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against_o this_o assertion_n cap._n 3._o this_o agree_v to_o the_o public_a doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n before_o i_o go_v further_o i_o must_v advertise_v the_o reader_n of_o one_o thing_n constant_o to_o be_v observe_v throughout_o this_o treatise_n and_o it_o be_v this_o wheresoever_o i_o shall_v for_o brevity_n sake_n only_o say_v thus_o much_o that_o the_o elect_n do_v receive_v the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n my_o purpose_n be_v to_o have_v it_o understand_v with_o all_o those_o condition_n and_o limitation_n before_o express_v in_o the_o state_v of_o the_o point_n so_o that_o it_o must_v always_o be_v thus_o interpret_v viz_o that_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o jnstitution_n of_o christ_n that_o all_o elect_a jnfant_n that_o be_v baptize_v unless_o in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n do_v ordinary_o receive_v from_o christ_n the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n for_o their_o first_o solemn_a initiation_n into_o christ_n and_o for_o their_o future_a actual_a renovation_n in_o 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because_o the_o church_n of_o england_n say_v it_o for_o she_o will_v not_o assume_v so_o much_o authority_n over_o any_o man_n faith_n have_v declare_v herself_o express_o in_o the_o 21_o article_n of_o her_o doctrine_n that_o even_o general_n counsel_n which_o represent_v the_o whole_a church_n of_o christ_n on_o earth_n in_o thing_n ordain_v by_o they_o as_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n have_v neither_o strength_n nor_o authority_n unless_o it_o may_v be_v declare_v that_o they_o be_v take_v out_o of_o holy_a scripture_n i_o urge_v not_o then_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n to_o prove_v the_o point_n by_o it_o as_o some_o have_v give_v out_o but_o only_o to_o show_v the_o agreement_n that_o it_o have_v with_o our_o public_a doctrine_n that_o no_o man_n may_v proclaim_v it_o to_o be_v a_o piece_n either_o of_o popery_n or_o arminianism_n nor_o yet_o a_o private_a conceit_n of_o my_o own_o dissonant_n from_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o that_o truth_n to_o which_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o our_o church_n either_o have_v subscribe_v or_o aught_o so_o to_o do_v and_o so_o be_v as_o deep_o engage_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o it_o as_o myself_o who_o some_o of_o they_o either_o ignorant_a or_o careless_a of_o what_o they_o subscribe_v to_o do_v now_o so_o much_o oppose_v that_o this_o accord_v to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n may_v appear_v in_o one_o or_o two_o plain_a syllogism_n the_o first_o whereof_o shall_v be_v this_o syllogis_n 1._o maior_n that_o which_o the_o church_n in_o the_o public_a liturgy_n thereof_o exhort_v &_o require_v we_o to_o pray_v for_o when_o any_o infant_n presume_v to_o be_v true_o and_o indeed_o within_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v bring_v to_o baptism_n and_o that_o which_o it_o also_o teach_v we_o to_o pronounce_v concern_v that_o and_o every_o such_o infant_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v baptize_v must_v needs_o be_v grant_v to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o public_a doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n touch_v all_o elect_a infant_n that_o be_v baptize_v ordinary_o minor_n but_o the_o public_a liturgy_n of_o our_o church_n exhort_v and_o require_v we_o at_o the_o baptise_v of_o every_o infant_n presume_v to_o have_v interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n as_o be_v within_o god_n election_n kingdom_n election_n that_o our_o leiturgy_n have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o presume_v of_o any_o particular_a infant_n that_o unto_o he_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n do_v indeed_o belong_v and_o thereupon_o pronounce_v the_o child_n after_o baptism_n be_v administer_v to_o be_v regenerate_v may_v appear_v most_o evident_o by_o this_o viz_o that_o it_o lead_v we_o to_o that_o which_o our_o saviour_n speak_v in_o the_o gospel_n touch_v those_o infant_n that_o be_v bring_v unto_o he_o &_o bless_v by_o he_o upon_o this_o ground_n that_o they_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n not_o that_o all_o child_n have_v right_a to_o the_o kingdom_n for_o esau_n have_v none_o rom._n 9_o yet_o because_o man_n can_v see_v god_n secret_a decree_n they_o be_v not_o to_o make_v doubt_n of_o any_o particular_a but_o know_v that_o some_o infant_n be_v elect_v and_o have_v right_a to_o the_o kingdom_n upon_o this_o ground_n they_o know_v for_o certain_a that_o this_o child_n be_v regenerate_v by_o the_o spirit_n if_o he_o be_v elect_v and_o if_o to_o he_o do_v belong_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o our_o church_n in_o charity_n pronounce_v so_o much_o of_o every_o child_n consider_v individual_o and_o apart_o because_o in_o charity_n she_o presume_v that_o unto_o that_o very_a particular_a belong_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n for_o upon_o this_o ground_n be_v the_o follow_a exhortation_n and_o assurance_n build_v which_o upon_o this_o consideration_n say_v doubt_v you_o not_o therefore_o but_o earnest_o believe_v that_o he_o will_v likewise_o favourable_o receive_v these_o present_a jnfâ—nts_n that_o he_o will_v embrace_v they_o with_o the_o arm_n of_o his_o mercy_n that_o he_o will_v give_v unto_o they_o the_o blessing_n of_o eternal_a life_n and_o make_v they_o partaker_n of_o his_o everlasting_a kingdom_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o spirit_n of_o regeneration_n to_o be_v give_v unto_o he_o and_o so_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v baptize_v to_o conclude_v he_o to_o be_v regenerate_v with_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_z according_o to_o give_v thanks_n for_o this_o in_o prayer_n unto_o god_n conclus_fw-la therefore_o it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o public_a and_o establish_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n that_o all_o elect_a jnfant_n do_v ordinary_o receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n in_o baptism_n in_o such_o manner_n and_o sense_n as_o be_v before_o express_v the_o mayor_n proposition_n can_v be_v doubt_v of_o unless_o we_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o doctrine_n and_o liturgy_n of_o our_o church_n be_v contrary_a to_o one_o another_o which_o no_o man_n well_o in_o his_o wit_n will_v affirm_v and_o yet_o subscribe_v to_o both_o the_o minor_a or_o as_o some_o term_n it_o the_o assumption_n be_v the_o only_a proposition_n then_o that_o must_v be_v prove_v i_o pray_v you_o therefore_o with_o patience_n see_v it_o do_v in_o the_o several_a branch_n of_o it_o there_o be_v in_o it_o these_o two_o particular_n 1_o the_o church_n in_o her_o liturgy_n require_v we_o to_o pray_v for_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v communicate_v to_o every_o particular_a infant_n bring_v to_o baptism_n presume_v of_o the_o particular_a that_o he_o be_v within_o the_o election_n of_o grace_n 2_o she_o conclude_v he_o to_o be_v regenerate_v so_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v baptize_v that_o be_v to_o have_v receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o regeneration_n as_o the_o first_o principle_n thereof_o 1._o for_o the_o former_a let_v the_o liturgy_n itself_o be_v produce_v wherein_o the_o
saâ—guinem_fw-la christi_fw-la infantibus_fw-la ibid._n and_o lest_o any_o shall_v take_v he_o to_o mean_v only_o a_o outward_a admission_n he_o afterward_o add_v the_o external_a mean_n be_v the_o word_n and_o water_n administer_v by_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n the_o effectual_a mean_n on_o his_o part_n that_o be_v cleanse_v be_v faith_n in_o one_o of_o year_n at_o least_o the_o spirit_n of_o faith_n as_o in_o infant_n for_o to_o they_o the_o spirit_n apply_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n 3_o that_o renown_a frenchman_n daniel_n chameir_n will_z ling_o yield_v that_o elect_a infant_n may_v be_v in_o some_o sense_n term_v faithful_a but_o how_o not_o actual_a believer_n but_o only_o potential_a because_o no_o man_n believe_v actual_o but_o he_o that_o be_v capable_a of_o discourse_n 28._o discourse_n quomodo_fw-la inquam_fw-la fideles_fw-la actu_fw-la ne_o a_o potentia_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la actu_fw-la negatur_fw-la quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la credit_n nisi_fw-la compos_fw-la rationis_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 10._o parag_n 28._o 4_o doctor_n ames_n be_v to_o prove_v against_o the_o anabaptist_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o baptise_v infant_n of_o 5_o argument_n he_o reserve_v this_o to_o the_o last_o place_n as_o if_o he_o set_v most_o by_o it_o in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o regeneration_n whereof_o baptism_n be_v the_o seal_n a_o man_n be_v mere_o passive_a and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v to_o be_v either_o circumcise_a or_o baptize_v no_o external_a act_n be_v require_v as_o in_o other_o sacrament_n there_o be_v but_o only_o a_o capacity_n passive_a to_o receive_v infant_n therefore_o be_v as_o capable_a of_o this_o sacrament_n in_o respect_n even_o of_o the_o chief_a use_v thereof_o as_o man_n of_o year_n themselves_o 13._o themselves_o quia_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la initio_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la cvius_fw-la sigillum_fw-la est_fw-la baptismus_fw-la homo_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la merè_fw-la possive_a unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la hominis_fw-la vel_fw-la circumcidendi_fw-la vel_fw-la baptizâ—ndi_fw-la nulla_fw-la actio_fw-la externa_fw-la requiritur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la receptio_fw-la passive_a infant_n igitur_fw-la sunt_fw-la aequè_fw-la capaces_fw-la huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la respectu_fw-la praecipui_fw-la eius_fw-la usus_fw-la atque_fw-la adulti_fw-la medulla_n theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 40._o thes_n 13._o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o that_o sacrament_n can_v be_v attain_v by_o infant_n without_o faith_n actual_a in_o they_o when_o as_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o one_o part_n of_o the_o inward_a grace_n thereof_o be_v the_o spirit_n the_o worker_n of_o faith_n now_o no_o man_n well_o in_o his_o wit_n will_v say_v that_o no_o person_n can_v first_o receive_v the_o spirit_n but_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o actual_a faith_n for_o how_o shall_v he_o have_v faith_n without_o the_o spirit_n to_o work_v it_o in_o he_o 23._o he_o spiritus_fw-la autem_fw-la communicari_fw-la dicitur_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la fides_fw-la antecèdit_fw-la omnem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la operationem_fw-la ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la imperiti_fw-la colligunt_fw-la nam_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la prima_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la &_o conuersio_fw-la aperte_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la joh._n 3.5.6.8_o genitus_fw-la ex_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la soli_fw-la credentes_fw-la postquam_fw-la iam_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la operationem_fw-la illam_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la qua_fw-la obsignantur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la arrha_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la futurae_fw-la ephes_n 1.13.14_o &_o 4.30_o gal._n 3.14_o the_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v communicate_v to_o the_o faithful_a not_o because_o faith_n go_v before_o all_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o some_o ignorant_a man_n do_v collect_v for_o the_o very_a first_o regeneration_n and_o conversion_n be_v plain_o attribute_v by_o christ_n unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n