se_fw-la habeant_fw-la quae_fw-la insania_fw-la est_fw-la paucis_fw-la de_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o spiritie_n sancto_fw-la commutatis_fw-la quae_fw-la apertam_fw-la blasphemiam_fw-la praeferebant_fw-la cetera_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la fâ—ripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la protuliste_n in_o medium_n &_o impia_fw-la voce_fw-la laudâsse_fw-la cum_fw-la utique_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la &_o ista_fw-la de_fw-la uno_fw-la impietatis_fw-la fonte_fw-la processerint_fw-la d._n hieron_n ad_fw-la avitum_fw-la tom._n 2._o col._n 218._o a._n b._n paucisque_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la de_fw-la filio_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la commutatis_fw-la quae_fw-la sciebas_fw-la diâ—plicitura_fw-la romanis_n cetera_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la integra_fw-la dimisisti_fw-la hoc_fw-la idem_fw-la faciens_fw-la in_o apologia_fw-la quasi_fw-la pamphili_n quod_fw-la &_o in_o origenis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d translatione_fw-la fecisti_fw-la d._n hieron_n l._n 1._o apolog._n adv_o ruffinum_fw-la tom._n 2._o col._n 296._o b._n for_o his_o overmuch_a fidelity_n in_o translate_n some_o of_o eusebius_n and_o origen_n work_v and_o change_v only_o some_o few_o thing_n concern_v the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n likely_a to_o grate_v upon_o roman_a ear_n and_o let_v the_o rest_n go_v entire_a and_o publish_v they_o so_o as_o they_o be_v write_v beside_o what_o shall_v move_v ruffinus_n to_o falsify_v origen_n in_o this_o place_n how_o come_v he_o concern_v to_o make_v any_o such_o interpolation_n what_o advantage_n to_o himself_o or_o any_o party_n can_v he_o intend_v herein_o but_o what_o if_o after_o all_o this_o that_o piece_n of_o origen_n on_o rom._n be_v translate_v by_o st._n hierom_n himself_o and_o this_o be_v own_v by_o he_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o heraclius_n prefix_v before_o the_o commentary_n why_o then_o all_o the_o dust_n about_o ruffinus_n his_o corrupt_v of_o origen_n in_o this_o particular_a vanish_v into_o smoke_n and_o we_o have_v st._n hieroms_n authority_n as_o dr._n baptismo_fw-la dr._n hammond_n inf._n bapt._n §._o 42._o †_o cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la constet_fw-la anabaptistas_n agi_fw-la sanatico_n spiritu_fw-la non_fw-la moveat_fw-la nos_fw-la corum_fw-la autoritas_fw-la ut_fw-la discedamus_fw-la à _fw-la communi_fw-la consenâ—is_fw-la veteris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la baptizandis_fw-la infantibus_fw-la nam_fw-la vetustissimi_fw-la sâ—riptores_fw-la ecclesiastiâ—i_fw-la probant_fw-la baptismum_fw-la infantium_fw-la otigenes_n enim_fw-la in_o 6_o cap._n ad_fw-la rom._n sic_fw-la scribit_fw-la itaque_fw-la aec_fw-la clesia_n ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la accepit_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la dare_v baptismum_fw-la sciebant_fw-la enim_fw-la illi_fw-la quibus_fw-la secreta_fw-la divinorum_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la commissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la essent_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la genuinae_fw-la sordes_fw-la pâ—ccati_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la abolere_fw-la deberent_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la 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by_o his_o great_a master_n tertullian_n who_o he_o so_o much_o reverence_v who_o dispute_v 7._o inf._n bapt._n par._n 2._o chap._n 7._o indeed_o against_o the_o hasten_a but_o not_o against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o infant_n baptism_n to_o which_o disputation_n i_o have_v give_v a_o answe_n in_o part_n and_o mr._n will_v more_o full_o and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v rather_o believe_v st._n cyprian_n himself_o declare_v himself_o to_o be_v for_o infant_n baptism_n than_o baronius_n if_o he_o assert_v or_o suggest_v that_o he_o be_v against_o it_o and_o if_o other_o thing_n have_v be_v father_v on_o cyprian_a yet_o till_o that_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o fidus_n be_v demonstrate_v to_o be_v spurious_a which_o h._n d._n do_v not_o tell_v we_o be_v yet_o do_v no_o not_o by_o daille_n himself_o i_o shall_v presume_v it_o be_v his_o own_o and_o well_o may_v have_v it_o own_a for_o his_o by_o two_o so_o early_o and_o eminent_a author_n as_o st._n augustine_n and_o st._n hierom_n b._n hierom_n beatus_fw-la quidem_fw-la cyprianus_n non_fw-la aliquod_fw-la decrecum_fw-la condens_fw-la novum_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidem_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la servans_fw-la ad_fw-la corrigendum_fw-la choose_fw-la qui_fw-la putabant_fw-la ante_fw-la oâ—tavum_fw-la