from_o abraham_n than_o it_o must_v be_v that_o we_o be_v elect_v in_o abraham_n abraham_n may_v say_v without_o i_o you_o can_v do_v nothing_o etc._n etc._n i_o answer_v if_o i_o make_v abraham_n a_o root_n as_o communicate_v faith_n by_o infusion_n or_o impetration_n mediatory_a as_o christ_n this_o will_v follow_v but_o i_o make_v abraham_n only_o a_o root_n as_o he_o be_v call_v the_o father_n of_o all_o they_o that_o believe_v rom._n 4._o 11._o not_o by_o beget_v faith_n in_o they_o but_o as_o a_o exemplary_a cause_n of_o believe_a as_o i_o gather_v from_o the_o expression_n verse_n 12._o that_o he_o be_v a_o â—ather_n to_o they_o that_o walk_v in_o the_o step_n of_o our_o father_n abraham_n which_o he_o have_v yet_o be_v uncircumcised_a mr_n blake_n ibid._n pag._n 31._o what_o make_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n root_n as_o in_o nature_n so_o holy_a root_n but_o the_o covenant_n and_o be_v not_o the_o covenant_n make_v as_o well_o with_o david_n as_o with_o abraham_n isaac_n 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41._o but_o it_o seem_v neither_o then_o nor_o since_o be_v he_o willing_a to_o tell_v what_o promise_n that_o be_v act_v 2._o 39_o and_o then_o conclude_v syllogistical_o for_o than_o it_o will_v plain_o appear_v that_o that_o text_n serve_v not_o his_o purpose_n who_o in_o his_o second_o conclusion_n will_v not_o assert_v that_o the_o promise_n of_o save_a grace_n be_v make_v to_o the_o natural_a seed_n of_o believer_n and_o yet_o that_o text_n speak_v of_o the_o promise_n of_o christ_n and_o save_a grace_n by_o he_o however_o i_o remember_v this_o be_v doctor_n prideaux_n his_o manner_n in_o oxford_n to_o require_v the_o disputant_n when_o he_o urge_v a_o text_n to_o read_v it_o and_o then_o to_o gather_v his_o argument_n from_o it_o and_o this_o i_o ever_o take_v to_o be_v a_o bring_n of_o light_n and_o not_o raise_v a_o dust_n about_o a_o argument_n and_o i_o shall_v still_o profess_v it_o to_o be_v a_o very_a irksome_a thing_n to_o i_o to_o answer_v a_o author_n that_o will_v not_o do_v so_o and_o till_o mr_n martial_n do_v it_o shall_v censure_v he_o as_o one_o that_o take_v not_o the_o way_n to_o clear_a truth_n but_o to_o darken_v it_o with_o multitude_n of_o woâ—ds_n among_o which_o a_o man_n shall_v have_v much_o ado_n to_o find_v the_o medium_n and_o the_o conclusion_n mr_n martial_n pag._n 247._o accuse_v i_o of_o slur_v plunder_v darken_n the_o argument_n of_o my_o adversary_n if_o he_o have_v tell_v i_o wherein_o he_o have_v do_v i_o a_o pleasure_n that_o i_o may_v know_v how_o to_o amend_v it_o but_o if_o he_o mean_v as_o his_o word_n pag_n 134._o to_o bring_v in_o so_o many_o imaginary_a sense_n thereby_o to_o darken_v a_o argument_n import_v in_o that_o i_o tell_v hâ—m_v his_o conclusion_n and_o speech_n may_v have_v many_o sense_n and_o desire_v he_o to_o set_v down_o what_o sense_n he_o mean_v it_o be_v a_o conceit_n scarce_o sober_a since_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o distinction_n and_o distinct_a expression_n be_v right_o call_v by_o 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circumcision_n 3._o without_o universal_a practice_n 4_o together_o with_o the_o error_n of_o give_v infant_n the_o lord_n supper_n and_o many_o other_o humane_a invention_n under_o the_o name_n of_o apostolical_a tradition_n that_o be_v deserve_o doubtful_a but_o such_o be_v infant-baptisme_n ergo_fw-la mr_n martial_n pag._n 251._o 252._o tell_v i_o this_o be_v a_o poor_a argument_n and_o yet_o such_o argument_n have_v be_v account_v after_o other_o argument_n from_o scripture_n of_o great_a moment_n against_o papist_n and_o prelate_n in_o reject_v of_o ceremony_n but_o how_o do_v mr_n mar._n answer_v this_o he_o deny_v the_o major_a