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add_v caeterùm_fw-la long_fw-mi expositione_n non_fw-la indiget_fw-la quòd_fw-la baptizari_fw-la jubet_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la â—eccatorum_fw-la tametsi_fw-la enim_fw-la semel_fw-la homines_fw-la sibi_fw-la reconciliauâ—t_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la non_fw-la imputando_fw-la illis_fw-la peccata_fw-la 2_o cor._n 5_o 19_o &_o nunc_fw-la huius_fw-la reconciliationis_fw-la fidem_fw-la cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la suum_fw-la imprimit_fw-la quia_fw-la tamen_fw-la baptismus_fw-la sigillum_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la hoc_fw-la beneficâ—un_fw-la nobis_fw-la confirmat_fw-la adeoque_fw-la arrka_o &_o pignus_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la nostâ—ae_fw-la meritò_fw-la dari_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la nam_fw-la quia_fw-la fide_fw-la percipimus_fw-la christi_fw-la dona_fw-la fidei_fw-la autem_fw-la confirmandae_fw-la &_o augendae_fw-la baptismus_fw-la adminiculum_fw-la est_fw-la illi_fw-la tanqua_fw-la inferiori_fw-la medio_fw-la 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poenitentiam_fw-la deinde_fw-la eroxerit_fw-la eos_fw-la veniae_fw-la fiducia_fw-la nam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la illis_fw-la remisit_fw-la 3._o quia_fw-la non_fw-la reconciliamur_fw-la deo_fw-la nisi_fw-la intercedente_fw-la christi_fw-la morte_fw-la nec_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la ejus_fw-la sanguine_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la expiantur_fw-la &_o delentur_fw-la ideò_fw-la neminatim_fw-la petrus_n ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nos_fw-la revocat_fw-la quarto_fw-la loco_fw-la baptismum_fw-la ponit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la figillum_fw-la quo_fw-la gratiae_fw-la promissio_fw-la confirmatur_fw-la quare_fw-la in_o his_o paucis_fw-la verbis_fw-la totam_fw-la ferè_fw-la habemus_fw-la christianismi_fw-la summam_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la sibi_fw-la renuncian_n &_o mundo_fw-la totum_fw-la se_fw-la deo_fw-la addicat_fw-la deinde_fw-la ut_fw-la gratuita_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissione_n à _fw-la reatu_fw-la mortis_fw-la liberetur_fw-la adeóque_fw-la adoptetur_fw-la inter_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la piscator_fw-la in_o loc_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o testimonium_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ut_fw-la habentes_fw-la scilicét_v testimonium_fw-la divinum_fw-la quòd_fw-la deus_fw-la vobis_fw-la remiserit_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la propter_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la creditis_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la consequendam_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la medium_n sive_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la baptismus_fw-la est_fw-la medium_n sen_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la quo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la utitur_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la confimandun_v vid._n ultr_n the_o next_o text_n we_o shall_v cite_v be_v act._n 22.16_o arise_v and_o be_v baptize_v and_o wash_v away_o thy_o sin_n call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n though_o the_o papist_n vain_o will_v hence_o gather_v that_o baptism_n do_v wash_v away_o sin_n ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la 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nb._n and_o pag._n 249_o 250_o etc._n etc._n though_o as_o to_o admittance_n which_o be_v the_o church_n part_n to_o the_o outward_a ordinance_n he_o make_v profession_n as_o i_o do_v sufficient_a yet_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o the_o sacrament_n be_v a_o convert_v ordinance_n he_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ordinance_n appoint_v for_o conversion_n his_o argument_n be_v 1._o because_o no_o effect_n can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o this_o ordinance_n which_o fall_v not_o under_o the_o signification_n of_o it_o etc._n etc._n as_o vasquez_n 2._o this_o sacrament_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o it_o appear_v to_o praesuppose_v those_o that_o reap_v the_o sweet_a and_o benefit_n of_o it_o to_o be_v convert_v and_o in_o grace_n namely_o to_o have_v faith_n in_o christ_n and_o to_o be_v live_v member_n and_o if_o this_o be_v presuppose_v by_o this_o ordinance_n than_o it_o be_v not_o first_o wrought_v by_o it_o 3._o the_o word_n be_v