john_n 3.5.6.8_o except_o a_o man_n be_v beget_v of_o the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n but_o therefore_o the_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v communicate_v to_o they_o because_o only_a believer_n after_o they_o have_v believe_v do_v receive_v that_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n whereby_o they_o be_v seal_v as_o with_o the_o earnest_n of_o the_o inheritance_n to_o come_v d._n ames_n medulla_n theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 28._o the_o adopt_v thes_n 23._o he_o must_v therefore_o first_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o faith_n to_o beget_v faith_n in_o he_o which_o spirit_n then_o he_o may_v receive_v in_o baptism_n without_o actual_a faith_n to_o take_v he_o in_o these_o new_a lingles_n in_o divinity_n against_o the_o current_n of_o all_o judicious_a divine_n be_v most_o intolerable_a and_o good_a for_o nothing_o that_o i_o know_v but_o to_o breed_v quarrel_n to_o work_v distraction_n to_o increase_v doubt_n to_o make_v all_o thing_n uncertain_a and_o to_o bring_v in_o atheism_n i_o never_o yet_o see_v that_o divine_a of_o note_n in_o the_o church_n that_o ever_o dare_v to_o say_v &_o stand_v to_o it_o that_o any_o infant_n though_o die_v in_o infancy_n be_v of_o necessity_n actual_o to_o believe_v or_o else_o they_o can_v not_o be_v unite_v unto_o christ_n so_o as_o to_o be_v save_v nor_o yet_o that_o no_o man_n can_v ordinary_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n in_o baptism_n or_o at_o any_o other_o time_n till_o by_o faith_n he_o lay_v hold_v upon_o he_o and_o so_o receive_v he_o into_o his_o heart_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n 5_o that_o reverend_a bishop_n dr_n davenant_n in_o his_o elaborate_a and_o solid_a lecture_n upon_o st_n paul_n epist_n to_o the_o collossian_o answer_v that_o objection_n so_o much_o bawl_v by_o the_o anabaptist_n one_o of_o the_o most_o ignorant_a sect_n in_o amsterdame_v viz_o that_o baptism_n have_v mortification_n etc._n etc._n annex_v to_o it_o whereof_o infant_n be_v not_o capable_a because_o destitute_a of_o knowledge_n and_o faith_n to_o apprehend_v it_o and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v baptize_v thus_o say_v if_o they_o speak_v of_o actual_a faith_n and_o of_o the_o actual_a study_n and_o profession_n of_o mortification_n and_o vivification_n thosâ—_n scripture_n which_o require_v these_o in_o person_n to_o be_v baptize_v be_v to_o be_v restrain_v to_o those_o of_o year_n touch_v infant_n because_o they_o be_v sinner_n not_o actual_a by_o any_o proper_a act_n of_o their_o own_o but_o by_o a_o hereditary_a habit_n it_o suffice_v they_o to_o have_v faith_n not_o actual_o exercise_v itself_o but_o include_v in_o the_o habitual_a principle_n of_o grace_n and_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n can_v work_v this_o habitual_a principle_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o and_o use_v so_o to_o do_v none_o but_o a_o crack_a brain_n will_v deny_v negaverit_fw-la deny_v si_fw-mi lâ—quantur_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la actuali_fw-la de_fw-la actuali_fw-la study_v &_o professione_n mortificationis_fw-la &_o vivificationis_fw-la illa_fw-la scripturae_fw-la loca_fw-la quae_fw-la â—aec_fw-la requirunt_fw-la ni_fw-fr baptizatis_fw-la ad_fw-la adultos_fw-la esse_fw-la restringenda_fw-la dicimus_fw-la ad_fw-la infant_n autem_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatores_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la proprio_fw-la actu_fw-la sed_fw-la haereditario_fw-la habitu_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quod_fw-la peccaâ—i_fw-la mortificationem_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la non_fw-la proprio_fw-la actu_fw-la â—ese_n exerentem_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o habituali_fw-la principio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la iâ—clusám_fw-la spiritum_fw-la autem_fw-la christi_fw-la principium_fw-la hoc_fw-la habituale_fw-la gratiae_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la efficere_fw-la posse_fw-la &_o solere_fw-la nemo_fw-la sanus_fw-la negaverit_fw-la 6_o the_o author_n of_o the_o comment_n on_o tit_n answer_v a_o objection_n which_o some_o may_v make_v against_o that_o resolution_n of_o the_o question_n touch_v 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dixit_fw-la donatus_n aut_fw-la quid_fw-la dixit_fw-la parmenianus_n aut_fw-la pontius_n aut_fw-la quilibet_fw-la illorum_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la catâ—olicis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la consentiendum_fw-la est_fw-la sicubi_fw-la forte_fw-fr falluntur_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la canonica_fw-la dei_fw-la scripturas_fw-la aliquid_fw-la sentiant_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr vnit._n eccl_n cap._n 10._o si_fw-mi enim_fw-la ratio_fw-la contra_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la redditur_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la acuta_fw-la sit_fw-la fallit_fw-la verisimilitudine_fw-la nam_fw-la vera_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la idem_fw-la epist_n 7._o ad_fw-la marcellin_n that_o i_o may_v more_o methodical_o proceed_v and_o dispatch_v more_o speedy_o that_o which_o i_o have_v to_o allege_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n i_o must_v necessary_o bind_v myself_o to_o the_o law_n of_o argumentation_n wrap_v up_o the_o force_n of_o my_o argument_n in_o some_o plain_a syllogism_n as_o as_o i_o 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thereof_o non_fw-la frustra_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la exigitur_fw-la fides_fw-la ab_fw-la apostâ—lo_fw-la ut_fw-la beneficium_fw-la spiriâ—ualis_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la obtineamus_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la adultorum_fw-la requiritur_fw-la fides_fw-la praevia_fw-la iuxta_fw-la dictum_fw-la saluatoris_fw-la mar._n 16.16_o qui_fw-la crediderit_fw-la &_o baptizatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la saluus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sic_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la cum_fw-la iam_fw-la infant_n sint_fw-la requiritur_fw-la fides_fw-la subsequens_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la praestiterint_fw-la postea_fw-la retinent_fw-la externam_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la baptism_n sanctificationem_fw-la interna_fw-la sanctificationis_fw-la effecta_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la the_o apostle_n do_v not_o in_o vain_a require_v faith_n to_o the_o end_n we_o may_v obtain_v the_o benefit_n of_o a_o spiritual_a resurrection_n for_o as_o in_o the_o baptism_n of_o those_o of_o year_n precedent_a faith_n be_v require_v according_a to_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n mar._n 16.16_o he_o that_o believe_v and_o be_v baptize_v shall_v be_v save_v so_o of_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v in_o infancy_n future_a faith_n be_v require_v which_o if_o they_o perform_v not_o they_o retain_v only_o the_o external_a sanctification_n of_o baptism_n not_o have_v the_o inward_a effect_n thereof_o again_o speak_v of_o the_o faith_n of_o infant_n he_o thus_o determine_v that_o doubt_n negaverit_fw-la doubt_n ibid._n in_o sol_fw-la dub_v 2_o sufficit_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la peccati_fw-la mortificationem_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la habeant_fw-la non_fw-la proprio_fw-la actu_fw-la seize_v exerentem_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o habituali_fw-la principio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la inclusam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la autem_fw-la christi_fw-la principium_fw-la hoc_fw-la habituale_fw-la gratiae_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la efficere_fw-la pâ—sse_fw-la &_o solere_fw-la nemo_fw-la sanus_fw-la negaverit_fw-la it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o they_o have_v mortification_n &_o faith_n not_o actual_o declare_v itself_o by_o any_o act_n of_o they_o but_o include_v in_o the_o habitual_a principle_n of_o grace_n and_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n both_o can_v and_o ordinary_o do_v work_v this_o habitual_a principle_n of_o grace_n in_o they_o no_o man_n well_o in_o his_o wit_n will_v deny_v now_o in_o these_o four_o passage_n who_o see_v not_o these_o 6_o thing_n 1_o that_o infant_n do_v not_o only_o partake_v of_o a_o external_a wash_n or_o obsignation_n in_o baptism_n but_o they_o then_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 2_o that_o though_o they_o then_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o present_o regenerate_v actual_o for_o then_o the_o work_n be_v rather_o in_o fieri_fw-la then_o in_o facto_fw-la esse_fw-la as_o a_o thing_n not_o yet_o begin_v rather_o than_o for_o the_o present_a do_v 3_o that_o all_o that_o be_v outward_o baptize_v if_o they_o live_v must_v attain_v actual_a faith_n ere_o their_o baptism_n will_v appear_v effectual_a unto_o they_o 4_o that_o there_o be_v some_o who_o do_v partake_v only_o of_o the_o outward_a laver_n without_o the_o inward_a effect_n else_o their_o faith_n will_v spring_v and_o show_v itself_o when_o they_o come_v to_o year_n 5_o that_o it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o work_v seminal_a grace_n in_o those_o infant_n that_o belong_v indeed_o unto_o god_n election_n 6_o that_o they_o savour_v of_o crack_v brain_n that_o deny_v it_o i_o be_o afraid_a the_o reader_n will_v be_v impatient_a to_o be_v stay_v long_o in_o a_o point_n so_o plain_o i_o will_v therefore_o add_v only_o one_o testimony_n more_o out_o of_o d._n fulk_n and_o another_o out_o of_o d._n feat_o who_o understand_v from_o myself_o how_o i_o state_v my_o position_n give_v this_o answer_n neminem_fw-la habebis_fw-la adversarium_fw-la sure_o you_o will_v have_v no_o adversary_n judicious_a and_o industruous_a d._n fulk_n fulk_n d._n fulk_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o rhemists_n annotation_n upon_o the_o new_a test_n say_v thus_o 3.21_o thus_o in_o 1_o pet._n 3.21_o neither_o be_v baptism_n a_o efficient_a cause_n of_o salvation_n unto_o infant_n but_o a_o seal_n of_o god_n spirit_n regenerate_v they_o to_o eternal_a life_n where_o he_o do_v not_o more_o deny_v the_o overplus_n which_o papist_n unjust_o attribute_v to_o baptism_n than_o he_o willing_o acknowledge_v what_o be_v due_a unto_o it_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v outward_o a_o seal_n of_o god_n spirit_n which_o spirit_n inward_o regenerate_v unto_o eternal_a life_n so_o then_o doctor_n fulk_n can_v also_o discern_v the_o spirit_n in_o the_o baptism_n of_o those_o ordain_v to_o life_n feat_o d._n feat_o last_o that_o learned_a and_o nimble_a author_n of_o the_o second_o parallel_n who_o be_v think_v to_o make_v against_o i_o blow_n i_o be_v at_o first_o much_o press_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o author_n of_o tâ—e_v perpetuity_n of_o the_o regenerate_a man_n estate_n but_o he_o that_o shall_v peruse_v page_n 353._o 354._o of_o his_o book_n in_o the_o fiâ—st_a edition_n shall_v find_v that_o still_o he_o run_v upon_o these_o two_o point_n 1_o that_o not_o all_o but_o only_o the_o elect_v receive_v any_o kind_n
