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magnify_v and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v see_v that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o qualify_v a_o fisherman_n tentmaker_n or_o any_o other_o tradesman_n to_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o the_o everlasting_a gospel_n and_o ambassador_n extraordinary_n as_o it_o be_v of_o heaven_n without_o be_v behold_v to_o aristotle_n cicero_n or_o aquinas_n he_o can_v by_o his_o almighty_a power_n have_v convert_v the_o great_a athenian_a academic_n as_o well_o as_o command_v a_o fish_n to_o bring_v he_o the_o tribute_n money_n mat._n 17.27_o but_o his_o pleasure_n be_v to_o pitch_v upon_o a_o few_o poor_a people_n and_o shall_v we_o despise_v his_o grace_n when_o appear_v in_o â—uch_o now_o god_n forbid_v we_o be_v oppose_v by_o man_n of_o different_a persuasion_n prelatical_a presbyterian_a independent_a etc._n etc._n all_o agree_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o paedobaptism_n though_o from_o very_o different_a ground_n and_o i_o must_v confess_v that_o i_o find_v the_o great_a ingenuity_n in_o mr._n walker_n 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mere_a affirmation_n yet_o he_o be_v oppose_v with_o such_o strength_n of_o demonstration_n that_o i_o see_v he_o be_v loath_a to_o encounter_v it_o but_o in_o that_o new_a way_n of_o postscript_a mr._n baxter_n teach_v he_o viz._n to_o answer_n book_n by_o general_a negation_n therefore_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n but_o it_o may_v be_v take_v for_o grant_v that_o he_o be_v draw_v to_o the_o lees_n of_o his_o ratiocination_n and_o whereas_o he_o complain_v of_o mr._n hutchinsons_n overlook_v the_o first_o treatise_n of_o infant_n baptism_n p._n 251._o mr._n whiston_n may_v consider_v it_o be_v mr._n hutchinsons_n work_n then_o to_o detect_v and_o refel_v his_o injurious_a cavil_n against_o mr._n danvers_n and_o true_o i_o must_v inform_v he_o for_o my_o part_n that_o it_o be_v a_o service_n of_o no_o grateful_a relish_n to_o i_o to_o take_v in_o hand_n and_o peruse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o tedious_a and_o incoherent_a a_o discourse_n and_o upon_o which_o with_o more_o truth_n and_o honesty_n that_o character_n he_o give_v mr._n danvers_n his_o treatise_n may_v be_v retort_v viz._n that_o it_o carry_v sufficient_a antidote_n against_o its_o own_o embracement_n but_o to_o prevent_v his_o glory_v i_o shall_v only_o take_v a_o brief_a survey_n of_o that_o piece_n and_o leave_v a_o few_o remark_n upon_o it_o with_o the_o reader_n and_o as_o to_o his_o quarrel_v with_o mr._n hutchinson_n for_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o his_o intimation_n give_v by_o 〈…〉_o lish_n some_o thing_n further_o concern_v this_o controversy_n i_o can_v conceive_v how_o he_o can_v frame_v any_o just_a charge_n thence_o against_o mr._n hutchinson_n unless_o he_o fancy_v he_o to_o have_v mr._n baxters_n faculty_n of_o prophesy_v what_o his_o adversary_n be_v impregnate_v with_o but_o since_o no_o man_n beside_o mr._n baxter_n be_v master_n of_o such_o afore-knowledge_n few_o beside_o mr._n whiston_n will_v blame_v a_o antagonist_n for_o that_o neglect_n viz._n
