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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false_a yet_o like_o you_o if_o i_o know_v what_o you_o will_v thence_o deduce_v answ._n he_o now_o i_o hope_v know_v what_o and_o how_o i_o deduce_v or_o rather_o how_o mr._n b._n deduce_v my_o conclusion_n from_o mat._n 28._o 19_o mark_v 16._o 15_o 16._o not_o only_o in_o my_o word_n but_o also_o his_o own_o though_o i_o have_v often_o long_o before_o deduce_v my_o argument_n in_o the_o place_n before_o quote_v and_o elsewhere_o in_o my_o write_n of_o the_o validity_n of_o which_o deduction_n i_o be_o the_o more_o confident_a because_o it_o be_v in_o mr_n bs._n own_o word_n just_o bring_v by_o i_o against_o himself_o if_o the_o scripture_n require_v say_v of_o all_o to_o justification_n than_o it_o be_v not_o false_a that_o none_o but_o believer_n be_v justify_v yet_o infant_n may_v be_v justify_v by_o habitual_a faith_n or_o actual_a by_o operation_n in_o a_o extraordinary_a way_n but_o the_o scripture_n require_v profession_n of_o faith_n afore_o any_o be_v baptize_v ordinary_o as_o for_o what_o may_v be_v do_v extraordinary_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v express_v myself_o and_o have_v vindicate_v myself_o from_o the_o wrong_a inference_n make_v thence_o postscript_n sect_n 15._o and_o elsewhere_o page_n 206._o the_o people_n of_o kederminster_n do_v not_o hear_v from_o my_o mouth_n in_o the_o dispute_n jam._n 1._o how_o little_a anabaptist_n can_v say_v in_o the_o hard_a point_n of_o baptism_n for_o i_o use_v no_o such_o word_n nor_o any_o thing_n i_o say_v or_o omit_v to_o say_v can_v infer_v it_o and_o when_o they_o have_v read_v my_o answer_n i_o think_v they_o shall_v believe_v i_o can_v say_v more_o than_o i_o do_v say_v then_o and_o see_v the_o reason_n why_o no_o
separate_v all_o infant_n of_o believer_n bare_o for_o their_o parent_n faith_n to_o be_v visible_a member_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v mr._n bs._n dream_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v with_o god_n assistance_n in_o exame_v his_o second_o argument_n sect_n xi_o about_o mr._n bs._n 4._o text_n urge_v impertinent_o to_o prove_v infant_n visible_a church-membership_a page_n 183._o he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o palpable_a untruth_n which_o i_o say_v he_o four_o text_n in_o his_o epistle_n levit._n 25._o 41_o 42._o deut._n 29._o 11_o 12._o act._n 15._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o with_o rom._n 11._o 19_o be_v all_o he_o conclude_v any_o thing_n from_o mean_v in_o the_o dispute_n at_o bewdley_n and_o say_v the_o hearer_n know_v it_o and_o be_v to_o be_v see_v before_o but_o to_o my_o best_a remembrance_n with_o search_n into_o the_o note_n i_o take_v after_o and_o the_o note_n which_o be_v communicate_v to_o i_o it_o be_v no_o untruth_n mat._n 28._o 19_o i_o think_v he_o allude_v to_o but_o i_o remember_v not_o it_o be_v urge_v or_o any_o other_o text_n beside_o the_o forename_a as_o a_o medium_n from_o which_o to_o conclude_v any_o proposition_n to_o be_v prove_v then_o he_o say_v i_o have_v be_v full_o answer_v before_o but_o yet_o add_v concern_v levit._n 25._o 41_o 42._o 1._o the_o jew_n infant_n be_v infant_n and_o the_o dispute_n between_o we_o be_v of_o the_o species_n answ._n 1._o though_o mr._n b._n and_o before_o he_o mr._n cobbet_n usual_o call_v the_o sort_n or_o rank_n of_o man_n that_o be_v infant_n the_o species_n yet_o other_o logician_n usual_o call_v man_n the_o low_a species_n or_o kind_n and_o say_v age_n and_o sex_n make_v not_o another_o kind_n 2._o but_o allow_v mr._n b._n and_o mr._n cobbet_n their_o language_n i_o say_v the_o