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cite_v by_o mr._n danvers_n himself_o with_o augustin_n and_o other_o who_o authority_n be_v not_o question_v to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v chrysostom_n theodoret_n etc._n etc._n several_a other_o yea_o many_o may_v be_v produce_v beside_o those_o he_o call_v suborn_v witness_n and_o yet_o have_v we_o far_o better_a author_n and_o witness_n to_o defend_v this_o sacred_a truth_n for_o we_o have_v the_o authority_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n it_o be_v leave_v on_o record_n among_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o his_o doctrine_n we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o apostle_n peter_n and_o john_n and_o one_o not_o inferior_a to_o they_o viz._n bless_a st._n paul_n heb._n 5._o 12._o and_o 6._o 1_o 2._o as_o have_v and_o shall_v god_n assist_v be_v make_v further_o evident_a and_o upon_o no_o better_a authority_n i_o must_v confess_v be_v this_o sacred_a ordinance_n impose_v upon_o we_o but_o now_o to_o speak_v more_o direct_o to_o mr._n danvers_n what_o he_o insist_o on_o in_o 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the_o holy_a appointment_n of_o christ_n corrupt_v and_o change_v from_o their_o primitive_a purity_n yet_o this_o make_v no_o more_o against_o the_o holy_a ordinance_n of_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n than_o it_o do_v against_o baptism_n and_o the_o supper_n of_o our_o lord_n etc._n etc._n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v all_o that_o mr._n danvers_n have_v say_v hitherto_o of_o tradition_n and_o father_n make_v only_o against_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o england_n and_o other_o who_o have_v drink_v of_o the_o whore_n cup_n those_o thing_n which_o they_o cry_v up_o for_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v nought_o else_o save_o mere_a human_a innovation_n and_o curse_a invention_n of_o corrupt_a men._n i_o shall_v close_v this_o with_o a_o passage_n of_o dr._n jer._n taylor_n who_o treat_v about_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n upon_o baptize_v person_n as_o such_o sai_z this_o be_v ancient_a and_o long_o before_o popery_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o that_o this_o rite_n have_v be_v 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