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shall_v circumcise_v the_o flesh_n of_o your_o foreskinne_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n betwixt_o i_o and_o you_o and_o the_o uncircumcised_a manchild_n who_o flesh_n of_o his_o foreskin_n be_v not_o circumcise_v that_o soul_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o people_n here_o we_o see_v 1._o a_o covenant_n enter_v 2._o a_o seal_n appoint_v as_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 4._o 11._o call_v it_o 3._o the_o necessary_a connexion_n between_o the_o seal_n and_o covenant_n declare_v they_o be_v to_o be_v circumcise_v because_o they_o be_v in_o covenant_n have_v interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n they_o have_v together_o with_o it_o interest_n in_o the_o initial_a seal_n against_o this_o be_v object_v first_o all_z the_o force_n of_o this_o proof_n hang_v on_o the_o particle_n therefore_o verse_n 9_o and_o may_v be_v rendare_v and_o thou_o or_o but_o thou_o as_o well_o as_o thou_o therefore_o and_o be_v by_o other_o render_v tu_fw-la autem_fw-la and_o tu_fw-la vero_fw-la which_o be_v neither_o of_o they_o illative_a term_n 1._o we_o have_v no_o reason_n but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o illative_a as_o well_o as_o a_o copulative_a and_o be_v a_o illative_a particle_n he_o have_v no_o exception_n against_o the_o strength_n of_o it_o 2._o i_o deny_v that_o all_o the_o force_n of_o the_o proof_n hang_v on_o that_o particle_n look_v far_o on_o into_o verse_n 10._o this_o be_v my_o covenant_n which_o you_o shall_v keep_v between_o i_o and_o you_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o every_o man-child_n among_o you_o shall_v be_v circumcise_v and_o take_v in_o with_o it_o act_n 7._o 8._o and_o he_o give_v he_o the_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n and_o so_o abraham_n beget_v isaac_n and_o circumcise_v he_o the_o eight_o day_n etc._n etc._n and_o let_v they_o at_o more_o leisure_n find_v a_o answer_n to_o this_o argument_n that_o which_o god_n himself_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o covenant_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v separate_v from_o it_o but_o god_n call_v circumcision_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o covenant_n ergo_fw-la they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v separate_v 2._o let_v they_o consider_v the_o relation_n in_o which_o the_o apostle_n put_v this_o sacrament_n of_o circumcision_n to_o the_o covenant_n rom._n 4._o 11._o a_o institute_v appoint_v sign_n and_o seal_n be_v not_o to_o be_v divide_v from_o that_o which_o it_o signify_v and_o seal_n circumcision_n be_v a_o institute_v appoint_v sign_n and_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v divide_v from_o it_o second_o it_o be_v say_v if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o therefore_o be_v the_o best_a read_v yet_o that_o the_o inference_n verse_n 9_o shall_v be_v make_v from_o the_o promise_n only_o verse_n 7._o i_o will_v be_v a_o god_n to_o thou_o and_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o and_o not_o as_o well_o if_o not_o rather_o from_o the_o promise_n verse_n 8._o of_o give_v to_o he_o and_o his_o seed_n the_o land_n of_o canaan_n i_o find_v no_o sufficient_a reason_n give_v this_o reference_n engage_v the_o adversary_n 1._o in_o a_o contradiction_n to_o himself_o who_o say_v elsewhere_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v confirm_v to_o abraham_n by_o the_o sign_n of_o circumcision_n he_o also_o contend_v that_o it_o be_v a_o mix_a covenant_n make_v up_o of_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a mercy_n and_o then_o it_o must_v take_v in_o the_o spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o the_o temporal_a promise_n all_o that_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o covenant_n and_o use_v of_o seal_n know_v that_o the_o seal_n ratify_v all_o that_o the_o covenant_n contain_v but_o the_o covenant_n according_a to_o he_o contain_v not_o bare_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o therefore_o the_o reference_n must_v carry_v it_o far_o than_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 2._o it_o engage_v he_o in_o a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o apostle_n who_o make_v circumcision_n a_o sign_n and_o seal_n not_o alone_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n three_o it_o be_v say_v but_o if_o it_o be_v yield_v that_o the_o inference_n be_v make_v peculiar_o from_o the_o promise_n verse_n 7._o to_o be_v a_o god_n to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n it_o must_v be_v prove_v that_o every_o believer_n infant_n child_n be_v abraham_n seed_n afore_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o promise_n belong_v to_o they_o it_o must_v either_o be_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v abraham_n child_n or_o have_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o child_n of_o abraham_n which_o from_o genesis_n 9_o 27._o rom._n 11._o 17._o be_v sufficient_o prove_v especial_o be_v confirm_v by_o those_o text_n that_o carry_v the_o covenant_n in_o gospel-time_n to_o the_o issue_n and_o for_o his_o exception_n that_o the_o covenant_n be_v not_o make_v to_o every_o child_n of_o abraham_n though_o it_o be_v true_a yet_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v his_o purpose_n provide_v that_o we_o in_o gospel-time_n
