and_o our_o participation_n of_o his_o guilt_n be_v our_o original_a sin_n in_o a_o double_a sense_n 1._o as_o he_o be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n 2._o and_o as_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o it_o from_o the_o original_n of_o our_o be_v but_o of_o parent_n sin_n not_o all_o the_o world_n be_v guilty_a but_o their_o own_o posterity_n and_o that_o not_o as_o the_o first_o but_o as_o a_o secondary_a or_o near_a cause_n sect._n 17._o ix_o that_o god_n have_v make_v many_o promise_n to_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o faithful_a above_o all_o other_o be_v notorious_a in_o scripture_n in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o bless_a seed_n and_o son_n of_o god_n before_o the_o flood_n and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o sem_fw-mi japhet_n abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n and_o so_o on_o to_o the_o end_n but_o be_v there_o no_o more_o than_o the_o second_o commandment_n and_o exod._n 34._o 6_o 7_o 8._o it_o will_v be_v just_o past_a controversy_n and_o i_o have_v large_o prove_v it_o to_o mr._n tomb_n in_o two_o book_n my_o plain_a scripture-proof_n and_o my_o more_o proof_n of_o infant_n church-membership_a sect._n 18._o x._o the_o apostle_n express_o say_v else_o be_v your_o child_n unclean_a but_o now_o be_v they_o holy_a and_o this_o very_a supposition_n be_v the_o reason_n of_o our_o baptise_v the_o child_n of_o some_o person_n but_o not_o of_o all_o the_o world_n do_v yet_o more_o exclude_v all_o reasonable_a do_v ubt_n with_o those_o that_o be_v for_o infant_n baptism_n sect._n 19_o xi_o as_o to_o be_v baptize_v and_o take_v into_o the_o church_n be_v not_o the_o right_a of_o any_o infant_n mere_o as_o a_o child_n of_o adam_n redeem_v for_o then_o we_o can_v make_v no_o difference_n nor_o mere_o as_o they_o be_v elect_v for_o that_o we_o know_v not_o but_o as_o they_o be_v child_n of_o believer_n dedicate_a they_o to_o god_n which_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o their_o right_n so_o not_o to_o have_v right_a to_o baptism_n and_o its_o benefit_n be_v not_o the_o mere_a fruit_n of_o adam_n sin_n but_o of_o the_o parent_n privative_a not-believing_a and_o not-dedicating_a they_o to_o god_n the_o controversy_n about_o pro-parent_n be_v not_o pertinent_a to_o our_o business_n and_o need_v not_o stop_v we_o here_o therefore_o be_v notorious_a a_o grand_a penalty_n of_o parent_n sin_n on_o child_n for_o a_o penal_a privation_n it_o be_v sect._n 20._o xii_o the_o true_a natural_a interest_n of_o parent_n in_o their_o child_n now_o be_v as_o certain_a as_o adam_n in_o his_o offspring_n we_o have_v our_o be_v as_o true_o from_o they_o as_o from_o he_o and_o be_v as_o true_o natural_o in_o they_o as_o in_o he_o sect._n 21._o xiii_o the_o promise_n to_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v more_o numerous_a and_o plain_a in_o scripture_n than_o the_o promise_n to_o adam_n seed_n if_o he_o have_v stand_v sect._n 22._o fourteen_o the_o penal_a commination_n against_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v so_o numerous_a and_o notorious_a in_o scripture_n that_o it_o be_v a_o thousand_o pity_n that_o any_o minister_n shall_v not_o acknowledge_v they_o and_o the_o effect_n even_o from_o cain_n to_o cham_n and_o the_o child_n of_o all_o the_o old_a world_n and_o of_o sodom_n and_o so_o to_o the_o end_n and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o text_n to_o prove_v it_o but_o the_o two_o beforementioned_a the_o second_o commandment_n and_o exod._n 34._o with_o matth._n 23._o it_o be_v sad_a that_o any_o christian_n shall_v deny_v it_o sect._n 23._o xv._n it_o be_v notorious_a in_o scripture_n also_o as_o to_o the_o execution_n that_o god_n have_v punish_v the_o child_n not_o only_o for_o adam_n but_o for_o the_o near_a parent_n sin_n which_o be_v true_a of_o all_o those_o drown_v in_o the_o deluge_n as_o the_o assign_a cause_n show_v and_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o cham_n and_o the_o sodomite_n and_o the_o infant_n of_o the_o amalekite_n and_o all_o the_o nation_n destroy_v by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n of_o ishmael_n esau_n the_o egyptian_n achan_n gebezi_n and_o abundance_n more_o name_v after_o in_o this_o dispute_n and_o record_v throughout_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o it_o when_o they_o say_v his_o blood_n be_v on_o we_o and_o our_o child_n nor_o the_o disciple_n when_o they_o say_v do_v this_o man_n sin_n or_o his_o parent_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v blind_a job_n 9_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n and_o therefore_o the_o right_n sect._n 24._o xvi_o it_o be_v daily_o notorious_a among_o we_o that_o the_o child_n of_o