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aliter_fw-la reprobationem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la causam_fw-la efficientem_fw-la sed_fw-la deficientem_fw-la non_fw-la quâ_fw-la removetur_fw-la quod_fw-la adest_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la admovetur_fw-la quod_fw-la sustentaret_fw-la sustentaret_fw-la tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr privata_fw-la cujusque_fw-la electione_n nunc_fw-la tractari_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la adoptione_n totius_fw-la gentis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o externa_fw-la specie_fw-la collapsa_fw-la videri_fw-la potui_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la tempus_fw-la contendit_fw-la paulus_n firmum_fw-la &_o immutabile_fw-la stare_n dei_fw-la consilium_fw-la quo_fw-la semel_fw-la sibi_fw-la illos_fw-la in_o gentem_fw-la peculiarem_fw-la eligere_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la argumentum_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ad_fw-la probandam_fw-la constantiam_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la dei_fw-la erga_fw-la svam_fw-la gentem_fw-la gentem_fw-la videtur_fw-la ex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d donorum_fw-la &_o vocationis_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la sequi_fw-la illa_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la statumus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o salutis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o quia_fw-la fatcute_v calvino_n &_o martyr_n dictum_fw-la apostoli_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la singulari_fw-la cujusque_fw-la electione_n sed_fw-la de_fw-la totius_fw-la gentis_fw-la judaicae_n communi_fw-la adoptione_n accipiendum_fw-la sit_fw-la atqui_fw-la hac_fw-la communis_fw-la adoptio_fw-la &_o vocatio_fw-la gentis_fw-la fuit_fw-la mutabilis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la gens_fw-la judaica_n donis_fw-la &_o vocatione_n illâ—_n excidit_fw-la ad_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la stapletoni_n facilè_fw-la respondetur_fw-la 1._o non_fw-la negatur_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la gentis_fw-la judaicae_n â—oc_fw-la est_fw-la foederali_fw-la dignitate_fw-la propriâ—_n loqui_fw-la &_o hanc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o deo_fw-la pronunâ—iare_fw-it apostolum_n sed_fw-la negatur_fw-la hinc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d singulorum_fw-la non_fw-la confici_fw-la imò_fw-la a_o minori_fw-la ad_fw-la majus_fw-la firmissimè_fw-la concluditur_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la communi_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la aliena_fw-la apostolus_fw-la rectè_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la esse_fw-la deo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la propria_fw-la fideles_fw-la idem_fw-la statuere_fw-la debent_fw-la debent_fw-la sic_fw-la illis_fw-la jam_fw-la solenne_fw-fr est_fw-la partem_fw-la unam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la assumere_fw-la câque_fw-la abuti_fw-la ad_fw-la alteram_fw-la vel_fw-la evertendam_fw-la vel_fw-la dimovendam_fw-la dimovendam_fw-la per_fw-la electionem_fw-la intelligit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la primo_fw-la externam_fw-la foederis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la qui_fw-la deus_fw-la hanc_fw-la geâ—tem_fw-la sibi_fw-la delegerit_fw-la deinde_fw-la ipsam_fw-la aeternae_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o â—ac_fw-la gente_fw-la quasi_fw-la 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non_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la nâ—zianzen_n lib_n 5._o do_v theol._n theol._n non_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la antotidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la omne_fw-la necessaria_fw-la in_o scripture_n continentur_fw-la sed_fw-la vel_fw-la sententia_fw-la expressa_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la necessariam_fw-la consequentiam_fw-la inde_fw-la colligenda_fw-la infant-baptism_n can_v be_v charge_v with_o will-worship_n extreme_n be_v dangerous_a the_o jew_n leave_v idolatry_n run_v upon_o sacrilege_n separation_n for_o god_n of_o person_n or_o of_o inanimate_a or_o unreasonable_a creature_n whether_o sacrilege_n be_v any_o new_a testament_n sin_n separation_n for_o god_n either_o by_o institution_n or_o approbation_n place_n for_o worship_n and_o maintenance_n of_o those_o that_o attend_v