_v in_o serious_a professsion_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n which_o be_v not_o pull_v down_o again_o by_o a_o wicked_a life_n or_o scandalous_a sin_n yet_o when_o a_o man_n lie_v under_o the_o charge_n of_o our_o censure_n for_o some_o scandalous_a sin_n the_o case_n be_v otherwise_o etc._n etc._n read_v the_o rest_n and_o p._n 324_o 329._o the_o covenant_n of_o god_n with_o we_o be_v that_o all_o that_o believe_v in_o christ_n that_o die_v and_o receive_v he_o for_o their_o lord_n and_o saviour_n shall_v have_v remission_n of_o sin_n etc._n etc._n answerable_a to_o this_o act_n of_o god_n the_o believer_n accept_v of_o and_o submit_v to_o this_o covenant_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o it_o viz._n to_o believe_v and_o to_o have_v god_n for_o our_o god_n and_o thereof_o make_v a_o solemn_a profession_n in_o this_o sacrament_n give_v up_o himself_o to_o christ_n as_o lord_n and_o saviour_n restipulate_v and_o strike_v hand_n with_o he_o to_o be_v his_o and_o so_o bind_v himself_o and_o do_v as_o it_o be_v seal_v a_o counterpart_n to_o god_n again_o and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o come_v into_o a_o claim_n of_o all_o the_o riches_n and_o legacy_n of_o the_o will_n or_o covenant_n because_o he_o have_v accept_v and_o here_o declare_v his_o acceptance_n of_o the_o covenant_n the_o seal_n be_v indeed_o proper_o of_o that_o which_o be_v god_n part_n of_o the_o covenant_n to_o perform_v and_o give_v and_o be_v no_o more_o but_o offer_v until_o we_o subscribe_v and_o set_v our_o hand_n to_o it_o and_o then_o its_o complete_a and_o the_o benefit_n may_v be_v claim_v as_o the_o benefit_n of_o any_o conditional_a promise_n may_v be_v when_o the_o condition_n be_v perform_v and_o lest_o you_o shall_v stumble_v at_o that_o word_n i_o must_v let_v you_o know_v that_o the_o will_n accept_v and_o submit_v to_o the_o condition_n be_v the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n require_v nb._n and_o pag._n 249_o 250_o etc._n etc._n though_o as_o to_o admittance_n which_o be_v the_o church_n part_n to_o the_o outward_a ordinance_n he_o make_v profession_n as_o i_o do_v sufficient_a yet_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o the_o sacrament_n be_v a_o convert_v ordinance_n he_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ordinance_n appoint_v for_o conversion_n his_o argument_n be_v 1._o because_o no_o effect_n can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o this_o ordinance_n which_o fall_v not_o under_o the_o signification_n of_o it_o etc._n etc._n as_o vasquez_n 2._o this_o sacrament_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o it_o appear_v to_o praesuppose_v those_o that_o reap_v the_o sweet_a and_o benefit_n of_o it_o to_o be_v convert_v and_o in_o grace_n namely_o to_o have_v faith_n in_o christ_n and_o to_o be_v live_v member_n and_o if_o this_o be_v presuppose_v by_o this_o ordinance_n than_o it_o be_v not_o first_o wrought_v by_o it_o 3._o the_o word_n be_v the_o only_a instrument_n of_o god_n to_o beget_v faith_n or_o work_n conversion_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o answer_v the_o objection_n of_o the_o contrary_n mind_v and_o to_o they_o that_o argue_v that_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v a_o convert_v ordinance_n because_o its_o possible_a a_o man_n may_v be_v then_o convert_v he_o say_v they_o may_v as_o well_o make_v ordination_n or_o marriage_n convert_v ordinance_n because_o by_o the_o word_n then_o utter_v a_o man_n may_v be_v convert_v he_o cit_v the_o word_n of_o learned_a rich._n hooker_n eccles._n pol._n l._n 5._o pag._n 5â—6_n the_o grace_n which_o we_o have_v by_o it_o do_v not_o begin_v but_o continue_v grace_n or_o life_n no_o man_n therefore_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n before_o baptism_n because_o no_o dead_a thing_n be_v capable_a of_o nourishment_n that_o which_o grow_v must_v of_o necessity_n first_o live_v and_o for_o further_a authority_n he_o add_v and_o to_o this_o purpose_n all_o our_o learned_a divine_n have_v give_v their_o suffrage_n and_o the_o papist_n though_o they_o differ_v from_o we_o in_o deny_v remission_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o sacrament_n in_o favour_n to_o their_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n yet_o they_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ordinance_n of_o nutrition_n and_o so_o do_v all_o their_o schoolman_n and_o so_o do_v the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o strengthen_n and_o refresh_v of_o our_o soul_n &c_n &c_n i_o need_v not_o number_v author_n or_o church_n it_o be_v so_o plain_a a_o case_n that_o i_o wonder_v they_o that_o have_v stand_v up_o in_o defence_n