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the_o promise_n be_v to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n his_o meaning_n seem_v to_o be_v this_o if_o the_o father_n be_v christ_n and_o so_o come_v to_o be_v a_o heir_n than_o the_o promise_n carry_v the_o same_o title_n to_o the_o inheritance_n down_o to_o the_o child_n which_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v that_o if_o the_o father_n be_v a_o son_n of_o abraham_n which_o in_o gospel-construction_n be_v a_o believer_n than_o the_o child_n must_v be_v a_o son_n of_o abraham_n and_o a_o believer_n also_o even_o by_o his_o birth-priviledge_n and_o not_o by_o faith_n direct_o confront_v many_o scripture_n which_o restrain_v the_o blessing_n of_o sonship_n to_o abraham_n and_o the_o inheritance_n in_o all_o manner_n of_o person_n to_o faith_n in_o christ_n gal._n 3.9_o they_o which_o be_v of_o faith_n be_v bless_v with_o faithful_a abraham_n not_o they_o which_o be_v the_o
alone_o this_o distinction_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v clear_a from_o rom._n 9.4_o where_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o covenant_n pertain_v to_o they_o and_o yet_o the_o apostle_n be_v in_o great_a heaviness_n for_o they_o vers_n 2._o it_o be_v clear_a from_o act._n 3.25_o where_o the_o jew_n be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o yet_o but_o few_o of_o they_o internal_o in_o the_o covenant_n it_o be_v clear_a from_o john_n 1.11_o where_o they_o be_v call_v god_n own_o which_o can_v not_o be_v by_o creation_n for_o so_o all_o be_v his_o own_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v by_o special_a grace_n for_o say_v the_o text_n they_o reject_v christ_n than_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o visible_a church-covenant_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n visible_o exhibit_v that_o give_v they_o a_o claim_n to_o god_n answer_n he_o call_v upon_o the_o impartial_a reader_n to_o take_v notice_n etc._n etc._n so_o also_o do_v we_o and_o shall_v take_v it_o for_o the_o 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suitable_a faithfulness_n be_v find_v in_o the_o servant_n what_o exactness_n may_v we_o expect_v from_o christ_n the_o lord_n see_v hob._n 3.5_o 6._o moses_n very_o be_v faithful_a in_o all_o his_o house_n as_o a_o servant_n for_o a_o testimony_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v speak_v after_o but_o christ_n as_o a_o son_n over_o his_o own_o house_n which_o house_n we_o be_v and_o that_o christ_n be_v not_o want_v to_o we_o in_o this_o matter_n see_v mat._n 28.19_o 20._o but_o the_o administration_n of_o baptism_n be_v a_o very_a main_a ordinance_n of_o the_o institute_v worship_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o that_o form_n of_o it_o which_o be_v practise_v among_o we_o to_o wit_n to_o baptise_v upon_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v a_o undoubted_a form_n institute_v and_o practise_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o no_o institution_n or_o practice_n for_o baptise_v infant_n be_v produce_v we_o therefore_o say_v that_o allow_v this_o distinction_n of_o the_o promise_n or_o covenant_n invisible_o and_o visible_o make_v and_o that_o the_o visible_a exhibition_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o baptism_n we_o require_v the_o proof_n of_o this_o that_o infant-baptism_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o visible_a exhibition_n of_o the_o covenant_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n day_n institured_a by_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n and_o it_o be_v no_o small_a comfort_n to_o we_o that_o in_o a_o day_n of_o so_o much_o contradiction_n envy_n and_o detraction_n wherein_o this_o truth_n become_v a_o word_n of_o patience_n to_o we_o all_o hitherto_o we_o have_v never_o be_v press_v by_o any_o one_o argument_n which_o do_v pretend_v to_o a_o institution_n of_o christ_n or_o any_o apostle_n but_o by_o certain_a far-fetched_a reason_n from_o abraham_n carnal_a seed_n and_o from_o circumcision_n and_o supposition_n of_o strange_a inconvenience_n imagine_v by_o man_n to_o follow_v the_o denial_n of_o infant-baptism_n and_o such_o like_a matter_n and_o indeed_o be_v try_v be_v find_v supposition_n and_o nothing_o else_o accuser_n in_o a_o word_n this_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o anabaptist_n themselves_o else_o how_o can_v they_o call_v themselves_o a_o visible_a church_n of_o christ_n if_o there_o be_v no_o visible_a exhibition_n of_o the_o covenant_n to_o give_v man_n such_o a_o visible_a relation_n for_o there_o be_v no_o claym_v to_o god_n but_o by_o covenant_n answer_n you_o have_v hear_v we_o affirm_v a_o visible_a exhibition_n of_o the_o everlasting_a covenant_n and_o that_o in_o gospel-time_n the_o same_o be_v of_o another_o nature_n than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o law_n that_o now_o it_o consist_v in_o a_o clear_a unvail_v discovery_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o salvation_n by_o christ_n and_o a_o orderly_a disposition_n of_o all_o matter_n relate_v to_o the_o same_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n institute_v the_o new_a testament-administration_n all_o which_o we_o thus_o particular_o set_v down_o once_o more_o 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of_o duty_n which_o he_o require_v and_o this_o provision_n be_v as_o needful_a in_o the_o gospel_n as_o under_o the_o law_n christ_n therefore_o be_v not_o want_v to_o the_o church_n therein_o mat._n 28.19_o 20._o and_o among_o other_o the_o lord_n ordinance_n we_o find_v a_o plain_a rule_n and_o institution_n for_o the_o baptise_v of_o believer_n and_o penitent_n but_o for_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n we_o have_v not_o a_o word_n and_o because_o we_o do_v not_o read_v it_o neither_o in_o precept_n nor_o precedent_n we_o dare_v not_o to_o practice_v the_o same_o accuser_n in_o this_o sense_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o child_n of_o believer_n in_o the_o promise_n according_a to_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o act_n 2.39_o answer_n that_o be_v to_o say_v these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o promise_n be_v to_o you_o and_o to_o your_o child_n by_o he_o preach_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o bring_v they_o to_o christ_n by_o repentance_n and_o baptism_n do_v import_n 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