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spectant_fw-la quae_fw-la leguntur_fw-la 1_o cor._n 24._o 19_o nevertheless_o i_o be_o against_o the_o course_n of_o many_o soldier_n and_o other_o who_o against_o the_o denial_n of_o able_a teacher_n to_o who_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o people_n be_v commit_v love_v to_o get_v into_o the_o pulpit_n of_o the_o able_a man_n to_o vent_v their_o peculiar_a conceit_n and_o ofttimes_o their_o pernicious_a error_n not_o regard_v to_o preach_v to_o the_o ignorant_a the_o clear_a truth_n of_o faith_n and_o a_o holy_a life_n in_o place_n where_o they_o have_v no_o preacher_n but_o to_o new_a convert_n to_o pervert_v they_o and_o withdraw_v they_o from_o their_o able_a teacher_n and_o to_o disquiet_v they_o and_o their_o congregation_n by_o frivolous_a exception_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n i_o be_v unwilling_a captain_n bray_n shall_v preach_v at_o bewdley_n when_o i_o be_v there_o and_o when_o he_o will_v preach_v and_o bend_v himself_o to_o assert_v a_o liberty_n to_o all_o that_o have_v god_n sanctify_a spirit_n and_o can_v express_v their_o mind_n to_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o teach_v public_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o what_o doctrine_n be_v true_a and_o what_o false_a without_o any_o skill_n in_o art_n yea_o though_o he_o teach_v error_n i_o do_v oppose_v he_o which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o skilful_o and_o happy_o do_v as_o mr._n b._n better_o acquaint_v with_o such_o man_n way_n may_v have_v do_v yet_o i_o think_v my_o good_a will_n may_v have_v be_v accept_v but_o i_o see_v very_o little_a i_o do_v be_v well_o take_v and_o therefore_o see_v it_o necessary_a to_o wait_v patient_o on_o god_n till_o my_o word_n and_o action_n though_o intend_v for_o the_o further_a of_o reformation_n and_o good_a of_o the_o ministry_n in_o my_o examen_fw-la part_n 2._o sect_n 7_o in_o my_o apology_n and_o elsewhere_o be_v better_o resent_v and_o consider_v the_o four_o and_o five_o error_n mr._n b._n charge_v i_o with_o as_o dangerous_a and_o the_o root_n of_o my_o error_n about_o baptism_n will_v more_o fit_o come_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o dispute_n in_o which_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o i_o shall_v show_v that_o both_o himself_o and_o mr._n blake_n however_o he_o esteem_v his_o write_n do_v recede_v from_o the_o scripture_n and_o other_o approve_a author_n in_o their_o make_v the_o new_a covenant_n common_a to_o elect_v and_o reprobate_n in_o make_v reprobate_n interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n a_o fruit_n of_o christ_n death_n deny_v the_o absolute_a promise_n to_o be_v most_o fit_o call_v the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n hold_v that_o a_o person_n may_v not_o be_v baptize_v that_o be_v not_o know_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n that_o god_n actual_o seal_v the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n to_o reprobate_n with_o sundry_a other_o mistake_n about_o sacrament_n in_o general_a as_o if_o their_o essence_n be_v in_o be_v seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o derive_v thence_o a_o right_a to_o baptism_n for_o believer_n infant_n though_o the_o covenant_n be_v conditional_a and_o common_a to_o all_o the_o fith_n error_n of_o i_o he_o confute_v be_v about_o the_o magistrate_n not_o be_v a_o officer_n of_o christ_n as_o mediator_n and_o he_o except_v against_o i_o for_o say_v in_o pulpit_n at_o bewdley_n it_o be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n which_o he_o hold_v though_o he_o name_v not_o i_o at_o any_o time_n and_o he_o write_v to_o i_o and_o i_o will_v not_o dispute_v it_o with_o he_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v true_a preach_v on_o mat._n 28._o 18._o the_o argument_n lead_v i_o to_o it_o i_o do_v oppose_v that_o doctrine_n that_o the_o magistrate_n be_v a_o officer_n of_o christ_n the_o mediator_n and_o because_o mr._n bs._n book_n be_v in_o some_o of_o my_o auditor_n hand_n do_v read_v the_o passage_n in_o his_o aphorism_n