of_o it_o as_o a_o convert_n ordinance_n have_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o there_o be_v a_o army_n to_o a_o man_n against_o they_o and_o the_o ancient_a christian_a church_n be_v so_o clear_a in_o it_o so_o far_o mr_n vine_n &_o hooker_n in_o he_o concern_v the_o distinction_n of_o forum_n dei_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la and_o its_o sense_n see_v that_o judicious_a agreement_n of_o the_o associate_v minister_n of_o cumberlanâ—_n and_o westmoreland_n pag._n 47._o where_o they_o take_v notice_n of_o mr._n blakes_n question_v it_o since_o these_o paper_n be_v in_o the_o press_n i_o be_v tell_v by_o a_o reverend_a brother_n that_o mr_n blake_n profess_v to_o hold_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o save_a faith_n as_o well_o as_o i_o and_o by_o one_o of_o his_o special_a acquaintance_n in_o the_o ministry_n who_o hear_v i_o express_v my_o mind_n that_o mr_n blake'_v be_v the_o same_o i_o dare_v not_o omit_v the_o mention_n of_o this_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v injurious_a to_o he_o and_o yet_o how_o far_o the_o reporter_n be_v in_o the_o right_n and_o understand_v his_o meaning_n i_o be_o no_o further_o able_a to_o tell_v you_o but_o that_o they_o be_v credible_a person_n for_o my_o part_n i_o defend_v my_o own_o doctrine_n against_o the_o charge_n which_o in_o two_o volume_n he_o bring_v against_o it_o and_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v not_o write_v so_o much_o of_o two_o volume_n against_o a_o doctrine_n which_o he_o judge_v the_o same_o with_o his_o own_o and_o i_o meddle_v only_o with_o his_o book_n and_o not_o his_o secret_a thought_n whether_o i_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o feign_v a_o adversary_n that_o take_v himself_o for_o none_o i_o be_o content_v to_o stand_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o any_o impartial_a man_n on_o earth_n that_o will_v read_v our_o book_n sure_o i_o find_v it_o over_o each_o page_n that_o a_o faith_n short_a of_o justify_v entitle_v to_o baptism_n and_o i_o never_o meet_v with_o any_o such_o explication_n in_o he_o as_o that_o by_o a_o faith_n short_a of_o justify_v he_o mean_v a_o profession_n of_o justify_v faith_n and_o sure_o faith_n and_o profession_n be_v not_o all_o one_o nor_o justify_n and_o short_n of_o justify_v all_o one_o nor_o do_v other_o that_o read_v his_o book_n understand_v he_o any_o otherwise_o then_o i_o do_v so_o far_o as_o i_o can_v learn_v sure_o the_o minister_n that_o be_v author_n of_o the_o proposition_n for_o reformation_n of_o parish_n congregation_n print_v for_o the_o norwich_n bookseller_n understand_v he_o as_o i_o do_v p._n 17._o where_o they_o say_v thus_o obj._n 3_o but_o a_o dogmatical_a faith_n may_v entitle_v to_o baptism_n as_o mr_n blake_n treat_n on_o con._n speak_v though_o there_o be_v no_o profession_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n &_o repentance_n answ._n we_o can_v think_v so_o see_v the_o faith_n require_v to_o be_v profess_v before_o baptism_n be_v such_o a_o faith_n as_o have_v salvation_n annex_v to_o it_o mar._n 16.16_o it_o be_v a_o faith_n of_o the_o whole_a heart_n act_v 8.38_o repentance_n be_v also_o require_v to_o baptism_n as_o well_o as_o faith_n act_v 2.38_o and_o the_o church_n in_o the_o usual_a form_n of_o baptism_n enjoin_v the_o baptize_v person_n not_o only_o to_o profess_v the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n but_o
capacity_n on_o the_o same_o ground_n do_v peter_n convert_v receive_v their_o baptism_n act_v 2.41_o for_o they_o baptize_v they_o sudden_o and_o the_o scripture_n mention_v no_o further_a search_n that_o be_v make_v by_o the_o apostle_n after_o their_o sincerity_n nor_o be_v it_o probable_a it_o can_v be_v do_v upon_o three_o thousand_o soul_n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o eunuch_n act_v 8._o and_o the_o jailor_n act_v 16._o and_o other_o scripture_n example_n it_o be_v past_a question_n that_o they_o then_o take_v up_o with_o a_o present_a profession_n and_o therefore_o so_o must_v we_o for_o if_o any_o will_v be_v so_o overwise_a as_o to_o give_v reason_n why_o they_o may_v swerve_v from_o these_o precedent_n let_v they_o consider_v whether_o they_o teach_v not_o the_o licentious_a a_o way_n as_o effectual_o to_o avoid_v other_o example_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o so_o to_o destroy_v the_o order_n and_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n object_n in_o those_o time_n profession_n do_v hazard_v man_n life_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v then_o a_o great_a evidence_n of_o sincerity_n than_o it_o be_v in_o prosperous_a time_n answ._n it_o be_v true_a that_o often_o