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i_o think_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v unless_o he_o be_v willing_o ignorant_a of_o it_o for_o not_o only_o do_v john_n say_v twice_o viz._n rev._n 1._o 10._o 17._o 3._o of_o himself_o in_o this_o manner_n viz._n i_o be_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o he_o carry_v i_o away_o in_o the_o spirit_n but_o likewise_o paul_n say_v plain_o to_o all_o saint_n gal._n 5._o 6._o walk_n in_o the_o spirit_n and_o to_o himself_o and_o all_o saint_n v_o 25._o if_o we_o live_v in_o the_o spirit_n let_v we_o walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o testify_v of_o the_o also_o rom._n 8._o 9_o that_o they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o flesh_n but_o in_o the_o spirit_n if_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o they_o where_o by_o in_o the_o flesh_n he_o mean_v all_o over_o altogether_o or_o total_o fleshly_a drench_v drown_v in_o flesh_n plunge_v over_o head_n and_o ear_n as_o it_o be_v in_o flesh_n filth_n and_o corruption_n as_o the_o world_n be_v that_o lie_v in_o wickedness_n so_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o 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little_a below_o sect._n 22._o he_o say_v thus_o infant_n be_v not_o shut_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n that_o die_v before_o baptism_n pendeat_fw-la therefore_o there_o will_v no_o small_a injury_n be_v do_v to_o the_o covenant_n of_o god_n unless_o we_o rest_v in_o that_o alone_a as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o valid_a enough_o of_o it_o sâ—…lf_n when_o its_o efficacy_n depend_v neither_o on_o baptism_n nor_o any_o other_o matter_n accessary_a to_o it_o by_o all_o this_o it_o may_v be_v easy_o perceive_v not_o only_o who_o they_o be_v that_o streiten_fw-ge the_o grace_n of_o god_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o make_v it_o narrow_a than_o of_o old_a under_o the_o law_n viz._n not_o ourselves_o as_o you_o feign_v but_o yourselves_o who_o say_v denial_n of_o baptism_n to_o infant_n destroy_v the_o hope_n that_o else_o may_v be_v have_v of_o their_o salvation_n but_o also_o what_o a_o individuum_fw-la vagum_fw-la your_o pamphlet_n be_v wander_v and_o swarve_v clear_a aside_o from_o 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