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 deposuerat_fw-la deus_fw-la nâ—m_fw-la adoptando_fw-la choose_fw-la in_o foedus_fw-la testatum_fw-la fecit_fw-la se_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la gente_fw-la plurimos_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la habiturum_fw-la esse_fw-la electos_fw-la ad_fw-la sâ—lutem_fw-la sâ—lutem_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la patres_fw-la dilexit_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la filios_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la svam_fw-la extendit_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la parentum_fw-la merito_fw-la transeunt_fw-la ad_fw-la liberos_fw-la qui_fw-la ni_fw-fr devi_fw-fr idem_fw-la facerâ—t_fw-la the_o series_n of_o the_o apostle_n dispute_v open_v the_o corinthian_n quaere_fw-la the_o corinthian_n scruple_n explicatory_a position_n the_o ground_n or_o rise_v of_o the_o corinthian_n scruple_n two_o heterodoxical_a interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n holy_a unclean_a the_o first_o interpretation_n set_v up_o parent_n and_o child_n too_o high_a examine_v the_o second_o interpretation_n lay_v parent_n and_o child_n too_o low_o 1._o weak_a and_o childish_a 2._o incongruous_a 3._o untrue_a argument_n evince_v the_o holiness_n in_o the_o text_n not_o to_o be_v legitimation_n the_o sanctification_n speak_v to_o be_v not_o of_o parent_n in_o general_a but_o of_o one_o parent_n believe_v and_o another_o unbelieved_a in_o particular_a the_o apostle_n bring_v not_o formal_a argument_n to_o conclude_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o marriage-society_n but_o remove_v scruple_n concern_v their_o oâ—n_a state_n and_o their_o issue_n a_o vindication_n of_o instrumental_a sanctification_n the_o text_n analyse_v the_o argument_n deduce_v from_o it_o gal._n 4._o 29._o the_o whole_a narrative_a analyse_v upon_o what_o account_n these_o infant_n be_v tender_v to_o christ_n why_o they_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o disciple_n position_n rend_v to_o clear_a christ_n admission_n of_o they_o covenant-interest_n be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o descend_v from_o parent_n to_o child_n like_a privilege_n do_v descend_v in_o kingdom_n commonweal_n city_n etc._n etc._n sol._n sol._n hinc_fw-la calvinus_n &_o beza_n suum_fw-la dogma_fw-la de_fw-la traduce_v justitia_fw-la hauserunt_fw-la docéntque_fw-la fidelium_fw-la fiâ—ios_fw-la propriè_fw-la esse_fw-la sanctos_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la baptism_n salvari_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la quo_fw-la fidelium_fw-la sunt_fw-la silij_fw-la censentur_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la nati_fw-la juxta_fw-la foedus_fw-la divinum_fw-la ero_n deus_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o seminis_fw-la tui_fw-la ge._n 17._o 7._o quemadmodum_fw-la jure_fw-la civili_fw-la censentur_fw-la liberi_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la altero_fw-la parentè_fw-fr libero_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la sed_fw-la errant_a errant_a foederis_fw-la inter_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o abraham_n initi_fw-la participes_fw-la sint_fw-la sive_fw-la judaei_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la oriundi_fw-la sive_fw-la christianorum_fw-la parentum_fw-la liberi_fw-la carnalis_fw-la generatio_fw-la nihil_fw-la facit_fw-la facit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la descendit_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la carnalem_fw-la generationem_fw-la parentum_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la regenerationem_fw-la christi_fw-la sol._n sol._n sol._n birth-interest_n descend_v in_o all_o other_o religion_n god_n own_v childreâ—_n bear_v in_o the_o church_n as_o his_o servant_n and_o as_o his_o child_n parent_n and_o child_n respective_a to_o church-interest_n be_v not_o in_o a_o opposite_a condition_n no_o precedent_n in_o scripture_n of_o a_o believe_a parent_n bring_v up_o a_o child_n for_o covenant_n and_o not_o in_o covenant_n infant_n out_o of_o covenant_n according_a to_o scripture-ground_n be_v without_o hope_n of_o salvation_n jesuit_n our_o lead_a adversary_n confess_v it_o protestant_n divine_v can_v avoid_v it_o our_o present_a adversary_n instead_o of_o reason_n oppose_v only_a comer_n against_o it_o objection_n against_o infant_n baptism_n answer_v the_o question_n state_v whether_o 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