dispute_n be_v not_o about_o the_o species_n or_o kind_n to_o wit_n infant_n as_o infant_n but_o infant_n of_o believer_n who_o be_v particular_a person_n and_o the_o question_n as_o it_o be_v right_o state_v between_o i_o 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55._o and_o the_o whole_a chapter_n be_v about_o law_n peculiar_a to_o the_o jew_n and_o ver_fw-la 38_o 39_o 40._o go_v before_o show_v plain_o that_o this_o law_n be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o jew_n that_o they_o and_o their_o child_n shall_v return_v from_o servitude_n under_o which_o they_o be_v for_o poverty_n at_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n and_o ver_fw-la 45_o 46._o plain_o restrain_v it_o to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n allow_v they_o to_o take_v the_o child_n of_o stranger_n so_o journ_v among_o they_o and_o therefore_o proselyte_n as_o a_o inheritance_n and_o therefore_o in_o whatever_o sense_n it_o be_v mean_v that_o they_o be_v god_n servant_n it_o be_v mean_v only_o of_o hebrew_n as_o exod._n 21._o 2._o be_v express_v i_o do_v not_o conceive_v nor_o any_o interpreter_n that_o i_o meet_v with_o do_v expound_v this_o of_o a_o proselyte_n but_o only_o of_o a_o hebrew_n bear_v if_o cornelius_n have_v child_n they_o have_v not_o be_v god_n servant_n in_o the_o sense_n there_o mean_v which_o be_v clear_o this_o that_o they_o be_v his_o servant_n in_o this_o respect_n only_o in_o that_o place_n in_o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v dispose_v of_o not_o as_o man_n will_v but_o as_o he_o only_o will_v who_o have_v right_a to_o they_o by_o his_o purchase_n in_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o none_o can_v get_v sovereign_a dominion_n over_o they_o no_o not_o by_o their_o voluntary_a sell_v themselves_o to_o prejudice_v his_o as_o deodat_n annot_n in_o levit._n 25._o 42._o whence_o i_o infer_v that_o it_o be_v a_o most_o gross_a abuse_n of_o this_o scripture_n in_o mr._n b._n to_o urge_v it_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o gentile_a believer_n now_o be_v servant_n to_o god_n relate_v to_o he_o as_o a_o peculiar_a people_n separate_v to_o himself_o from_o the_o world_n which_o be_v speak_v mere_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o hebrew_n child_n and_o their_o corporal_a servitude_n which_o be_v to_o be_v at_o god_n dispose_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o redemption_n of_o they_o out_o of_o egypt_n when_o he_o tell_v i_o of_o my_o accustomednesse_n to_o mistake_n it_o be_v more_o true_a of_o himself_o as_o i_o have_v often_o show_v yea_o tho_o the_o word_n be_v write_v before_o he_o and_o in_o this_o very_a thing_n he_o call_v my_o mistake_n that_o he_o argue_v thus_o whosoever_o be_v call_v god_n servant_n may_v be_v baptize_v whereas_o he_o may_v have_v see_v if_o he_o have_v take_v any_o care_n to_o set_v down_o my_o word_n right_o that_o my_o word_n be_v as_o his_o own_o notary_n take_v they_o and_o he_o have_v print_v they_o if_o this_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n infant_n be_v call_v servant_n of_o god_n therefore_o they_o be_v disciple_n and_o must_v be_v baptize_v which_o be_v his_o argument_n either_o in_o word_n or_o substance_n as_o for_o the_o conclusion_n and_o argument_n as_o he_o set_v it_o down_o page_n 182._o i_o think_v it_o be_v not_o urge_v in_o the_o dispute_n and_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o levit._n 25._o 42._o be_v mean_v only_o of_o hebrew_n child_n not_o of_o gentile_n nor_o in_o the_o sense_n mr._n b._n will_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v relative_o separate_v to_o god_n from_o the_o world_n in_o