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to_o be_v baptize_v must_v also_o for_o their_o part_n promise_v the_o renounce_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o work_n and_o both_o faith_n and_o piety_n towards_o god_n that_o as_o it_o show_v she_o to_o have_v look_v upon_o baptism_n as_o a_o federals_n rite_n or_o ceremony_n so_o that_o she_o equal_o believe_v it_o to_o relate_v to_o our_o duty_n and_o service_n as_o well_o as_o to_o those_o divine_a benefit_n we_o receive_v from_o the_o author_n of_o it_o let_v it_o remain_v therefore_o for_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n and_o the_o acknowledge_a doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n that_o a_o sacrament_n relate_v as_o well_o to_o what_o be_v to_o pass_v from_o we_o to_o god_n as_o to_o what_o be_v to_o come_v from_o god_n to_o we_o and_o that_o according_o it_o may_v be_v so_o far_o forth_o define_v such_o a_o outward_a and_o visible_a sign_n whereby_o we_o make_v a_o declaration_n of_o our_o piety_n towards_o god_n as_o mr._n calvin_n 1._o calvin_n instit_fw-la li._n 4._o c._n 14._o §._o 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express_o affirm_v to_o be_v give_v to_o we_o by_o he_o for_o so_o it_o do_v as_o to_o that_o 22.19_o that_o luk._n 22.19_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o they_o all_o they_o must_v consequent_o oblige_v we_o to_o conceive_v of_o that_o to_o which_o a_o sacrament_n relate_v as_o a_o grace_n give_v unto_o we_o but_o neither_o will_v there_o be_v less_o evidence_n from_o thence_o if_o those_o text_n be_v well_o consider_v that_o that_o grace_n to_o which_o a_o sacrament_n relate_v be_v a_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a one_o for_o as_o our_o church_n mean_v no_o other_o by_o a_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a grace_n than_o that_o which_o conduce_v in_o a_o especial_a manner_n to_o the_o welfare_n of_o our_o inward_a man_n or_o spirit_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o its_o make_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a grace_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o which_o it_o can_v be_v in_o any_o other_o sense_n than_o that_o it_o have_v 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of_o the_o death_n of_o the_o same_o mediator_n in_o fine_a that_o i_o render_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o it_o be_v never_o of_o force_n whilst_o he_o who_o so_o make_v it_o life_n be_v because_o those_o word_n as_o the_o former_a be_v a_o continuation_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o forego_n argument_n and_o so_o still_o to_o be_v understand_v with_o reference_n to_o the_o same_o mediator_n all_o which_o thing_n i_o have_v lay_v together_o not_o so_o much_o out_o of_o a_o desire_n of_o be_v think_v the_o author_n of_o a_o new_a interpretation_n from_o which_o no_o man_n be_v more_o averse_a where_o there_o be_v not_o some_o kind_n of_o necessity_n for_o it_o but_o to_o clear_v up_o a_o acknowledge_v and_o important_a truth_n and_o which_o the_o text_n i_o have_v so_o long_o insist_v upon_o have_v help_v more_o than_o any_o thing_n to_o obscure_v for_o as_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o certain_a from_o the_o scripture_n nor_o more_o attest_v to_o by_o our_o 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utriusque_fw-la testamenti_fw-la paraturam_fw-la though_o they_o also_o give_v they_o the_o more_o general_a title_n of_o instrumenta_fw-la parebit_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la idem_fw-la apol._n c._n 19_o primam_fw-la instrumentis_fw-la istis_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la summa_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la vindicat_fw-la ib._n c._n 21._o sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la edidimus_fw-la antiquissimis_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la instrumentis_fw-la sectam_fw-la istam_fw-la esse_fw-la suffultam_fw-la adu._n marc._n li._n 1._o c._n 13._o quantas_fw-la autem_fw-la foveas_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la vel_fw-la maxim_n epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la nempe_fw-la martion_n fecerit_fw-la auferendo_fw-la quae_fw-la voluit_fw-la de_fw-la nostri_fw-la instrumenti_fw-la integritate_fw-la parebit_fw-la but_o if_o some_o man_n i_o say_v sway_v by_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o think_v fit_a to_o continue_v to_o the_o former_a text_n and_o some_o other_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o testament_n as_o i_o shall_v not_o contend_v with_o 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