nulli_fw-la adulto_fw-la conferendus_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ediderit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la peocatorum_fw-la i.e._n we_o must_v not_o baptise_v any_o person_n that_o be_v grow_v up_o unless_o he_o first_o make_v a_o profession_n of_o his_o faith_n etc._n etc._n if_o we_o will_v know_v his_o mind_n more_o full_o we_o may_v see_v it_o in_o his_o comment_n upon_o the_o 28._o of_o mat._n 19_o it_o be_v say_v he_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n all_o abroad_o throughout_o the_o world_n to_o all_o nation_n capaces_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la officium_fw-la fuit_fw-la evangelium-praedicare_a passim_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n veron_n pastorum_fw-la illis_fw-la suceedentium_fw-la est_fw-la evangelium_fw-la praedicare_fw-la apud_fw-la certam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la a_o quae_fw-la peculiaritèr_fw-la sunt_fw-la vocati_fw-la &_o praterea_fw-la infant_n qui_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la noscuntur_fw-la per_fw-la 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i_o find_v that_o the_o public_a prayer_n of_o the_o church_n be_v contrary_a hereunto_o but_o as_o in_o judgement_n they_o do_v believe_v that_o god_n by_o covenant_n promise_v to_o pour_v clean_a water_n upon_o we_o and_o our_o seed_n ezek._n 26.25_o be_v 48.3_o and_o that_o he_o seal_v the_o covenant_n and_o promise_n by_o baptism_n 3._o that_o it_o be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n and_o for_o that_o we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o origen_n and_o cyprian_n as_o before_o 28._o mr._n tomb_n his_o four_o argument_n against_o infant-baptism_n exerc._n p._n 28._o chap._n 3._o part_n 2._o who_o live_v near_o the_o apostle_n day_n and_o in_o which_o chapter_n we_o have_v also_o show_v how_o tradition_n be_v both_o by_o the_o father_n of_o old_a and_o reform_a church_n take_v in_o a_o safe_a sense_n different_a from_o that_o corrupt_a one_o of_o the_o papist_n and_o not_o derogatory_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n 4._o that_o child_n have_v faith_n and_o be_v the_o disciple_n of_o christ_n answer_n no_o paedobaptist_n ever_o hold_v child_n have_v personal_o actual_a faith_n for_o their_o condition_n be_v insufficient_a for_o the_o production_n of_o intellectual_a act_n but_o as_o for_o the_o habit_n and_o grace_n of_o faith_n the_o inherent_a infuse_a power_n of_o believe_v it_o be_v more_o than_o any_o antipaedobaptist_n in_o the_o world_n can_v prove_v they_o have_v not_o for_o 1._o their_o condition_n make_v they_o not_o uncapable_a of_o sin_n and_o corruption_n in_o the_o root_n and_o principle_n of_o it_o most_o of_o they_o confess_v it_o 331._o anabaptistae_fw-la ut_fw-la paedobaptismum_fw-la prorsus_fw-la tollerent_fw-la peccatum_fw-la negârunt_fw-la originale_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la esset_fw-la causa_fw-la cur_n infant_n baptizarentur_fw-la dr._n prideaux_n lect._n 22._o pag._n 331._o though_o some_o of_o they_o deny_v original_a sin_n and_o therefore_o not_o of_o the_o root_n and_o principle_n of_o grace_n of_o which_o faith_n 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import_v nothing_o less_o than_o to_o dip_v plung_v or_o cover_v all_o over_o and_o that_o scapula_n and_o stephens_n two_o as_o great_a master_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n as_o we_o have_v any_o tell_v we_o in_o their_o lexicon_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v mergo_fw-la immergo_fw-la obruo_fw-la item_n tingo_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a immergendo_fw-la that_o be_v to_o dip_v plunge_n overwhelm_v put-und_a cover-ove_a to_o die_v in_o colour_n which_o be_v do_v by_o plunge_v answer_n to_o this_o we_o oppose_v dr._n feat_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 37._o who_o say_v that_o hesychius_n and_o stephanus_n and_o scapula_n and_o budaeus_fw-la