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A77397 Anabaptism, the true fountaine of Independency, Brownisme, [double brace] Antinomy, Familisme, and the most of the other errours, which for the time doe trouble the Church of England, unsealed. Also the questions of pædobaptisme and dipping handled from Scripture. In a second part of the Disswasive from the errors of the time. / By Robert Baillie minister at Glasgow. Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662.; Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662. Dissuasive from the errours of the time. 1647 (1647) Wing B452A; Thomason E369_9; ESTC R38567 187,930 235

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condition_n as_o the_o child_n of_o turk_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v adam_n disobedience_n in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n that_o put_v all_o his_o posterity_n equal_o into_o a_o sinful_a and_o miserable_a condition_n h_n storm_v of_o antichrist_n p._n 53._o this_o opinion_n put_v all_o infant_n of_o believer_n into_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o turk_n and_o indian_n answ_n as_o the_o infant_n of_o turk_n and_o christian_n die_v infant_n be_v all_o alike_o free_a from_o actual_a sin_n be_v only_o guilty_a of_o original_n why_o may_v they_o not_o partake_v of_o the_o same_o benefit_n of_o free_a grace_n why_o may_v we_o not_o have_v charitable_a thought_n concern_v the_o salvation_n of_o turkish_a infant_n see_v we_o know_v nothing_o of_o their_o damnation_n and_o we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o one_o in_o scripture_n damn_v mere_o for_o original_a sin_n the_o innocency_n of_o all_o infant_n so_o die_v be_v the_o same_o in_o respect_n of_o actual_a sin_n ay_o bakwel_v answer_n p._n 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