charity_n exempt_a die_a infant_n from_o the_o benefit_n of_o that_o grace_n they_o have_v by_o no_o actual_a sin_n bar_v themselves_o from_o its_o save_a communication_n and_o what_o scripture_n can_v be_v produce_v that_o any_o one_o be_v damn_v mere_o for_o the_o non-application_n of_o a_o sacrament_n provide_v it_o to_o be_v not_o contemn_v i_o can_v no_o where_n find_v ursinus_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o catechism_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o want_n but_o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o sacrament_n damn_v privatio_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la non_fw-la damnat_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la accedat_fw-la contemptus_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la adimit_fw-la salâ—tem_fw-la eye_n quibus_fw-la adimitur_fw-la baptismus_fw-la the_o consequence_n produce_v for_o infant_n baptism_n we_o find_v to_o be_v sophistical_a wretched_a non-sequitur's_a and_o against_o the_o rule_n of_o that_o logic_n so_o celebrate_v by_o the_o author_n that_o make_v they_o the_o jewish_a high-priesthood_n will_v prove_v a_o high-priesthood_n now_o by_o as_o good_a consequence_n of_o the_o faederal_a right_n then_o prove_v a_o faederal_a right_n now_o and_o the_o passover_n be_v to_o be_v take_v and_o eat_v exod._n 12.4_o according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o joul_n in_o the_o house_n and_o by_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o eat_n and_o therefore_o by_o child_n will_v afford_v a_o consequence_n of_o infant_n right_a to_o the_o supper_n as_o valid_a as_o that_o draw_v from_o their_o circumcision_n to_o their_o baptism_n but_o that_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o birth-holiness_n now_o that_o be_v a_o legal_a privilege_n abolish_v and_o not_o comport_v with_o the_o gospel_n be_v unanswerable_o evident_a by_o this_o argument_n if_o the_o legal_a commonness_n and_o uncleanness_n of_o some_o meat_n flesh_n bird_n beast_n person_n and_o their_o natural_a seed_n above_o other_o be_v take_v away_o then_o the_o legal_a holiness_n and_o cleanness_n of_o some_o meat_n flesh_n bird_n beast_n person_n and_o their_o natural_a seed_n above_o other_o be_v also_o take_v away_o but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a ergo_fw-la so_o be_v the_o consequent_a the_o major_n be_v undeniable_a from_o these_o receive_a maxim_n contrariorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la and_o contrariorum_fw-la uno_fw-la sublato_fw-la tollitur_fw-la alterum_fw-la viz._n of_o contrary_n take_v away_o one_o and_o the_o other_o can_v remain_v in_o its_o opposition_n to_o it_o any_o long_o the_o minor_a be_v evident_a from_o act._n 10.11_o to_o 28_o act._n 11.2_o to_o 9_o gal._n 2.11_o to_o 28._o but_o to_o the_o matter_n we_o find_v the_o true_a reason_n of_o the_o primitive_a saint_n be_v baptze_v at_o age_n to_o be_v because_o they_o dare_v not_o recede_v from_o the_o rule_n and_o that_o be_v our_o reason_n for_o practise_v as_o they_o do_v 4._o we_o know_v no_o advantage_n accrue_v to_o infant_n from_o their_o baptism_n it_o make_v they_o in_o your_o own_o esteem_n nominal_a not_o real_a member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o the_o name_n without_o the_o nature_n be_v worthless_a and_o the_o absurdity_n and_o inconvenience_n of_o that_o practice_n be_v obvious_a in_o our_o write_n the_o gospel_n church_n must_v consist_v of_o live_a stone_n at_o least_o such_o as_o to_o our_o cognizance_n profess_v so_o to_o be_v not_o ignorant_a babe_n untransform_v out_o of_o their_o natural_a state_n 5._o that_o we_o place_v too_o much_o of_o our_o religion_n in_o a_o external_a mode_n be_v false_a suggestion_n not_o to_o be_v make_v out_o by_o mr._n whistons_n logic_n we_o profess_v to_o worship_n god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n