some_o wicked_a person_n adulterer_n drunkard_n glutton_n idle_a person_n etc._n etc._n have_v their_o bodily_a temper_n vitiate_v by_o propagation_n from_o their_o parent_n by_o reason_n that_o the_o parent_n have_v first_o by_o sin_n corrupt_v their_o own_o nature_n some_o have_v the_o pox_n some_o idiot_n some_o decrepit_a some_o otherwise_o disease_v etc._n etc._n and_o to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v no_o punishment_n to_o the_o child_n or_o that_o it_o be_v only_o for_o adam_n sin_n be_v that_o which_o i_o will_v not_o do_v whatever_o any_o other_o may_v sect._n 24._o xvii_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o mind_n of_o some_o such_o person_n child_n be_v extraordinary_o deprave_v some_o have_v nature_n extraordinary_o lustful_a some_o furious_a some_o senseless_a and_o inconsiderate_a some_o slothful_a some_o false_a versatile_a and_o untrusty_a some_o mutable_a and_o unconstant_a some_o have_v appetite_n hardly_o to_o be_v restrain_v etc._n etc._n yea_o and_o all_o the_o foresay_a disease_n of_o the_o body_n much_o tend_v to_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o soul_n and_o be_v all_o this_o no_o punishment_n or_o of_o none_o but_o adam_n sin_n sect._n 26._o xviii_o it_o be_v notorious_a that_o outward_a calamity_n in_o their_o estate_n and_o other_o accident_n befall_v child_n for_o the_o parent_n sin_n the_o sacrilegious_a perjure_a murderer_n and_o despiser_n of_o parent_n seldom_o have_v a_o progeny_n that_o be_v not_o notable_o plague_v for_o their_o sin_n and_o divine_n shall_v not_o teach_v atheist_n to_o deny_v such_o judgement_n of_o god_n sect._n 27._o xix_o he_o that_o say_v that_o child_n have_v no_o guilt_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o any_o parent_n since_o adam_n do_v by_o consequence_n say_v that_o god_n neither_o ever_o do_v or_o will_v do_v or_o just_o can_v punish_v any_o child_n in_o the_o least_o degree_n positive_o or_o privative_o for_o any_o such_o parent_n sin_n but_o he_o that_o dare_v so_o say_v be_v bold_a and_o blind_a than_o i_o will_v have_v any_o wise_a and_o holy_a teacher_n of_o christ_n flock_n to_o be_v sect._n 28._o xx._n holy_a man_n in_o scripture_n be_v use_v in_o their_o suffering_n to_o confess_v and_o lament_v the_o sin_n of_o their_o forefather_n as_o the_o cause_n as_o i_o have_v after_o cite_v out_o of_o the_o psalm_n ezra_n nehem._n daniel_n etc._n etc._n sect._n 29._o by_o this_o and_o what_o follow_v i_o have_v render_v to_o the_o reader_n a_o true_a account_n and_o reason_n of_o my_o suppose_v dangerous_a opinion_n but_o nothing_o make_v i_o more_o wonder_n at_o my_o learned_a and_o worthy_a accuser_n than_o he_o o_o caecos_fw-la ante_fw-la theologos_fw-la quicunque_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuistis_fw-la i_o have_v almost_o say_v it_o be_v more_o modest_a for_o i_o to_o say_v that_o my_o unacquaintedness_n with_o grammar_n make_v i_o here_o not_o understand_v he_o than_o to_o suspect_v that_o so_o learned_a a_o academical_a doctor_n among_o so_o many_o learned_a man_n and_o library_n can_v possible_o mean_v as_o his_o word_n seem_v to_o import_v but_o modesty_n must_v not_o blind_v we_o and_o yet_o i_o be_o loath_a here_o to_o be_v tempt_v to_o waste_v so_o much_o of_o my_o little_a time_n to_o the_o weary_v of_o myself_o and_o the_o reader_n as_o the_o recital_n of_o the_o word_n of_o so_o many_o divine_n as_o concur_v with_o i_o in_o this_o opinion_n will_v require_v but_o a_o taste_n may_v serve_v to_o cure_v his_o admiration_n and_o vindicate_v divine_n from_o his_o reproach_n sect._n 30._o 1._o tertullian_n say_v advers._fw-la martion_n li._n 2._o c._n 15._o p._n 467._o c._n 1._o 1._o justitiam_fw-la ergo_fw-la primo_fw-la judicis_fw-la despice_fw-la cujus_fw-la si_fw-la ratio_fw-la constiterit_fw-la tunc_fw-la &_o severitas_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quae_fw-la severitas_fw-la decurrit_fw-la rationi_fw-la &_o justitiae_fw-la reputabuntur_fw-la ac_fw-la ne_fw-la pluribus_fw-la immoremur_fw-la asserite_n causas_fw-la caeteras_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la sententias_fw-la condemnetis_fw-gr excusate_fw-it delicta_fw-la ut_fw-la judicia_fw-la reprobetis_fw-la nolite_fw-la reprehendere_fw-la judicem_fw-la sed_fw-la revincite_v malum_fw-la judicem_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la patrum_fw-la delicta_fw-la ex_fw-la filiis_fw-la exigebat_fw-la duritia_fw-la populi_fw-la talia_fw-la remedia_fw-la compulerat_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la posteritatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la prospicientes_fw-la legi_fw-la divinae_fw-la obedirent_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la
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