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 but_o sure_o that_o be_v in_o a_o father_n by_o nature_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v it_o any_o part_n of_o the_o curse_n then_o rule_v presbyter_n shall_v do_v the_o act_n of_o civil_a magistrate_n as_o have_v plain_a title_n to_o rule_v under_o christ._n nor_o do_v i_o think_v mr._n b._n have_v answer_v these_o argument_n or_o the_o rest_n but_o that_o however_o he_o prove_v magistracy_n to_o be_v from_o christ_n appointment_n and_o to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o his_o law_n and_o accountable_a to_o he_o and_o aught_o to_o act_v for_o he_o yet_o not_o that_o the_o commission_n of_o every_o lawful_a magistrate_n be_v from_o he_o as_o mediator_n i_o think_v it_o will_v follow_v if_o mr._n bs._n position_n be_v true_a that_o suppose_v christ_n have_v not_o be_v mediator_n there_o have_v be_v no_o lawful_a magistrate_n and_o that_o dominium_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o gratia_fw-la which_o be_v heretofore_o deny_v and_o since_o christ_n be_v heir_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o believer_n only_o be_v christ_n and_o all_o they_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 22_o 23._o it_o will_v be_v consider_v whether_o by_o parity_n of_o reason_n the_o saint_n may_v not_o entitle_v themselves_o to_o all_o power_n and_o all_o man_n estate_n which_o be_v charge_v on_o anabaptist_n at_o munster_n but_o i_o find_v i_o digress_v and_o therefore_o stop_v till_o more_o liberty_n draw_v i_o to_o a_o full_a handle_n of_o it_o sect_n xx._n many_o learned_a man_n with_o the_o oxford_n convocation_n of_o former_a and_o late_a time_n take_v infant-baptisme_n only_o for_o a_o unwritten_a tradition_n mr._n b._n proceed_v to_o answer_v my_o antidote_n term_v it_o a_o corrective_a for_o a_o circumforaneous_a antidote_n but_o the_o antidote_n will_v appear_v to_o be_v good_a if_o take_v notwithstanding_o his_o disgraceful_a term_n of_o corrective_a without_o virtue_n page_n 299._o he_o print_v two_o passage_n of_o dr._n whitaker_n for_o the_o late_a oxford_n convocation_n to_o read_v and_o refer_v to_o the_o like_a in_o 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 interroganti_fw-la respondere_fw-la to_o which_o purpose_n walafridus_n strabo_n many_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o vives_n about_o that_o time_n who_o word_n be_v allege_v in_o my_o exercitation_n the_o title_n page_n and_o sect_n 17._o erasmus_n resp_n archiep._n hispal_a ad_fw-la artic_a object_n 61._o sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la innumera_fw-la quae_fw-la prisci_fw-la non_fw-la ausi_fw-la sunt_fw-la definire_fw-la sed_fw-la suspensae_fw-la pronunciatione_fw-la venerabantur_fw-la quod_fw-la genus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o parvuliessent_n baptizandi_fw-la and_o common_o the_o learn_a papist_n do_v instance_n in_o infant-baptism_n as_o a_o unwritten_a tradition_n in_o force_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v object_v that_o bellarm._n and_o other_o do_v bring_v scripture_n for_o it_o becan_n manual_a lib._n 1._o c._n 2._o sect_n 24._o answer_n aliqua_fw-la possunt_fw-la probariex_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quando_fw-la constat_fw-la de_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o legitimo_fw-la scripture_n sensu_fw-la 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 good_a that_o follow_v it_o of_o this_o sort_n be_v the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n which_o be_v therefore_o name_v a_o tradition_n because_o it_o be_v not_o express_o deliver_v in_o scripture_n that_o the_o apostle_n do_v baptize_v infant_n nor_o any_o express_a