which_o have_v be_v account_v good_a in_o other_o point_n and_o then_o because_o i_o make_v a_o several_a proof_n of_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o minor_a he_o repeat_v my_o word_n as_o if_o i_o have_v make_v a_o several_a argument_n from_o each_o branch_n and_o to_o make_v a_o show_n of_o their_o weakness_n put_v in_o another_o argument_n and_o conclusion_n than_o i_o as_o like_v with_o this_o inference_n ergo_fw-la we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o observe_v it_o ergo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o a_o duty_n which_o be_v none_o of_o my_o conclusion_n and_o then_o say_v this_o kind_n of_o argue_v be_v almost_o as_o wild_a as_o that_o which_o the_o school_n call_v à _fw-la baculo_fw-la ad_fw-la angulum_fw-la and_o the_o boy_n in_o the_o school_n will_v stamp_v and_o hiss_v at_o such_o a_o inference_n i_o profess_v if_o i_o shall_v in_o school_n repeat_v my_o opponent_n argument_n as_o mr_n martial_n do_v i_o i_o shall_v allow_v the_o boy_n in_o the_o school_n to_o stamp_n and_o hiss_v at_o such_o a_o practice_n mr_n martial_n pag._n 124._o have_v these_o word_n you_o still_o go_v on_o in_o your_o wont_a equivocation_n of_o the_o word_n covenant_n of_o grace_n take_v it_o only_o of_o the_o covenant_n of_o save_a grace_n not_o include_v the_o external_a way_n of_o administration_n with_o it_o i_o this_o i_o say_v above_o i_o do_v because_o i_o love_v to_o speak_v plain_o without_o equivocation_n but_o it_o seem_v to_o mr_n martial_n that_o which_o i_o count_v plain_a speech_n without_o equivocation_n be_v equivocate_a with_o he_o but_o what_o a_o ridiculous_a charge_n be_v this_o it_o be_v equivocation_n when_o a_o word_n be_v take_v in_o various_a sense_n be_v it_o equivocation_n in_o i_o to_o take_v the_o word_n covenant_n of_o grace_n only_o of_o the_o covenant_n of_o save_a grace_n this_o be_v like_a as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v charge_v with_o speak_v nonsense_n because_o he_o speak_v good_a reason_n in_o right_a language_n but_o i_o hope_v by_o this_o time_n the_o reader_n do_v understand_v who_o have_v use_v sophistry_n in_o dispute_v i_o or_o master_n martial_n what_o i_o say_v of_o the_o assembly_n pag._n 27._o of_o my_o examen_fw-la i_o do_v it_o not_o to_o cast_v filth_n in_o their_o face_n as_o master_n martial_n construe_v it_o but_o as_o a_o brotherly_a intimation_n of_o my_o fear_n and_o apprehension_n 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contain_v either_o the_o manner_n or_o the_o matter_n of_o my_o treatise_n §._o the_o defence_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o they_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n occasion_n and_o be_v first_o in_o my_o intention_n but_o the_o clear_n of_o myself_o from_o some_o complaint_n or_o charge_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o handle_v the_o whole_a business_n be_v so_o necessary_a for_o the_o remove_n of_o prejudices_fw-la which_o will_v prevent_v read_v and_o entertain_v my_o write_n and_o do_v undermine_v my_o present_a station_n that_o i_o be_o constrain_v first_o to_o plead_v for_o myself_o before_o i_o engage_v further_o in_o the_o controversy_n wherefore_o i_o shall_v answer_v those_o charge_n by_o themselves_o apart_o that_o so_o the_o main_a question_n may_v be_v discuss_v by_o itself_o first_o doctor_n homes_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n have_v these_o word_n infant-baptisme_n mean_o while_o i_o can_v not_o but_o lament_v the_o untimely_a birth_n of_o master_n t._n his_o exercitation_n 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credo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la mention_n this_o as_o the_o artifice_n of_o the_o jesuit_n in_o