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〈◊〉_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
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another_o which_o christ_n say_v to_o the_o scribe_n thou_o be_v not_o far_o from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n mar._n 12._o 34._o i_o see_v not_o how_o these_o can_v make_v the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n of_o any_o use_n our_o brethren_n that_o go_v into_o america_n and_o offer_v the_o gospel_n to_o savage_a indian_n there_o may_v as_o well_o find_v christ_n there_o as_o bring_v he_o thither_o the_o dark_a place_n of_o the_o earth_n may_v be_v equal_o happy_a with_o those_o where_o light_n be_v in_o most_o glory_n if_o light_n contribute_v nothing_o to_o the_o work_n of_o change_n and_o the_o happy_a frame_n of_o christ_n in_o we_o but_o those_o that_o have_v learn_v that_o infuse_v habit_n be_v wrought_v in_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n acquisitorum_fw-la as_o those_o that_o be_v acquire_v may_v easy_o return_v a_o satisfy_a answer_n that_o opinion_n that_o the_o soul_n be_v by_o a_o immediate_a creation_n infuse_v how_o general_o soever_o it_o be_v receive_v yet_o 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the_o promise_n of_o god_n the_o gospel_n of_o god_n but_o of_o itself_o unable_z to_o raise_v man_n up_o to_o justification_n it_o be_v often_o tender_v and_o justification_n not_o always_o wrought_v &_o so_o disable_v from_o the_o office_n of_o a_o instrument_n by_o keâ—ker_n in_o his_o com_n upon_o his_o first_o canon_n concern_v a_o instrument_n mittit_fw-la assoon_o as_o the_o instrument_n seru_v not_o the_o principal_a agent_n so_o soon_o it_o lose_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o instrument_n he_o instance_v in_o a_o horse_n that_o obey_v not_o the_o reins_o of_o his_o rider_n but_o grow_v refractory_a than_o he_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o instrument_n for_o travel_n a_o sword_n be_v not_o a_o instrument_n of_o slaughter_n where_o it_o slay_v not_o nor_o a_o axe_n a_o instrument_n to_o hew_v where_o it_o cut_v not_o neither_o be_v the_o gospel_n a_o instrument_n of_o justification_n where_o it_o justify_v not_o &_o without_o our_o faith_n it_o never_o justify_v where_o the_o minister_n 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it_o of_o its_o honour_n i_o hope_v that_o they_o that_o make_v the_o gospel_n a_o instrument_n will_v acknowledge_v faith_n to_o be_v a_o instrument_n in_o like_a manner_n be_v in_o their_o efficacy_n as_o instrument_n so_o inseparable_o join_v and_o so_o all_o the_o controversy_n may_v be_v fair_o end_v and_o conclude_v chap._n xxii_o objection_n against_o the_o conditionality_n of_o faith_n answer_v against_o this_o which_o have_v be_v say_v it_o be_v object_v by_o one_o that_o unbelief_n be_v not_o a_o bar_n hinder_v one_o objection_n from_o have_v part_n in_o christ_n god_n bestow_v christ_n without_o any_o regard_n to_o our_o belief_n or_o unbelief_n which_o word_n how_o high_a soever_o against_o the_o gospel_n yet_o he_o undertake_v to_o salve_v with_o a_o distinction_n there_o be_v a_o twofold_a receive_n of_o christ_n say_v
so_o for_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n we_o hear_v of_o their_o labour_n in_o word_n and_o doctrine_n their_o charge_n to_o preach_v in_o season_n and_o out_o of_o season_n for_o the_o forbid_v of_o marriage_n there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n who_o have_v not_o know_v man_n in_o that_o state_n in_o the_o university_n and_o resident_n in_o college_n it_o be_v true_a that_o those_o student_n that_o have_v their_o maintenance_n from_o the_o founder_n donation_n upon_o marriage_n lose_v their_o place_n but_o do_v not_o incur_v expulsion_n and_o the_o thing_n be_v very_o equal_a see_v those_o place_n be_v not_o intend_v for_o a_o settle_a abode_n as_o some_o abuse_v they_o but_o for_o preparation_n for_o public_a employment_n whether_o in_o church_n or_o state_n and_o who_o blame_v those_o tie_n of_o apprentice_n from_o marriage_n for_o the_o term_n of_o their_o service_n to_o know_v their_o trade_n if_o wife_n and_o family_n shall_v be_v take_v in_o they_o will_v soon_o find_v the_o 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