of_o regeneration_n at_o all_o in_o baptism_n 2_o that_o the_o elect_n do_v receive_v a_o cleanse_n and_o wash_v from_o the_o guilt_n of_o original_a sin_n so_o as_o if_o they_o die_v in_o their_o infancy_n before_o their_o actvall_a regeneration_n and_o real_a conversion_n unto_o god_n they_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o all_o this_o he_o say_v be_v do_v by_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v as_o much_o for_o i_o as_o i_o can_v desire_v if_o my_o adversary_n have_v no_o worse_a weapon_n to_o beat_v i_o withal_o i_o shall_v never_o complain_v at_o their_o blow_n because_o in_o page_n 89_o he_o say_v as_o i_o also_o ever_o say_v from_o the_o beginning_n viz._n that_o all_o that_o be_v regenerate_v sacramental_o be_v not_o necessary_o and_o infallible_o regenerate_v spiritual_o be_v clear_a of_o this_o opinion_n pag._n 90._o although_o the_o inward_a grace_n ordinary_o accompany_v the_o outward_a sign_n and_o we_o ought_v to_o believe_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n that_o all_o who_o be_v baptize_v be_v true_o regenerate_v yet_o indicio_fw-la veritais_fw-fr as_o junius_n distinguish_v that_o be_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o precise_a and_o infallible_a truth_n all_o be_v not_o so_o as_o the_o father_n speak_v roundly_o &_o plain_o in_o which_o word_n we_o see_v first_o a_o concession_n of_o that_o we_o contend_v for_o viz_o that_o the_o inward_a grace_n ordinary_o accompany_v the_o outward_a sign_n second_o that_o yet_o this_o be_v not_o always_o for_o it_o be_v not_o do_v at_o all_o in_o the_o baptism_n of_o some_o but_o who_o be_v those_o some_o they_o that_o be_v not_o elect_v for_o he_o deny_v it_o of_o all_o that_o fall_v away_o and_o perish_v as_o the_o main_a substance_n and_o drift_n of_o that_o discourse_n declare_v thus_o you_o see_v that_o many_o english_a divine_n of_o best_a note_n speak_v clear_o and_o full_o to_o this_o point_n as_o well_o as_o i_o that_o alone_o be_o single_v out_o and_o worry_v by_o passionate_a and_o heady_a man_n cap._n 9_o 6_o objection_n against_o the_o main_a position_n answer_v i_o have_v at_o length_n get_v through_o all_o those_o particular_n propound_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o this_o treatise_n and_o i_o hope_v make_v it_o evident_a to_o judicious_a and_o impartial_a reader_n that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o our_o church_n according_a to_o the_o scripture_n as_o they_o have_v be_v understand_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n by_o the_o present_a church_n of_o christ_n beyond_o the_o sea_n and_o by_o particular_a divine_n of_o chief_a note_n both_o foreign_a and_o domestical_a all_o elect_a infant_n do_v ordinary_o receive_v from_o christ_n in_o baptism_n the_o spirit_n of_o regeneration_n as_o the_o soul_n and_o first_o principle_n of_o spiritual_a life_n for_o the_o first_o solemn_a initiation_n into_o christ_n and_o for_o their_o future_a actual_a renovation_n in_o god_n good_a time_n i_o have_v also_o give_v answer_n to_o all_o such_o objection_n as_o may_v occasional_o fall_v in_o against_o my_o argument_n bring_v for_o confirmation_n of_o the_o point_n now_o it_o remain_v that_o i_o add_v answer_n to_o all_o such_o objection_n as_o either_o have_v be_v make_v by_o other_o or_o conceive_v by_o myself_o as_o likely_a to_o be_v urge_v by_o other_o against_o the_o main_a assertion_n itself_o which_o i_o have_v labour_v all_o this_o while_n to_o prove_v and_o make_v good_a by_o so_o many_o witness_n in_o the_o performance_n hereof_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o deal_v as_o clear_o and_o plain_o as_o possible_o i_o can_v although_o i_o thereby_o be_v constrain_v to_o use_v more_o word_n than_o may_v be_v needful_a or_o perhaps_o grateful_a to_o more_o acute_a capacity_n that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o darken_v my_o meaning_n on_o purpose_n in_o the_o fog_n of_o needle_n term_n of_o be_v not_o general_o understand_v which_o may_v give_v ordinary_a reader_n cause_n to_o complain_v of_o obscurity_n or_o sophistry_n and_o unto_o ordinary_a reader_n i_o must_v premise_v one_o advertisement_n which_o other_o need_v not_o viz._n that_o in_o this_o part_n they_o expect_v not_o further_o corroboration_n of_o the_o main_a conclusion_n but_o only_o a_o manifestation_n of_o the_o impertinency_n and_o weakness_n of_o their_o argument_n that_o object_n against_o it_o if_o i_o can_v in_o that_o which_o remain_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o nothing_o of_o all_o that_o have_v be_v or_o can_v be_v say_v against_o my_o position_n be_v able_a to_o overthrow_v it_o but_o that_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o the_o point_n to_o stand_v whole_a and_o unbroken_a notwithstanding_o all_o their_o battery_n i_o have_v do_v enough_o how_o weak_a so_o ever_o my_o own_o ground_n on_o which_o i_o have_v hitherto_o build_v may_v to_o those_o that_o proclaim_v i_o a_o dreamer_n and_o a_o broacher_n of_o a_o gross_a and_o pestilent_a error_n seem_v to_o be_v 1_o objection_n christian_n be_v regenerate_v by_o object_n 1_o the_o word_n jam._n 1.18_o 1_o pet._n 1.23_o therefore_o not_o by_o baptism_n in_o their_o infancy_n answ_n answer_n the_o antecedent_n proposition_n be_v grant_v be_v understand_v of_o actual_a regeneration_n of_o person_n of_o year_n as_o it_o import_v a_o actual_a and_o through_o change_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n upon_o their_o effectual_a vocation_n inward_o by_o the_o spirit_n and_o outward_o by_o the_o word_n in_o ordinary_a course_n and_o of_o this_o only_a those_o place_n be_v to_o be_v expound_v for_o the_o word_n be_v speak_v only_o of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o word_n in_o &_o upon_o age_a person_n call_v either_o from_o judaisme_n or_o gentilism_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n who_o as_o lydia_n act._n 16.14_o have_v their_o heart_n open_v by_o the_o spirit_n to_o understand_v and_o receive_v the_o thing_n preach_v unto_o they_o and_o so_o be_v beget_v anew_o unto_o god_n that_o be_v make_v new_a man_n in_o christ_n to_o perform_v new_a obedience_n actual_o unto_o god_n contrary_a to_o their_o former_a course_n in_o the_o state_n of_o corrupt_a nature_n in_o this_o actual_a conversion_n and_o renovation_n the_o spirit_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n and_o the_o word_n a_o instrument_n only_o that_o he_o please_v to_o make_v use_n of_o not_o as_o if_o he_o can_v not_o dispatch_v this_o work_n without_o it_o but_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o have_v sanctify_v and_o command_v we_o to_o attend_v upon_o so_o soon_o as_o we_o be_v able_a by_o accession_n of_o year_n to_o understand_v the_o use_n of_o it_o for_o conversion_n in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n thereof_o now_o mark_v the_o weakness_n and_o imperfection_n of_o this_o argument_n s._n james_n and_o s._n peter_n do_v both_o of_o they_o affirm_v that_o the_o person_n to_o who_o they_o write_v be_v person_n of_o year_n be_v actual_o renew_v by_o the_o word_n therefore_o it_o be_v false_a that_o elect_a infant_n do_v receive_v the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n for_o their_o initiation_n into_o christ_n and_o as_o the_o soul_n and_o principle_n of_o after_o actual_a renovation_n by_o the_o word_n this_o be_v all_o the_o strength_n that_o this_o objection_n have_v in_o it_o when_o they_o have_v improve_v it_o to_o the_o utmost_a and_o how_o weak_a this_o strength_n be_v who_o do_v not_o see_v it_o do_v not_o reach_v home_o so_o much_o as_o to_o touch_v much_o less_o to_o pierce_v the_o point_n in_o question_n for_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o person_n of_o year_n we_o of_o infant_n they_o of_o actual_a renovation_n we_o of_o initial_a regeneration_n only_o they_o of_o such_o as_o be_v able_a to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o word_n we_o of_o such_o as_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o any_o speech_n those_o place_n therefore_o do_v well_o prove_v that_o which_o i_o deny_v not_o viz_o that_o spirit_n that_o let_v the_o reader_n observe_v that_o whereas_o i_o often_o use_v this_o phrase_n my_o meaning_n be_v not_o at_o any_o time_n to_o understand_v thereby_o any_o other_o thing_n then_o what_o in_o the_o state_v of_o the_o question_n c._n 2._o i_o have_v express_v viz._n such_o a_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o do_v actual_o renew_v a_o man_n and_o make_v he_o a_o new_a man_n in_o christ_n by_o effectual_a conversion_n wherein_o he_o receive_v the_o habit_n of_o all_o save_a grace_n by_o the_o spirit_n actual_a regeneration_n in_o person_n of_o year_n be_v usual_o wrought_v by_o the_o word_n but_o they_o do_v not_o restrain_v regeneration_n either_o to_o person_n of_o year_n only_o or_o to_o this_o mean_n only_o nor_o deny_v the_o spirit_n to_o be_v give_v to_o infant_n before_o they_o come_v to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o word_n for_o their_o first_o engraff_n into_o christ_n and_o as_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n if_o any_o shall_v doubt_v whether_o i_o be_v right_a in_o expound_v the_o place_n allege_v and_o suppose_v that_o
be_v any_o grace_n or_o virtue_n in_o the_o water_n it_o be_v not_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o water_n but_o from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o baptism_n be_v not_o the_o deposition_n of_o the_o filth_n of_o the_o flesh_n but_o the_o answer_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n unto_o god_n upon_o which_o word_n of_o basil_n 11._o basil_n vides_fw-la v_o m_o purgandi_fw-la denegari_fw-la aquae_fw-la asseri_fw-la spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la praesenti_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la argumento_fw-la á_z verbis_fw-la petri_n de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 9_o par_fw-fr 11._o chameir_n thus_o descant_v you_o see_v that_o the_o power_n of_o purge_v the_o conscience_n be_v deny_v to_o the_o water_n and_o affirm_v to_o be_v in_o the_o spirit_n there_o present_a and_o this_o he_o prove_v by_o a_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o word_n of_o peter_n and_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n judicious_a 73._o judicious_a de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la quaest_n 4._o cap_n 2._o pag._n 73._o whitaker_n understand_v &_o approve_v that_o of_o basil_n bullinger_n be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n for_o thus_o dei_fw-la thus_o in_o 1._o pet._n 3.21_o ne_fw-la quis_fw-la pâ—aecedentia_fw-la de_fw-la nudo_fw-la baptismi_fw-la signo_fw-la intelliâ—eret_fw-la hoc_fw-la addit_fw-la non_fw-la be_v quidem_fw-la baptismus_fw-la nos_fw-la salvaâ—_n quo_fw-la abluimus_fw-la sordes_fw-la externas_fw-la humani_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la intelligo_fw-la illam_fw-la vim_o fidei_fw-la illum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la &_o virtutem_fw-la christi_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la externo_fw-la signo_fw-la coniuncta_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la conscientia_fw-la nostra_fw-la pacata_fw-la secure_a agate_n coram_fw-la oculis_fw-la dei_fw-la marlorat_n allege_v he_o upon_o the_o place_n lest_o any_o man_n shall_v understand_v he_o to_o speak_v those_o word_n of_o the_o naked_a sign_n of_o baptism_n he_o add_v these_o that_o baptism_n save_v not_o which_o 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the_o particular_a of_o paul_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o paul_n do_v not_o commit_v those_o sin_n out_o of_o malice_n to_o christ_n &_o goodness_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o out_o of_o knowledge_n but_o only_o out_o of_o ignorance_n that_o the_o way_n which_o he_o blaspheme_v and_o persecute_v be_v the_o truth_n he_o make_v conscience_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o he_o know_v it_o to_o be_v the_o law_n phil._n 3.6_o and_o be_v zealous_a towards_o god_n act._n 22.3_o even_o before_o his_o conversion_n it_o be_v a_o blind_a zeal_n of_o the_o law_n that_o make_v he_o to_o persecute_v the_o gospel_n which_o he_o understand_v not_o and_o not_o any_o malice_n to_o god_n so_o it_o follow_v in_o that_o very_a text_n now_o urge_v against_o i_o but_o i_o obtain_v mercy_n because_o i_o do_v it_o ignorant_o yea_o further_o he_o profess_v that_o he_o do_v no_o more_o than_o what_o he_o think_v himself_o bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o do_v mere_o in_o obedience_n unto_o 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church_n he_o in_o his_o censure_n of_o a_o dialogue_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n when_o he_o come_v to_o that_o objection_n of_o they_o against_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n viz_o that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o infant_n have_v their_o heart_n sprinkle_v