the_o sense_n as_o god_n be_v servant_n be_v equipollent_a to_o a_o disciple_n of_o christ._n page_n 184_o he_o call_v my_o answer_n to_o his_o allegation_n of_o deut._n 19_o 11_o 12_o vain_a senseless_a reavil_n and_o then_o break_v out_o into_o word_n of_o pity_n to_o people_n that_o take_v their_o opinion_n on_o my_o word_n to_o which_o be_v i_o say_v that_o my_o answer_n be_v not_o vain_a senseless_a cavil_n will_v appear_v in_o my_o reply_n to_o mr._n b._n about_o that_o text_n and_o as_o he_o pity_v they_o that_o take_v their_o opinion_n on_o my_o word_n so_o i_o pity_v they_o that_o take_v their_o opinion_n on_o his_o word_n or_o any_o mere_a man_n word_n contrary_a to_o christ_n privilege_n mat._n 23._o 1._o page_n 184._o in_o my_o word_n adoption_n be_v print_v for_o doctrine_n 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ezra_n it_o serve_v more_o for_o my_o sense_n then_o mr._n bs._n and_o the_o sense_n may_v be_v conceive_v this_o if_o the_o unbelieving_a husband_n be_v not_o as_o sanctify_v to_o his_o wife_n so_o as_o that_o they_o may_v lawful_o live_v together_o than_o the_o child_n shall_v be_v unclean_a that_o be_v illegitimate_a as_o those_o in_o ezra_n but_o now_o that_o be_v it_o be_v determine_v that_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n concern_v prohibit_v marriage_n with_o some_o people_n be_v void_v and_o unequal_a marriage_n be_v not_o dissolve_v your_o child_n be_v holy_a that_o be_v legitimate_a his_o evasion_n page_n 188._o about_o a_o judgement_n of_o charity_n will_v be_v find_v insufficient_a to_o avoid_v my_o exception_n against_o his_o exposition_n which_o be_v mistake_v by_o he_o nor_o will_v it_o at_o all_o smite_v i_o my_o exception_n be_v not_o as_o he_o imagine_v that_o upon_o a_o judgement_n of_o charity_n concern_v the_o sincerity_n of_o a_o person_n profession_n he_o be_v not_o 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can_v go_v upon_o certainty_n that_o he_o do_v his_o duty_n but_o how_o without_o respect_n to_o his_o exposition_n a_o man_n may_v take_v a_o person_n for_o a_o sincere_a believer_n and_o so_o baptize_v he_o but_o this_o serve_v not_o his_o turn_n in_o this_o case_n for_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o baptizer_n to_o baptize_v only_o visible_a church-member_n this_o mr._n b._n will_v not_o deny_v now_o of_o infant_n who_o can_v make_v no_o profession_n their_o visible_a church-membership_a be_v know_v only_o by_o their_o parent_n believe_v but_o according_a to_o mr._n bs._n exposition_n of_o the_o apostle_n those_o infant_n only_o be_v visible_a church-member_n who_o parent_n be_v real_a believer_n before_o god_n no_o hypocrite_n if_o mr._n b._n right_o expound_v the_o apostle_n
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the_o demonstr_n of_o the_o problem_n the_o work_v false_o impose_v on_o athanasius_n be_v these_o the_o book_n of_o divers_a question_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n unto_o king_n antiochus_n for_o therein_o great_a athanasius_n be_v cite_v yet_o mr._n m._n or_o his_o friend_n have_v these_o word_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la these_o word_n then_o which_o be_v safe_a and_o sound_a ground_v upon_o tho_o same_o scripture_n which_o i_o have_v much_o insist_v on_o be_v read_v in_o the_o work_n of_o athanasius_n where_o the_o question_n be_v about_o infant_n die_v require_v a_o resolution_n that_o may_v clear_o set_v whether_o they_o go_v to_o be_v punish_v or_o to_o the_o kingdom_n the_o answer_n be_v see_v the_o lord_n say_v suffer_v little_a child_n to_o come_v unto-me_a for_o of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o apostle_n say_v now_o