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confidence_n in_o it_o to_o free_a and_o protect_v they_o from_o all_o evil_a and_o to_o furnish_v and_o invest_v they_o with_o all_o good_a now_o to_o witness_v our_o dislike_n and_o detestation_n of_o their_o vanity_n herein_o i_o can_v unfeigned_o assent_v and_o consent_v to_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n 3._o i_o can_v approve_v what_o be_v annex_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o sacrament_n viz._n it_o be_v certain_a by_o god_n word_n that_o child_n which_o be_v baptize_v die_v before_o they_o commit_v actual_a sin_n be_v undoubted_o save_v i_o will_v they_o have_v quote_v the_o place_n for_o i_o confess_v my_o own_o ignorance_n that_o i_o know_v no_o such_o word_n in_o scripture_n no_o such_o word_n as_o will_v give_v i_o a_o certainty_n of_o persuasion_n beyond_o all_o possibility_n of_o doubt_v of_o the_o salvation_n of_o infant_n though_o baptize_v and_o though_o die_v before_o they_o have_v commit_v actual_a sin_n be_v not_o the_o child_n of_o wicked_a parent_n filthy_a 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