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from_o all_o out_o unrighteousness_n isa._n 43._o 25._o i_o be_o he_o that_o blot_v out_o all_o thy_o transgression_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n and_o will_v not_o remember_v thy_o sin_n heb._n 9_o he_o have_v obtain_v for_o we_o eternal_a redemption_n nothing_o here_o perfect_a 1._o cor._n 13._o neither_o in_o his_o sight_n can_v any_o man_n live_v be_v justify_v psal._n 143._o 2._o neither_o any_o trouble_a conscience_n can_v be_v pacify_v rom._n 5._o 1._o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n we_o have_v peace_n with_o god_n through_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ._n and_o for_o affliction_n they_o be_v either_o just_a punishment_n for_o our_o sin_n or_o fatherly_a correction_n to_o stir_v we_o up_o to_o a_o holy_a life_n they_o reject_v the_o doctrine_n of_o original_a sin_n because_o say_v they_o christ_n have_v take_v away_o all_o evil_a 4._o whether_o it_o be_v the_o inclination_n or_o concupiscence_n according_a to_o that_o behold_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n also_o that_o child_n whereas_o they_o do_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a be_v under_o grace_n and_o without_o sin_n but_o so_o the_o infant_n of_o all_o nation_n and_o infidel_n may_v be_v save_v be_v without_o sin_n but_o the_o contrary_n appear_v by_o the_o effect_n of_o sin_n the_o reward_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n rom._n 6._o and_o david_n confess_v express_o psal._n 51._o behold_v i_o be_v bear_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o and_o st._n paul_n call_v our_o inbred_a concupiscence_n sin_n dwell_v in_o we_o and_o eph._n 2._o we_o be_v by_o nature_n the_o child_n of_o wrath_n they_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n to_o infant_n 5._o the_o ground_n of_o this_o error_n be_v ignorance_n they_o not_o know_v what_o baptism_n be_v pretend_v faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o be_v the_o estence_n of_o baptism_n which_o infant_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v baptize_v to_o this_o i_o answer_v as_o faith_n 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15._o that_o the_o angle_n shall_v separate_v the_o godly_a from_o the_o ungodly_a and_o the_o tare_n to_o remain_v with_o the_o what_o until_o the_o harvest_n this_o monarchy_n st._n peter_n confute_v in_o his_o second_o epistle_n 2._o 9_o say_v the_o lord_n know_v how_o to_o deliver_v the_o godly_a out_o of_o temptation_n and_o to_o reserve_v the_o unjust_a against_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o be_v punish_v therefore_o they_o be_v not_o to_o reign_v alone_o here_o the_o ungodly_a be_v kill_v and_o although_o the_o prophet_n seem_v sometime_o to_o speak_v of_o a_o corporal_a kingdom_n yet_o they_o expound_v themselves_o show_v that_o they_o speak_v of_o his_o spiritual_a kingdom_n to_o reign_v with_o christ_n 1000_o year_n before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o old_a error_n of_o the_o chiliast_n condemn_v above_o 1000_o year_n ago_o by_o the_o church_n of_o god_n they_o allow_v man_n free_a will_n 8._o so_o that_o we_o may_v do_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n 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