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and_o he_o give_v his_o reason_n for_o it_o viz._n because_o all_o or_o most_o of_o the_o minister_n ordain_v in_o england_n be_v against_o baptise_v of_o person_n of_o year_n sprinkle_a in_o infancy_n and_o there_o lie_v upon_o they_o that_o see_v infant-baptism_n a_o corruption_n a_o necessity_n to_o be_v baptise_a upon_o profession_n of_o faith_n there_o be_v a_o necessity_n that_o they_o be_v baptise_a by_o person_n not_o ordain_v i_o like_v a_o man_n that_o will_v speak_v plain_o his_o mind_n &_o i_o will_v be_v as_o plain_a in_o open_v i_o and_o i_o think_v i_o have_v hit_v upon_o the_o truth_n namely_o that_o the_o opposer_n of_o infant-baptism_n must_v hold_v that_o unbaptised_a person_n ☞_o may_v baptise_v and_o a_o church_n with_o true_a ordinance_n may_v be_v of_o unbaptised_a person_n or_o else_o they_o must_v disow_v their_o new_a baptism_n and_o all_o their_o ordinance_n and_o turn_v seeker_n for_o the_o first_o of_o their_o administrator_n must_v either_o baptise_v 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opinion_n and_o how_o distasteful_a it_o be_v to_o they_o to_o have_v any_o thing_n say_v against_o their_o way_n there_o be_v a_o sad_a passage_n quote_v by_o the_o author_n himself_o pag._n 308._o of_o his_o treatise_n out_o of_o cloppenburg_n gangrene_n viz._n the_o troop_n of_o anabaptist_n that_o dwell_v in_o friestand_n although_o they_o trouble_v not_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o suffer_v not_o the_o pure_a reform_a church_n to_o be_v edify_v without_o daily_a conflict_n and_o what_o a_o stir_n they_o keep_v in_o gemany_n with_o those_o godly_a minister_n luther_n zwinglius_fw-la musculus_fw-la contest_v with_o they_o disturb_v their_o church_n you_o shall_v hear_v short_o in_o our_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o author_n historical_a part_n at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o discourse_n 9_o by_o be_v a_o occasion_n say_v he_o to_o stir_v up_o much_o bitter_a hatred_n wrath_n strife_n enmity_n persecution_n against_o those_o that_o oppose_v it_o how_o have_v they_o be_v follow_v with_o stripe_n imprisonment_n confiscation_n yea_o death_n itself_o something_o of_o this_o may_v be_v lay_v at_o their_o own_o door_n as_o before_o have_v be_v manifest_v in_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o tongue_n to_o which_o they_o be_v so_o much_o addict_v but_o as_o for_o those_o martyr_n he_o speak_v of_o that_o have_v suffer_v stripe_n imprisonment_n death_n we_o find_v very_o few_o of_o they_o in_o fox_n his_o martyrologie_n and_o none_o of_o they_o punish_v pure_o for_o oppose_a infant-baptism_n but_o the_o antichristian_a tenet_n of_o rome_n transubstantiation_n the_o mass_n etc._n etc._n for_o which_o other_o protestant_n suffer_v and_o some_o of_o they_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o assert_v dangerous_a error_n and_o for_o sedition_n here_o in_o england_n and_o multitude_n for_o horrid_a act_n beyond_o the_o sea_n as_o shall_v appear_v in_o the_o historical_a narrative_n 10._o by_o confirm_v hereby_o the_o whole_a antichristian_a interest_n as_o make_v good_a 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be_v no_o paradox_n to_o those_o who_o have_v hear_v of_o john_n baptist_n be_v sanctify_v in_o the_o womb._n i_o can_v here_o turn_v the_o author_n to_o several_a place_n in_o mr._n tomb_n his_o work_n where_o he_o dare_v not_o deny_v but_o infannt_n may_v have_v the_o seed_n of_o grace_n but_o i_o have_v speak_v to_o this_o before_o only_o take_v notice_n of_o that_o be_v his_o praecursor_n pag._n 13._o it_o be_v not_o doubt_v but_o infant_n belong_v to_o the_o invisible_a kingdom_n of_o the_o elect_n but_o how_o they_o attain_v salvation_n be_v not_o so_o certain_a if_o by_o a_o seed_n of_o faith_n and_o holiness_n without_o actual_a exercise_n the_o thing_n be_v more_o easy_a to_o conceive_v etc._n etc._n and_o again_o he_o say_v there_o be_v believer_n of_o two_o sort_n either_o in_o the_o seed_n or_o fruit_n either_o by_o ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a operation_n in_o one_o of_o which_o way_n infant_n be_v or_o may_v be_v believer_n 2._o that_o person_n may_v be_v visible_a church-member_n before_o conversion_n and_o be_v that_o such_o a_o wonder_n we_o have_v prove_v that_o chapter_n 6._o part_v 1_o they_o be_v church-member_n under_o the_o law_n why_o not_o under_o the_o gospel_n when_o be_v they_o exclude_v 3._o that_o person_n may_v repent_v believe_v and_o be_v save_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o another_o we_o own_v no_o such_o thing_n 4._o that_o type_n and_o shadow_n profit_v after_o the_o antitype_n and_o substance_n be_v come_v introduce_v thereby_o the_o birth-priviledge_n the_o weakness_n of_o this_o be_v discover_v before_o prove_v the_o covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n still_o to_o continue_v to_o believer_n and_o their_o natural_a seed_n as_o you_o may_v see_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 3d_o chapter_n part._n 2._o 5._o that_o the_o better_a to_o exclude_v believers-baptism_n new_a church-covenant_n be_v invent_v etc._n etc._n this_o be_v direct_v only_o against_o one_o sort_n of_o paedobaptist_n call_v independent_o who_o he_o say_v in_o 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answer_v again_o and_o again_o
be_v give_v not_o for_o conversion_n but_o confirmation_n of_o grace_n be_v mere_a nullity_n or_o that_o the_o baptism_n administer_v by_o they_o be_v to_o be_v reiterated_a take_v a_o instance_n in_o the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o 10_o tribe_n after_o jeroboam_n apostasy_n and_o the_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n 2_o chron._n 11.14_o 15._o it_o be_v general_o administer_v by_o wicked_a priest_n and_o man_n that_o have_v no_o regular_a call_n thereunto_o when_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o office_n in_o the_o 10_o tribe_n jeroboam'_v priest_n come_v in_o their_o room_n which_o be_v as_o ignorant_a and_o unskilful_a to_o expound_v the_o law_n as_o those_o you_o call_v dumb-dog_n 1_o king_n 13.33_o 2_o cor._n 15.3_o 2._o we_o must_v put_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o essential_o of_o a_o ordinance_n and_o some_o circumstantial_a addition_n and_o corruption_n if_o there_o be_v a_o corruption_n in_o the_o essenee_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o 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