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ripe_a age_n i_o have_v say_v so_o much_o of_o this_o in_o my_o christian_a directory_n that_o i_o will_v refer_v the_o consider_a reader_n thither_o only_o add_v 1._o that_o far_o great_a absurdity_n will_v follow_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n and_o the_o great_a be_v not_o to_o be_v choose_v i_o be_o loath_a again_o to_o name_v they_o 2._o that_o the_o universal_a church_n as_o far_o as_o by_o any_o notice_n we_o can_v know_v do_v for_o many_o hundred_o year_n grant_v the_o conclusion_n and_o take_v it_o for_o no_o absurdity_n but_o a_o certain_a truth_n yea_o much_o more_o austin_n and_o his_o follower_n themselves_o think_v more_o at_o age_n be_v true_o justify_v and_o sanctify_v than_o be_v elect_v and_o do_v persevere_v and_o some_o hold_n that_o not_o all_o that_o have_v the_o sanctify_a spirit_n but_o only_o certain_a confirm_a christian_n have_v a_o certainty_n to_o persevere_v and_o other_o hold_v that_o as_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n be_v promise_v to_o believer_n though_o 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and_o also_o that_o he_o accept_v into_o his_o covenant_n all_o that_o be_v faithful_o thus_o devote_v to_o he_o and_o be_v peculiarly_a their_o god_n and_o such_o child_n be_v holy_a 3._o that_o they_o be_v certain_o member_n according_a to_o a_o infant_n capacity_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o they_o be_v of_o all_o kingdom_n under_o heaven_n these_o be_v all_o clear_a and_o great_a truth_n 4._o and_o that_o there_o be_v far_o more_o hope_n of_o their_o salvation_n than_o of_o those_o without_o 5._o and_o i_o think_v the_o covenant_n make_v their_o salvation_n certain_a if_o they_o so_o die_v 6._o and_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o the_o investiture_n and_o solemnisation_n of_o their_o covenant_n with_o christ_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o infancy_n from_o matth._n 28.19_o 20._o and_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n 7._o but_o if_o any_o shall_v think_v with_o tertullian_n and_o nazianzen_n that_o the_o time_n of_o investiture_n and_o solemnisation_n be_v partly_o leave_v to_o prudence_n and_o may_v be_v delay_v in_o case_n of_o health_n yea_o or_o shall_v think_v that_o infant_n be_v not_o to_o be_v solemn_o invest_v by_o baptism_n but_o only_o the_o adult_n so_o they_o confess_v infant_n relation_n to_o god_n his_o covenant_n and_o church_n i_o will_v differ_v from_o such_o man_n with_o love_n and_o peace_n and_o mutual_a toleration_n and_o communion_n chap._n i._n the_o occasion_n of_o this_o write_n §_o 1._o as_o i_o be_v by_o great_a and_o long_a importunity_n unwilling_o engage_v at_o first_o to_o meddle_v public_o in_o the_o controversy_n of_o infant_n baptism_n with_o mr._n tomb_n so_o i_o then_o resolve_v to_o meddle_v no_o more_o with_o it_o unless_o i_o find_v that_o necessity_n make_v it_o a_o apparent_a duty_n §_o 2._o according_o when_o mr._n
the_o baptism_n of_o water_n but_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o receive_v it_o when_o the_o opportunity_n of_o circumstance_n be_v offer_v and_o see_v whatever_o come_v to_o pass_v do_v come_v to_o pass_v of_o necessity_n it_o maybe_o say_v that_o such_o a_o one_o can_v be_v save_v without_o such_o baptism_n and_o to_o the_o question_n of_o a_o old_a woman_n baptise_v child_n in_o necessity_n he_o say_v credimus_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la vetula_fw-la vel_fw-la abjecta_fw-la persona_fw-la rite_n lavante_fw-la hominem_fw-la cum_fw-la verbis_fw-la sacramentalibus_fw-la baptismum_fw-la flaminis_fw-la deus_fw-la complete_a the_o reader_n must_v pardon_v the_o latin_a to_o the_o author_n or_o printer_n which_o may_v thus_o be_v english_v but_o we_o believe_v that_o what_o old_a woman_n soever_o or_o abject_a person_n right_o wash_v one_o with_o the_o sacramental_a word_n god_n fulfil_v the_o baptism_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o seem_v that_o whereas_o tertullian_n mr._n 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of_o faith_n that_o nothing_o befall_v a_o man_n after_o the_o first_o grace_n unless_o some_o part_n of_o mankind_n either_o merit_n or_o demerit_n that_o this_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o next_o thirteen_o chapter_n he_o proceed_v to_o answer_v the_o question_n quomodo_fw-la animae_fw-la talium_fw-la infantium_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la actuali_fw-la decedentium_fw-la punientur_fw-la have_v before_o speak_v of_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v unavoidable_o that_o be_v how_o the_o soul_n of_o such_o infant_n shall_v be_v punish_v whether_o all_o equal_o or_o unequal_o and_o whether_o only_o with_o the_o punishment_n