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not_o receive_v they_o though_o we_o approve_v not_o of_o their_o way_n §_o 30._o and_o be_v it_o in_o my_o power_n as_o a_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n i_o will_v give_v satisfaction_n by_o such_o a_o answerable_a profession_n as_o this_o though_o it_o be_v our_o judgement_n that_o infant_n have_v ever_o be_v member_n of_o god_n visible_a church_n since_o he_o have_v a_o church_n and_o there_o be_v infant_n in_o the_o world_n and_o do_v believe_v that_o christ_n have_v signify_v in_o the_o gospel_n that_o it_o be_v his_o gracious_a will_n that_o they_o shall_v still_o be_v so_o and_o that_o he_o that_o command_v mat._n 28.19_o go_v you_o and_o disciple_n all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o will_v have_v his_o minister_n endeavour_v according_o to_o do_v it_o and_o have_v hereby_o make_v baptism_n the_o regular_a orderly_a way_n of_o solemn_a entrance_n into_o a_o visible_a church_n state_n and_o therefore_o we_o devote_v this_o child_n to_o god_n in_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n yet_o we_o do_v also_o hold_v that_o when_o he_o come_v to_o age_n it_o will_v be_v his_o duty_n as_o serious_o and_o devout_o to_o make_v this_o covenant_n with_o god_n understand_o himself_n and_o to_o dedicate_v himself_o to_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n as_o those_o must_v do_v that_o never_o be_v baptise_a in_o infancy_n and_o we_o promise_v to_o endeavour_v faithful_o as_o we_o have_v opportunity_n to_o instruct_v and_o persuade_v he_o so_o to_o do_v hope_v that_o this_o his_o early_a baptismal_a dedication_n and_o obligation_n to_o god_n will_v rather_o much_o prepare_v he_o for_o it_o than_o hinder_v it_o §_o 31._o i_o think_v these_o profession_n shall_v put_v off_o the_o chief_a matter_n of_o offence_n and_o exception_n against_o each_o other_o as_o to_o the_o ill_a consequent_n of_o our_o opinion_n and_o if_o sober_a good_a man_n will_v by_o such_o a_o mutual_a approach_n be_v the_o more_o dispose_v to_o live_v together_o in_o love_n and_o holy_a peace_n how_o 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swell_v into_o self-conceit_n and_o trouble_v the_o church_n with_o a_o mistake_n wrangle_a hurtful_a sort_n of_o zeal_n §_o 33._o and_o as_o i_o must_v needs_o believe_v as_o ill_o of_o some_o sort_n of_o zeal_n as_o st._n james_n have_v speak_v of_o it_o jam._n 3._o and_o experience_n have_v too_o long_o tell_v the_o world_n of_o it_o yet_o i_o take_v it_o for_o true_o amiable_a in_o man_n that_o they_o have_v a_o love_n and_o zeal_n for_o truth_n in_o general_n and_o a_o hatred_n to_o that_o which_o they_o think_v to_o be_v against_o it_o and_o that_o their_o bitterness_n against_o the_o truth_n and_o i_o be_v upon_o a_o supposition_n that_o both_o be_v against_o the_o truth_n and_o god_n for_o this_o bear_v they_o witness_v that_o they_o have_v a_o zeal_n of_o god_n though_o it_o be_v not_o according_a to_o knowledge_n and_o if_o they_o know_v truth_n indeed_o they_o will_v be_v zealous_a for_o it_o §_o 34._o i_o conclude_v with_o this_o notice_n to_o the_o contrary_n mind_v that_o the_o evidence_n for_o infant_n church-membership_a seem_v to_o i_o so_o clear_a both_o in_o nature_n and_o in_o scripture_n that_o i_o bid_v they_o despair_v of_o ever_o persuade_v i_o against_o it_o but_o if_o they_o will_v have_v any_o hope_n of_o change_v my_o judgement_n it_o must_v be_v by_o confess_v the_o