from_o a_o evil_a conscience_n have_v faith_n repentance_n etc._n etc._n they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v baptize_v give_v a_o double_a answer_n 1._o that_o this_o make_v as_o much_o against_o circumcision_n of_o old_a as_o against_o baptise_v of_o infant_n now_o 2._o that_o christian_a infant_n have_v the_o grace_n they_o speak_v of_o repentance_n faith_n regeneration_n etc._n etc._n though_o not_o actual_o or_o by_o way_n of_o declaration_n to_o other_o yet_o they_o have_v through_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n the_o seed_n and_o beginning_n of_o faith_n virtual_o and_o by_o way_n of_o inclination_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o whole_o destitute_a of_o faith_n and_o regeneration_n though_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n hide_v and_o unknown_a unto_o we_o after_o what_o manner_n the_o lord_n work_v these_o in_o they_o this_o he_o prove_v solid_o and_o full_o and_o among_o other_o his_o argument_n this_o be_v one_o they_o to_o who_o god_n give_v the_o sign_n and_o seal_n of_o righteousness_n by_o faith_n and_o of_o regeneration_n they_o have_v faith_n and_o regeneration_n for_o god_n give_v no_o lie_a sign_n he_o seal_v no_o vain_a or_o false_a covenant_n but_o god_n give_v to_o infant_n circumcision_n which_o be_v the_o sign_n and_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n and_o regeneration_n gen._n 17.12_o rom_n 4.11.2.28.29_o col._n 2.11_o therefore_o infant_n have_v and_o consequent_o now_o have_v faith_n and_o regeneration_n though_o not_o in_o the_o crop_n or_o harvest_n by_o declaration_n yet_o in_o the_o bud_n and_o beginning_n of_o all_o christian_a grace_n then_o mark_v his_o censure_n of_o such_o as_o deny_v this_o they_o say_v he_o that_o do_v nigh_o this_o reason_n must_v either_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o a_o lie_a sign_n &_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n to_o abraham_n &_o his_o infant_n or_o they_o must_v hold_v that_o infant_n have_v those_o grace_n then_o but_o not_o now_o both_o which_o be_v wicked_a and_o absurd_a to_o affirm_v or_o they_o must_v say_v that_o circumcision_n be_v not_o the_o sign_n and_o seal_n of_o the_o righteousness_n which_o be_v by_o faith_n and_o then_o they_o open_o contradict_v the_o scripture_n rom._n 4.11_o and_o after_o more_o full_a proof_n he_o make_v this_o sharp_a conclusion_n wherefore_o they_o be_v but_o a_o faithless_a and_o crooked_a generation_n that_o notwithstanding_o all_o that_o god_n have_v speak_v and_o do_v in_o this_o kind_n do_v deny_v this_o grace_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o infant_n of_o his_o people_n and_o the_o seal_n or_o confirmation_n of_o this_o grace_n by_o baptism_n now_o as_o it_o be_v by_o circumcision_n of_o old_a thus_o he_o press_v hereto_o by_o the_o anabaptist_n 45._o read_v the_o author_n himself_o pag._n 42._o 43._o 44._o 45._o who_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a otherwise_o to_o shake_v off_o 4_o last_o i_o answer_v by_o retort_v the_o argument_n upon_o they_o that_o make_v it_o the_o same_o necessity_n which_o lie_v upon_o a_o infant_n to_o have_v actual_a faith_n ere_o he_o can_v partake_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o regeneration_n by_o his_o baptism_n will_v also_o be_v as_o strong_a to_o exclude_v he_o from_o participation_n of_o the_o outward_a sign_n for_o baptismal_a wash_n be_v at_o least_o significant_a and_o obsignant_fw-la too_o seal_v to_o the_o party_n baptize_v the_o inward_a grace_n signify_v and_o exhibit_v by_o their_o own_o confession_n that_o so_o much_o quarrel_v i_o for_o this_o position_n of_o baptismal_a regeneration_n and_o if_o so_o what_o shall_v a_o infant_n do_v with_o this_o honourable_a mystery_n and_o sacred_a ordinance_n he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o put_v any_o difference_n between_o baptismal_a wash_n by_o the_o minister_n and_o ordinary_a wash_n of_o his_o face_n at_o home_n by_o his_o nurse_n now_o then_o if_o his_o present_a incapacity_n hinder_v not_o his_o partake_n of_o the_o outward_a element_n which_o yet_o in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o dispensation_n require_v faith_n to_o discern_v the_o use_n and_o mystery_n of_o this_o divine_a institution_n as_o well_o as_o to_o apply_v the_o inward_a grace_n thereby_o signify_v what_o shall_v hinder_v but_o that_o a_o infant_n belong_v to_o the_o election_n of_o grace_n shall_v partake_v initial_o of_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o sacrament_n by_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v in_o he_o instead_o of_o actual_a faith_n deny_v he_o this_o and_o deny_v he_o the_o scacrament_n itself_o by_o all_o this_o i_o hope_v it_o be_v now_o evident_a out_o of_o the_o scripture_n itself_o that_o either_o elect_a infant_n do_v ordinary_o partake_v of_o the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n or_o else_o they_o receive_v not_o whole_a baptism_n but_o only_o a_o piece_n if_o we_o consider_v this_o ordinance_n as_o the_o scripture_n do_v viz_o not_o only_o as_o a_o outward_a sign_n but_o as_o that_o which_o ever_o be_v accompany_v with_o the_o inward_a grace_n to_o all_o that_o be_v elect_v my_o other_o argument_n draw_v from_o divine_a testimony_n be_v two_o and_o both_o take_v from_o two_o distinct_a use_n of_o baptism_n which_o now_o follow_v in_o order_n arg._n 2_o 2._o argument_n major_n that_o which_o be_v ordain_v to_o be_v the_o laver_n of_o spiritual_a regeneration_n &_o renovation_n unto_o all_o that_o be_v save_v by_o it_o must_v needs_o contain_v in_o it_o the_o donation_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o this_o work_n may_v be_v do_v minor_n but_o baptism_n be_v ordain_v unto_o this_o end_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n and_o of_o the_o renew_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n unto_o all_o that_o partake_v of_o it_o and_o be_v save_v ordinary_o therefore_o baptism_n take_v as_o the_o scripture_n take_v it_o for_o all_o that_o which_o in_o baptism_n be_v usual_o give_v to_o the_o elect_a contain_v in_o it_o ordinary_o the_o confer_v of_o the_o spirit_n to_o all_o the_o elect_a that_o partake_v of_o it_o the_o mayor_n be_v undeniable_a unless_o we_o will_v maintain_v that_o the_o effect_n may_v be_v produce_v without_o its_o proper_a cause_n for_o how_o can_v baptism_n wash_v and_o renew_v a_o man_n spiritual_o without_o confer_v of_o the_o spirit_n this_o be_v as_o if_o i_o shall_v grant_v a_o man_n to_o speak_v yet_o deny_v he_o to_o have_v a_o tongue_n or_o to_o admit_v he_o to_o act_v and_o move_v rational_o and_o yet_o not_o yield_v he_o to_o have_v a_o reasonable_a soul_n this_o proposition_n therefore_o i_o take_v for_o grant_v regeneration_n this_o place_n be_v allege_v in_o the_o former_a argument_n but_o to_o another_o purpose_n there_o to_o prove_v the_o spirit_n of_o regeneration_n to_o be_v
verè_fw-la goulartius_n in_o hunc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la notavit_fw-la locum_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la profere_fw-la sâc_fw-la epistola_fw-la cyprianus_n noster_fw-la de_fw-fr s._n baptismi_fw-la in_o electis_fw-la christi_fw-la varijs_fw-la effectis_fw-la ut_fw-la orthadoxè_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la analogiam_fw-la scriptum_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la cham._n de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 6._o parag_n 38._o 2_o gregory_n nazianzen_n call_v baptism_n that_o good_a thing_n which_o give_v we_o initiation_n into_o christ_n nazianzen_n gregory_n nazianzen_n which_o common_a benefit_n and_o foundation_n of_o new_a life_n we_o all_o receive_v from_o god_n gorgo_n god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d imitationis_fw-la divina_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la common_a beneficium_fw-la &_o secundae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la omnes_fw-la habemnus_fw-la greg._n in_o laud._n gorgo_n in_o his_o oration_n or_o homily_n touch_v baptism_n after_o a_o large_a and_o eloquent_a 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abscedere_fw-la atque_fw-la huius_fw-la rei_fw-la ratio_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la circumcisio_fw-la die_fw-la octavo_fw-la pagi_fw-la solita_fw-la quae_fw-la baptismi_fw-la figurâ—m_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la g_o râ—bat_fw-la aâ—que_fw-fr this_fw-mi qui_fw-la rationis_fw-la adhuc_fw-la expertes_fw-la erant_fw-la offerebatur_fw-la which_o place_n i_o urge_v not_o to_o prove_v the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n as_o if_o without_o reception_n thereof_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o infant_n to_o be_v save_v for_o i_o make_v no_o doubt_n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n many_o infant_n be_v save_v that_o die_v before_o the_o eight_o day_n wherein_o they_o be_v to_o be_v circumcise_v but_o i_o make_v use_v hereof_o only_o to_o show_v what_o that_o gregory_n believe_v and_o teach_v touch_v that_o which_o be_v ordinary_o communicate_v in_o baptism_n even_o unto_o infant_n as_o well_o as_o other_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v admit_v thereunto_o 3_o that_o great_a athanasius_n who_o athanasius_n athanasius_n in_o his_o time_n be_v the_o chief_a and_o in_o a_o manner_n the_o only_o profess_a champion_n the_o truth_n have_v leave_v she_o when_o as_o hierome_n complain_v the_o whole_a world_n seem_v to_o be_v turn_v arrian_n a_o man_n that_o be_v by_o the_o sentence_n of_o all_o divine_n the_o most_o approve_a doctor_n as_o vigilius_n 4._o vigilius_n omnium_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la iudicio_fw-la probatissimus_fw-la vigil_n count_v eutich_n l._n 2._o c._n 4._o the_o martyr_n title_n he_o he_o in_o his_o book_n of_o question_n dedicate_v to_o antiochus_n quaest_n 2._o propound_v this_o question_n whence_o may_v a_o man_n know_v plain_o that_o he_o have_v be_v baptize_v and_o receive_v the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n see_v he_o be_v but_o a_o infant_n when_o he_o be_v baptize_v the_o answer_n he_o give_v unto_o it_o be_v this_o as_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n by_o the_o spring_a of_o the_o babe_n in_o her_o womb_n know_v for_o certain_a that_o she_o have_v conceive_v fruit_n so_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o true_a christian_a know_v not_o by_o the_o report_n of_o his_o parent_n but_o by_o the_o springing_n of_o his_o heart_n especial_o upon_o those_o solemn_a day_n wherein_o baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v administer_v and_o by_o the_o inward_a joy_n that_o then_o he_o conceive_v that_o he_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n when_o he_o be_v baptize_v 〈◊〉_d baptize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o testimony_n be_v so_o clear_a and_o full_a that_o i_o know_v not_o what_o can_v be_v say_v to_o evade_v it_o he_o speak_v indefinite_o therefore_o he_o exclude_v none_o that_o be_v christian_n indeed_o but_o unto_o they_o he_o do_v restrain_v it_o in_o express_a term_n &_o so_o he_o speak_v direct_o to_o our_o present_a point_n 4_o chrysostome_n one_o of_o the_o best_a and_o clear_a expositor_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n among_o all_o the_o father_n call_v baptism_n our_o initiation_n into_o christ_n act._n christ_n hon_fw-fr 1._o in_o act._n and_o to_o let_v we_o see_v that_o he_o mean_v it_o not_o of_o a_o outward_a admission_n only_o into_o the_o visible_a church_n he_o afterward_o declare_v himself_o when_o he_o make_v the_o spirit_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o baptism_n as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o baptism_n worth_a that_o name_n which_o be_v not_o accompany_v with_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o make_v it_o efficacious_a in_o baptism_n the_o chief_a part_n be_v the_o spirit_n by_o which_o the_o water_n become_v effectual_a act._n effectual_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n 1._o in_o act._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n 40._o in_o act._n if_o any_o shall_v say_v that_o this_o