the_o only_a instrument_n of_o god_n to_o beget_v faith_n or_o work_n conversion_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o answer_v the_o objection_n of_o the_o contrary_n mind_v and_o to_o they_o that_o argue_v that_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v a_o convert_v ordinance_n because_o its_o possible_a a_o man_n may_v be_v then_o convert_v he_o say_v they_o may_v as_o well_o make_v ordination_n or_o marriage_n convert_v ordinance_n because_o by_o the_o word_n then_o utter_v a_o man_n may_v be_v convert_v he_o cit_v the_o word_n of_o learned_a rich._n hooker_n eccles._n pol._n l._n 5._o pag._n 5â—6_n the_o grace_n which_o we_o have_v by_o it_o do_v not_o begin_v but_o continue_v grace_n or_o life_n no_o man_n therefore_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n before_o baptism_n because_o no_o dead_a thing_n be_v capable_a of_o nourishment_n that_o which_o grow_v must_v of_o necessity_n first_o live_v and_o for_o further_a authority_n he_o add_v and_o to_o this_o purpose_n all_o our_o learned_a divine_n have_v give_v their_o suffrage_n and_o the_o papist_n though_o they_o differ_v from_o we_o in_o deny_v remission_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o sacrament_n in_o favour_n to_o their_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n yet_o they_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ordinance_n of_o nutrition_n and_o so_o do_v all_o their_o schoolman_n and_o so_o do_v the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o strengthen_n and_o refresh_v of_o our_o soul_n &c_n &c_n i_o need_v not_o number_v author_n or_o church_n it_o be_v so_o plain_a a_o case_n that_o i_o wonder_v they_o that_o have_v stand_v up_o in_o defence_n of_o it_o as_o a_o convert_n ordinance_n have_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o there_o be_v a_o army_n to_o a_o man_n against_o they_o and_o the_o ancient_a christian_a church_n be_v so_o clear_a in_o it_o so_o far_o mr_n vine_n &_o hooker_n in_o he_o concern_v the_o distinction_n of_o forum_n dei_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la and_o its_o sense_n see_v that_o judicious_a agreement_n of_o the_o associate_v minister_n of_o cumberlanâ—_n and_o westmoreland_n pag._n 47._o where_o they_o take_v notice_n of_o mr._n blakes_n question_v it_o since_o these_o paper_n be_v in_o the_o press_n i_o be_v tell_v by_o a_o reverend_a brother_n that_o mr_n blake_n profess_v to_o hold_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o save_a faith_n as_o well_o as_o i_o and_o by_o one_o of_o his_o special_a acquaintance_n in_o the_o ministry_n who_o hear_v i_o express_v my_o mind_n that_o mr_n blake'_v be_v the_o same_o i_o dare_v not_o omit_v the_o mention_n of_o this_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v injurious_a to_o he_o and_o yet_o how_o far_o the_o reporter_n be_v in_o the_o right_n and_o understand_v his_o meaning_n i_o be_o no_o further_o able_a to_o tell_v you_o but_o that_o they_o be_v credible_a person_n for_o my_o part_n i_o defend_v my_o own_o doctrine_n against_o the_o charge_n which_o in_o two_o volume_n he_o bring_v against_o it_o and_o i_o suppose_v he_o will_v not_o write_v so_o much_o of_o two_o volume_n against_o a_o doctrine_n which_o he_o judge_v the_o same_o with_o 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ut_fw-la nimirum_fw-la susceptione_n baptismi_fw-la testatum_fw-la faciatis_fw-la vos_fw-la resipuisse_fw-la &_o indy_n magis_fw-la ac_fw-la magis_fw-la resipiscere_fw-la velle_fw-la sed_fw-la simul_fw-la hìc_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la joannem_fw-la baptizasse_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ut_fw-la nimirum_fw-la nomine_fw-la dei_fw-la testatum_fw-la faceret_fw-la resipiscentibus_fw-la &_o in_o christum_fw-la credentibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la ipsis_fw-la remissa_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la christum_fw-la agnum_fw-la dei._n and_o i_o pray_v mark_v his_o observation_n on_o mat._n 3.6_o 8_o 10._o conclude_v our_o present_a question_n baptismus_fw-la nulli_fw-la adulto_fw-la conferendus_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ediderit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la in_o christum_n ac_fw-la praeterea_fw-la promissionem_fw-la sanctae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la which_o he_o prove_v 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hortatione_fw-la &_o comminatione_fw-la ad_fw-la seriam_fw-la resipiscentiam_fw-la extimulat_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la praeparat_fw-la where_o he_o go_v three_o step_n