it_o be_v hazardous_a yet_o 1._o when_o 3000_o be_v convert_v at_o a_o time_n and_o when_o the_o ruler_n dare_v not_o persecute_v for_o fear_v of_o the_o people_n and_o when_o the_o church_n have_v rest_n and_o be_v so_o edify_v walk_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n act._n 9.31_o than_o it_o be_v not_o so_o dangerous_a 2._o this_o difference_n be_v but_o gradual_a and_o alter_v not_o the_o case_n for_o as_o still_o they_o that_o will_v live_v godly_a shall_v suffer_v persecution_n so_o profession_n be_v take_v in_o scripture_n for_o a_o satisfactory_a evidence_n arg._n 2._o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o humane_a converse_n require_v that_o we_o believe_v man_n till_o they_o have_v apparent_o forfeit_v their_o credit_n therefore_o so_o we_o must_v do_v here_o and_o therefore_o must_v take_v their_o profession_n as_o a_o sign_n of_o the_o thing_n profess_v and_o consequent_o valid_a deny_v the_o antecedent_n and_o you_o must_v overthrow_v all_o community_n and_o society_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o god_n will_v reveal_v in_o scripture_n and_o in_o nature_n they_o that_o will_v not_o believe_v other_o must_v not_o expect_v that_o other_o shall_v believe_v they_o and_o so_o humane_a converse_n will_v be_v overthrow_v and_o all_o man_n must_v live_v by_o themselves_o or_o live_v as_o enemy_n in_o constant_a diffidence_n of_o each_o other_o obj_fw-la but_o wicked_a man_n have_v forfeit_v their_o credit_n and_o therefore_o their_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v answ._n they_o have_v not_o make_v such_o a_o total_a forfeiture_n quâ_fw-la wicked_a as_o to_o warrant_v our_o unbelief_n for_o 1._o there_o be_v such_o remnant_n of_o common_a honesty_n in_o man_n nature_n that_o common_o make_v a_o lie_n to_o be_v odious_a and_o a_o matter_n apparent_o evil_a among_o unconverted_a man_n 2._o they_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v turn_v from_o their_o wickedness_n and_o therefore_o you_o can_v refuse_v credit_n to_o they_o upon_o the_o supposition_n of_o their_o wickedness_n which_o they_o disclaim_v without_o proof_n 3._o the_o apostle_n take_v their_o profession_n who_o within_o a_o few_o hour_n before_o have_v be_v persecutor_n and_o guilty_a of_o the_o murder_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o life_n therefore_o a_o man_n wickedness_n before_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o invalidate_v his_o follow_a profession_n of_o true_a faith_n repentance_n and_o reformation_n argum._n 3._o we_o must_v not_o censure_v our_o brother_n to_o be_v a_o liar_n without_o clear_a evidence_n that_o he_o be_v so_o indeed_o therefore_o we_o must_v take_v his_o profession_n to_o be_v true_a and_o consequent_o to_o be_v valid_a the_o antecedent_n be_v plain_a in_o scripture_n no_o man_n may_v judge_v that_o be_v unground_o or_o without_o a_o call_v that_o will_v not_o be_v judge_v who_o be_v thou_o that_o judge_v another_o man_n servant_n rom._n 14.4_o therefore_o we_o may_v not_o judge_v they_o to_o tell_v a_o lie_n when_o we_o can_v prove_v it_o till_o they_o have_v quite_o forfeit_v their_o credit_n no_o more_o than_o we_o may_v lawful_o judge_v a_o man_n to_o be_v a_o thief_n or_o murderer_n or_o adulterer_n or_o heretic_n when_o we_o can_v prove_v it_o if_o the_o slander_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v a_o sin_n so_o be_v the_o slander_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o for_o the_o consequence_n it_o be_v most_o clear_a that_o either_o the_o minister_n must_v believe_v the_o man_n profession_n or_o take_v he_o for_o a_o liar_n there_o be_v no_o three_o way_n that_o can_v be_v pretend_v save_o one_o and_o that_o be_v that_o we_o must_v suspend_v our_o belief_n and_o neither_o judge_n his_o profession_n to_o be_v true_a or_o false_a but_o this_o can_v be_v here_o pretend_v with_o any_o tolerable_a appearance_n of_o reason_n for_o 1._o god_n will_v never_o make_v man_n profession_n necessary_a to_o their_o admittance_n and_o put_v the_o minister_n in_o the_o power_n of_o baptise_v upon_o such_o a_o profession_n and_o consequent_o of_o require_v receive_v and_o judgeing_a of_o that_o profession_n if_o we_o may_v whole_o suspend_v our_o judgement_n of_o it_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a or_o false_a it_o can_v be_v that_o i_o can_v be_v require_v as_o a_o officer_n of_o christ_n to_o require_v and_o receive_v a_o man_n profession_n without_o any_o respect_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v therefore_o require_v that_o it_o may_v declare_v the_o mind_n or_o else_o why_o may_v not_o a_o infidel_n be_v receive_v without_o profession_n 2._o and_o if_o i_o be_v not_o to_o