france_n to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o protestant_n by_o reject_v consequence_n and_o require_v express_a text_n which_o be_v invent_v by_o veron_n be_v call_v methodus_fw-la vâ—roniana_n the_o vanity_n of_o which_o be_v refute_v by_o vedelin_n in_o a_o treatise_n of_o he_o i_o remember_v i_o see_v a_o print_a paper_n take_v as_o it_o be_v say_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o captain_n paul_n hobson_n against_o infant_n baptism_n wherein_o be_v somewhat_o speak_v against_o consequence_n which_o i_o disclaim_v yea_o i_o express_o say_v pag._n 110._o of_o my_o examan_n but_o i_o grant_v that_o if_o you_o make_v it_o good_a by_o good_a consequence_n you_o may_v recover_v all_o i_o confess_v i_o do_v reject_v the_o consequence_n draw_v from_o the_o command_n of_o circumcision_n to_o baptism_n by_o reason_n of_o analogy_n and_o all_o such_o anology_n as_o be_v vain_a yet_o too_o much_o 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word_n 〈◊〉_d theâ—e_n for_o the_o covenant_n or_o promise_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v righteousness_n and_o life_n as_o christ_n though_o i_o acknowledge_v a_o peculiar_a promise_n to_o abraham_n natural_a posterity_n mention_v rom._n 11._o 27._o yet_o i_o know_v not_o that_o god_n have_v make_v such_o a_o covenant_n to_o any_o much_o less_o to_o all_o the_o natural_a believe_a seed_n of_o any_o believe_a gentile_a and_o propos_fw-fr 3._o i_o say_v they_o have_v some_o promise_n though_o general_a indefinite_a and_o conditional_a and_o i_o mean_v by_o general_n and_o indefinite_a such_o as_o determine_v not_o the_o kind_n of_o good_a promise_v nor_o the_o particular_a person_n and_o therefore_o be_v true_a if_o perform_v to_o any_o person_n in_o any_o sort_n of_o good_a and_o conditional_a upon_o condition_n of_o faith_n and_o obedience_n as_o when_o it_o be_v say_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o righteous_a shall_v be_v bless_v his_o righteousness_n to_o child_n child_n to_o such_o as_o 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signify_v profession_n otherwise_o if_o a_o person_n be_v baptize_v if_o he_o shall_v hear_v or_o receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n and_o do_v not_o profess_v the_o faith_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o visible_a member_n for_o all_o that_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v meet_v with_o some_o write_n which_o put_v baptism_n into_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o church_n as_o necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o visible_a church_n and_o the_o word_n in_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n of_o the_o 7_o church_n of_o anabaptist_n about_o london_n be_v baptize_v into_o that_o faith_n artic._n 33._o be_v somewhat_o doubtful_a though_o they_o seem_v rather_o to_o import_v that_o baptism_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o right_a order_n of_o a_o christian_a church_n then_o to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o church_n and_o i_o confess_v they_o that_o hold_v that_o member_n be_v add_v to_o the_o church_n by_o baptism_n and_o not_o otherwise_o and_o hold_v a_o nullity_n of_o paedo_fw-la baptism_n must_v needs_o say_v the_o church_n that_o have_v no_o other_o than_o infant-baptisme_n be_v no_o true_a church_n nor_o their_o member_n church-member_n as_o master_n marshal_n say_v pag._n 84._o of_o his_o defence_n and_o so_o voluntary_a separation_n necessary_a but_o these_o point_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o right_a baptism_n not_o only_o to_o the_o right_a order_n but_o also_o to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o visible_a church_n and_o church-member_n