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ecclesiae_fw-la commendat_fw-la saluberrima_fw-la authoritas_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la cuique_fw-la sentiat_fw-la quid_fw-la sibi_fw-la prosit_fw-la fides_fw-la sva_fw-la quando_fw-la in_o aliorum_fw-la quoque_fw-la beneficium_fw-la qui_fw-la propriam_fw-la nondum_fw-la habent_fw-la potest_fw-la aliena_fw-la commodari_fw-la in_o which_o point_n say_v austin_n we_o do_v right_o and_o religious_o believe_v that_o the_o faith_n of_o those_o by_o who_o a_o child_n be_v offer_v to_o baptism_n do_v avail_v for_o the_o child_n and_o this_o commend_v the_o sovereign_a authority_n of_o the_o church_n that_o from_o hence_o every_o one_o may_v perceive_v what_o his_o own_o faith_n do_v profit_v he_o see_v another_o man_n faith_n can_v be_v useful_a for_o the_o benefit_n of_o he_o that_o have_v none_o as_o yet_o of_o his_o own_o he_o mean_v actual_a thus_o there_o and_o elsewhere_o bonifac._n epist_n 23._o bonifac._n quando_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la offeruntur_fw-la infant_n parent_n 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