prove_v not_o that_o the_o spirit_n do_v always_o accompany_v the_o outward_a wash_n but_o rather_o the_o contrary_a because_o chrysostome_n speak_v this_o of_o the_o apostle_n that_o have_v be_v baptize_v and_o yet_o be_v command_v by_o christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n to_o stay_v at_o jerusalem_n in_o expectation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v you_o shall_v be_v baptize_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n not_o many_o day_n hence_o 1.5_o hence_o act._n 1.5_o i_o answer_v that_o chrysostome_n admit_v that_o in_o they_o the_o case_n be_v such_o indeed_o but_o say_v he_o in_o we_o both_o be_v perform_v together_o act._n together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aom_n 1._o in_o act._n i_o stand_v not_o to_o justify_v his_o exposition_n of_o the_o place_n in_o respect_n of_o what_o he_o say_v touch_v the_o bestow_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o the_o apostle_n as_o if_o they_o have_v not_o receive_v of_o the_o spirit_n in_o some_o measure_n before_o that_o time_n let_v that_o opinion_n shift_v for_o itself_o as_o it_o can_v i_o only_o urge_v the_o word_n to_o show_v his_o judgement_n of_o this_o thing_n viz_o that_o now_o we_o christian_n receive_v the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n as_o well_o as_o the_o outward_a sign_n coniunctiones_fw-la sign_n that_o this_o be_v his_o judgement_n even_o of_o infant_n also_o appear_v in_o his_o homil._n on_o ps_n 14._o ay_o 15._o iuxta_fw-la heb._n adducit_fw-la quispiam_fw-la infantem_fw-la adhuc_fw-la ubera_fw-la sugentem_fw-la ut_fw-la baptizetur_fw-la &_o statim_fw-la sacâ—rdos_n exigit_fw-la ab_fw-la infirma_fw-la aetate_fw-la pacta_fw-la conventa_fw-la &_o assensiones_fw-la &_o mâ—noris_fw-la aetate_fw-la fiâ—â—â—ussâ—râ—â—_n accipit_fw-la susceptorem_fw-la &_o interrogat_fw-la renunciat_fw-la satanae_n &_o non_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la â—â—mungitur_fw-la in_o sinen_n sed_fw-la statim_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la petit_fw-la renunciationes_fw-la &_o coniunctiones_fw-la and_o yet_o lest_o any_o shall_v imagine_v he_o to_o be_v so_o gross_a as_o to_o think_v that_o all_o that_o partake_v of_o the_o outward_a wash_n do_v receive_v the_o inward_a grace_n hear_v he_o afterward_o in_o the_o same_o homily_n express_v his_o grief_n for_o the_o contrary_n what_o anguish_n of_o heart_n say_v he_o do_v i_o sustain_v so_o often_o as_o i_o see_v some_o even_o when_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o breathe_v their_o last_o run_v unto_o baptism_n and_o yet_o be_v never_o a_o whit_n the_o more_o purge_v by_o it_o lat._n it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eduio_fw-la savil._n ibid._n quos_fw-la aestus_fw-la pectoris_fw-la sentio_fw-la quoties_fw-la alios_fw-la video_fw-la subextremum_fw-la balitum_fw-la festinantes_fw-la ad_fw-la initiatioâ—em_fw-la nec_fw-la hinc_fw-la fieri_fw-la puriores_fw-la ibid._n prope_fw-la sin_n edit_fw-la lat._n this_o father_n therefore_o do_v not_o hold_v that_o all_o that_o be_v baptize_v do_v partake_v of_o the_o spirit_n in_o baptism_n how_o ever_o his_o judgement_n be_v clear_a for_o it_o in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o divine_a dispensation_n nor_o let_v any_o arminian_n think_v to_o take_v i_o tardy_a as_o if_o i_o abuse_v the_o reader_n by_o allege_v that_o which_o my_o author_n speak_v of_o person_n of_o year_n who_o 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true_a that_o person_n of_o year_n do_v oft_o time_n resist_v the_o spirit_n by_o a_o wicked_a heart_n and_o corrupt_a life_n yet_o this_o father_n speak_v of_o man_n of_o another_o disposition_n for_o he_o speak_v of_o man_n even_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n apprehend_v a_o necessity_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n by_o christ_n and_o hasten_v to_o initiation_n ibid._n initiation_n festinantes_fw-la ad_fw-la initiationem_fw-la ibid._n which_o argue_v a_o earnest_a desire_n after_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n and_o yet_o they_o go_v away_o without_o it_o therefore_o they_o of_o who_o he_o speak_v be_v not_o such_o as_o do_v resist_v the_o spirit_n when_o they_o be_v baptize_v and_o so_o the_o word_n be_v pertinent_a unto_o my_o purpose_n 5_o basil_n to_o that_o question_n how_o christian_n be_v save_v give_v this_o answer_n by_o be_v regenerate_v by_o the_o grace_n receive_v in_o baptism_n 10_o baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr spir._n sanct._n c._n 10_o and_o a_o 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in_o baptismate_fw-la dimatantur_fw-la and_o so_o much_o the_o author_n of_o the_o perpetuity_n of_o the_o regenerate_a man_n estate_n acknowledge_v and_o profess_v pag._n 456._o edit_n 2_o and_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o that_o book_n that_o he_o may_v at_o once_o hiss_v that_o absurd_a distinction_n of_o the_o pelagian_o that_o child_n be_v baptize_v not_o for_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o to_o make_v they_o partaker_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n out_o of_o the_o church_n he_o thus_o speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o orthodox_n unto_o the_o pelagian_o credatis_fw-la pelagian_o hoc_fw-la unum_fw-la dicam_fw-la ut_fw-la tandem_fw-la finiatur_fw-la oratio_fw-la aut_fw-la novum_fw-la vos_fw-la pelagiani_n nempe_fw-la lebere_fw-la symbolum_fw-la tradere_fw-la ut_fw-la post_fw-la patrem_fw-la filium_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la baptizâ—tis_fw-la infant_n in_o regnum_fw-la caelâ—â—â—_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o in_o paâ—vulâ—s_n &_o in_fw-la magnis_fw-la habetis_fw-la baptisma_fw-la etiam_fw-la infant_n in_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la in_o similitudinem_fw-la prevaricationis_fw-la adam_n credatis_fw-la that_o i_o may_v at_o length_n put_v a_o end_n to_o this_o discourse_n i_o will_v say_v but_o this_o one_o thing_n either_o you_o must_v forge_v a_o new_a creed_n and_o after_o that_o form_n of_o baptism_n i_o baptise_v thou_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n add_v this_o that_o thou_o may_v partake_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n or_o if_o you_o do_v believe_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o baptism_n of_o person_n of_o year_n and_o of_o infant_n you_o must_v hold_v that_o infant_n also_o be_v baptize_v for_o remission_n of_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o other_o but_o this_o can_v be_v without_o the_o spirit_n in_o a_o infant_n then_o at_o least_o if_o not_o before_o communicate_v to_o apply_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n unto_o he_o as_o the_o same_o father_n against_o the_o luciferian_o locum_fw-la luciferian_o hiâ—rom_o â—â—uer_o lucifer_n nulli_fw-la hominum_fw-la sine_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la peccata_fw-la â—imittuntur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la antâ—quis_fw-la sordibâ—â—_n anima_fw-la purgate_n quae_fw-la 〈…〉_o habet_fw-la spiritum_fw-la ibid._n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lavat_fw-la animal_n sed_fw-la prius_fw-la ipsa_fw-la lavatur_fw-la à _fw-la â—p_n ritu_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la locum_fw-la express_o teach_v sin_n be_v remit_v to_o none_o without_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o a_o little_a before_o thus_o how_o can_v that_o soul_n be_v purge_v from_o old_a sin_n that_o have_v not_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o tract_n it_o be_v not_o water_n that_o wash_v the_o soul_n but_o the_o water_n itself_o be_v first_o sanctify_v by_o the_o spirit_n not_o unlike_a to_o that_o speech_n of_o moses_n in_o another_o case_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o the_o water_n whence_o 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he_o serm_fw-la ad_fw-la infant_n nulli_fw-la est_fw-la aliquantenus_fw-la ambigendum_fw-la tunc_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la fidelium_fw-la corporis_fw-la sanguinisque_fw-la domini_fw-la participem_fw-la fieri_fw-la quando_fw-la in_o baptismate_fw-la efficitur_fw-la membrum_fw-la christi_fw-la the_o least_o doubt_n to_o be_v make_v by_o any_o man_n that_o then_o every_o one_o of_o the_o faithful_a be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o lord_n when_o in_o baptism_n he_o be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o christ_n if_o any_o think_v that_o by_o the_o faithful_a he_o mean_v only_a person_n of_o year_n actual_o believe_v let_v they_o consult_v his_o epistle_n 2._o epistle_n epist_n 23._o tom_n 2._o to_o boniface_n a_o devout_a earl_n touch_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n wherein_o they_o shall_v find_v that_o father_n to_o comprehend_v infant_n in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o faith_n again_o accessis_fw-la 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with_o which_o i_o will_v make_v a_o end_n ibid._n end_n habitare_fw-la autem_fw-la ideo_fw-la &_o in_fw-la talibus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la occultè_fw-la in_o eye_n agit_fw-fr ut_fw-la suis_fw-la templum_fw-la eius_fw-la idque_fw-la in_o proficientibus_fw-la &_o proficiendo_fw-la
and_o in_o art_n 38_o thus_o 5.26_o thus_o dicimus_fw-la itaq_fw-la elementum_fw-la aquae_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la eaducum_fw-la nobis_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la utrè_n testificari_fw-la interiorem_fw-la animi_fw-la nostri_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la in_o sanguine_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la per_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la efficaciam_fw-la rom._n 6.3_o ephes_n 5.26_o 5_o the_o argentine_n confession_n cap._n 17._o thus_o determine_v 3._o determine_v de_fw-fr baptismate_fw-la itaque_fw-la confitemur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la passim_fw-la scriptura_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la praedicat_fw-la eo_fw-la sepeliri_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o mertem_fw-la christi_fw-la coagmentari_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la corpus_fw-la christum_fw-la endure_v lavacrum_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la peccata_fw-la abluere_fw-la nos_fw-la salvare_fw-la rom_n 6_o 3._o 1._o cor_fw-la 12._o gal_n 3_o tit._n 3._o act._n 22._o 1._o pet._n 3._o touch_v baptism_n we_o confess_v that_o which_o the_o scripture_n every_o where_o affirm_v 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your_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n that_o one_o of_o these_o little_a one_o shall_v perish_v 7_o the_o saxon_a confession_n cap._n 14_o thus_o infant_n thus_o retinemus_fw-la et_fw-la infantium_fw-la baptismum_fw-la quia_fw-la certissimum_fw-la est_fw-la promissionem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la infant_n pertinere_fw-la etc._n etc._n nec_fw-la iudicamus_fw-la hunc_fw-la morem_fw-la tantum_fw-la otiosam_fw-la ceremoniam_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la veer_fw-la tunc_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la recipi_fw-la &_o sanctificari_fw-la infant_n we_o retain_v the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n also_o because_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o the_o promise_n of_o grace_n belong_v even_o to_o infant_n etc._n etc._n nor_o do_v we_o judge_v this_o a_o mere_a idle_a ceremony_n but_o that_o then_o they_o be_v true_o receive_v by_o god_n and_o sanctify_a 8_o the_o confession_n of_o wirtemberg_n cap._n de_fw-fr bapt._n to_o the_o same_o effect_n etc._n effect_n docemus_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la silij_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la ungi_fw-la spirituali_fw-la chrysmate_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la fieri_fw-la membâ—un_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o donari_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o teach_v that_o he_o that_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v anoint_v with_o a_o spiritual_a chrism_n that_o be_v he_o be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o christ_n and_o endow_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 9_o to_o all_o these_o we_o may_v add_v the_o pious_a and_o orthodox_n confession_n of_o the_o palatine_a extant_a in_o the_o same_o harmony_n of_o confession_n regenerantur_fw-la confession_n de_fw-fr virtute_fw-la &_o efficacia_fw-la sacri_fw-la baptismi_fw-la credo_fw-la &_o confiteor_fw-la liberos_fw-la nostros_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la foedere_fw-la ut_fw-la iam_fw-la dictum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la una_fw-la includuntur_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o 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undertake_v to_o prove_v against_o the_o anabaptist_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o baptise_v of_o infant_n the_o second_o argument_n which_o he_o there_o use_v be_v this_o baptizari_fw-la this_o ad_fw-la infant_n ecclesiae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la beneficium_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o regenerationis_fw-la h._n e._n infantibus_fw-la aeque_fw-la ac_fw-la adultis_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la per_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la fidei_fw-la effector_n promittitur_fw-la ergo_fw-la infant_n christianorum_fw-la debent_fw-la baptizari_fw-la that_o remission_n of_o sin_n by_o