and_o so_o voluntary_a separation_n bare_o for_o the_o defect_n of_o it_o i_o have_v ever_o disclaim_v as_o consider_v the_o many_o error_n and_o ill_a consequence_n that_o will_v follow_v thereupon_o and_o though_o provocation_n still_o increase_v yet_o i_o have_v in_o my_o practice_n shun_v separation_n from_o my_o disent_a brethren_n and_o i_o presume_v though_o mr_n martial_n count_v right_a baptism_n a_o necessary_a duty_n yet_o he_o will_v be_v more_o advise_v then_o to_o make_v it_o essential_a either_o constitutiuè_n or_o consecutiuè_fw-la to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o church_n or_o christian_a either_o visible_a or_o invisible_a for_o fear_v of_o give_v too_o much_o advantage_n to_o separatist_n and_o seeker_n i_o suppose_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o present_a point_n this_o be_v the_o truth_n that_o however_o every_o infant_n be_v either_o in_o the_o invisible_a kingdom_n of_o god_n or_o satan_n that_o be_v elect_v or_o reprobate_a yet_o no_o child_n till_o he_o make_v profession_n do_v visible_o belong_v either_o to_o the_o one_o or_o to_o the_o other_o i_o acknowledge_v that_o in_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o infant_n be_v reckon_v to_o the_o church_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v from_o the_o peculiar_a church-state_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o then_o god_n take_v the_o whole_a family_n of_o abraham_n together_o in_o one_o day_n and_o after_o the_o whole_a nation_n of_o the_o
they_o may_v give_v they_o the_o lord_n supper_n in_o which_o all_o christ_n be_v communicate_v and_o baptism_n shall_v not_o be_v 〈◊〉_d baptism_n be_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o tender_a of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d power_n of_o his_o bloâ—d_n 〈◊〉_d of_o our_o communion_n or_o partake_v of_o christ_n that_o be_v seal_v in_o the_o other_o sacrament_n pag._n 64._o it_o be_v true_a adultus_fw-la must_v have_v faith_n such_o as_o it_o be_v natural_a human_a before_o he_o can_v be_v baptize_v he_o must_v be_v willing_a by_o some_o inclination_n or_o other_o it_o be_v barbarous_a to_o baptize_v a_o grow_a man_n à gainst_a his_o will_n which_o can_v not_o be_v get_v but_o by_o some_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d though_o it_o may_v be_v just_a with_o man_n to_o punish_v he_o with_o death_n that_o shall_v refuse_v as_o it_o be_v with_o god_n to_o punish_v with_o eternal_a death_n such_o as_o despise_v baptism_n nor_o do_v i_o think_v the_o principal_a ground_n of_o his_o new_a conceit_n pag._n s._n will_v satisfy_v which_o be_v that_o matt._n 28._o 19_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v expound_v make_v all_o nation_n disciple_n by_o baptise_v they_o and_o teach_v whereas_o he_o himself_o sundry_a time_n read_v it_o better_o make_v disciple_n of_o all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o and_o it_o be_v vain_o allege_v that_o by_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o participiall_n expression_n any_o more_o than_o verse_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v expound_v he_o meet_v they_o by_o say_v or_o matth._n 27._o 55._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o follow_v by_o minister_a unto_o he_o and_o i_o say_v just_o examen_fw-la pag._n 127._o this_o conceit_n be_v so_o absurd_a that_o i_o presume_v none_o that_o have_v any_o wit_n will_v entertain_v it_o though_o master_n hussey_n say_v page_n 6_o i_o think_v if_o ever_o a_o man_n be_v out_o of_o his_o wit_n it_o be_v here_o but_o i_o shall_v be_v willing_a the_o assembly_n judge_n whether_o of_o we_o two_o need_n sail_n to_o anticyra_n to_o purge_v 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