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bare_a circumstance_n in_o the_o ceremony_n we_o differ_v in_o but_o we_o differ_v in_o the_o substance_n i_o e._n in_o the_o ceremony_n or_o rite_n itself_o which_o you_o have_v change_v have_v no_o part_n at_o all_o of_o the_o rite_n in_o your_o wrong_a practice_n which_o your_o own_o party_n divide_v the_o rite_n of_o baptism_n into_o ritus_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la est_fw-la triplex_fw-la say_v tilenus_n the_o rite_n or_o ceremony_n in_o baptism_n be_v threefold_a immersion_n or_o plunge_v into_o the_o water_n continuance_n for_o a_o time_n under_o the_o water_n resurrection_n out_o of_o the_o water_n in_o resemblance_n of_o christ_n death_n burial_n and_o resurrection_n and_o we_o in_o he_o which_o of_o all_o these_o three_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o your_o aspersion_n unless_o you_o will_v all_o own_o featley_n fetch_v for_o good_a resemblance_n viz._n the_o dip_v burial_n and_o resurrection_n of_o the_o minister_n hand_n when_o he_o sprinkle_v the_o infant_n face_n since_o 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