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foundation_n in_o the_o very_a entrance_n and_o introduction_n of_o his_o book_n as_o to_o make_v a_o judgement_n of_o the_o passion_n and_o nature_n of_o all_o other_o man_n by_o his_o own_o observation_n of_o himself_o and_o believe_v pag._n 2._o that_o by_o look_v into_o himself_o and_o consider_v what_o he_o do_v when_o he_o do_v think_v opine_n reason_n hope_v fear_v etc._n etc._n and_o upon_o what_o ground_n he_o shall_v thereby_o read_v and_o know_v what_o be_v the_o thought_n and_o passion_n of_o all_o other_o man_n upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n and_o indeed_o by_o his_o distinction_n in_o the_o very_a subsequent_a word_n pag._n 2._o between_o the_o similitude_n of_o passion_n and_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o object_n
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king_n and_o a_o crier_n he_o say_v have_v not_o right_a to_o command_v any_o man_n that_o teach_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o preach_v but_o to_o teach_v that_o jesus_n be_v christ_n and_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a be_v not_o to_o say_v that_o man_n be_v bind_v after_o they_o believe_v it_o to_o obey_v those_o that_o tell_v they_o so_o against_o the_o command_n of_o their_o sovereign_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v do_v wise_o to_o expect_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n hereafter_o in_o patience_n and_o faith_n with_o obedience_n to_o their_o present_a magistrate_n all_o which_o signify_v nothing_o if_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v that_o where_o ever_o idolatry_n be_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o sovereign_n what_o ever_o they_o do_v believe_v themselves_o they_o be_v to_o practise_v idolatry_n still_o and_o to_o perform_v all_o the_o rite_n of_o infidel_n till_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n himself_o to_o justify_v their_o conversion_n and_o this_o no_o question_n be_v his_o meaning_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v apply_v no_o other_o answer_n then_o the_o state_v his_o proposition_n and_o if_o there_o can_v remain_v any_o doubt_n since_o that_o meaning_n be_v so_o very_o bad_a that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v his_o he_o will_v quick_o remove_v that_o doubt_n in_o the_o survey_n he_o take_v of_o baptism_n and_o the_o obligation_n thereof_o he_o say_v that_o pag._n 274._o baptism_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy-ghost_n be_v dip_v in_o their_o name_n you_o shall_v rare_o find_v he_o call_v they_o three_o person_n for_o the_o incongruity_n it_o will_v introduce_v in_o philosophy_n the_o meaning_n of_o which_o word_n of_o baptism_n be_v this_o he_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v dip_v or_o wash_v as_o a_o sign_n of_o become_v a_o new_a man_n and_o a_o loyal_a subject_n to_o that_o god_n that_o be_v represent_v by_o moses_n and_o to_o jesus_n christ_n his_o son_n god_n and_o man_n that_o have_v redeem_v we_o and_o shall_v in_o his_o human_a nature_n represent_v his_o father_n person_n in_o his_o eternal_a kingdom_n after_o the_o resurrection_n and_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n who_o be_v assist_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n he_o tell_v we_o often_o that_o spirit_n signify_v nothing_o but_o mind_n be_v leave_v for_o guide_n to_o bring_v we_o to_o that_o kingdom_n to_o be_v the_o only_a and_o assure_a way_n thereunto_o and_o so_o that_o you_o may_v not_o suspect_v he_o to_o be_v a_o better_a christian_a then_o he_o be_v he_o have_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o let_v you_o know_v again_o the_o little_a esteem_n he_o have_v of_o the_o trinity_n this_o be_v our_o promise_n in_o baptism_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o earthly_a sovereign_n being_n not_o to_o be_v put_v down_o 1._o cor._n 25._o 22_o 23_o 24._o till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n for_o that_o he_o sail_n be_v p._n 274._o express_o affirm_v by_o st._n paul_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o we_o do_v not_o in_o baptism_n constitute_v a_o other_o authority_n over_o we_o by_o which_o our_o external_a action_n be_v to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n but_o promise_v to_o take_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o our_o direction_n in_o the_o way_n to_o life_n eternal_a so_o that_o the_o great_a moiety_n of_o the_o world_n be_v according_a to_o the_o computation_n make_v by_o the_o learned_a man_n mere_a