judge_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o a_o profession_n or_o of_o the_o falsehood_n then_o a_o profession_n apparent_o false_a may_v be_v receive_v but_o that_o may_v not_o be_v as_o have_v be_v manifest_v 3._o it_o be_v deny_v by_o learned_a philosopher_n that_o the_o mind_n can_v possible_o hang_v in_o equilibrio_fw-la in_o such_o case_n 4._o it_o be_v one_o half_a the_o uncharitable_a sin_n of_o rash_a censure_n to_o suspend_v the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n and_o not_o to_o judge_v the_o person_n to_o speak_v truth_n when_o he_o have_v not_o forfeit_v hâ—s_a credit_n as_o it_o be_v the_o other_o half_a to_o judge_v he_o positive_o to_o speak_v false_o 5._o a_o pari_fw-la we_o must_v not_o suspend_v our_o judgement_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o man_n profession_n of_o penitence_n that_o they_o may_v be_v absolve_v and_o readmit_v to_o communion_n but_o must_v discern_v whether_o probable_o their_o profession_n be_v true_a or_o false_a nor_o may_v we_o suspend_v our_o judgement_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o profession_n which_o we_o may_v have_v occasion_n to_o require_v in_o order_n to_o the_o lord_n supper_n or_o to_o the_o private_a comfort_v of_o a_o afflict_a conscience_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o not_o here_o neither_o see_v the_o profession_n be_v the_o same_o and_o the_o reason_n at_o least_o as_o urgent_a in_o this_o point_n i_o find_v a_o learned_a sober_a divine_a mr._n james_n wood_n professor_n of_o theology_n at_o aberdeen_n in_o scotland_n have_v with_o much_o christian_a moderation_n manifest_v his_o descent_n from_o i_o by_o name_n in_o a_o book_n against_o mr._n loky_a concern_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n pag._n 149.150_o 151_o etc._n etc._n a_o book_n that_o i_o never_o see_v till_o a_o day_n or_o two_o before_o the_o write_n of_o these_o word_n june_n 12._o 1656._o this_o reverend_a man_n agree_v with_o i_o in_o the_o main_a point_n wherein_o i_o differ_v from_o mr._n blake_n he_o ow_v full_o he_o necessity_n of_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o save_a faith_n and_o allow_v of_o no_o low_a profession_n as_o a_o tittle_n to_o baptism_n he_o frequent_o ow_v the_o distinction_n between_o forum_n dei_fw-la vel_fw-la interius_fw-la &_o forum_n ecclesiasticum_fw-la &_o exterius_fw-la 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inquit_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n licet_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la baptizaturus_fw-la nisi_fw-la id_fw-la ille_fw-la porfiteretur_fw-la ipseque_fw-la charitatis_fw-la saltem_fw-la judicio_fw-la ita_fw-la credere_fw-la credat_fw-la read_v the_o rest_n and_o pag._n 66._o ad_fw-la hos_fw-la sin_n sacrationem_fw-la &_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la horum_fw-la consequendos_fw-la baptisma_fw-la mihi_fw-la minimè_fw-la institutum_fw-la videtur_fw-la quum_fw-la in_o institutione_n ipsa_fw-la eye_v primariò_fw-la administrandum_fw-la ordinetur_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la praedicatione_n evangelii_n side_n in_o christum_fw-la imbuti_fw-la &_o disciplinam_fw-la christianam_fw-la jam_fw-la amplexifuerunt_fw-la mar._n 16.15_o 16._o matth._n 28.18_o at_o hi_o &_o sanati_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o reatu_fw-la omni_fw-la exoluti_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la suscipiendum_fw-la accedebaent_fw-la aut_fw-la ejusmo_fw-la two_o saltem_fw-la esse_fw-la praesumebantur_fw-la antequam_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la admitterentur_fw-la quin_n &_o johannis_n baptismae_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la efficaciae_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n ex_fw-la christi_fw-la instituto_fw-la administrabatur_fw-la adversus_fw-la pontificios_fw-la nostri_fw-la omnes_fw-la tuentur_fw-la at_o in_o joannis_n baptismo_fw-la praevia_fw-la exigebatur_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la quam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la venia_fw-la necessariò_fw-la &_o inseparabiliter_fw-la consequitur_fw-la see_v his_o defence_n of_o this_o against_o dr._n ward_n be_v answ._n pag._n 67_o 68_o and_o as_o to_o the_o pretend_a different_a use_n to_o infant_n pag._n 69._o 1._o principali_fw-la effecto_fw-la imò_fw-la principalibus_fw-la effectis_fw-la caruisse_fw-la baptismum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o si_fw-mi quem_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la alium_fw-la effectum_fw-la statuere_fw-la libuerit_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o adultis_fw-la obtineat_fw-la id_fw-la mirum_fw-la valdè_fw-la