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as_o the_o author_n of_o ignorance_n or_o the_o printer_n by_o oversight_n call_v justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o oration_n ad_fw-la antoninum_fw-la pium_fw-la i_o will_v declare_v unto_o you_o how_o we_o offer_v up_o ourselves_o to_o god_n after_o we_o be_v renew_v though_o christ_n those_o among_o we_o that_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o faith_n and_o believe_v that_o which_o we_o teach_v they_o be_v true_a be_v willing_a to_o live_v according_a to_o the_o same_o we_o do_v admonish_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o we_o also_o fast_o and_o pray_v with_o they_o &_o then_o they_o be_v bring_v by_o we_o to_o the_o water_n and_o there_o as_o we_o be_v newborn_a be_v they_o also_o by_o newbirth_n renew_v and_o then_o in_o call_v upon_o god_n the_o father_n the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o be_v wash_v in_o water_n mr._n blackwood_n add_v that_o of_o justin_n also_o that_o we_o do_v bring_v the_o party_n so_o wash_v not_o the_o 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gentile_n partake_v in_o common_a with_o they_o in_o show_n and_o semblance_n nay_o in_o reality_n in_o the_o very_a fatness_n of_o the_o olive_n of_o which_o they_o partooke_v else_o it_o be_v not_o a_o partake_n in_o common_a as_o both_o partooke_v also_o in_o common_a in_o the_o root_n ibid._n scil_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n not_o as_o natural_a father_n for_o so_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n albeit_o they_o be_v natural_a father_n unto_o the_o jew_n yet_o not_o in_o any_o respect_n natural_a father_n unto_o the_o gentile_n but_o rather_o as_o they_o be_v church_n father_n if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v church_n father_n to_o the_o jew_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o gentile_n how_o do_v jew_n and_o gentile_n partake_v in_o common_a in_o they_o as_o a_o root_n and_o what_o common_a church_n father_n be_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n those_o father_n vers_fw-la 28._o of_o the_o invisible_a church_n nay_o very_o but_o of_o the_o visible_a of_o which_o even_o the_o the_o 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sect._n i._n touch_v the_o explication_n of_o matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o and_o mark_v 16._o according_a to_o our_o opposite_n have_v lay_v down_o such_o conclusion_n as_o make_v way_n let_v we_o now_o address_v ourselves_o to_o some_o further_a consideration_n of_o pedobaptisme_n itself_o according_a as_o other_o scripture_n ground_n hold_v it_o forth_o and_o first_o because_o matth._n 28._o be_v much_o controvert_v let_v we_o try_v whether_o it_o make_v more_o for_o we_o then_o against_o we_o therein_o and_o withal_o take_v in_o the_o consideration_n of_o mark_n 16._o 16._o which_o our_o opposite_n pleno_fw-la &_o uno_fw-la ore_fw-la cry_v up_o as_o quite_o overthrow_v our_o doctrine_n of_o pedobaptisme_n and_o herein_o i_o be_o content_a that_o they_o shall_v speak_v first_o mr._n blackwood_n make_v the_o commission_n to_o be_v even_o for_o the_o very_a order_n of_o the_o word_n so_o exact_a that_o minister_n as_o commissioner_n must_v stick_v to_o they_o and_o give_v reason_n to_o 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