beyond_o our_o opposer_n who_o 1._o will_v not_o have_v we_o require_v as_o necessary_a so_o much_o as_o a_o show_n of_o this_o repentance_n 2._o much_o less_o the_o sincerity_n of_o it_o 3._o nor_o to_o deny_v they_o baptism_n as_o unworthy_a till_o they_o be_v prepare_v after_o he_o show_v that_o hypocrite_n will_v creep_v in_o among_o the_o good_a partly_o such_o as_o we_o can_v discern_v and_o those_o be_v to_o be_v leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n partim_fw-la manifesti_fw-la quos_fw-la pastor_n admittere_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la sine_fw-la examine_v nè_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la prostâ—tuant_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la reatum_fw-la attrahant_fw-la how_o little_a do_v our_o confident_a opposer_n fear_v this_o facite_fw-la fructus_fw-la dignos_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la pro_fw-la cavete_fw-la mihi_fw-la vel_fw-la deo_fw-la hypocrisi_fw-la illudere_fw-la sed_fw-la videte_fw-la ut_fw-la veram_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la agatis_fw-la ab_fw-la erroribus_fw-la &_o peccatis_fw-la vestris_fw-la &_o siâ—_n baptismum_fw-la novae_n ecclesiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la suscipiatis_fw-la fructus_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la vocat_fw-la ut_fw-la palam_fw-la erroribus_fw-la sectis_fw-la &_o vitiis_fw-la suis_fw-la renuncient_a &_o emendatione_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la se_fw-la novos_fw-la homines_fw-la deinceps_fw-la testentur_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la foris_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la simulare_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la solent_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_n p._n 56._o against_o maldonate_fw-it he_o prove_v the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n and_o john_n all_o one_o and_o when_o maldonate_fw-it say_v that_o john_n baptize_v in_fw-la poenitentium_fw-la baptismus_fw-la praecedebat_fw-la &_o poenitentia_fw-la sequebatur_fw-la confess_v that_o in_o christ_n baptism_n 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inquit_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n licet_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la baptizaturus_fw-la nisi_fw-la id_fw-la ille_fw-la porfiteretur_fw-la ipseque_fw-la charitatis_fw-la saltem_fw-la judicio_fw-la ita_fw-la credere_fw-la credat_fw-la read_v the_o rest_n and_o pag._n 66._o ad_fw-la hos_fw-la sin_n sacrationem_fw-la &_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la horum_fw-la consequendos_fw-la baptisma_fw-la mihi_fw-la minimè_fw-la institutum_fw-la videtur_fw-la quum_fw-la in_o institutione_n ipsa_fw-la eye_v primariò_fw-la administrandum_fw-la ordinetur_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la praedicatione_n evangelii_n side_n in_o christum_fw-la imbuti_fw-la &_o disciplinam_fw-la christianam_fw-la jam_fw-la amplexifuerunt_fw-la mar._n 16.15_o 16._o matth._n 28.18_o at_o hi_o &_o sanati_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o reatu_fw-la omni_fw-la exoluti_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la suscipiendum_fw-la accedebaent_fw-la aut_fw-la ejusmo_fw-la two_o saltem_fw-la esse_fw-la 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utroque_fw-la posterius_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o justify_v faith_n leg._n &_o pag._n 78._o many_o such_o passage_n he_o have_v too_o long_o to_o be_v cite_v ravanellus_n biblioth_n de_fw-fr baptism_n pag._n 184._o ravanellus_n in_o nomine_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la patris_fw-la filii_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la baptizari_fw-la dicimur_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la s.s._n trinitas_fw-la nor_o in_fw-la gratiam_fw-la recipere_fw-la testificatur_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la vicissim_fw-la spondemus_fw-la ac_fw-la profitemur_fw-la ei_fw-la nos_fw-la totos_fw-la dicare_fw-la &_o consecrare_fw-la et_fw-la col_fw-fr 2._o adulti_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la admittendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la modò_fw-la fidem_fw-la prositeantur_fw-la act._n 2.41_o &_o 8.12_o 13_o 37_o 38._o &_o 9_o 18_o 6_o 11_o 17._o &_o 16_o 15_o 14_o 33_o 32._o &_o peccata_fw-la publicè_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la se_fw-la agnoscentes_fw-la ex_fw-la gratuita_fw-la remissione_n salutem_fw-la consequi_fw-la mat._n 3.6_o marc._n 1.5_o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr sacram._n