precept_n there_o find_v that_o they_o shall_v so_o do_v yet_o be_v not_o this_o so_o receive_v by_o bare_a and_o naked_a tradition_n but_o that_o we_o find_v the_o scripture_n to_o deliver_v unto_o we_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o doctor_n prideaux_n fasci_fw-la controu._n theol._n loc_n 4._o sect_n 3._o q._n 2._o paedobaptism_n rest_v on_o no_o other_o divine_a right_n than_o episcopacy_n doctor_n jeremy_n tailor_n in_o his_o liberty_n of_o prophesy_a sect_n 18._o num_fw-la 34._o after_o he_o have_v ventilate_v the_o point_n on_o both_o side_n say_v there_o be_v much_o more_o truth_n than_o evidence_n on_o our_o side_n mean_v paedobaptist_n to_o all_o which_o i_o will_v add_v the_o word_n of_o theophilus_n philakyriaco_n 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
tribe_n young_a or_o old_a man_n and_o woman_n be_v gather_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o preacher_n as_o moses_n do_v gather_v together_o the_o jewish_a nation_n exod._n 19_o deut._n 29._o but_o say_v mr._n b._n 1._o have_v he_o noi_fw-it command_v to_o disciple_n nation_n i_o answer_v yes_o to_o make_v disciple_n of_o all_o nation_n by_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o every_o creature_n as_o it_o be_v mark_v 16._o 15._o but_o no_o where_o by_o civil_a authority_n to_o gather_v a_o whole_a city_n country_n or_o tribe_n and_o to_o draw_v they_o into_o a_o national_a or_o city_n covenant_n together_o old_a and_o young_a but_o to_o offer_v christ_n and_o to_o baptize_v so_o many_o as_o be_v willing_a to_o embrace_v he_o 2._o say_v mr._n b._n have_v not_o the_o father_n promise_v to_o give_v the_o heathen_a or_o nation_n for_o his_o inheritance_n and_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o his_o possession_n psal._n 2._o and_o that_o nation_n shall_v serve_v he_o answ._n 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revel_v 11._o 15._o i_o see_v not_o yet_o fulfil_v i_o see_v at_o bewdley_n kederminster_n in_o england_n people_n who_o general_o be_v call_v christian_n but_o i_o do_v not_o see_v that_o all_o old_a and_o young_a be_v disciple_n or_o church-member_n or_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o account_v or_o that_o they_o be_v ever_o bring_v into_o such_o a_o covenant_n as_o the_o jew_n orought_a to_o be_v account_v church-member_n by_o virtue_n of_o such_o a_o covenant_n there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n in_o my_o write_n to_o that_o effect_n mr._n b._n charge_v i_o that_o i_o will_v not_o have_v prince_n and_o master_n do_v what_o abraham_n and_o moses_n do_v in_o bring_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n into_o '_o covenant_n with_o god_n but_o i_o say_v that_o shall_v they_o do_v so_o yet_o the_o infant_n be_v not_o thereby_o to_o be_v account_v visible_a church-member_n in_o a_o christian_a church_n the_o commission_n to_o gather_v the_o christian_a church_n be_v not_o give_v to_o the_o emperor_n but_o 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shall_v give_v a_o distinct_a and_o plain_a answer_n to_o it_o foâ—_n write_v which_o i_o like_v best_a i_o desire_v not_o to_o put_v you_o to_o any_o tedious_a or_o voluminous_a way_n but_o in_o the_o most_o compendious_a way_n of_o syllogism_n yea_o if_o it_o may_v â—â—_o that_o you_o put_v in_o one_o medium_n the_o strength_n of_o all_o you_o can_v of_o the_o shoâ—â—â—ispatch_n you_o desire_v you_o may_v assure_v yourself_o who_o be_v to_o be_v the_o opponent_n in_o â—â—â—oint_n my_o answer_n will_v be_v as_o short_a as_o your_o argument_n will_v permit_v and_o â—â—â—â—â—e_v you_o conttact_v it_o keep_v to_o the_o point_n the_o more_o satisfactory_a it_o will_v 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o you_o in_o our_o lord_n john_n tomb_n bewdley_n sept._n 10._o 16_o tertullian_n l._n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la laicis_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la