upon_o worship_n separate_v by_o divine_a approbation_n positious_a concern_v place_n negative_a positive_a ministry_n maintenance_n assert_v 1._o what_o conscientious_o be_v due_a 2._o what_o be_v legal_o due_a quae_fw-la sententia_fw-la tantum_fw-la secum_fw-la in_o vexit_fw-la jam_fw-la errorum_fw-la &_o schismatum_fw-la agmen_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la ullis_fw-la superiorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la hae_fw-la reticis_fw-la legatur_fw-la tam_fw-la insanum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la reductum_fw-la proximo_fw-la quadriennio_fw-la subsque_fw-la rursum_fw-la sectatores_fw-la invenerit_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la unum_fw-la hoc_fw-la pietatis_fw-la studiosis_fw-la radicem_fw-la hanc_fw-la suspectam_fw-la meritò_fw-la reddere_fw-la debuerit_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o fausta_fw-la germina_fw-la suppulularunt_fw-la suppulularunt_fw-la argument_n evince_v the_o right_a of_o christian_n in_o this_o latitude_n amplification_n of_o this_o position_n position_n aliquando_fw-la filiis_fw-la infidelium_fw-la praestatur_fw-la baec_fw-la gratia_fw-la ut_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la cúm_fw-la occultâ_fw-la dei_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la piorum_fw-la quomodocunque_fw-la proveniunt_fw-la proveniunt_fw-la si_fw-mi parens_fw-la carens_fw-la verâ_fw-la fide_fw-la cam_fw-la tamen_fw-la profiteatur_fw-la &_o in_fw-la externo_fw-la eclesiae_fw-la coetupro_fw-la fideli_fw-la habeatur_fw-la aut_fw-la olim_fw-la habitus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sub_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la infant_n ex_fw-la talibus_fw-la nascentes_fw-la erant_fw-la foederati_fw-la &_o promissionis_fw-la participes_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la promissio_fw-la acceptata_fw-la fluerit_fw-la à _fw-la parentibus_fw-la majoribus_fw-la in_o gratiam_fw-la nasciturae_fw-la posteritatis_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la praejudicat_fw-la immediati_fw-la parentis_fw-la incredulitas_fw-la aut_fw-la hypocrisis_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la infans_fw-la incredulitatem_fw-la &_o hypocrisin_n parentis_fw-la imitari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la rivet_n in_o gen._n cap._n 17._o exercit._fw-la 88_o covenant_n of_o church-member_n either_o explicit_a or_o implicit_a the_o apostle_n and_o primitive_a christian_n know_v no_o explicit_a church-covenant_n mr._n firmins_n reason_n and_o his_o reply_n to_o they_o 1._o 2_o 3_o 4._o 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o the_o interest_n of_o infant_n of_o excommunicate_a person_n in_o baptism_n baptism_n haec_fw-la enim_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la now_o est_fw-la iustar_fw-la veneni_fw-la quod_fw-la hosti_fw-la datur_fw-la ad_fw-la exitium_fw-la sed_fw-la medicina_fw-la quae_fw-la fratri_fw-la datur_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la argument_n to_o carry_v the_o question_n in_o the_o negative_a answer_n 1._o all_o possible_a engagement_n and_o obligation_n to_o holiness_n parent_n must_v see_v that_o their_o child_n breed_n do_v answer_v their_o birth_n the_o danger_n of_o persecution_n consolation_n 1._o to_o nation_n thus_o honour_v 2._o to_o single_a person_n 1._o respective_a to_o themselves_o 2._o respective_a to_o their_o posterity_n doct._n 2._o
confess_v be_v more_o disputable_a then_o either_o of_o the_o former_a before_o speak_v to_o in_o those_o we_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o antinomian_o on_o the_o one_o hand_n papist_n arminian_n socinian_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n with_o some_o few_o other_o that_o be_v please_v in_o those_o point_n alone_o to_o strike_v in_o with_o arminian_n and_o socinian_o and_o in_o other_o thing_n to_o oppose_v they_o but_o in_o this_o papist_n agree_v not_o among_o themselves_o but_o one_o be_v against_o another_o neither_o be_v there_o that_o agreement_n among_o protestant_a writer_n that_o may_v be_v desire_v which_o must_v not_o be_v conceal_v some_o be_v for_o the_o affirmative_a and_o some_o for_o the_o negative_a and_o some_o seem_v to_o stand_v in_o a_o neutral_a indifferency_n bellarmine_n among_o the_o papist_n be_v for_o the_o affirmative_a lib._n 4._o the_o justificatione_n cap._n 6._o and_o take_v up_o soto_n for_o the_o contrary_a tenant_n who_o affirm_v as_o he_o quote_v he_o 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