according_a to_o our_o measute_n and_o by_o divine_a assistance_n in_o a_o exact_a conformity_n to_o he_o reveal_v will._n 6._o our_o enquiry_n after_o the_o will_n of_o christ_n be_v from_o the_o revelation_n of_o his_o will_n in_o his_o word_n and_o if_o that_o be_v term_v preposterous_a let_v our_o opposite_n find_v a_o better_a foundation_n for_o their_o enquiry_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v consider_v we_o think_v it_o a_o fruitless_a and_o â—indeed_o preposterous_a undertake_n to_o seek_v for_o the_o institution_n of_o baptism_n in_o gen._n 17.7_o we_o have_v it_o near_a home_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o that_o we_o adhere_v to_o no_o argument_n from_o the_o pretend_a analogy_n to_o circumcision_n be_v deem_v by_o we_o of_o any_o great_a force_n than_o those_o draw_v from_o the_o levitical_a priesthood_n and_o its_o ceremonious_a appurtenance_n to_o vindicate_v the_o papal_a or_o national_a prelacy_n and_o its_o concomitant_a rite_n in_o mr._n whistons_n 1_o book_n he_o lay_v down_o his_o grand_a proposition_n p._n 1._o thus_o that_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n that_o the_o infant_n seed_n of_o one_o or_o both_o believe_a parent_n shall_v be_v baptize_v to_o prove_v which_o p._n 2._o he_o lay_v down_o three_o subordinate_a proposition_n viz._n that_o god_n in_o gen._n 17.7_o intend_a abraham_n and_o his_o natural_a seed_n 2._o that_o god_n settle_v the_o same_o promise_n upon_o and_o confirm_v it_o to_o believe_a gentile_n 3._o that_o all_o under_o the_o promise_n ought_v to_o be_v baptise_a page_n 3._o he_o distinguish_v abraham_n seed_n into_o natural_a and_o spiritual_a or_o mystical_a p._n 4._o he_o subdistinguish_v the_o spiritual_a or_o mystical_a into_o visible_a and_o denominative_a 2._o invisible_a and_o real_a rom._n 9.6_o tell_v we_o p._n 5._o that_o baptism_n do_v not_o proper_o incorporate_v into_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n as_o invisible_a but_o as_o visible_a p._n 7._o say_v the_o difference_n between_o both_o seeds_n be_v only_o respective_a because_o the_o same_o person_n in_o different_a respect_n may_v be_v both_o his_o natural_a and_o spiritual_a seed_n natural_a seed_n be_v such_o as_o descend_v immediate_o from_o abraham_n own_o loun_n or_o 2._o his_o whole_a race_n and_o posterity_n p._n 10_o he_o say_v that_o under_o the_o term_n seed_n both_o natural_a and_o mystical_a 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to_o lookas_n if_o he_o will_v have_v such_o a_o inference_n take_v place_n though_o in_o direct_a term_n not_o so_o word_v as_o rep._n p._n 93._o to_o which_o i_o refer_v and_o to_o rejoynd_a p._n 43._o 9_o as_o to_o the_o phrase_n be_v pverum_fw-la sine_fw-la baptismo_fw-la mortuum_fw-la resusitârit_fw-la ex_fw-la mortuis_fw-la &_o tandem_fw-la baptizarit_fw-la it_o be_v grant_v the_o most_o genuine_a interpretation_n be_v that_o he_o raise_v a_o child_n that_o die_v unbaptise_v from_o the_o dead_a and_o baptise_a he_o and_o mr._n danvers_n deny_v it_o not_o only_o plead_v for_o a_o equal_a liberty_n of_o offer_v the_o reason_n that_o induce_v he_o to_o that_o translation_n and_o remark_n which_o be_v but_o fair_a to_o allow_v he_o 10_o as_o to_o the_o synod_n of_o illerdon_n in_o spain_n we_o find_v by_o the_o restimony_n of_o two_o able_a person_n in_o the_o dutch_a tongue_n that_o mr._n danvers_n have_v it_o from_o that_o dutch_a martyrology_n cite_v a_o sew_z line_n below_o it_o 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