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traduce_v and_o pervert_v the_o say_n of_o this_o worthy_a person_n to_o countenance_v his_o error_n i_o have_v be_v the_o large_a in_o set_v down_o mr._n baxters_n word_n that_o it_o may_v leave_v some_o impression_n on_o the_o reader_n memory_n when_o he_o find_v any_o thing_n quote_v out_o of_o mr._n baxters_n disputation_n about_o the_o right_n to_o sacrament_n that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v as_o a_o key_n to_o open_v his_o meaning_n in_o all_o those_o numerous_a passage_n the_o author_n have_v pikt_v up_o out_o of_o that_o dispute_n which_o indeed_o fill_v up_o many_o page_n of_o his_o book_n next_o we_o have_v mr._n calvin_n introduce_v as_o speak_v something_o in_o favour_n of_o their_o opinion_n etc._n ergò_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la ritè_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la offerant_fw-la homines_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confessio_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la requiritur_fw-la alioqui_fw-la nihil_fw-la quam_fw-la inane_fw-la esset_fw-la ludicrum_fw-la tota_fw-la actio_fw-la notandum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la adultis_fw-la he_o verba_fw-la fieri_fw-la calv._n in_o mat._n 3.6_o verùm_fw-la quia_fw-la docere_fw-la prius_fw-la jubet_fw-la christus_fw-la quam_fw-la baptizare_fw-la &_o tantum_fw-la credentes_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la vult_fw-la recipi_fw-la videtur_fw-la non_fw-la ritè_fw-la administrari_fw-la baptismus_fw-la nisi_fw-la fides_fw-la praecesserit_fw-la etc._n etc._n eos_n qui_fw-la fide_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la ingressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la videmus_fw-la cum_fw-la sva_fw-la sobole_fw-la censeri_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la membris_fw-la &_o in_o salutis_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la simul_fw-la vocari_fw-la nec_fw-la modò_fw-la seperatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la baptismus_fw-la a_o fide_fw-la &_o doctrina_fw-la quia_fw-la licet_fw-la pveri_fw-la infant_n nondum_fw-la per_fw-la aetatem_fw-la fidem_fw-la babent_fw-la deus_fw-la tamen_fw-la eorum_fw-la parent_n compellans_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereas_o few_o ever_o write_v so_o smart_o against_o they_o it_o 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anabaptism_n yet_o i_o conceive_v that_o sect_n be_v twofold_a some_o of_o they_o hold_v free_a will_n community_n of_o all_o thing_n deny_v magistracy_n and_o refuse_v to_o baptize_v chilren_n these_o true_o be_v such_o heretic_n or_o atheist_n that_o i_o question_n whether_o any_o divine_a shall_v honour_v they_o so_o much_o as_o to_o dispute_v with_o they_o there_o be_v another_o sort_n of_o they_o who_o only_o deny_v baptism_n to_o their_o child_n till_o they_o come_v to_o year_n of_o discretion_n and_o then_o they_o baptize_v they_o but_o in_o other_o thing_n they_o agree_v with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n true_o these_o man_n be_v much_o to_o be_v pity_v and_o i_o can_v hearty_o wish_v before_o they_o be_v stigmatise_v with_o that_o opprobrious_a brand_n of_o schismatic_n the_o truth_n may_v be_v clear_v to_o they_o for_o i_o conceive_v to_o those_o that_o hold_v we_o may_v go_v no_o far_o than_o scripture_n that_o be_v the_o express_a word_n for_o doctrine_n and_o 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p._n 101._o and_o not_o worse_o answ_n but_o take_v heed_n of_o disparage_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vouchsafe_v they_o the_o seal_n of_o his_o covenant_n now_o under_o the_o gospel_n for_o as_o mr._n marshal_n say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o cavil_v as_o this_o none_o of_o those_o city_n temple_n succession_n of_o highpriest_n etc._n etc._n be_v of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o though_o circumcision_n be_v a_o part_n of_o their_o administration_n yet_o it_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o fubstance_n it_o belong_v to_o it_o say_v he_o not_o as_o a_o part_n of_o it_o but_o as_o a_o mean_n of_o apply_v it_o and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o privilege_n to_o have_v nothing_o succeed_v circumcision_n as_o it_o bind_v to_o that_o manner_n of_o administration_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o privilege_n to_o have_v somewhat_o succeed_v it_o as_o a_o seal_n
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most_o place_n become_v a_o mere_a formality_n and_o a_o occasion_n only_o of_o feast_v but_o we_o return_v to_o the_o matter_n from_o those_o witness_n or_o their_o parent_n do_v the_o child_n of_o the_o jew_n receive_v the_o testimony_n of_o their_o circumcision_n and_o they_o may_v give_v the_o more_o credit_n to_o it_o because_o they_o see_v the_o same_o practise_v upon_o other_o daily_a and_o even_o such_o a_o testimony_n have_v child_n now_o from_o parent_n or_o surety_n beside_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o whole_a congregation_n and_o the_o record_n that_o be_v keep_v thereof_o in_o a_o book_n keep_v for_o that_o purpose_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n chap._n iu._n wherein_o the_o author_n attempt_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o ceremony_n of_o baptism_n be_v immersion_n and_o not_o sprinkle_v which_o be_v a_o other_o rite_n he_o say_v introduce_v contrary_a to_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o ordinance_n etc._n etc._n since_o the_o author_n have_v think_v meet_a to_o appear_v thus_o as_o a_o witness_n against_o infant-baptism_n it_o have_v be_v well_o if_o he_o have_v follow_v the_o good_a old_a rule_n enjoin_v witness_n that_o be_v to_o speak_v the_o truth_n the_o whole_a truth_n and_o nothing_o but_o the_o truth_n and_o for_o want_v of_o which_o he_o have_v give_v such_o a_o partial_a and_o lame_a account_n hitherto_o we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o a_o main_a point_n upon_o which_o they_o place_v very_o much_o confidence_n viz._n the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n baptism_n and_o the_o author_n undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o manner_n and_o ceremony_n thereof_o aught_o to_o be_v by_o dip_v or_o plunge_v the_o whole_a body_n and_o not_o by_o sprinkle_v or_o pour_v water_n on_o the_o face_n or_o head_n 1._o from_o the_o proper_a and_o genuine_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n which_o according_a to_o the_o greek_a lexicon_n and_o the_o most_o eminent_a critic_n he_o say_v import_v nothing_o less_o than_o to_o dip_v plung_v or_o cover_v all_o over_o and_o that_o scapula_n and_o stephens_n two_o as_o great_a master_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n as_o we_o have_v any_o tell_v we_o in_o their_o lexicon_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v mergo_fw-la immergo_fw-la obruo_fw-la item_n tingo_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a immergendo_fw-la that_o be_v to_o dip_v plunge_n overwhelm_v put-und_a cover-ove_a to_o die_v in_o colour_n which_o be_v do_v by_o plunge_v answer_n to_o this_o we_o oppose_v dr._n feat_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 37._o who_o say_v that_o hesychius_n and_o stephanus_n and_o scapula_n and_o budaeus_fw-la the_o great_a master_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n make_v good_a by_o many_o instance_n and_o allegation_n out_o of_o classic_a writer_n that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v no_o more_o than_o ablution_n or_o wash_v which_o may_v be_v do_v without_o dip_v now_o 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