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to_o send_v out_o the_o prayer_n of_o faith_n for_o it_o and_o page_n 643._o to_o such_o as_o die_v infant_n give_v that_o spirit_n which_o work_v either_o faith_n or_o some_o thing_n proportionable_a for_o their_o justification_n regeneration_n sanctification_n and_o salvation_n in_o the_o latter_a which_o survive_v and_o live_v to_o discretion_n work_v the_o seed_n and_o inclination_n of_o faith_n which_o in_o due_a time_n shall_v fructify_v to_o eternal_a life_n see_v polan_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 55._o quo_fw-la promissa_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la &_o exhibetur_fw-la wallebius_n in_o compendio_fw-la theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 23._o fidem_fw-la non_fw-la secus_fw-la ac_fw-la rationem_fw-la habent_fw-la acsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o fructu_fw-la tamen_fw-la insemine_a &_o radice_fw-la etc._n etc._n they_o have_v faith_n as_o they_o have_v reason_n though_o not_o in_o the_o act_n and_o exercise_v of_o it_o yet_o in_o the_o root_n of_o seed_n or_o it_o they_o have_v 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after_o unde_fw-la incipit_fw-la hominis_fw-la renovatio_fw-la here_o man_n renovation_n begin_v and_o tom._n 7._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la meritis_fw-la cap._n 9_o speak_v of_o the_o pelagian_o deny_v original_a sin_n hinc_fw-la enim_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o paroulis_fw-la nolunt_fw-la credere_fw-la per_fw-la baptismun_n solvi_fw-la originale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la they_o will_v not_o beleove_fw-mi that_o original_a sin_n be_v be_v take_v away_o in_o child_n by_o baptism_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o although_o law_n of_o concupiscence_n remain_v in_o our_o member_n manente_fw-la ipsa_fw-la reatus_fw-la ejus_fw-la solvitus_fw-la though_o it_o abide_v yet_o the_o guilt_n of_o it_o be_v take_v away_o and_o then_o it_o follow_v sed_fw-la eisolvitur_fw-la qui_fw-la saccamentum_fw-la regenerationâ—s_fw-la accaepit_fw-la renov_fw-mi â—â—ique_fw-la jam_fw-la caepit_fw-la be_v take_v away_o in_o such_o as_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o regeneration_n and_o now_o have_v 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