your_o child_n be_v holy_a observe_v the_o gospel-ground_n the_o same_o that_o i_o build_v upon_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o 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the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o again_o the_o apostle_n say_v but_o now_o be_v your_o child_n holy_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n baptize_v go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n as_o unspotted_a and_o believe_a but_o the_o unbaptised_a and_o heathenish_a neither_o go_v into_o the_o kingdom_n nor_o into_o punishment_n for_o they_o have_v do_v no_o sin_n which_o answer_n plain_o determine_v that_o infant_n of_o believer_n if_o baptize_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n but_o neither_o the_o unbaptised_a infant_n of_o believer_n or_o heathen_n enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n or_o punishment_n for_o they_o have_v do_v no_o sin_n not_o a_o word_n of_o federal_a holiness_n but_o the_o plain_a popish_a doctrine_n that_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v go_v to_o limbus_fw-la infantum_fw-la but_o the_o baptize_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o doctrine_n father_v on_o fustin_a martyr_n qu._n 56._o add_v orthod_n now_o this_o be_v 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monogamia_fw-la quod_fw-la candidati_fw-la sint_fw-la fideiet_fw-la nullis_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la sordibus_fw-la polluantur_fw-la which_o erasmus_n in_o his_o gloss_n on_o hierom_n render_v thus_o quodvelut_fw-la ambiunt_fw-la et_fw-la exspectant_fw-la baptismum_fw-la or_o else_o of_o actual_a holiness_n in_o be_v baptize_v believer_n be_v wont_a to_o baptize_v their_o infant_n when_o near_a danger_n of_o death_n not_o by_o reason_n of_o covenant-holinesse_n but_o the_o give_v of_o grace_n by_o baptism_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o to_o save_v a_o infant_n from_o perish_v i_o be_o still_o confident_a that_o neither_o father_n nor_o interpreter_n precede_v the_o sixteen_o century_n do_v interpret_v 1_o cor._n 7._o 14._o of_o holiness_n of_o separation_n to_o god_n as_o visible_a church-member_n by_o god_n covenant_n to_o they_o nor_o do_v chamier_n panstras_fw-la cathol_n tom_fw-mi 4._o l._n 5._o cap._n 10._o bring_v any_o though_o he_o purposed_o set_v down_o the_o various_a 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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 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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
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to_o awaken_v those_o that_o depend_v on_o his_o proof_n and_o rest_n on_o their_o infant-sprinkling_a and_o neglect_v the_o practice_n of_o be_v baptize_v after_o profession_n of_o faith_n be_v so_o express_o enjoin_v in_o scripture_n as_o a_o prime_n important_a duty_n for_o their_o salvation_n sect_n xxi_o many_o thing_n be_v clear_v about_o my_o conformity_n anabaptist_n necessity_n to_o be_v baptize_v the_o manner_n of_o dip_v use_v by_o they_o their_z standing_z to_o their_o confession_n of_o faith_n etc._n etc._n page_n 241._o he_o say_v i_o begin_v with_o a_o complaint_n of_o my_o suffering_n whereas_o my_o word_n be_v a_o gratulation_n for_o the_o change_n of_o my_o condition_n and_o for_o my_o sad_a complaint_n mr_n b._n make_v they_o more_o than_o they_o be_v and_o misrepresent_v i_o in_o the_o time_n and_o reason_n of_o they_o i_o let_v pass_v his_o jerke_n about_o my_o health_n and_o my_o grievance_n of_o remove_v from_o bewdley_n his_o way_n to_o heaven_n and_o i_o mr._n 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