pag._n 512._o col._n 2._o terminus_n vel_fw-la finis_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la cui_fw-la nempe_fw-la soli_fw-la foederati_fw-la inter_fw-la foederatos_fw-la autem_fw-la dei_fw-la censentur_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o external_a ecclesiae_fw-la communione_fw-la &_o prositentur_fw-la se_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o vero_fw-la cum_fw-la inter_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidam_fw-la possint_fw-la esse_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la &_o impii_fw-la ideo_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la communia_fw-la sunt_fw-la piis_fw-la &_o impiis_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la impii_fw-la pro_fw-la piis_fw-la probabiliter_fw-la habeantur_fw-la thus_o common_o speak_v protestant_n on_o this_o subject_n the_o church_n of_o scotland_n in_o their_o head_n of_o church_n policy_n church_n recite_v by_o spotswood_n in_o his_o history_n l._n 6._o pag._n 289._o thus_o begin_v 1._o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v sometime_o large_o take_v for_o all_o they_o that_o profess_v the_o evangel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o also_o it_o be_v a_o company_n not_o only_o of_o the_o godly_a but_o also_o hypocrite_n profess_v outward_o one_o true_a religion_n 2._o at_o other_o time_n it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o elect_a only_o and_o the_o godly_a so_o that_o here_o be_v none_o acknowledge_v church-member_n but_o those_o only_a that_o be_v true_o godly_a and_o elect_a or_o seem_v to_o be_v so_o and_o be_v hypocrite_n if_o they_o be_v not_o so_o the_o helvetian_a confession_n confession_n as_o in_o the_o harmony_n translate_v p._n 287._o of_o bapt._n faith_n to_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v enroll_v enter_v and_o receive_v into_o the_o covenant_n and_o family_n and_o so_o into_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o purge_v also_o from_o the_o filthiness_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o be_v endue_v with_o the_o manifold_a grace_n of_o god_n for_o to_o lead_v a_o new_a and_o innocent_a life_n we_o therefore_o by_o be_v baptize_v do_v confess_v our_o faith_n and_o be_v bind_v to_o give_v unto_o god_n obedience_n mortification_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o newness_n of_o life_n yea_o and_o we_o be_v list_v soldier_n for_o the_o warfare_n of_o christ_n that_o all_o our_o life_n long_o we_o shall_v fight_v against_o the_o world_n satan_n and_o our_o own_o flesh_n and_o none_o but_o sound_a believer_n true_o consent_v to_o this_o and_o therefore_o none_o but_o professor_n of_o sound_a belief_n do_v profess_v consent_n to_o it_o i_o shall_v pass_v over_o the_o confession_n of_o other_o church_n contain_v the_o same_o doctrine_n the_o professor_n of_o the_o protestant_a university_n of_o saumor_n in_o france_n salmurlenses_n in_o their_o excellent_a thes._n vol._n 3._o be_v full_a on_o the_o point_n pag._n 58._o thes._n 27._o obsignat_fw-la autem_fw-la illam_fw-la certè_fw-la ut_fw-la quia_fw-la nos_fw-la profitentur_fw-la habere_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la communionem_fw-la cum_fw-la morte_fw-la &_o resurrectione_n christi_n fructum_fw-la utriusque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pertinere_fw-la testificetur_fw-la fructus_fw-la autem_fw-la ille_fw-la primùm_fw-la in_o justificatione_n situs_fw-la est_fw-la at_o quemadmodum_fw-la professio_fw-la illa_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o se_fw-la inclusam_fw-la promissionem_fw-la de_fw-la per_fw-la severantiâ_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la fide_fw-la sic_fw-la obsignatio_fw-la pariter_fw-la habet_fw-la stipul_fw-la itionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la tacitam_fw-la illius_fw-la perseverantiae_fw-la thes._n 29._o pag._n 59_o sacramenta_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la itâ—_n qui_fw-la vel_fw-la fidem_fw-la habent_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la eum_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferunt_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la nullis_fw-la certis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la compertam_fw-la esse_fw-la posset_n eam_fw-la esse_fw-la ementitam_fw-la pag._n 50._o thes._n 7._o est_fw-la tamen_fw-la inter_fw-la ea_fw-la notabile_fw-la discrimen_fw-la quod_fw-la penè_fw-la in_o omnium_fw-la sensus_fw-la incurrit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la alibi_fw-la animadvertimus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quidem_fw-la