licet_fw-la ibid._n sect_n 14._o i_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o we_o acknowledge_v they_o shall_v be_v save_v for_o as_o much_o as_o they_o by_o election_n and_o praedestination_n belong_v to_o god_n peculiar_a flock_n that_o they_o be_v endow_v with_o the_o spirit_n who_o be_v the_o root_n of_o faith_n hope_n love_n and_o all_o other_o grace_n which_o spirit_n afterward_o do_v manifest_a and_o declare_v himself_o in_o the_o son_n of_o god_n when_o they_o come_v to_o year_n musculus_fw-la of_o baptism_n give_v this_o description_n com._n description_n defiâ—iemus_fw-la baptismum_fw-la esse_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la purgationis_fw-la initiationis_fw-la sanctificationis_fw-la obsignationis_fw-la &_o incorporationis_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la seruatorem_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la omni_fw-la no_n per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la christi_fw-la fiunt_fw-la in_o electu_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la quorum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la est_fw-la baptismus_fw-la ut_fw-la rectè_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la profici_fw-la dicatur_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la christi_fw-la reipsa_fw-la &_o spiritualiter_fw-la perficitur_fw-la muscul_fw-la de_fw-fr bapt_n quest_n 1._o sect._n 8_o loc._n com._n we_o define_v baptism_n to_o be_v the_o sacrament_n of_o regeneration_n purgation_n initiation_n sanctification_n obsignation_n and_o incorporation_n into_o christ_n our_o saviour_n for_o all_o these_o be_v effect_v in_o the_o elect_a and_o faithful_a by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n of_o all_o which_o grace_n baptism_n be_v the_o sacrament_n so_o as_o in_o it_o this_o may_v right_o be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v because_o true_o and_o spiritual_o it_o be_v effect_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n if_o any_o think_v to_o object_v against_o i_o that_o musculus_fw-la speak_v this_o of_o the_o faithful_a and_o so_o understand_v it_o not_o of_o infant_n i_o answer_v out_o of_o musculus_fw-la himself_o 18_o himself_o omnes_fw-la christianorum_fw-la infant_n ad_fw-la 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as_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o labour_n to_o draw_v it_o home_o to_o my_o present_a purpose_n etc._n purpose_n let_v the_o reader_n here_o be_v advertise_v that_o the_o arminian_o be_v censure_v by_o the_o four_o public_a professor_n of_o leiden_fw-mi for_o join_v with_o that_o blasphemous_a wretch_n socinus_n and_o his_o disciple_n in_o that_o they_o in_o their_o public_a confession_n of_o their_o faith_n do_v make_v baptism_n to_o be_v only_o a_o external_a rite_n whereby_o man_n be_v ingraff_v into_o the_o church_n and_o admit_v to_o god_n ordinance_n without_o any_o obsignation_n and_o real_a collation_n of_o grace_n in_o and_o upon_o the_o party_n baptize_v &_o although_o the_o remonstrant_n do_v use_v some_o word_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o infinuate_v a_o purgation_n a_o deliverance_n from_o sin_n and_o a_o donation_n of_o grace_n yet_o those_o professor_n censure_v they_o because_o they_o speak_v of_o those_o thing_n as_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v expect_v in_o time_n to_o come_v and_o not_o begin_v at_o the_o time_n of_o baptism_n see_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o remonst_z at_o large_a cap._n 23._o sect._n 3_o and_o the_o censure_n of_o it_o pag._n 304._o where_n speak_v of_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o remonstrants_n description_n of_o baptism_n they_o use_v these_o word_n siquidem_fw-la prio_fw-la plane_n socinianizat_n quatenus_fw-la baptismum_fw-la hoc_fw-la usu_fw-la tantum_fw-la definiunt_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la publico_fw-la &_o sacro_fw-la ritu_fw-la saederati_fw-la per_fw-la solennem_fw-la aquae_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la inseruntur_fw-la &_o cultui_fw-la divino_fw-la initiantur_fw-la similia_fw-la habent_fw-la sociniani_n in_o catetch_n racoviensi_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a ritus_fw-la exterior_a quo_fw-la homnes_n è_fw-la judaismo_fw-la vel_fw-la gentilismo_fw-la ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la christianam_fw-la accedentes_fw-la manifest_a profitebantur_fw-la se_fw-la christum_fw-la pro_fw-la svo_fw-la domino_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la press_v eos_fw-la insequitur_fw-la episcopius_n disputatione_n de_fw-fr baptis_n quod_fw-la sit_fw-la ceremonia_fw-la &_o ritus_fw-la n_o t_o qui_fw-fr quo_fw-la two_o ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la chirstianam_fw-la accedunt_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la publicae_fw-la accenseri_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la aqua_fw-la abluuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la testandum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la male_a anteactae_fw-la derelictionem_fw-la &_o aquavitae_fw-la melioris_fw-la inchoationem_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la nullam_fw-la illi_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o baptizatis_fw-la obsignationem_fw-la agnoscant_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o socinus_n lib_n the_o offic_n hom_n christ_n count_v evangelicos_fw-la asserit_fw-la baptismi_fw-la finem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la per_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la obsignationem_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la significationem_fw-la nec_fw-la fidei_fw-la 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recte_fw-la sane_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o have_v i_o make_v good_a what_o i_o undertake_v in_o produce_v the_o judgement_n of_o many_o foreign_a divine_n of_o best_a note_n in_o the_o church_n if_o any_o complain_v of_o length_n and_o tediousness_n in_o cite_v so_o many_o let_v they_o consider_v that_o they_o be_v not_o a_o few_o that_o bandy_v themselves_o against_o this_o truth_n and_o stick_v not_o to_o give_v out_o in_o all_o place_n that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o all_o those_o author_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v but_o rather_o make_v against_o i_o than_o for_o i_o of_o which_o now_o let_v the_o equal_a and_o able_a reader_n judge_v cap._n 8._o the_o judgement_n of_o some_o divine_n of_o special_a note_n in_o our_o own_o church_n what_o judicious_a hooker_n mr_n thomas_n rogers_n dr_n aim_n mr_n aynsworth_n &_o the_o author_n of_o the_o english_a commentary_n upon_o st_n paul_n epistle_n to_o titus_n have_v write_v touch_v this_o point_n i_o have_v already_o show_v in_o the_o three_o and_o four_o chapter_n of_o this_o treatise_n by_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o i_o be_o not_o the_o first_o princ_fw-la first_o nam_fw-la multi_fw-la protestants_n etsi_fw-la non_fw-la fidem_fw-la actualem_fw-la infantibus_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la inclinationes_fw-la quasdam_fw-la bonas_fw-la novosque_fw-la motus_fw-la in_o pveris_fw-la esse_fw-la dicunt_fw-la cum_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la whitak_n de_fw-fr sacram._n cont_n de_fw-fr bapt._n quaest_n 4._o cap._n 5._o in_o princ_fw-la that_o have_v set_v abroach_o this_o doctrine_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n nor_o the_o first_o english_a man_n that_o have_v publish_v this_o point_n to_o the_o world_n although_o it_o be_v my_o hard_a hap_n to_o be_v first_o challenge_v for_o it_o i_o will_v not_o in_o
first_o instant_n to_o dispose_v and_o prepare_v the_o soul_n to_o future_a actual_a newness_n of_o life_n by_o infuse_v some_o potential_a and_o seminal_a grace_n but_o my_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o spirit_n do_v not_o at_o that_o time_n ordinary_o so_o plenary_o change_v &_o renew_v the_o whole_a man_n as_o to_o work_v in_o he_o either_o actual_a faith_n hope_n or_o love_n &c_n &c_n or_o so_o much_o as_o the_o habit_n of_o these_o or_o other_o particular_a grace_n for_o the_o present_a as_o afterward_o he_o do_v something_n the_o spirit_n do_v from_o his_o first_o entrance_n towards_o actual_a regeneration_n therefore_o we_o call_v that_o first_o work_n initial_a thereby_o understand_v the_o first_o disposition_n to_o or_o degree_n of_o actual_a regeneration_n but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o that_o first_o work_n do_v not_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v extend_v to_o a_o present_a actual_a change_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o degree_n that_o afterward_o be_v wrought_v in_o he_o at_o his_o effectual_a call_n therefore_o we_o call_v that_o latter_a work_n actual_a regeneration_n this_o ought_v not_o to_o seem_v strange_a to_o any_o for_o just_a so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n aliâ—i_fw-la nature_n ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la scil_n itaque_fw-la animae_fw-la â—umanae_fw-la mentem_fw-la dedit_fw-la ubi_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o intellgentia_fw-la in_o infante_fw-la sopita_fw-la est_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la quasi_fw-la nulla_fw-la sit_fw-la excitandâ—_n sâ—ilicet_fw-la atque_fw-la exercendâ—_n aetatis_fw-la accessu_fw-la qua_fw-la sit_fw-la scientiae_fw-la capax_fw-la atque_fw-la doct_v inâ—e_a &_o habilis_fw-la perceptioni_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o amoris_fw-la boni_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 22._o c_o 24._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n also_o he_o wâ—â—te_v h_o lib_n 2d_o â—_z peccat_fw-la 〈…〉_o 25_o &_o aliâ—i_fw-la so_o soon_o as_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n be_v infuse_v there_o be_v in_o some_o sense_n not_o 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and_o principle_n thereof_o which_o together_o with_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n in_o the_o first_o infusion_n thereof_o it_o receive_v initial_a life_n this_o be_v no_o more_o in_o substance_n than_o what_o we_o have_v learn_v from_o s._n augustine_n calvine_n peter_n martyr_n junius_n daneus_n dr_n whitaker_n zanchius_n and_o sundry_a other_o who_o judgment_n have_v be_v at_o large_a set_v down_o in_o this_o treatise_n in_o sundry_a place_n upon_o sundry_a occasion_n and_o shall_v any_o man_n think_v it_o nothing_o in_o a_o magisteriall_a humour_n to_o trample_v so_o many_o worthy_n under_o his_o foot_n at_o once_o as_o if_o he_o be_v wise_a than_o all_o other_o if_o it_o be_v only_o the_o term_n that_o displease_v