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my_o hand_n shall_v thou_o require_v he_o baptism_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v unto_o it_o quest_n but_o suppose_v such_o a_o undertaker_n can_v be_v find_v see_v he_o who_o hate_v especial_o spiritual_n suretyship_n be_v sure_a prov._n 11._o 15._o and_o one_o may_v just_o suspect_v according_a to_o the_o proverb_n ezek._n 16._o 44._o as_o be_v the_o mother_n so_o be_v the_o daughter_n that_o such_o a_o child_n will_v follow_v the_o vicious_a example_n and_o disposition_n of_o his_o parent_n answ_n here_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o call_v to_o mind_n to_o spare_v my_o repetition_n thereof_o what_o former_o chap._n 4._o we_o have_v write_v of_o wicked_a man_n share_v in_o the_o foederal_a right_n to_o circumcision_n let_v he_o also_o consider_v the_o apostle_n word_n rom._n 11._o 16._o if_o the_o root_n be_v holy_a so_o be_v the_o branch_n now_o the_o root_n we_o