the_o great_a master_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n make_v good_a by_o many_o instance_n and_o allegation_n out_o of_o classic_a writer_n that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v no_o more_o than_o ablution_n or_o wash_v which_o may_v be_v do_v without_o dip_v now_o what_o a_o case_n be_v the_o illiterate_a reader_n in_o who_o shall_v he_o believe_v the_o author_n or_o the_o learned_a dr._n for_o my_o part_n be_v not_o willing_a to_o take_v up_o the_o matter_n upon_o trust_n i_o be_v the_o more_o curious_a to_o examine_v the_o critic_n first_o i_o consult_v with_o stephanus_n and_o he_o say_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v not_o only_a mergo_fw-la immergo_fw-la to_o dip_v or_o plung_v but_o also_o abluo_fw-la lavo_fw-la to_o wet_a or_o wash_v and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n in_o his_o lexicon_n he_o bring_v in_o cyprian_a who_o flourish_v about_o 1500_o year_n since_o translate_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tingentes_fw-la follow_v therein_o his_o master_n tertullian_n 558._o corpus_fw-la tingere_fw-la sparsâ_fw-la aquâ_fw-la ovid._n 4._o fast_o p._n 558._o and_o say_v stephens_n tingere_fw-la apud_fw-la prophanos_fw-la authores_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la aspergere_fw-la the_o word_n tingere_fw-la among_o heathen-writer_n signify_v sprinkle_v as_o he_o show_v out_o of_o ovid_n and_o cicero_n for_o passor_n the_o author_n tell_v we_o 98._o nec_fw-la enim_fw-la herculi_fw-la nocere_fw-la deianira_n voluit_fw-la quum_fw-la ei_fw-la tunicam_fw-la sanguine_fw-la centauri_n tinctam_fw-la dedit_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n p._n 98._o he_o translate_v the_o word_n by_o immersion_n dip_v submersion_n but_o he_o have_v leave_v out_o ablution_n or_o wash_v which_o passor_n there_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o be_v immergo_fw-la abluo_fw-la either_o to_o dip_v or_o to_o wash_v after_o he_o come_v vossius_fw-la who_o be_v most_o express_o against_o the_o author_n opinion_n the_o word_n say_v vossius_fw-la signify_v to_o wash_v and_o wash_v be_v not_o only_o by_o dip_v as_o he_o hint_n but_o by_o pour_v out_o of_o water_n or_o sprinkle_v it_o on_o the_o body_n and_o represent_v the_o wash_n of_o the_o soul_n according_a to_o that_o in_o ezek._n 36._o i_o will_v sprinkle_v clean_a water_n upon_o you_o and_o therefore_o it_o seem_v baptism_n may_v be_v celebrate_v either_o way_n by_o dip_v or_o sprinkle_v then_o for_o our_o own_o countryman_n mr._n leigh_n rogers_n taylor_n mede_n hammond_n it_o be_v tedious_a to_o examine_v they_o all_o we_o will_v only_o bring_v one_o of_o they_o to_o the_o test_n which_o be_v mr._n leigh_n who_o be_v instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la for_o profound_a knowledge_n in_o the_o greek_a and_o hebrew_n this_o man_n the_o author_n glory_v in_o mr._n leigh_n say_v he_o in_o his_o critica_fw-la sacra_fw-la tell_v we_o it_o be_v proper_a and_o native_a signification_n be_v to_o dip_v into_o water_n or_o to_o plung_v under_o water_n and_o that_o the_o proper_a signification_n be_v such_o a_o dip_v or_o plunge_v as_o dyer_n use_v for_o die_v of_o clothes_n true_a mr._n leigh_n say_v this_o but_o he_o say_v more_o and_o it_o be_v disingenuous_o do_v of_o the_o author_n thus_o to_o pick_v out_o what_o serve_v his_o turn_n and_o leave_v the_o reader_n in_o the_o dark_a as_o to_o the_o rest_n when-as_a mr._n leigh_n say_v in_o the_o very_a beginning_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o name_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o although_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o dip_v or_o plung_v and_o signify_v primary_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o wash_v as_o be_v use_v in_o buk_n where_o linen_n be_v plunge_v and_o dip_v yet_o it_o be_v take_v more_o large_o for_o any_o kind_n of_o wash_v or_o cleanse_v even_o where_o there_o be_v no_o dip_v at_o all_o and_o he_o quote_v these_o scripture_n for_o it_o matth._n 3.20_o 22._o mark_n 7.