s.s._n nusquam_fw-la insinuâsse_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la certi_fw-la quicquam_fw-la constare_fw-la poterit_fw-la quo_fw-la fides_fw-la nostra_fw-la nitatur_fw-la donec_fw-la verbulo_n salâ—em_fw-la divino_fw-la aliquo_fw-la illud_fw-la nobis_fw-la innotescat_fw-la steph._n tzegedinus_fw-la loc._n commun_n de_fw-fr sacram._n tab._n 2._o say_v tzegedinus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la non_fw-la confer_v gratiam_fw-la quia_fw-la sancti_fw-la priùs_fw-la justificati_fw-la receptique_fw-la in_o gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la initiati_fw-la sint_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la lamb._n danaeus_n resp._n ad_fw-la tom._n 2._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr sacram._n pag._n 167._o bellarminus_n putat_fw-la absurdè_fw-la hic_fw-la oportuisse_fw-la baptismum_fw-la praecedere_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la fidem_fw-la baptismum_fw-la promissio_fw-la enim_fw-la praecedit_fw-la sigillum_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la mediatum_fw-la &_o subsequent_a &_o fidem_fw-la &_o verbum_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la &_o utroque_fw-la posterius_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o justify_v faith_n leg._n &_o pag._n 78._o many_o such_o passage_n he_o have_v too_o long_o to_o be_v cite_v ravanellus_n biblioth_n de_fw-fr baptism_n pag._n 184._o ravanellus_n in_o nomine_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la patris_fw-la filii_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la baptizari_fw-la dicimur_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la s.s._n trinitas_fw-la nor_o in_fw-la gratiam_fw-la recipere_fw-la testificatur_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la vicissim_fw-la spondemus_fw-la ac_fw-la profitemur_fw-la ei_fw-la nos_fw-la totos_fw-la dicare_fw-la &_o consecrare_fw-la et_fw-la col_fw-fr 2._o adulti_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la admittendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la modò_fw-la fidem_fw-la prositeantur_fw-la act._n 2.41_o &_o 8.12_o 13_o 37_o 38._o &_o 9_o 18_o 6_o 11_o 17._o &_o 16_o 15_o 14_o 33_o 32._o &_o peccata_fw-la publicè_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la se_fw-la agnoscentes_fw-la ex_fw-la gratuita_fw-la remissione_n salutem_fw-la consequi_fw-la mat._n 3.6_o marc._n 1.5_o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr sacram._n pag._n 512._o col._n 2._o terminus_n vel_fw-la finis_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la cui_fw-la nempe_fw-la soli_fw-la foederati_fw-la inter_fw-la foederatos_fw-la autem_fw-la dei_fw-la censentur_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o external_a ecclesiae_fw-la communione_fw-la &_o prositentur_fw-la se_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o vero_fw-la cum_fw-la inter_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidam_fw-la possint_fw-la esse_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la &_o impii_fw-la ideo_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la communia_fw-la sunt_fw-la piis_fw-la &_o impiis_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la impii_fw-la pro_fw-la piis_fw-la probabiliter_fw-la habeantur_fw-la thus_o common_o speak_v protestant_n on_o this_o subject_n the_o church_n of_o scotland_n in_o their_o head_n of_o church_n policy_n church_n recite_v by_o spotswood_n in_o his_o history_n l._n 6._o pag._n 289._o thus_o begin_v 1._o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v sometime_o large_o take_v for_o all_o they_o that_o profess_v the_o evangel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o also_o it_o be_v a_o company_n not_o only_o of_o the_o godly_a but_o also_o hypocrite_n profess_v outward_o one_o true_a religion_n 2._o at_o other_o time_n it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o elect_a only_o and_o the_o godly_a so_o that_o here_o be_v none_o acknowledge_v church-member_n but_o those_o only_a that_o be_v true_o godly_a and_o elect_a or_o seem_v to_o be_v so_o and_o be_v hypocrite_n if_o they_o be_v not_o so_o the_o helvetian_a confession_n confession_n as_o in_o the_o harmony_n translate_v p._n 287._o of_o bapt._n faith_n to_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v enroll_v enter_v and_o receive_v into_o the_o covenant_n and_o family_n and_o so_o into_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o purge_v also_o from_o the_o filthiness_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o be_v endue_v with_o the_o manifold_a grace_n of_o god_n for_o to_o lead_v a_o new_a and_o innocent_a life_n we_o therefore_o by_o be_v baptize_v do_v confess_v our_o faith_n