visible_a church-membership_a of_o infant_n and_o prove_v that_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v baptize_v and_o that_o baptism_n be_v appoint_v for_o initiate_a none_o but_o adult_n convert_v and_o not_o to_o be_v the_o common_a entrance_n into_o the_o church_n which_o yet_o i_o think_v they_o can_v never_o do_v while_o the_o plain_a law_n of_o christ_n mat._n 29.19_o and_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n do_v stand_v on_o record_n to_o confute_v such_o a_o opinion_n but_o here_o they_o have_v more_o room_n for_o a_o dispute_n §_o 35._o but_o though_o i_o expect_v to_o be_v censure_v for_o it_o i_o will_v say_v once_o because_o truth_n be_v truth_n that_o though_o rebaptise_v and_o reordain_v be_v just_o both_o condemn_v by_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o pronounce_v alike_o ridiculous_a by_o gregory_n mag._n lib._n 2._o ep._n indict_v 11._o c._n 46._o and_o many_o other_o yet_o be_v man_n rebaptise_v but_o for_o certainty_n to_o themselves_o or_o to_o the_o church_n and_o to_o quiet_v their_o conscience_n and_o on_o such_o term_n as_o in_o my_o christian_a directory_n i_o have_v show_v that_o a_o seem_a reordination_n may_v in_o some_o case_n be_v tolerate_v and_o will_v not_o wrong_v infant_n nor_o make_v it_o a_o occasion_n of_o division_n or_o alienation_n i_o know_v not_o by_o any_o scripture_n or_o reason_n that_o such_o rebaptise_v be_v so_o heinous_a a_o sin_n as_o shall_v warrant_v we_o to_o contemn_v our_o brethren_n no_o though_o it_o be_v as_o faulty_a as_o the_o oft_o commemorative_n baptise_v use_v by_o the_o abassine_n chap._n iii_o a_o general_n view_v of_o mr._n danvers_n book_n §_o 1._o mr._n danvers_n book_n be_v 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condition_n of_o the_o seduce_v that_o must_v be_v thus_o deceive_v in_o the_o dark_a and_o of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o must_v be_v thus_o assault_v and_o shake_v and_o distract_v by_o such_o inhuman_a horrid_a mean_n the_o book_n be_v compose_v in_o that_o part_n of_o history_n which_o the_o stress_n of_o the_o cause_n lie_v on_o of_o such_o untruth_n in_o fact_n and_o history_n as_o i_o profess_v it_o one_o of_o my_o great_a difficulty_n to_o know_v how_o to_o call_v they_o shall_v i_o say_v that_o they_o be_v so_o notorious_a and_o shameless_a as_o that_o i_o say_v not_o only_o a_o papist_n but_o any_o sober_a turk_n or_o pagan_n shall_v blush_v to_o have_v be_v guilty_a but_o of_o some_o page_n or_o lineâ—_n of_o they_o and_o much_o more_o a_o man_n of_o any_o tenderness_n of_o conscience_n the_o reader_n will_v think_v that_o the_o language_n be_v harsh_a be_v it_o never_o so_o true_a and_o some_o will_v say_v let_v we_o have_v soft_a word_n and_o hard_a argument_n 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other_o miracle_n and_o a_o victory_n he_o return_v with_o a_o prosperous_a navigation_n say_v beda_n c._n 20._o by_o his_o own_o merit_n and_o st._n alban_n intercession_n afterward_o he_o return_v again_o in_o a_o second_o necessity_n with_o severus_n and_o deliver_v the_o britain_n from_o pelagianism_n who_o yet_o live_v in_o such_o wickedness_n as_o beda_n after_o gildas_n describe_v here_o let_v the_o reader_n note_v against_o mr._n danvers_n dream_n 1._o that_o this_o be_v do_v in_o 429._o and_o if_o mr._n d._n can_v prove_v indeed_o that_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o france_n then_o be_v waldenses_n or_o of_o the_o judgement_n