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o baptise_a themselves_o it_o be_v render_v wash_v themselves_o and_o so_o do_v eat_v so_o mark_n 10.38_o luke_n 3.16_o act._n 1.5_o and_o 11.16_o 1_o cor._n 10.2_o it_o be_v put_v general_o for_o wash_v say_v mr._n leigh_n as_o luke_n 11.38_o heb._n 9.10_o christ_n nowhere_o require_v dip_v but_o only_o baptise_v as_o he_o quote_v out_o of_o dr._n feat_o thou_o seee_v reader_n how_o little_a he_o have_v get_v by_o these_o author_n i_o shall_v add_v a_o few_o more_o of_o great_a renown_n in_o the_o church_n who_o be_v opposite_a to_o the_o conceit_n of_o baptise_v to_o signify_v only_o dip_v the_o first_o be_v cyprian_n 358._o baptizare_fw-la etiam_fw-la morbis_fw-la laborantes_fw-la in_o lectis_fw-la solitos_fw-la cyp._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la magnum_fw-la l._n 4._o epist_n 7._o indicat_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la baptismo_fw-la probat_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la baptizatum_fw-la cornelius_n novatum_fw-la scribit_fw-la apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 6._o cap._n 43._o qui_fw-la sic_fw-la autem_fw-la baptiz_n ablantur_fw-la inquit_fw-la vossius_fw-la non_fw-la immergebantur_fw-la nec_fw-la perfundebantur_fw-la sed_fw-la aquâ_fw-la solâ_fw-la aspergebantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n vossius_fw-la de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la p._n 358._o who_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la magnum_fw-la l._n 4._o epist_n 7._o
6.6_o and_o allege_v it_o be_v god_n ordinance_n that_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n shall_v swear_v by_o his_o name_n deut._n 16.53_o and_o last_o for_o infant-baptism_n the_o matter_n in_o dispute_n perin_n give_v this_o account_n pag._n 15._o which_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v it_o because_o we_o have_v so_o ancient_a a_o declaration_n of_o their_o faith_n in_o this_o particular_a that_o they_o be_v constrain_v for_o some_o hundred_o year_n to_o suffer_v their_o child_n to_o be_v baptise_a by_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n they_o defer_v the_o do_v thereof_o as_o long_o as_o they_o can_v have_v in_o detestation_n those_o humane_a invention_n which_o be_v add_v to_o the_o sacrament_n which_o they_o hold_v to_o be_v but_o pollution_n thereof_o and_o forasmuch_o as_o their_o pastor_n be_v many_o time_n abroad_o employ_v in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n they_o can_v not_o have_v baptism_n administer_v to_o their_o infant_n by_o their_o own_o minister_n for_o this_o cause_n they_o keep_v they_o long_o from_o baptism_n which_o the_o priest_n perceive_v charge_v they_o thereupon_o with_o this_o imposture_n viz._n that_o they_o be_v against_o infant-baptism_n which_o say_v perin_n not_o only_o their_o adversary_n have_v believe_v that_o be_v the_o papist_n and_o from_o hence_o come_v all_o that_o beadrole_n of_o decree_n council_n decretal_a epistle_n and_o edict_n against_o they_o but_o also_o other_o say_v he_o who_o have_v well_o approve_v of_o their_o life_n and_o faith_n in_o all_o other_o point_n among_o the_o number_n of_o which_o we_o must_v reckon_v mr._n tomb_n and_o the_o author_n of_o this_o late_a treatise_n of_o baptism_n now_o under_o examination_n this_o ample_a account_n give_v by_o such_o a_o excellent_a impartial_a historian_n so_o many_o year_n since_o before_o the_o world_n be_v so_o trouble_v with_o dispute_n about_o baptism_n and_o from_o one_o of_o their_o own_o countryman_n a_o man_n unconcerned_a as_o 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they_o to_o be_v touch_v with_o the_o error_n of_o deny_v baptism_n to_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n luther_n profess_v that_o he_o hate_v the_o waldenses_n whilst_o a_o monk_n as_o desperate_a man_n until_o he_o know_v their_o piety_n and_o truth_n of_o their_o