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as_o also_o do_v john_n in_o baptise_v sundry_a of_o the_o multitude_n among_o who_o he_o know_v be_v many_o chaffy_a hypocrite_n matth._n 3._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o but_o of_o that_o more_o else_o where_o and_o whereas_o mr._n b._n challenge_v we_o to_o show_v a_o example_n of_o one_o baptize_v without_o faith_n it_o be_v evident_a many_o a_o one_o be_v baptize_v beside_o such_o a_o one_o as_o believe_v and_o be_v baptize_v shall_v be_v save_v as_o mark_n have_v it_o many_o a_o baptize_v person_n be_v never_o save_v as_o sundry_a of_o they_o john_n 4._o and_o 6._o compare_v yea_o if_o he_o mean_v it_o of_o some_o special_a personal_a confess_v of_o faith_n in_o christ_n it_o be_v propound_v to_o they_o as_o a_o future_a thing_n which_o afterward_o rather_o they_o be_v to_o attend_v act._n 19_o 4._o john_n say_v to_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v believe_v in_o he_o which_o be_v to_o come_v after_o he_o and_o of_o those_o scribe_n and_o no_o mention_n of_o so_o much_o as_o their_o 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all_o without_o regard_n to_o their_o parent_n church_n or_o covenant_n estate_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o old_a error_n albeit_o not_o so_o old_a so_o far_o as_o i_o can_v find_v but_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v take_v in_o reference_n to_o child_n visible_o in_o the_o covenant_n i_o wonder_v if_o he_o shall_v speak_v any_o such_o thing_n in_o that_o sense_n have_v so_o solemn_o subscribe_v to_o the_o contrary_a in_o that_o famous_a meeting_n at_o wittenberg_n former_o mention_v sect_n iii_o calvin_n that_o grand_a opposer_n and_o stigmatizer_n of_o anabaptist_n be_v quote_v to_o confirm_v proposition_n 6._o and_o 8_o lib._n 4._o instit_fw-la cap._n 16._o he_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v not_o where_o express_o mention_v by_o the_o evangelist_n that_o any_o one_o child_n be_v by_o the_o apostle_n hand_n baptize_v now_o calvin_n have_v say_v sect._n 8._o that_o there_o be_v none_o which_o see_v not_o that_o paedobaptism_n be_v not_o of_o humane_a devise_v which_o be_v establish_v by_o such_o 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the_o church_n tradition_n the_o manner_n of_o administration_n of_o the_o ordinance_n for_o pagan_a use_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n a_o special_a author_n quote_v by_o mr._n b._n yet_o he_o count_v it_o a_o metamorphosing_a of_o a_o christian_n to_o kick_v against_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o church_n and_o warp_v to_o opinion_n of_o humane_a heresy_n lib._n 7._o stromaton_fw-gr he_o mean_v not_o bare_a popish_a superstitious_a church_n custom_n but_o such_o as_o be_v opposite_a to_o mere_a humane_a conceit_n and_o device_n yet_o call_v they_o church_n tradition_n yea_o but_o those_o corrupt_a explode_a canon_n be_v yet_o call_v the_o apostle_n canon_n they_o be_v so_o by_o papist_n not_o so_o by_o protestant_n such_o all_o those_o orthodox_n divine_n may_v explode_v they_o yet_o maintain_v this_o as_o a_o apostolical_a tradition_n which_o be_v genuine_a and_o divine_a yea_o but_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o erasmus_n note_v in_o his_o praecognita_fw-la unto_o the_o book_n of_o 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gentile_n partake_v in_o common_a with_o they_o in_o show_n and_o semblance_n nay_o in_o reality_n in_o the_o very_a fatness_n of_o the_o olive_n of_o which_o they_o partooke_v else_o it_o be_v not_o a_o partake_n in_o common_a as_o both_o partooke_v also_o in_o common_a in_o the_o root_n ibid._n scil_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n not_o as_o natural_a father_n for_o so_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n albeit_o they_o be_v natural_a father_n unto_o the_o jew_n yet_o not_o in_o any_o respect_n natural_a father_n unto_o the_o gentile_n but_o rather_o as_o they_o be_v church_n father_n if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v church_n father_n to_o the_o jew_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o gentile_n how_o do_v jew_n and_o gentile_n partake_v in_o common_a in_o they_o as_o a_o root_n and_o what_o common_a church_n father_n be_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n those_o father_n vers_fw-la 28._o of_o the_o invisible_a church_n nay_o very_o but_o of_o the_o visible_a of_o which_o even_o the_o the_o 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