diem_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la parvulum_fw-la baptizandum_fw-la non_fw-la carnem_fw-la sed_fw-la animam_fw-la dixit_fw-la esse_fw-la perdendam_fw-la &_o mox_fw-la natum_fw-la rite_n baptizari_fw-la posse_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la cocpiscopis_fw-la censuit_fw-la d._n aug._n ep._n 28_o ad_fw-la hieron_n tom._n 2._o col._n 108._o b._n the_o former_a of_o which_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o hierom_n appeal_v to_o it_o c._n it_o ac_fw-la i_o pute_fw-la haeretico_fw-la sensu_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligere_fw-la beatus_fw-la martyr_n cyprianus_n cujus_fw-la te_fw-la in_o scripturarum_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la digerendis_fw-la amulum_fw-la gloriaris_fw-la in_fw-la epistola_fw-la quam_fw-la scribit_fw-la 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serve_v in_o stead_n of_o baptise_v in_o both_o which_o i_o can_v assure_v the_o reader_n he_o have_v good_a company_n may_v prove_v not_o to_o deserve_v so_o heavy_a a_o censure_n nor_o he_o for_o they_o to_o be_v adjudge_v a_o notable_a factor_n for_o antichrist_n and_o one_o in_o who_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n do_v strong_o work_v which_o be_v a_o character_n strange_o inconsistent_a with_o that_o estimate_n that_o by_o the_o catholic_n
church_n have_v be_v make_v of_o he_o both_o in_o the_o time_n he_o live_v in_o and_o in_o those_o that_o succeed_v as_o may_v appear_v by_o what_o gr._n nazianzen_n say_v in_o his_o oration_n of_o he_o and_o what_o baronius_n and_o other_o record_v concern_v he_o in_o memory_n of_o who_o pious_a life_n and_o glorious_a death_n temple_n be_v build_v a_o altar_n erect_v and_o a_o festival_n observe_v and_o this_o with_o man_n of_o reason_n and_o modesty_n may_v suffice_v to_o have_v be_v say_v in_o vindication_n of_o those_o primitive_a witness_n and_o their_o testimony_n he_o that_o be_v not_o satisfy_v herewith_o may_v find_v more_o for_o his_o satisfaction_n in_o mr._n will_v of_o inf._n bapt_n part._n 2._o ch_n 3._o p._n 125_o etc._n etc._n one_o thing_n more_o i_o shall_v beg_v the_o favour_n of_o say_v and_o then_o conclude_v the_o reader_n trouble_v and_o that_o be_v that_o i_o have_v not_o urge_v all_o the_o argument_n that_o be_v or_o may_v be_v insist_v on_o in_o this_o 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adapt_v to_o vulgar_a capacity_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o too_o much_o abstruseness_n of_o the_o language_n of_o the_o one_o and_o too_o much_o floridness_n of_o the_o style_n of_o the_o other_o as_o to_o do_v that_o good_a on_o ignorant_a soul_n which_o they_o intend_v therefore_o i_o have_v send_v they_o abroad_o again_o in_o a_o vulgar_a dress_n and_o country_n habit_n accommodate_v for_o language_n and_o style_n as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v and_o the_o matter_n will_v bear_v to_o mean_a capacity_n so_o as_o to_o be_v intelligible_a by_o the_o ignoranter_fw-la sort_n who_o have_v most_o need_v of_o instruction_n as_o be_v most_o liable_a to_o temptation_n and_o who_o information_n conviction_n and_o satisfaction_n i_o have_v chief_o and_o even_o almost_o sole_o aim_v at_o in_o these_o paper_n yet_o add_v withal_o some_o thing_n of_o my_o own_o and_o somewhat_o improve_n what_o be_v they_o and_o if_o i_o have_v at_o any_o time_n exalt_v my_o pen_n it_o have_v be_v mere_o for_o the_o refreshment_n of_o some_o reader_n who_o will_v else_o have_v be_v tire_v with_o too_o long_a a_o continuation_n of_o one_o strain_n and_o that_o too_o but_o the_o dull_a hum_n of_o a_o country_n drone_n and_o for_o that_o if_o it_o be_v criminous_a i_o beg_v and_o hope_v the_o reader_n pardon_v et_fw-la jam_fw-la defessus_fw-la lampada_fw-la trado_fw-la finis_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o content_n chap._n 1._o the_o text._n the_o occusion_n of_o the_o word_n the_o doctrine_n gather_v from_o it_o and_o prove_v pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o of_o the_o child_n that_o be_v to_o be_v suffer_v to_o come_v to_o christ_n infant_n 4_o chap._n 3._o what_o child_n be_v to_o be_v suffer_v to_o come_v unto_o christ_n 5_o chap._n 4._o what_o come_v of_o little_a child_n unto_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v suffer_v 12_o chap._n 5._o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o text_n vindicate_v 20_o chap._n 6._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o early_a consecration_n there_o by_o unto_o god_n 26_o chap._n 7._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o be_v bring_v thereby_o into_o covenant_n with_o god_n 32_o chap._n 8._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o vow_n they_o be_v bring_v under_o by_o it_o 37_o chap._n 9_o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o care_n that_o by_o other_o be_v take_v of_o they_o upon_o it_o