he_o because_o perhaps_o the_o same_o be_v not_o find_v in_o any_o of_o these_o author_n he_o shall_v but_o show_v himself_o a_o caveller_n to_o quarrel_v they_o unless_o he_o can_v show_v that_o the_o term_n be_v use_v to_o signify_v that_o which_o in_o substance_n these_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d regeneration_n be_v never_o take_v for_o any_o other_o than_o for_o the_o first_o act_n of_o the_o spirit_n enter_v into_o a_o christian_a and_o beget_v he_o a_o new_a man_n in_o christ_n in_o the_o very_a first_o moment_n of_o his_o entrance_n therefore_o the_o distinction_n of_o actual_a and_o initial_a regeneration_n can_v be_v admit_v in_o any_o sense_n i_o answer_v that_o those_o two_o word_n regeneration_n and_o renovation_n may_v perhaps_o by_o some_o be_v use_v the_o one_o to_o signify_v the_o first_o infusion_n of_o grace_n make_v a_o man_n actual_o a_o new_a creature_n in_o all_o part_n at_o once_o and_o the_o other_o to_o note_v the_o continual_a growth_n of_o a_o christian_a in_o grace_n infuse_v if_o man_n will_v before_o give_v notice_n of_o their_o meaning_n and_o for_o the_o more_o clear_a expression_n of_o themselves_o will_v say_v when_o i_o speak_v of_o the_o first_o infusion_n of_o grace_n i_o will_v use_v the_o word_n regeneration_n to_o express_v 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a_o word_n in_o a_o sense_n different_a either_o from_o the_o prime_a signification_n of_o it_o or_o from_o the_o common_a acceptation_n of_o it_o he_o give_v warning_n that_o where_o ever_o he_o use_v such_o a_o word_n he_o will_v be_v understand_v in_o such_o or_o such_o a_o sense_n and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o etymology_n of_o it_o nor_o according_a to_o the_o common_a use_n of_o it_o and_o thus_o i_o grant_v that_o if_o it_o please_v any_o divine_a to_o say_v that_o he_o will_v ever_o restrain_v regeneration_n to_o note_v the_o first_o infusion_n of_o grace_n and_o by_o renovation_n signify_v a_o daily_a increase_n of_o grace_n in_o all_o his_o speech_n or_o writing_n for_o want_v of_o fit_a term_n to_o express_v himself_o in_o he_o may_v do_v it_o but_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v say_v that_o the_o proper_a meaning_n of_o the_o word_n regeneration_n and_o of_o that_o which_o the_o scripture_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o first_o infusion_n of_o the_o spirit_n actual_o to_o make_v a_o man_n a_o new_a creature_n in_o all_o part_n at_o once_o so_o as_o in_o this_o there_o can_v be_v no_o degree_n &_o affirm_v that_o so_o the_o scripture_n do_v ever_o use_v that_o word_n and_o also_o add_v that_o by_o renovation_n the_o scripture_n never_o mean_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o it_o intend_v by_o regeneration_n but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o renovation_n be_v ever_o put_v for_o another_o thing_n to_o wit_n for_o continual_a growth_n in_o grace_n once_o infuse_v i_o must_v crave_v leave_n to_o dissent_v from_o he_o and_o to_o deny_v his_o assertion_n for_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o such_o difference_n in_o the_o proper_a signification_n of_o these_o word_n but_o that_o they_o may_v both_o signify_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n nor_o be_v the_o scripture_n so_o nice_a as_o to_o observe_v such_o a_o difference_n between_o they_o as_o the_o obiector_n
he_o to_o his_o former_a estate_n before_o grace_n so_o as_o he_o shall_v need_v any_o new_a total_a and_o universa_fw-la l_o regeneration_n in_o all_o part_n of_o his_o soul_n for_o they_o as_o they_o well_o see_v it_o will_v follow_v that_o such_o a_o man_n must_v b_o rebaptise_v ere_o he_o can_v be_v again_o regenerate_v by_o the_o ordinary_a way_n therefore_o they_o say_v he_o be_v only_o set_v out_o of_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n so_o as_o then_o it_o shine_v not_o upon_o he_o for_o they_o can_v mean_v it_o of_o grace_n in_o the_o person_n himself_o because_o they_o confess_v he_o have_v not_o whole_o lose_v all_o grace_n so_o as_o to_o need_v a_o new_a regeneration_n until_o he_o recover_v it_o again_o by_o repentance_n for_o see_v what_o they_o write_v a_o little_a before_o the_o middle_n of_o that_o declaration_n circa_fw-la 5._o art_n de_fw-fr persever_v exit_fw-la quo_fw-la consequitur_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la a_o verâ—_n fide_fw-la deficit_fw-la non_fw-la protinus_fw-la in_o eundem_fw-la illum_fw-la statum_fw-la delabi_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la erat_fw-la antequam_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la vocaretur_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la totali_fw-la &_o universali_fw-la regeneratione_n quoad_fw-la omnes_fw-la animae_fw-la patres_fw-la opus_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la neque_fw-la ut_fw-la novo_fw-la baptismo_fw-la rebaptizetur_fw-la necessum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la extra_fw-la statum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la collocari_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la ad_fw-la statum_fw-la illum_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la defecit_fw-la non_fw-la revertitur_fw-la â—f_o therefore_o i_o can_v clear_v the_o point_n from_o both_o these_o absurdity_n which_o be_v think_v to_o lay_v a_o impossibility_n upon_o it_o and_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o the_o spirit_n to_o be_v in_o a_o elect_a infant_n from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o baptism_n unto_o his_o actual_a conversion_n many_o year_n after_o although_o no_o manifest_a sign_n of_o grace_n but_o rather_o the_o contrary_n do_v to_o we_o appear_v in_o he_o i_o shall_v sufficient_o quit_v myself_o of_o this_o objection_n and_o this_o i_o will_v now_o assay_v by_o answer_v distinct_o to_o both_o proposition_n in_o order_n 1_o then_o let_v we_o examine_v their_o mayor_n proposition_n which_o have_v in_o it_o 2_o part_n which_o we_o may_v call_v the_o antecedent_n and_o the_o consequent_a the_o antecedent_n or_o the_o main_a body_n of_o the_o proposition_n be_v this_o wheresoever_o the_o spirit_n be_v he_o work_v actual_a faith_n and_o regeneration_n the_o consequent_a this_o or_o else_o the_o spirit_n be_v idle_a to_o both_o these_o part_n i_o answer_v thus_o 1_o i_o deny_v the_o former_a part_n if_o it_o be_v take_v universal_o for_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o the_o spirit_n from_o the_o very_a first_o time_n of_o his_o entrance_n shall_v work_v actual_a faith_n and_o regeneration_n in_o the_o sense_n before_o express_v in_o all_o in_o who_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v as_o have_v be_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o the_o case_n of_o infant_n of_o who_o only_o we_o treat_v i_o have_v make_v it_o manifest_v by_o a_o comparison_n of_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n with_o the_o heavenly_a spirit_n as_o many_o other_o have_v do_v before_o i_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n be_v infuse_v so_o soon_o as_o the_o body_n of_o a_o infant_n be_v organise_v and_o make_v capable_a of_o such_o a_o inhabitant_n yet_o it_o do_v not_o present_o act_v or_o enable_v the_o infant_n to_o act_v rational_o so_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v infuse_v but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o soul_n come_v into_o the_o body_n the_o body_n be_v quicken_v and_o stir_n even_o in_o the_o womb_n true_a but_o that_o motion_n be_v not_o rational_a but_o only_a animal_n even_o after_o the_o infant_n be_v bear_v it_o can_v move_v itself_o rational_o till_o the_o sense_n be_v first_o able_a to_o exercise_v themselves_o and_o be_v actual_o conversant_a about_o and_o upon_o their_o proper_a object_n &_o present_v the_o same_o unto_o the_o understanding_n faculty_n by_o the_o phantasy_n and_o common_a sense_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o spiritual_a be_v therefore_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o infant_n must_v be_v present_o make_v believer_n &_o regenerate_v actual_o so_o as_o to_o move_v spiritual_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o spirit_n be_v give_v unto_o they_o this_o be_v the_o answer_n not_o only_o of_o saint_n accessiâ—_fw-la saint_n dicimus_fw-la in_o baptizalis_fw-la parvulis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la id_fw-la nesciant_fw-la habitare_fw-la spirâ—tum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la nesciunt_fw-la quamvis_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o eye_n quemâ—dmodum_fw-la nesciunt_fw-la &_o mentem_fw-la cvius_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la ratio_fw-la qua_fw-la uti_fw-la nondum_fw-la pâ—ssunt_fw-la veluti_fw-la quaedanâ—â—intilâ—a_fw-la sopita_fw-la est_fw-la excitanda_fw-la aetatis_fw-la accessiâ—_fw-la augustine_n in_o his_o 57_o epist_n ad_fw-la dandanum_n as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o in_o the_o 5_o chap_a but_o also_o of_o peter_n martyr_n d._n whitaker_n and_o other_o which_o i_o will_v not_o here_o repeat_v have_v already_o set_v down_o their_o word_n at_o large_a thus_o also_o daneus_n vasis_fw-la daneus_n in_o augustini_fw-la enchirid._n cap._n 52._o nec_fw-la eoram_fw-la animae_fw-la rationalis_fw-la opeâ—a_fw-la ulla_fw-la adâ—uc_fw-la cernimus_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la propterea_fw-la potest_fw-la negari_fw-la eos_fw-la anima_fw-la rationali_fw-la esse_fw-la praeditos_fw-la â—rgo_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la &_o regenerationem_fw-la habent_fw-la parâ—â—li_fw-la electic_a dâ—i_fw-la etsi_fw-la nondum_fw-la illius_fw-la opera_fw-la nobis_fw-la apparent_a &_o ea_fw-la dona_fw-la habent_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la aetatis_fw-la â—d_a est_fw-la pro_fw-la capacitate_v vasis_fw-la not_o only_o upon_o saint_n augustine_n enchiridion_n but_o also_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o sacrament_n where_o he_o say_v that_o 25._o that_o ergo_fw-la 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that_fw-mi eâ—iam_fw-la svi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la occultissimam_fw-la fidelibâ—s_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la latenter_fw-la infundit_fw-la &_o parvulis_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la meritiâ—_n &_o remiss_a lib._n 1._o cap_n 9_o yet_o i_o answer_v such_o as_o put_v i_o to_o it_o as_o calvine_n do_v the_o anabaptist_n 17._o anabaptist_n at_o quomodo_fw-la inquiâ—nt_fw-la regenerantur_fw-la infant_n nec_fw-la boâ—i_fw-la nec_fw-la mali_fw-la cognition_n praediti_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la respondemus_fw-la opus_fw-la dei_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la captui_fw-la nostro_fw-la non_fw-la subiaceat_fw-la non_fw-la tameness_n nullum_fw-la instit_fw-la l_o 4._o cap._n 16._o sect._n 17._o there_o be_v a_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o they_o although_o we_o can_v comprehend_v what_o it_o be_v yet_o we_o must_v not_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v no_o work_n at_o all_o and_o as_o dr_n whitaker_n determine_v the_o question_n of_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n in_o infant_n for_o a_o close_a of_o his_o disputation_n touch_v that_o subject_a 6._o subject_a in_o eye_n operari_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctii_fw-la ineffabiliter_fw-la dicimus_fw-la de_fw-fr sacr._n contro_fw-la de_fw-fr bâ—pt_n quaest._n 4._o cap._n 6._o we_o say_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n work_v in_o they_o in_o a_o manner_n to_o we_o inexplicable_a both_o calvine_n and_o peter_n martyr_n and_o doctor_n whitaker_n be_v all_o clear_a of_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v some_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o a_o infant_n and_o yet_o not_o any_o of_o they_o apart_o nor_o all_o of_o they_o together_o dare_v to_o determine_v what_o that_o work_n be_v calvine_n say_v it_o be_v certain_a there_o be_v some_o work_n peter_n martyr_n say_v it_o be_v enough_o that_o we_o believe_v they_o have_v the_o spirit_n the_o root_n and_o principle_n of_o