and_o be_v bind_v to_o give_v unto_o god_n obedience_n mortification_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o newness_n of_o life_n yea_o and_o we_o be_v list_v soldier_n for_o the_o warfare_n of_o christ_n that_o all_o our_o life_n long_o we_o shall_v fight_v against_o the_o world_n satan_n and_o our_o own_o flesh_n and_o none_o but_o sound_a believer_n true_o consent_v to_o this_o and_o therefore_o none_o but_o professor_n of_o sound_a belief_n do_v profess_v consent_n to_o it_o i_o shall_v pass_v over_o the_o confession_n of_o other_o church_n contain_v the_o same_o doctrine_n the_o professor_n of_o the_o protestant_a university_n of_o saumor_n in_o france_n salmurlenses_n in_o their_o excellent_a thes._n vol._n 3._o be_v full_a on_o the_o point_n pag._n 58._o thes._n 27._o obsignat_fw-la autem_fw-la illam_fw-la certè_fw-la ut_fw-la quia_fw-la nos_fw-la profitentur_fw-la habere_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la communionem_fw-la cum_fw-la morte_fw-la &_o resurrectione_n christi_n fructum_fw-la utriusque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pertinere_fw-la testificetur_fw-la fructus_fw-la autem_fw-la ille_fw-la primùm_fw-la in_o justificatione_n situs_fw-la est_fw-la at_o quemadmodum_fw-la professio_fw-la illa_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o se_fw-la inclusam_fw-la promissionem_fw-la de_fw-la per_fw-la severantiâ_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la fide_fw-la sic_fw-la obsignatio_fw-la pariter_fw-la habet_fw-la stipul_fw-la itionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la tacitam_fw-la illius_fw-la perseverantiae_fw-la thes._n 29._o pag._n 59_o sacramenta_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la itâ—_n qui_fw-la vel_fw-la fidem_fw-la habent_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la eum_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferunt_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la nullis_fw-la certis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la compertam_fw-la esse_fw-la posset_n eam_fw-la esse_fw-la ementitam_fw-la pag._n 50._o thes._n 7._o est_fw-la tamen_fw-la inter_fw-la ea_fw-la notabile_fw-la discrimen_fw-la quod_fw-la penè_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la sensus_fw-la incurrit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la alibi_fw-la animadvertimus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quidem_fw-la nemini_fw-la tribuuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la censeatur_fw-la implevisse_fw-la conditionem_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la foedere_fw-la svo_fw-la exigit_fw-la this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n that_o mr._n blake_n will_v not_o be_v entreat_v to_o understand_v viz._n that_o the_o very_o covenant_v on_o our_o part_n be_v the_o first_o and_o great_a condition_n impose_v and_o require_v in_o the_o covenant_n or_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o so_o when_o we_o sincere_o covenant_n we_o perform_v the_o condition_n of_o his_o promise_n heart-covenanting_a be_v by_o consent_v and_o consent_v join_v to_o assent_n be_v justife_v faith_n at_o conditionis_fw-la impletio_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la consideraâ—ur_fw-la nimirum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la 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verò_fw-la ut_fw-la retineantur_fw-la thes._n â—_o sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la duo_fw-la certè_fw-la genera_fw-la hominum_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la participationem_fw-la foederis_fw-la evangelici_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la admittuntur_fw
docuimus_fw-la non_fw-la primúm_fw-la baptismo_fw-la nos_fw-la justificari_fw-la &_o sanctificari_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la sigillo_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la christique_a justitiam_fw-la jam_fw-la per_fw-la sidem_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputatam_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o sanctificationem_fw-la nostranâ—am_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la inchoatam_fw-la in_fw-la cordibus_fw-la credentium_fw-la obsignari_fw-la et_fw-fr pag_n 762._o col_fw-fr 2._o he_o expound_v 1_o cor._n 7.14_o sanctitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la jus_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la deifoedus_fw-la gratuitum_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la in_o foederis_fw-la promissione_n comprehensa_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membra_fw-la censeantur_fw-la &_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la in_fw-la &_o