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right_a to_o the_o mean_n of_o salvation_n and_o whereby_o they_o be_v difference_v from_o heathen_n turk_n and_o other_o like_a infidel_n 1_o cor._n 7.14_o be_v communicate_v to_o the_o whole_a nation_n or_o people_n to_o who_o god_n do_v so_o impart_v the_o table_n of_o his_o covenant_n that_o they_o receive_v and_o profess_v they_o who_o he_o call_v and_o bring_v to_o the_o state_n of_o his_o church_n visible_a rom._n 11.16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o this_o foederall_a holiness_n be_v transmit_v to_o posterity_n say_v he_o not_o by_o the_o inherent_a holiness_n of_o immediate_a parent_n which_o either_o their_o faith_n or_o unbelief_n shall_v take_v away_o or_o establish_v to_o their_o immediate_a posterity_n but_o by_o the_o good_a and_o gracious_a will_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o extend_v and_o constant_o bestow_v the_o outward_a privilege_n promise_v to_o more_o remote_a parent_n for_o many_o generation_n to_o posterity_n profess_v the_o faith_n even_o to_o those_o who_o immediate_a parent_n have_v be_v find_v wicked_a and_o false_a in_o their_o covenant_n quote_v these_o text_n ps_n 106.35_o 36_o 44_o 45._o isa_n 63.10_o 11.51.1_o 2_o 3._o ezek._n 20.8_o and_o confirm_v this_o assertion_n with_o several_a argument_n the_o last_o of_o which_o be_v this_o 495._o this_o quia_fw-la adulti_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la à _fw-la johanne_n baptista_n &_o apostolis_n sunt_fw-la baptizati_fw-la telonarii_fw-la milites_fw-la &_o quicunque_fw-la ex_fw-la judea_n &_o circumjacentibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la devenerunt_fw-la absque_fw-la longiore_fw-la examine_v si_fw-la modo_fw-la fidem_fw-la profiterentur_fw-la &_o peccata_fw-la confiterentur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la genimina_fw-la viperarum_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la malae_fw-la frugis_fw-la iter_fw-la eos_fw-la essent_fw-la proinde_fw-la &_o infant_n eorum_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la admittendi_fw-la causam_fw-la hanc_fw-la pro_fw-la praxi_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la reformatarum_fw-la multis_fw-la disputat_fw-la cl._n walaeus_n in_o locis_fw-la communibus_fw-la operum_fw-la in_o folio_n pag_n 494_o 495._o because_o all_o of_o year_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v baptize_v by_o john_n baptist_n and_o the_o apostle_n as_o publican_n soldier_n and_o whosoever_o out_o of_o judea_n and_o the_o region_n round_o about_o come_v to_o baptism_n wit_n hout_v any_o further_a trial_n provide_v that_o they_o profess_v their_o faith_n and_o confess_v their_o sin_n though_o there_o be_v many_o hypocrite_n generation_n of_o viper_n and_o man_n of_o dissolute_a course_n among_o they_o and_o therefore_o say_v he_o their_o infant_n be_v also_o to_o be_v admit_v unto_o baptism_n add_v that_o learned_a walaeus_n large_o defend_v this_o cause_n for_o the_o practice_n of_o reform_a church_n in_o his_o common_a place_n pag._n 494_o 495._o add_v yet_o further_o 50._o further_o rejicimus_fw-la igitur_fw-la antithesis_n eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la denegant_fw-la baptismum_fw-la filiis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la impie_fw-la vivunt_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la sva_fw-la improba_fw-la efficatiam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la svi_fw-la irritam_fw-la erga_fw-la se_fw-la reddunt_fw-la hisce_fw-la opponimus_fw-la judicium_fw-la leydensium_fw-la in_o synopsi_fw-la theol._n ubi_fw-la sic_fw-la disserunt_fw-la disput_fw-la 44._o thes_n 50._o we_o therefore_o reject_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n of_o those_o which_o deny_v baptism_n to_o the_o child_n of_o those_o who_o live_v wicked_o and_o by_o
it_o never_o come_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o any_o that_o be_v either_o grave_n detest_v a_o position_n by_o the_o author_n disavow_v and_o detest_v or_o godly_a to_o utter_v it_o and_o that_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o so_o witless_a or_o graceless_a as_o to_o believe_v it_o and_o so_o mr._n brs._n volume_n of_o 31._o reason_n five_z pag._n 84_o 85_o 86._o twenty_o six_o pag._n 94_o to_o 107._o be_v almost_o at_o one_o breath_n answer_v few_o of_o they_o tend_v to_o oppose_v any_o thing_n that_o i_o hold_v but_o in_o the_o far_o great_a part_n bring_v against_o his_o own_o conceit_n and_o no_o assertion_n or_o opinion_n of_o i_o i_o suppose_v i_o can_v easy_o furnish_v he_o with_o a_o large_a addition_n of_o reason_n to_o deny_v this_o fancy_n faith_n be_v command_v in_o the_o moral_a law_n justification_n reason_n evince_v that_o a_o man_n unbaptise_v be_v bind_v to_o believe_v in_o jesus_n christ_n to_o justification_n as_o i_o have_v assert_v treat_n of_o the_o covenant_n pag._n 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