future_a grace_n and_o that_o if_o they_o die_v in_o infancy_n they_o be_v save_v dr_n whitaker_n come_v after_o and_o say_v the_o very_a same_o illustrate_v he_o and_o peter_n martyr_n opinion_n by_o the_o former_a comparison_n of_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n commend_v calvine_n for_o his_o modesty_n and_o profess_v that_o he_o will_v most_o willing_o be_v his_o scholar_n that_o can_v take_v off_o all_o difficulty_n from_o this_o point_n it_o be_v therefore_o a_o unreasonable_a and_o captious_a demand_n of_o the_o adversary_n to_o this_o position_n to_o require_v of_o i_o to_o show_v what_o the_o spirit_n do_v in_o a_o infant_n or_o else_o to_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v idle_a or_o rather_o nor_o there_o at_o all_o so_o much_o for_o answer_v to_o the_o major_n which_o will_v conclude_v from_o a_o false_a ground_n and_o groundless_a position_n that_o the_o spirit_n can_v be_v in_o infant_n because_o where_o he_o be_v he_o can_v be_v idle_a and_o he_o can_v but_o be_v idle_a if_o he_o work_v not_o in_o they_o actual_a grace_n 2_o i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o minor_a proposition_n which_o be_v this_o but_o in_o elect_a infant_n ordinary_o no_o such_o work_n do_v appear_v rather_o on_o the_o contrary_a many_o of_o they_o show_v manifest_a opposition_n to_o all_o grace_n and_o goodness_n for_o many_o year_n together_o notwithstanding_o their_o baptism_n and_o to_o this_o i_o give_v a_o threefold_a answer_n 1_o forth_o 1_o câ—lv_n in_o mat._n 19.14_o talâ—um_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la sic_fw-la scribit_fw-la de_fw-la infantibus_fw-la quod_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la vitaque_fw-la novitatem_fw-la simul_fw-la illic_fw-la figurati_fw-la abâ—iciuâ—t_fw-la facilis_fw-la solutio_fw-la est_fw-la renovari_fw-la dei_fw-la spiritis_fw-la pro_fw-la ae_z atis_fw-la modulâ—_n donec_fw-la per_fw-la gradus_fw-la suâ—_n tâ—mpore_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o illâ—s_fw-la occulta_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la auâ—escat_fw-la &_o palam_fw-la refulgeat_fw-la that_o infant_n do_v cast_v off_o aâ—l_a repentance_n and_o newness_n of_o life_n that_o be_v joint_o figure_v in_o baptism_n the_o answer_n to_o such_o as_o object_v this_o against_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n be_v easy_a that_o they_o be_v renew_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n according_a to_o the_o capacity_n of_o their_o age_n until_o by_o degree_n that_o efficacy_n or_o virtue_n which_o lie_v hide_v in_o they_o do_v in_o due_a season_n increase_v and_o open_o sparkle_v &_o shine_v forth_o that_o although_o no_o such_o work_n do_v appear_v in_o they_o yet_o this_o prove_v not_o that_o no_o such_o work_n be_v begin_v secret_o in_o the_o soul_n as_o i_o have_v before_o show_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o former_a proposition_n nor_o be_v it_o impossible_a that_o even_o actual_a grace_n shall_v lie_v hide_v so_o as_o neither_o other_o nor_o the_o party_n himself_o in_o who_o that_o grace_n be_v can_v discern_v the_o same_o at_o all_o time_n as_o after_o shall_v be_v declare_v 2_o that_o i_o never_o affirm_v any_o actual_a change_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n that_o afterward_o live_v to_o year_n of_o discretion_n no_o nor_o so_o much_o as_o any_o 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of_o particular_a grace_n potential_a regeneration_n may_v stand_v with_o such_o sin_n that_o in_o outward_a appearance_n for_o aught_o any_o man_n can_v discern_v be_v no_o other_o they_o reign_v sin_n which_o a_o man_n give_v himself_o up_o to_o the_o commission_n of_o without_o reluctation_n or_o fear_n the_o ground_n we_o have_v but_o now_o no_o man_n either_o do_v or_o can_v make_v actual_a opposition_n against_o any_o sin_n as_o sin_n from_o any_o inward_a principle_n of_o grace_n till_o he_o be_v actual_o a_o new_a creature_n endow_v with_o habitual_a and_o actual_a grace_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o very_a text_n now_o urge_v against_o i_o for_o who_o be_v he_o that_o give_v not_o himself_o to_o sin_n but_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n 3_o i_o add_v further_o that_o if_o this_o objection_n be_v of_o force_n against_o infant_n it_o will_v be_v much_o more_o such_o against_o person_n of_o year_n actual_o convert_v for_o it_o will_v prove_v that_o they_o 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fuerant_fw-la talâ—bus_fw-la quâ—dem_fw-la fâ—tentâ—â—_n verbum_fw-la d_o miâ—i_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la esse_fw-la reâ—â—nâ—râ—â—ionis_fw-la â—emeâ—_n uâ—icum_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la neâ—â—mâ—s_v câ—â—ligengun_v nâ—n_a poâ—se_n â—ei_fw-la virtute_fw-la â—â—generari_fw-la infant_n quae_fw-la illi_fw-la tam_fw-la â—â—ciâ—â—s_fw-la &_o prompta_fw-la eâ—t_fw-la â—â—â—n_fw-la nobâ—s_fw-la incomprehense_o &_o admâ—rabiâ—is_fw-la inst_z l._n 4._o cap._n 16._o sect._n 1â—_n whereas_o they_o object_n that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o the_o scripture_n do_v acknowledge_v no_o regeneration_n at_o all_o but_o that_o which_o be_v by_o the_o incorruptible_a seed_n of_o the_o word_n they_o do_v most_o absurd_o interpret_v that_o place_n of_o peter_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n only_o comprehend_v such_o as_o have_v be_v teach_v and_o instruct_v by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n unto_o such_o we_o confess_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v the_o seed_n and_o the_o only_a seed_n of_o spiritual_a regeneration_n but_o we_o deny_v that_o from_o thence_o may_v be_v gather_v that_o god_n by_o his_o power_n can_v regenerate_v infant_n without_o it_o which_o to_o he_o be_v as_o easy_a and_o ordinary_a as_o it_o be_v to_o we_o incomprehensible_a and_o admirable_a the_o like_a he_o say_v in_o the_o particular_a of_o faith_n in_o the_o very_a next_o section_n as_o there_o more_o at_o large_a appear_v nor_o do_v this_o speech_n fall_v from_o he_o only_o once_o or_o unadvised_o but_o it_o be_v the_o constant_a answer_n he_o ever_o give_v to_o this_o objection_n as_o himself_o profess_v in_o his_o answer_n to_o servetus_n dispute_v touch_v the_o same_o subject_n of_o the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n last_o cite_v for_o to_o servetus_n object_v that_o 31._o that_o obijcit_fw-la rursum_fw-la infants_n nâ—n_n posse_fw-la â—ovos_fw-la homineâ—_n câ—nâ—eri_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la gignâ—ntur_fw-la per_fw-la sermonem_fw-la ego_fw-la veer_fw-la quod_fw-la saepius_fw-la iam_fw-la dixi_fw-la nunc_fw-la quoque_fw-la repeto_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la regenerandos_fw-la dâ—ctrinam_fw-la semen_fw-mi esse_fw-la incorâ—uptibiâ—e_n siquidâ—m_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la percipiendâ_fw-la sumus_fw-la idonâ—i_fw-la ubi_fw-la verò_fw-la nondum_fw-la per_fw-la aetatem_fw-la nâ—bis_fw-la inest_fw-la dâ—cilitas_fw-la deum_fw-la tenere_fw-la suos_fw-la regenerandi_fw-la gradus_fw-la instit_fw-la 4._o ca._n 16_o sect_n 31._o infant_n can_v be_v think_v new_a man_n because_o they_o be_v not_o regenerate_v by_o the_o word_n calvin_n make_v this_o answer_n i_o have_v say_v often_o and_o i_o now_o repeat_v it_o that_o the_o word_n be_v the_o incorruptible_a seed_n of_o regeneration_n unto_o we_o provide_v that_o we_o be_v capable_a of_o it_o but_o where_o infancy_n make_v uncapable_a of_o instruction_n by_o that_o mean_n god_n do_v retain_v his_o course_n of_o work_v some_o degree_n of_o regeneration_n without_o it_o if_o it_o be_v reply_v calvin_n speak_v what_o may_v be_v and_o what_o in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n sometime_o happen_v but_o not_o what_o be_v usual_o do_v in_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o elect_n i_o rejoine_v that_o if_o calvine_n mean_v only_o thus_o much_o his_o answer_n can_v not_o satisfy_v the_o anabaptist_n who_o therefore_o deny_v baptism_n to_o infant_n because_o they_o be_v not_o then_o capable_a of_o regeneration_n and_o faith_n and_o he_o on_o the_o contrary_a say_v they_o be_v capable_a of_o some_o regeneration_n and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v baptize_v if_o he_o mean_v not_o baptismal_a regeneration_n how_o can_v their_o possibility_n of_o regeneration_n be_v a_o warrant_n for_o baptism_n see_v they_o have_v or_o may_v have_v that_o without_o baptism_n last_o if_o it_o be_v not_o ordinary_a with_o god_n to_o regenerate_v elect_a infant_n in_o baptism_n his_o answer_n will_v fall_v short_a too_o for_o they_o may_v just_o reply_v that_o a_o ordinary_a practice_n of_o baptise_v all_o infant_n be_v not_o to_o be_v warrant_v from_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n if_o you_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v not_o ordinary_a that_o elect_a infant_n be_v regenerate_v in_o baptism_n what_o reason_n have_v you_o to_o tie_v all_o man_n to_o that_o wherein_o you_o can_v promise_v they_o the_o grace_n that_o be_v represent_v thereby_o and_o promise_v to_o all_o that_o use_v it_o with_o understanding_n and_o faith_n this_o and_o much_o more_o may_v be_v unanswerable_a return_v upon_o calvine_n by_o servetus_n and_o his_o client_n if_o they_o have_v understand_v he_o to_o deny_v initial_a regeneration_n of_o elect_a infant_n to_o be_v ordinary_o communicate_v to_o they_o in_o baptism_n i_o conclude_v therefore_o with_o judicious_a calvine_n however_o it_o be_v true_a which_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o the_o actual_a regeneration_n of_o person_n of_o year_n that_o they_o be_v regenerate_v by_o the_o word_n yet_o elect_a infant_n may_v be_v and_o be_v for_o 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confess_v the_o position_n to_o be_v a_o toy_n indeed_o but_o there_o may_v lie_v some_o ambiguity_n in_o the_o term_n of_o initial_a and_o actual_a which_o be_v clear_v the_o objection_n may_v perhaps_o appear_v as_o weak_a as_o they_o declare_v themselves_o rash_a and_o uncharitable_a who_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o confute_v that_o distinction_n which_o they_o never_o understand_v nor_o will_v ever_o vouchsafe_v so_o much_o as_o to_o hear_v explicate_v by_o myself_o either_o in_o public_a or_o private_a touch_v the_o distinction_n of_o initial_a and_o actual_a regeneration_n i_o have_v sufficient_o declare_v before_o in_o my_o second_o chapter_n in_o what_o sense_n i_o use_v it_o i_o will_v therefore_o forbear_v to_o repeat_v what_o there_o i_o have_v write_v the_o reader_n may_v view_v it_o at_o his_o pleasure_n if_o any_o man_n demand_n express_v scripture_n for_o the_o very_a term_n he_o will_v soon_o declare_v of_o what_o spirit_n he_o be_v but_o if_o by_o sufficient_a consequence_n the_o distinction_n be_v not_o clear_o deduce_v thence_o he_o shall_v then_o have_v cause_n to_o complain_v let_v he_o view_v the_o foundation_n on_o which_o it_o be_v build_v and_o afterward_o tell_v i_o his_o mind_n if_o he_o remain_v unsatisfied_a in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o shall_v only_o add_v thus_o much_o that_o by_o initial_a and_o actual_a regeneration_n i_o do_v not_o mean_v to_o insinuate_v two_o several_a kind_n of_o spiritual_a life_n for_o which_o i_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v no_o foot_n in_o scripture_n but_o i_o understand_v only_o two_o distinct_a consideration_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o degree_n of_o spiritual_a life_n in_o the_o same_o subject_n which_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n before_o allege_v in_o chapt._n 2._o do_v sufficient_o warrant_v for_o by_o life_n in_o scripture_n be_v sometime_o mean_v the_o soul_n infuse_v as_o the_o principle_n of_o life_n sometime_o the_o very_a actual_a be_v and_o enliven_a of_o the_o subject_n by_o that_o soul_n make_v it_o actual_o to_o produce_v the_o action_n of_o life_n hence_o i_o distinguish_v of_o life_n into_o initial_a and_o actual_a not_o as_o if_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o actual_o communicate_v or_o do_v not_o actual_o work_v or_o actual_o begin_v from_o the_o very_a