nemini_fw-la tribuuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la censeatur_fw-la implevisse_fw-la conditionem_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la foedere_fw-la svo_fw-la exigit_fw-la this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n that_o mr._n blake_n will_v not_o be_v entreat_v to_o understand_v viz._n that_o the_o very_o covenant_v on_o our_o part_n be_v the_o first_o and_o great_a condition_n impose_v and_o require_v in_o the_o covenant_n or_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o so_o when_o we_o sincere_o covenant_n we_o perform_v the_o condition_n of_o his_o promise_n heart-covenanting_a be_v by_o consent_v and_o consent_v join_v to_o assent_n be_v justife_v faith_n at_o conditionis_fw-la impletio_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la consideraâ—ur_fw-la nimirum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la momentis_fw-la quibus_fw-la praestatur_fw-la pâ—imùm_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la conservatur_fw-la &_o perseverat_fw-la conditi_fw-la nis_fw-la autem_fw-la evangelicae_fw-la ea_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la praestari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la quin_fw-la illico_fw-la introducat_fw-la eum_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la praestatur_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la communionem_fw-la &_o societatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la quin_fw-la ei_fw-la acquirat_fw-la adoptionem_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la numeratur_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la filiis_fw-la joan_n 4.11_o cum_fw-la vero_fw-la conservatur_fw-la atque_fw-la persistit_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la facit_fw-la nisi_fw-la quòd_fw-la easdem_fw-la illas_fw-la praerogativas_fw-la retinet_fw-la ne_fw-la iis_fw-la excidamus_fw-la baptismus_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la finem_fw-la comparatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la obsignet_fw-la quatenus_fw-la communicantur_fw-la primùm_fw-la coena_fw-la verò_fw-la ut_fw-la retineantur_fw-la thes._n â—_o sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la duo_fw-la certè_fw-la genera_fw-la hominum_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la participationem_fw-la foederis_fw-la evangelici_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la admittuntur_fw
require_v a_o dogmatical_a faith_n to_o baptism_n pag._n 122._o that_o therefore_o which_o he_o call_v the_o great_a question_n between_o he_o and_o i_o be_v no_o question_n at_o all_o it_o be_v madness_n to_o affirm_v that_o which_o with_o these_o limit_n be_v thus_o deny_v and_o i_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o accuse_v mr._n blake_n of_o madness_n see_v therefore_o he_o must_v either_o be_v of_o my_o mind_n or_o be_v mad_a i_o will_v make_v no_o doubt_n to_o think_v that_o he_o be_v of_o my_o mind_n in_o that_o and_o that_o his_o insinuate_a and_o oft_o affirm_v that_o i_o deny_v the_o thing_n there_o in_o question_n simple_o or_o without_o those_o limit_n proceed_v from_o that_o great_a injustice_n which_o temerity_n oft_o cause_v in_o passionate_a man_n pag._n 389_o 1._o in_o this_o case_n where_o the_o soul_n answer_v not_o to_o sacramental_a engagement_n sacrament_n be_v but_o as_o outward_a shadow_n and_o bare_a empty_a sign_n and_o set_v out_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o 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justify_v faith_n and_o that_o if_o they_o do_v it_o not_o sincere_o that_o be_v not_o yet_o justify_v faith_n which_o they_o profess_v for_o my_o part_n i_o be_o past_a doubt_n of_o it_o if_o this_o be_v mr._n blakes_n dogmatical_a faith_n he_o and_o i_o be_v not_o much_o at_o distance_n about_o the_o qualification_n of_o the_o baptise_a but_o about_o the_o nature_n of_o justify_v faith_n for_o that_o be_v justify_n in_o my_o judgement_n which_o be_v but_o dogmatical_a in_o he_o christ_n be_v the_o way_n to_o salvation_n the_o sanctify_a work_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o holy_a love_n and_o obedience_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o this_o way_n in_o subserviency_n to_o christ_n all_o these_o be_v the_o gospel_n way_n to_o salvation_n the_o false_a belief_n of_o erroneous_a man_n and_o the_o many_o by-path_n of_o the_o unregenerate_a be_v the_o contrary_n which_o satan_n persuade_v they_o to_o and_o make_v they_o believe_v may_v serve_v the_o turn_n that_o man_n that_o abjure_v all_o 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