per_fw-la seman_n illud_fw-la benedictum_fw-la nempe_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la mediatorem_fw-la unà _fw-la cum-piis_a parentibus_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la eorum_fw-la altero_fw-la consequantur_fw-la jus_fw-la inquam_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la gratuita_fw-la dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dependet_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la tanùum_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la semine_fw-la foedus_fw-la suum_fw-la pacisci_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la promissa_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la fidelium_fw-la parentum_fw-la posteros_fw-la extendere_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la norint_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la tantum_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la deum_fw-la converti_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o instrumenta_fw-la esse_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la ordinata_fw-la ad_fw-la eandem_fw-la foederis_fw-la gratian_n in_fw-la liberos_fw-la posteròsque_fw-la suos_fw-la derivandam_fw-la donec_fw-la ipsi_fw-la in_o eam_fw-la aetatem_fw-la adoleverint_fw-la quâ_fw-la possint_fw-la actu_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n converti_fw-la christum_fw-la 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charitatis_fw-la regulâ_fw-la eos_fw-la omnes_fw-la pro_fw-la dei_fw-la foederatis_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la membris_fw-la habere_fw-la quos_fw-la videmus_fw-la esse_fw-la piorum_fw-la &_o fidelium_fw-la seman_n &_o sobolem_fw-la sive_fw-la baptismo_fw-la fuerint_fw-la obsignati_fw-la sive_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v more_o there_o so_o that_o he_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o profession_n of_o a_o save_a faith_n that_o be_v necessary_a in_o the_o adult_n which_o must_v give_v we_o ground_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n to_o judge_v they_o true_a believer_n and_o elect_v and_o that_o we_o suppose_v the_o like_a of_o their_o infant_n in_o the_o same_o judgement_n and_o therefore_o suppose_v they_o justify_v before_o we_o baptize_v they_o perkins_n perkins_n order_n of_o cause_n of_o salv_n pag._n 71._o c._n 32._o a_o sacrament_n be_v that_o whereby_o christ_n and_o his_o save_a grace_n be_v by_o certain_a external_a rite_n signify_v exhibit_v and_o seal_v to_o a_o christian_a man_n pag._n 72._o the_o holy_a use_n of_o a_o sacrament_n be_v when_o such_o as_o be_v true_o convert_v do_v use_v those_o rite_n which_o god_n have_v prescribe_v to_o the_o true_a end_n of_o the_o sacrament_n therefore_o 1._o the_o reprobate_n though_o god_n offer_v the_o whole_a sacrament_n to_o they_o yet_o they_o receive_v the_o sign_n alone_o without_o the_o thing_n signify_v by_o the_o sign_n because_o the_o sign_n without_o the_o right_a use_n thereof_o be_v not_o a_o sacrament_n to_o the_o receiver_n of_o it_o rom._n 2.25.2_o the_o sacrament_n receive_v before_o a_o man_n conversion_n be_v afterward_o to_o the_o penitent_a both_o ratify_v &_o become_v profitable_a and_o that_o use_v of_o the_o sacrament_n which_o before_o be_v utter_o unlawful_a do_v then_o become_v very_o lawful_a leg_n p_o 74._o the_o action_n of_o the_o party_n to_o be_v baptize_v be_v twofold_a the_o first_o be_v to_o offer_v himself_o to_o be_v baptize_v before_o the_o minister_n etc._n etc._n this_o signify_v that_o he_o do_v consecrate_v himself_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o thâ—t_o he_o utter_o renounce_v the_o flesh_n the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n 1_o pet._n 3.21_o and_o pag._n 73._o within_o the_o covenant_n be_v all_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n or_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o faithful_a these_o be_v either_o of_o ripe_a year_n or_o infant_n those_o of_o ripe_a year_n be_v all_o such_o as_o adjoin_v themselves_o to_o the_o visible_a church_n do_v both_o testify_v their_o repentance_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o hold_v the_o foundation_n of_o religion_n teach_v in_o the_o church_n anton._n fayus_n in_o rome_n 4.11_o pag._n 239._o say_v fayus_n fides_n ergò_fw-la praecedit_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quae_fw-la absque_fw-la side_n sunt_fw-la tantùm_fw-la inania_fw-la signa_fw-la &_o eandem_fw-la sidem_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la fouâ—nt_fw-la &_o augent_fw-la and_o he_o full_o show_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o justify_v faith_n et_fw-la in_o rome_n 6.3_o pag._n 3â—1_n