of_o loss_n or_o also_o of_o sense_n and_o he_o conclude_v contrary_a to_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o papist_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v both_o the_o punishment_n of_o loss_n and_o sense_n and_o note_v that_o that_o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la peccata_fw-la originalia_fw-la hominum_fw-la esse_fw-la inaequalia_fw-la sicut_fw-la decedentes_fw-la in_o 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pain_n therefore_o it_o remain_v that_o the_o sin_n by_o which_o they_o deserve_v those_o punishment_n be_v say_v to_o be_v unequal_a reader_n i_o have_v be_v the_o large_a in_o transcribe_v and_o translate_n the_o word_n of_o wickliff_n because_o a_o author_n be_v not_o so_o well_o understand_v by_o a_o line_n or_o two_o dismember_a from_o the_o rest_n as_o by_o whole_a discourse_n and_o so_o that_o his_o sense_n may_v be_v past_o all_o controversy_n here_o it_o be_v visible_a that_o wickliff_n be_v so_o far_o from_o deny_v infant-baptism_n that_o 1._o he_o express_o assert_v it_o 2._o he_o never_o so_o much_o as_o note_v it_o for_o any_o controversy_n nor_o make_v any_o doubt_n or_o question_n about_o it_o 3._o yea_o he_o take_v it_o to_o be_v bold_a presumption_n for_o any_o to_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o know_v whether_o a_o infant_n that_o die_v unavoidable_o unbaptise_v be_v save_v or_o not_o but_o only_o say_v god_n can_v do_v it_o if_o he_o will_v and_o he_o can_v damn_v he_o 4._o and_o to_o those_o that_o say_v that_o the_o parent_n be_v not_o in_o the_o fault_n nor_o the_o people_n see_v they_o intend_v his_o baptism_n he_o say_v that_o many_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v for_o past_a sin_n of_o parent_n and_o people_n and_o therefore_o that_o can_v be_v conclude_v and_o nothing_o after_o the_o first_o grace_n come_v to_o pass_v unmerited_a 5._o and_o he_o conclude_v that_o those_o of_o they_o that_o be_v damn_v for_o original_a sin_n be_v punish_v with_o pain_n of_o loss_n and_o sense_n but_o unequal_o have_v unequal_a original_n sin_n 6._o but_o baptism_n he_o assert_v do_v put_v away_o all_o sin_n in_o the_o right_o baptise_a 7._o and_o that_o when_o infant_n be_v right_o baptise_a with_o water_n they_o be_v baptise_a with_o the_o three_o baptism_n have_v baptismal_a grace_n 8._o that_o it_o be_v according_a to_o christ_n rule_n that_o infant_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o church_n to_o be_v baptise_a and_o now_o reader_n judge_v what_o a_o sad_a case_n 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that_o wickliff_n be_v against_o infant-baptism_n and_o some_o of_o they_o out_o of_o the_o very_a chapter_n which_o i_o have_v transcribe_v 1._o say_v he_o he_o assert_v two_o sacrament_n 2._o that_o believer_n must_v be_v baptize_v in_o pure_a water_n and_o what_o be_v these_o to_o the_o purpose_n 3_o that_o believer_n be_v the_o only_a subject_n of_o baptism_n a_o gross_a untruth_n but_o he_o give_v you_o the_o word_n that_o prove_v it_o ideo_fw-la absque_fw-la dubitatione_n si_fw-la iste_fw-la insensibilis_fw-la baptismus_fw-la affuerit_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la à _fw-la crimine_fw-la est_fw-la mundatus_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ille_fw-la defuerit_fw-la quantumcunque_fw-la essent_fw-la priores_fw-la baptismus_fw-la non_fw-la prodest_fw-la animae_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la i_o give_v you_o the_o word_n before_o and_o do_v the_o man_n think_v that_o this_o be_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o purpose_n wickliff_n say_v water_v baptism_n save_v no_o soul_n young_a or_o old_a without_o the_o 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which_o perfect_v the_o title_n even_o so_o the_o heart-consent_n or_o covenant_v of_o the_o person_n or_o parent_n for_o infant_n do_v lay_v the_o first_o ground_n of_o christian_a right_a which_o be_v solemnize_v and_o perfect_v regular_o by_o baptism_n which_o by_o the_o way_n of_o tradition_n or_o public_a investiture_n do_v take_v away_o all_o guilt_n of_o sin_n sacramental_o regenerate_v and_o save_v and_o make_v we_o child_n of_o god_n member_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n and_o heir_n of_o heaven_n who_o be_v so_o before_o by_o a_o private_a initial_a right_n of_o which_o the_o church_n do_v take_v less_o cognisance_n and_o one_o will_v think_v that_o no_o anabaptist_n shall_v deny_v this_o call_v heresy_n as_o to_o the_o adult_n 5._o he_o next_o add_v from_o wickliff_n they_o be_v fool_n and_o presumptuous_a which_o affirm_v such_o infant_n not_o to_o be_v save_v which_o die_v without_o baptism_n so_o full_a word_n it_o out_o of_o cochleus_n answ_n 1._o false_a still_o 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