pag._n 48_o chap._n 10._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o be_v thereby_o unite_v unto_o christ_n 53_o chap._n 11._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o be_v make_v thereby_o the_o child_n of_o god_n 73_o chap._n 12._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o be_v make_v thereby_o heir_n of_o heaven_n 80_o chap._n 13._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o be_v thereby_o make_v partaker_n of_o grace_n 90_o chap._n 14._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n that_o by_o it_o they_o be_v consign_v unto_o a_o resurrection_n 103_o chap._n 15._o baptism_n beneficial_a unto_o child_n in_o regard_n they_o be_v save_v by_o it_o 108_o chap._n 16._o child_n need_n of_o baptism_n in_o regard_n of_o its_o efficacy_n to_o take_v off_o the_o guilt_n of_o original_a sin_n 118_o chap._n 17._o child_n need_n of_o baptism_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o be_v under_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n 125_o chap._n 18._o child_n need_n of_o baptism_n further_o show_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o evil_a nature_n and_o evil_a consequent_n of_o original_a sin_n 136_o chap._n 19_o child_n baptism_n not_o to_o be_v neglect_v upon_o presumption_n that_o god_n can_v or_o will_v save_v they_o without_o their_o be_v baptize_v pag._n 144_o chap._n 20._o child_n need_n of_o baptism_n show_v from_o six_o other_o consideration_n 151_o chap._n 21._o child_n not_o incapable_a of_o baptism_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o bodily_a weakness_n 161_o chap._n 22._o child_n not_o incapable_a of_o baptism_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o have_a sin_n in_o they_o 168_o chap._n 23._o child_n not_o incapable_a of_o baptism_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o not_o believe_v 172_o chap._n 24._o child_n not_o incapable_a of_o be_v baptize_v in_o regard_n of_o any_o thing_n require_v of_o they_o in_o baptism_n 184_o chap._n 25._o child_n not_o incapable_a of_o baptism_n by_o any_o text_n of_o scripture_n that_o forbid_v it_o either_o direct_o or_o by_o consequence_n 194_o chap._n 26._o child_n right_a to_o baptism_n by_o the_o constitution_n of_o this_o church_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n 219_o chap._n 27._o the_o catholic_n church_n custom_n to_o baptize_v infant_n 224_o chap._n 28._o infant_n baptism_n a_o tradition_n apostolical_a 287_o chap._n 29._o infant_n baptism_n a_o apostolical_a practice_n 292_o chap._n 30._o child_n right_a to_o baptism_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n 303_o chap._n 31._o infant_n baptism_n lawful_a though_o there_o be_v neither_o command_n for_o it_o nor_o example_n of_o it_o pag._n 331_o chap._n 32._o infant_n baptism_n no_o addition_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o scripture_n object_v on_o that_o account_n consider_v &_o clear_v 340_o chap._n 33._o the_o scripture_n silence_v no_o proof_n of_o our_o saviour_n not_o command_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n 368_o chap._n 34._o the_o scripture_n silence_v no_o proof_n of_o the_o apostle_n baptise_v no_o infant_n 375_o chap._n 35._o the_o argument_n from_o the_o six_o article_n of_o our_o church_n answer_v 384_o chap._n 36._o a_o reply_n to_o a_o answer_v make_v by_o h._n d._n to_o the_o objection_n from_o the_o no_o express_a command_n or_o example_n in_o scripture_n of_o woman_n receive_n the_o lord_n supper_n refer_v to_o chap._n 31._o sect._n 9_o 396_o chap._n 37._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o discourse_n with_o a_o reprehension_n caution_n and_o exhortation_n 403_o a_o postscript_n 409_o the_o end_n
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nostris_fw-la praeccptoribus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d placuit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admitti_fw-la pueros_fw-la hoc_fw-la sancto_fw-la modo_fw-la diony_n areopag_n l._n de_fw-fr eccles_n hierarch_n cap._n ult_n and_o say_v that_o when_o it_o come_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o our_o divine_a guide_n that_o child_n be_v bring_v up_o in_o a_o holy_a law_n will_v lead_v their_o life_n in_o holiness_n it_o please_v they_o that_o infant_n shall_v be_v admit_v to_o it_o after_o that_o holy_a manner_n there_o by_o he_o describe_v maximus_n his_o scholiast_n interpret_v those_o divine_a guide_n to_o be_v the_o apostle_n and_o so_o ph._n meloncthon_n 59_o meloncthon_n baptismum_fw-la infantium_fw-la constat_fw-la à _fw-la veteribus_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la probari_fw-la nam_fw-la origines_fw-la &_o augustinus_n scribunt_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n receprum_fw-la esse_fw-la melancthon_n council_n theolog._n part_n 1._o p._n 59_o name_v both_o origen_n and_o 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