so_o call_v so_o long_o after_o he_o will_v do_v we_o knight_n service_n against_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o question_n of_o the_o perpetual_a visibility_n of_o the_o church_n but_o if_o i_o cite_v mr._n danvers_n for_o it_o i_o doubt_v they_o will_v laugh_v at_o i_o and_o make_v no_o more_o of_o his_o authority_n than_o i_o do_v of_o the_o dutch_a 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d_n church_n that_o use_v relic_n so_o strange_o for_o work_v miracle_n be_v this_o a_o anabaptist_n 8._o this_o be_v all_o do_v after_o augustine_n have_v write_v that_o no_o christian_a thought_n infant-baptism_n vain_a or_o about_o that_o time_n and_o yet_o be_v all_o the_o britain_n then_o of_o another_o mind_n 9_o the_o bishop_n of_o france_n with_o pope_n celestine_n take_v part_n with_o augustine_n against_o pelagius_n and_o send_v lupus_n with_o germanus_n to_o do_v that_o work_n and_o yet_o be_v all_o these_o bishop_n against_o augustine_n about_o infant-baptism_n which_o he_o say_v all_o the_o church_n universal_a agree_v in_o 10._o last_o the_o britain_n be_v infect_v with_o pelagianism_n pelagius_n call_v morgan_n be_v a_o britain_n and_o usher_n say_v some_o say_v bear_v the_o same_o day_n with_o augustine_n and_o celestius_fw-la a_o scot_n or_o irish_a man_n and_o the_o pelagian_n themselves_o be_v for_o infant-baptism_n and_o if_o any_o christian_n in_o the_o world_n have_v be_v against_o it_o they_o will_v have_v be_v the_o likely_a who_o deny_v original_a sin_n yet_o even_o they_o dare_v not_o deny_v this_o and_o be_v it_o a_o credible_a thing_n that_o all_o these_o britain_n who_o be_v some_o of_o pelagius_n mind_n and_o some_o of_o augustine_n be_v yet_o against_o both_o in_o point_n of_o infant-baptism_n yea_o and_o not_o a_o word_n say_v of_o this_o by_o any_o writer_n when_o their_o pelagianism_n make_v so_o great_a a_o stir_n yet_o this_o man_n gather_v that_o the_o church_n of_o france_n be_v anabaptist_n contrary_a to_o all_o history_n because_o the_o waldenses_n 600_o year_n after_o be_v anabaptist_n which_o be_v also_o false_a and_o the_o britain_n be_v anabaptist_n because_o the_o church_n of_o france_n send_v two_o learned_a man_n to_o dispute_v against_o pelagianism_n in_o england_n when_o the_o unlearned_a britain_n can_v not_o do_v it_o reader_n will_v not_o this_o kind_a oâ—_n argue_v make_v thou_o a_o anabaptist_n or_o else_o make_v thou_o pity_v the_o seduce_a party_n o_o what_o a_o temptation_n to_o popery_n do_v such_o man_n lay_v before_o the_o people_n when_o man_n see_v that_o every_o such_o a_o one_o that_o have_v ignorance_n and_o pride_n enough_o to_o make_v he_o wise_a in_o his_o own_o eye_n shall_v thus_o pour_v out_o falsehood_n to_o cheat_v mankind_n and_o the_o ignorant_a know_v not_o but_o it_o may_v all_o be_v true_a it_o tempt_v man_n to_o think_v that_o there_o must_v be_v some_o authorize_v man_n who_o the_o ignorant_a must_v believe_v before_o such_o seducer_n or_o else_o confusion_n and_o falsehood_n will_v take_v place_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o people_n will_v be_v as_o child_n toss_v up_o and_o down_o and_o carry_v to_o and_o fro_o with_o every_o wind_n of_o doctrine_n and_o indeed_o a_o concordant_a ministry_n be_v so_o to_o be_v prefer_v though_o it_o infer_v not_o a_o roman_a infallibility_n §_o 42._o 6._o his_o last_o proof_n that_o the_o britain_n be_v against_o infant_n 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