belief_n by_o their_o own_o confession_n and_o write_n whereby_o be_v perceive_v that_o those_o good_a man_n be_v much_o wrong_v and_o that_o the_o pope_n have_v condemn_v they_o for_o heretic_n be_v rather_o worthy_a of_o the_o praise_n that_o be_v due_a to_o the_o martyr_n and_o bullinger_n that_o write_v a_o book_n against_o the_o anabaptist_n say_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o sermon_n upon_o the_o revelation_n that_o above_o 400_o year_n since_o the_o waldenses_n have_v make_v profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n throughout_o france_n italy_n germany_n poland_n bohemiah_n and_o other_o kingdom_n 4._o if_o this_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o clear_v the_o waldenses_n from_o what_o the_o author_n will_v have_v we_o believe_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o enemy_n the_o papist_n we_o be_v willing_a to_o give_v he_o full_a measure_n press_v down_o and_o run_v over_o and_o that_o be_v by_o the_o testimony_n which_o they_o give_v of_o themselves_o in_o their_o public_a general_n confession_n of_o faith_n we_o have_v before_o show_v the_o author_n can_v find_v nothing_o in_o any_o of_o their_o confession_n against_o infant-baptism_n let_v we_o now_o see_v whether_o we_o can_v find_v any_o thing_n for_o it_o first_o they_o purge_v themselves_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o deny_v infant-baptism_n 43._o hist_o wald._a lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 15._o so_o lib._n 1._o c._n 6._o p._n 43._o and_o show_v the_o reason_n why_o for_o some_o hundred_o year_n they_o forbear_v it_o as_o before_z he_o that_o write_v the_o history_n profess_o set_v down_o in_o his_o 3d_o part_n of_o it_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o waldenses_n and_o albigenses_n and_o particular_o what_o their_o faith_n be_v touch_v baptism_n in_o these_o word_n of_o their_o own_o viz._n and_o whereas_o baptism_n be_v administer_v in_o a_o full_a congregation_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v that_o we_o present_v our_o child_n in_o baptism_n which_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v to_o who_o the_o child_n be_v near_a as_o parent_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1535_o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o waldenses_n from_o all_o their_o valley_n meet_v at_o angrongne_n 57_o perin_n hist_o wald._a l._n 2._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 57_o and_o there_o be_v signify_v what_o they_o understand_v of_o their_o brethren_n of_o provence_n and_o daughine_n namely_o that_o they_o have_v send_v into_o germany_n their_o pastor_n george_n morell_n and_o peter_n mason_n to_o confer_v with_o oecolampadius_n bucer_n and_o capito_n touch_v the_o belief_n which_o they_o have_v time_n out_o of_o mind_n mark_v hereby_o the_o way_n how_o unworthy_o the_o author_n prevaricate_v and_o endeavour_n to_o blind_v the_o reader_n pag._n 329._o of_o his_o book_n as_o if_o all_o the_o waldenses_n be_v decline_v or_o apostatise_v towards_o the_o antichristian_a abomination_n of_o be_v present_a at_o mass_n if_o some_o of_o they_o of_o provence_n be_v faulty_a yet_o this_o assembly_n at_o angrongne_n stand_v fast_o in_o the_o truth_n where_o say_v perin_n when_o they_o have_v read_v certain_a letter_n of_o encouragement_n send_v from_o oecolampadius_n both_o to_o those_o of_o provence_n dhugtony_n and_o to_o themselves_o afterward_o conclude_v on_o certain_a proposition_n and_o article_n of_o faith_n which_o be_v read_v and_o approve_v sign_v and_o swear_v to_o by_o all_o the_o head_n of_o the_o family_n and_o their_o pastor_n with_o one_o mind_n and_o consent_n to_o conserve_v observe_v believe_v and_o retain_v among_o they_o inviolable_o without_o any_o contradiction_n as_o be_v conformable_a to_o the_o doctrine_n which_o have_v be_v teach_v they_o mark_v it_o from_o the_o father_n to_o the_o son_n for_o these_o 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