heathen_a man_n and_o pagan_n and_o much_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o other_o moiety_n be_v mahometan_n no_o account_n be_v take_v of_o the_o jew_n neither_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o however_o they_o may_v in_o their_o heart_n believe_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v bind_v to_o make_v profession_n outward_o of_o the_o christian_a religion_n before_o the_o second_o come_v of_o our_o saviour_n to_o judgement_n except_o their_o own_o sovereign_n command_v they_o so_o to_o do_v and_o in_o all_o these_o rave_n he_o have_v text_n of_o scripture_n at_o hand_n which_o he_o pervert_v and_o interpret_v to_o his_o own_o end_n contrary_a to_o the_o genuine_a sense_n and_o indeed_o to_o the_o whole_a analogy_n of_o faith_n and_o scripture_n as_o any_o man_n must_v conclude_v who_o examine_v they_o and_o the_o interpretation_n which_o have_v be_v always_o make_v of_o they_o before_o mr._n hobbes_n a_o man_n will_v imagine_v that_o he_o have_v be_v content_v that_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n shall_v enjoy_v some_o dignity_n and_o prerogative_n when_o he_o confess_v that_o pag._n 274._o the_o end_n of_o baptism_n be_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o baptize_v be_v to_o declare_v the_o reception_n of_o man_n into_o god_n kingdom_n and_o to_o refuse_v to_o baptize_v be_v to_o declare_v their_o exclusion_n and_o that_o the_o power_n to_o declare_v they_o cast_v out_o or_o retain_v in_o it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o substitute_n and_o successor_n but_o he_o quick_o humble_v they_o from_o this_o exaltation_n and_o since_o no_o man_n can_v judge_v the_o secret_a thought_n of_o the_o heart_n he_o say_v pag._n 275._o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n be_v to_o follow_v the_o outward_a mark_n of_o repentance_n which_o appear_v they_o have_v no_o authority_n to_o deny_v absolution_n beside_o they_o always_o be_v and_o be_v but_o ministerial_a they_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v to_o judge_n of_o pag._n 275._o the_o truth_n of_o repentance_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o judgement_n belong_v to_o they_o and_o only_o the_o publication_n of_o it_o to_o the_o apostle_n or_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n as_o prolocutor_n after_o the_o assembly_n have_v first_o hear_v the_o cause_n and_o determine_v it_o so_o that_o it_o seem_v st._n peter_n be_v a_o little_a too_o presumptuous_a in_o undertake_v to_o know_v the_o heart_n of_o anâ—nias_n and_o saphira_n and_o in_o pronounce_v so_o severe_a a_o judgement_n upon_o they_o without_o so_o much_o as_o ask_v the_o advice_n of_o the_o assembly_n i_o shall_v not_o accompany_v he_o in_o his_o disquisition_n upon_o excommunication_n the_o use_n and_o effect_n of_o it_o upon_o who_o it_o be_v to_o be_v exercise_v and_o for_o what_o fault_n or_o the_o condition_n which_o be_v requisite_a to_o make_v man_n liable_a to_o it_o and_o whether_o the_o teacher_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n may_v as_o a_o master_n in_o any_o science_n abandon_v his_o disciple_n that_o obstinate_o continue_v in_o a_o unchristian_a life_n but_o he_o can_v say_v the_o excommunicate_a have_v wrong_v because_o they_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o obey_v in_o all_o which_o he_o mingle_v great_a error_n with_o some_o truth_n well_o express_v and_o the_o error_n be_v of_o a_o less_o magnitude_n than_o those_o he_o be_v usual_o guilty_a of_o i_o shall_v not_o particular_o insist_v upon_o they_o but_o i_o can_v but_o observe_v his_o close_a design_n to_o make_v the_o foolishness_n of_o preach_v of_o no_o effect_n by_o his_o absolve_v their_o auditory_a from_o any_o kind_n of_o obligation_n to_o believe_v they_o which_o he_o will_v not_o attemt_a to_o do_v if_o he_o have_v less_o authority_n then_o from_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o act_n 17._o 3._o 3._o for_o from_o saint_n paul_n behaviour_n in_o the_o synagogue_n in_o thessalonica_n pag._n 280._o when_o some_o of_o they_o believe_v and_o other_o do_v not_o believe_v he_o find_v the_o reason_n be_v that_o st._n paul_n come_v to_o they_o without_o any_o legal_a commission_n come_v only_o to_o persuade_v they_o and_o reason_v with_o they_o out_o of_o the_o scripture_n which_o be_v well_o know_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o believe_v by_o they_o to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o when_o they_o all_o believe_v the_o scripture_n they_o do_v not_o all_o alike_o believe_v he_o be_v that_o some_o approve_v