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to_o be_v i_o within_o the_o covenant_n by_o opinion_n according_a to_o a_o rule_n of_o prudence_n or_o charity_n sense_n which_o i_o meddle_v not_o with_o and_o therefore_o need_v not_o stay_v the_o reader_n in_o descant_v upon_o they_o my_o rule_n of_o judge_v their_o condition_n be_v limit_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n reveal_v will_n in_o his_o word_n you_o then_o proceed_v in_o a_o endeavour_n wherein_o you_o do_v but_o lose_v time_n and_o waste_v paper_n for_o many_o page_n together_o endeavour_v to_o confute_v what_o be_v never_o assert_v by_o i_o viz._n that_o the_o covenant_n of_o save_a grace_n be_v make_v to_o believer_n and_o their_o natural_a seed_n that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n be_v so_o within_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n as_o to_o be_v elect_v and_o to_o have_v all_o the_o spiritual_a privilege_n of_o the_o covenant_n belong_v to_o they_o this_o you_o will_v needs_o have_v to_o be_v my_o meaning_n and_o i_o almost_o suspect_v you_o will_v fasten_v this_o sense_n upon_o i_o against_o your_o own_o light_n for_o pag._n 142._o you_o do_v as_o good_a as_o clear_v i_o of_o it_o where_o you_o say_v you_o suppose_v that_o i_o do_v not_o hold_v that_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n indifferent_o have_v actual_o the_o thing_n signify_v by_o baptism_n union_n with_o christ_n adoption_n pardon_v of_o sin_n regeneration_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o in_o all_o this_o discourse_n you_o do_v but_o luctari_fw-la cum_fw-la larvis_fw-la according_a to_o your_o own_o expression_n pag._n 45._o my_o plain_a meaning_n be_v as_o be_v before_o express_v nor_o do_v any_o of_o the_o expression_n use_v by_o i_o and_o here_o bring_v by_o you_o as_o argument_n to_o prove_v this_o to_o be_v my_o meaning_n hold_v forth_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v within_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n belong_v to_o christ_n body_n kingdom_n household_n therefore_o be_v to_o partake_v of_o the_o seal_n true_o as_o visible_a professor_n be_v quà _fw-la visible_a again_o 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believer_n his_o child_n have_v not_o right_a to_o baptism_n and_o other_o church-priviledge_n as_o it_o grow_v copable_a of_o they_o at_o the_o â—ewâ—s_a child_n have_v to_o circumcision_n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr sacto_fw-la it_o fall_v out_o sometime_o so_o among_o the_o jew_n david_n the_o â—ather_n circumcise_v and_o not_o the_o child_n bear_v to_o he_o by_o bathsheba_n which_o die_v the_o seven_o day_n and_o be_v not_o circumcise_a and_o many_o multitude_n more_o in_o the_o same_o condition_n but_o be_v this_o any_o thing_n against_o the_o right_n of_o infant_n to_o beâ—_n circumcise_a next_o say_v you_o in_o this_o point_n there_o iâ—_n 〈◊〉_d certainty_n or_o agreement_n in_o the_o paedobaptist_n determination_n because_o mr._n rutherford_n say_v the_o child_n of_o papist_n and_o excommunicate_a protestant_n which_o be_v barn_n