baptismus_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la nos_fw-it christianos_n filios_fw-la dei_fw-la peccato_fw-la mortuos_fw-la sed_fw-la tale_n nos_fw-la esse_fw-la indicat_fw-la lud._n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr in_o rome_n 4.11_o say_v dieu_fw-fr nisi_fw-la abrahami_n praeputio_fw-la praeextitisset_fw-la side_n vanum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la signum_fw-la circumcisionis_fw-la itaque_fw-la vel_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la signum_fw-la ei_fw-la fuit_fw-la datum_fw-la colligitur_fw-la jam_fw-la ante_fw-la habuisse_fw-la fidem_fw-la et_fw-la in_o hebr._n 6._o pag._n 305._o add_v quòd_fw-la ablutio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la repurgatae_fw-la à _fw-la tenebris_fw-la peccati_fw-la adeòque_fw-la illuminatae_fw-la mentis_fw-la sit_fw-la indicium_fw-la &_o obsignaculum_fw-la ut_fw-la reipsâ_fw-la illuminationem_fw-la profiteatur_fw-la qui_fw-la baptismum_fw-la suscipit_fw-la that_o be_v such_o illumination_n as_o have_v mentem_fw-la à _fw-la tenebris_fw-la peccati_fw-la repurgatam_fw-la michaël_n ragerus_n ragerus_n though_o of_o that_o party_n that_o give_v too_o much_o to_o sacrament_n say_v in_o rom._n 4.11_o pag._n 104._o obsignatio_fw-la &_o confirmatio_fw-la praesupponit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la vel_fw-la collatam_fw-la jam_fw-la vel_fw-la mediante_fw-la sacramento_fw-la conferendam_fw-la quibus_fw-la verò_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la confertur_fw-la illis_fw-la non_fw-la obsignatur_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la ità _fw-la igitur_fw-la gratia_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la adulto_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la neque_fw-la confertur_fw-la neque_fw-la obsignatur_fw-la et_fw-la in_o rome_n 6.3_o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la hemmingius_n in_o rom._n 4.11_o put_v true_a faith_n into_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o sacrament_n hemmingius_n sacramentum_fw-la est_fw-la visible_a signum_fw-la mandatum_fw-la &_o institutum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la quo_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la svam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la testatur_fw-la &_o obsignat_fw-la ità _fw-la homines_fw-la vicissim_fw-la svam_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la sidem_fw-la profitentur_fw-la cà mque_fw-la usu_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la confirmat_fw-la the_o context_n show_v that_o its_o justify_v faith_n which_o he_o mean_v hinc_fw-la etiam_fw-la apparet_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la principalis_fw-la finis_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la videlicet_fw-la obsignare_fw-la promissam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la fide_fw-la accipitur_fw-la &_o possidetur_fw-la vide_fw-la plura_fw-la in_o rom._n 6.3.4_o ex_fw-la ambrosio_n pag._n 142._o yates_n model_n of_o divin_n pag._n 330_o 331._o yates_n christ_n in_o the_o sacrament_n profit_v not_o except_o he_o be_v eat_v by_o faith_n a_o reprobate_n may_v receive_v bread_n but_o the_o sign_n seal_z and_o thing_n signify_v be_v none_o of_o he_o for_o he_o have_v no_o experience_n of_o this_o mystery_n that_o want_v the_o first_o part_n of_o divinity_n without_o which_o the_o second_o can_v work_v so_o christ_n with_o all_o his_o benefit_n be_v receive_v and_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o be_v true_o receive_v by_o faith_n be_v our_o 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congregation_n which_o the_o country_n know_v to_o be_v such_o as_o you_o have_v do_v pag._n 142_o 143._o upon_o the_o credit_n of_o your_o false_a reporter_n if_o i_o have_v deserve_v such_o deal_n from_o you_o the_o christian_a assembly_n of_o worcestershire_n have_v not_o restrain_v your_o indignation_n to_o i_o and_o abuse_v not_o your_o brethren_n that_o meddle_v not_o with_o you_o and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o be_v deny_v unanimous_o by_o other_o congregation_n sure_o not_o the_o necessity_n of_o profess_v a_o faith_n that_o be_v more_o than_o dogmatical_a at_o least_o i_o know_v no_o such_o congregation_n and_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v never_o know_v such_o for_o all_o your_o frequent_a and_o confident_a intimation_n that_o you_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o divine_n and_o i_o be_v singular_a if_o paper_n can_v blush_v abundance_n of_o such_o passage_n will_v confute_v themselves_o and_o prevent_v the_o delusion_n of_o your_o credulous_a reader_n who_o will_v believe_v you_o 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