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i_o shall_v name_v one_o without_o exception_n and_o that_o be_v dr._n whitaker_n who_o flourish_v a_o little_a after_o the_o middle_n of_o this_o century_n die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1595._o §_o 106._o and_o though_o that_o then_o learned_a and_o still_o famous_a man_n 216._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d immersionem_fw-la significat_fw-la quia_fw-la olim_fw-la qui_fw-la adulti_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la non_fw-la leviter_fw-la aquâ_fw-la tincti_fw-la aut_fw-la astersi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la immersi_fw-la &_o quibusdam_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la ter_z immersi_fw-la qui_fw-la mos_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la diu_fw-la permansit_fw-la alia_fw-la tamen_fw-la locorum_fw-la &_o populorum_fw-la quorundam_fw-la consuctudo_fw-la fuit_fw-la ubi_fw-la tinctione_n contenil_n quam_fw-la sufficere_fw-la putabant_fw-la immersionem_fw-la non_fw-la desiderabant_fw-la quanquam_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o adultis_fw-la &_o sanis_fw-la immersionem_fw-la meliorem_fw-la esse_fw-la putem_fw-la tamen_fw-la sufficere_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la &_o clinic_fw-la s_o aspersionem_fw-la arbitror_fw-la nam_fw-la christus_fw-la jussit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la modum_fw-la praescripsit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verò_fw-la non_fw-la immergere_fw-la tantùm_fw-la significat_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o tingere_fw-la etsi_fw-la nusquam_fw-la quòd_fw-la sciam_fw-la aspergere_fw-la nam_fw-la illud_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n whitaker_n praelection_n de_fw-fr sacram._n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la qu._n 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 216._o master_n of_o st._n john_n college_n in_o cambridge_n and_o the_o king_n professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o that_o university_n do_v say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v immersion_n and_o think_v immersion_n the_o better_a way_n for_o those_o that_o be_v of_o grow_v age_n and_o in_o health_n wherein_o i_o believe_v he_o be_v not_o alone_o yet_o he_o think_v sprinkle_v sufficient_a for_o little_a child_n and_o such_o as_o keep_v their_o bed_n add_v that_o for_o a_o reason_n which_o be_v much_o to_o the_o purpose_n namely_o because_o christ_n do_v command_v to_o baptize_v but_o do_v not_o prescribe_v the_o manner_n of_o baptise_v and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v not_o only_o to_o dip_v but_o to_o wet_v though_o it_o do_v not_o that_o he_o know_v of_o signify_v to_o sprinkle_v that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o word_n thus_o we_o have_v this_o learned_a man_n declare_v his_o judgement_n and_o in_o his_o lecture_n too_o for_o a_o sufficiency_n of_o sprinkle_v for_o child_n and_o sick_a person_n and_o that_o ground_a on_o a_o no_o prescription_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o baptise_v by_o christ_n the_o ordainer_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v desire_v to_o be_v say_v by_o any_o §_o 107._o and_o no_o wonder_n if_o that_o custom_n prevail_v at_o home_n 45._o caeterùm_fw-la mergatúrne_fw-la totus_fw-la qui_fw-la tingitur_fw-la idque_fw-la ter_z an_z semel_fw-la a_o infusâ_fw-la tantùm_fw-la aquâ_fw-la aspergatur_fw-la minimum_fw-la refert_fw-la sed_fw-la id_fw-la pro_fw-la regionum_fw-la diversitate_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la liberum_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la quanquam_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la verbum_fw-la mergere_fw-la significat_fw-la &_o mergendi_fw-la ritum_fw-la veteri_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la observatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la constat_fw-la calvin_n inst_z l._n 4._o c._n 14._o sect._n 19_o fol._n 443._o hîc_fw-la perspicimus_fw-la quisnam_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la ritus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la totum_fw-la enim_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la immergebant_fw-la nunc_fw-la invaluit_fw-la usus_fw-la ut_fw-la minister_n corpus_fw-la vel_fw-la caput_fw-la tantùm_fw-la asp_z rgat_fw-la calvin_n in_o act._n apost_n c._n 8._o v._n 38._o p._n 144._o a._n promissione_n factá_fw-la nomen_fw-la infanti_fw-la imponitur_fw-la tum_fw-la in_fw-la cum_fw-la aquam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la minister_n effundit_fw-la inquiens_fw-la n._n baptizo_fw-la te_fw-la etc._n etc._n calvin_n tract_n theolog._n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la p._n 45._o which_o our_o reform_a divine_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o marian_n persecution_n have_v find_v to_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o other_o divine_n and_o see_v to_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o other_o church_n abroad_o and_o especial_o of_o mr._n calvin_n and_o his_o church_n at_o geneva_n for_o that_o great_a and_o lead_a man_n mr._n calvin_n who_o glory_n need_v not_o my_o taper_n to_o show_v it_o to_o the_o world_n as_o illustrious_o shine_v therein_o by_o its_o own_o native_a light_n who_o time_n be_v about_o an._n chr._n 1535._o though_o he_o grant_v the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v to_o dip_v and_o say_v it_o for_o a_o certainty_n that_o the_o rite_n of_o dip_v be_v observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a church_n yet_o he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o material_a at_o all_o whether_o he_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v total_o dip_v and_o that_o once_o or_o thrice_o or_o whether_o he_o be_v only_o sprinkle_v with_o water_n pour_v on_o he_o but_o that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v free_a for_o the_o church_n to_o do_v as_o they_o think_v good_a in_o that_o according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o country_n wherein_o they_o be_v in_o this_o learned_a man_n judgement_n then_o sprinkle_v be_v lawful_a notwithstanding_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n and_o use_v of_o the_o church_n to_o dip_v unless_o as_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v though_o he_o mention_v it_o not_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n wherein_o it_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o custom_n to_o sprinkle_v etc._n etc._n or_o else_o it_o can_v not_o be_v free_a for_o church_n to_o use_v it_o yea_o in_o the_o forth_o of_o administration_n of_o baptism_n write_v by_o this_o great_a man_n for_o the_o church_n of_o geneva_n the_o way_n of_o baptise_v as_o it_o be_v there_o by_o he_o set_v down_o be_v by_o pour_v out_o of_o water_n on_o the_o infant_n to_o be_v baptize_v §_o 108._o contemporary_a with_o calvin_n and_o somewhat_o before_o he_o be_v martin_n bucer_n flourish_v about_o an._n chr._n 1520._o and_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o god_n commend_v unto_o man_n such_o a_o rite_n as_o that_o by_o either_o the_o tinction_n ablution_n 1536._o porro_fw-la quòd_fw-la deus_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la ritum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la commendavit_fw-la ut_fw-la aquae_fw-la vel_fw-la tinctione_n well_fw-mi ablutione_n aut_fw-la aspersione_n peccatorum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la acciperent_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la per_fw-la publicos_fw-la religionum_fw-la administros_fw-la &_o hinc_fw-la denique_fw-la suum_fw-la cultum_fw-la semper_fw-la auspicarentur_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la initium_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la salutis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la fidem_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la gratuitae_fw-la justificationis_fw-la confirmare_fw-la hominibus_fw-la â—o_o pacto_fw-la &_o excitare_fw-la voluerit_fw-la m._n bucer_n enarrat_fw-la ep._n pauli_n ad_fw-la roman_n c._n 6._o p._n 289._o edit_fw-la 1536._o or_o aspersion_n of_o water_n they_o shall_v receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o by_o the_o public_a minister_n of_o the_o
religion_n and_o last_o will_v always_o have_v they_o begin_v his_o worship_n with_o this_o because_o he_o will_v have_v the_o prime_n and_o principal_a point_n of_o our_o salvation_n the_o belief_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v of_o free_a justification_n by_o that_o mean_v confirm_v unto_o man_n and_o more_o powerful_o stir_v up_o his_o speak_v so_o indifferent_o of_o all_o these_o way_n of_o baptise_v tinction_n ablution_n and_o aspersion_n speak_v his_o allowance_n and_o approbation_n of_o every_o one_o §_o 109._o but_o not_o calvin_n only_o and_o the_o man_n of_o his_o judgement_n be_v so_o mind_v but_o person_n also_o of_o a_o different_a persuasion_n from_o he_o and_o that_o both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o 1536._o ter_n verò_fw-la infans_fw-la vel_fw-la immergitur_fw-la vel_fw-la tingitur_fw-la aquâ_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la tertiò_fw-la quoque_fw-la repetita_fw-la immersio_fw-la vel_fw-la tinctio_fw-la typum_fw-la triduanae_fw-la domini_fw-la sepulturae_fw-la exprimit_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la christo_fw-la consepulti_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la christo_fw-la resurreximus_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la abluti_fw-la in_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la virtutum_fw-la vivamus_fw-la imitando_fw-la christum_fw-la canon_n council_n provincial_n coloniens_fw-la sub_fw-la hermanno_n celebrati_fw-la anno_fw-la 1536._o for_o instance_n herman_n archbishop_n of_o colen_n for_o the_o reformation_n of_o his_o diocese_n hold_v a_o provincial_a council_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1536._o for_o which_o he_o be_v after_o by_o the_o emperor_n force_v to_o leave_v his_o bishopric_n in_o that_o council_n the_o canon_n which_o concern_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n be_v deliver_v in_o such_o term_n as_o speak_v differ_v way_n of_o baptise_v viz._n either_o by_o immerge_v or_o by_o ting_v that_o be_v by_o dip_v or_o sprinkle_v or_o otherwise_o wet_v than_o by_o dip_v in_o use_n in_o that_o church_n it_o add_v also_o that_o the_o thrice_o repeat_v immersion_n or_o tinction_n express_v a_o type_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v three_o day_n sepulture_n or_o burial_n now_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o though_o tingo_fw-la where_o it_o stand_v alone_o do_v not_o denote_v any_o particular_a way_n of_o baptise_v but_o note_n baptise_v in_o general_a without_o reference_n to_o any_o particular_a way_n of_o it_o and_o be_v so_o use_v in_o the_o writing_n of_o church_n author_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a yet_o when_o it_o be_v set_v with_o immergo_fw-la and_o in_o contradistinction_n to_o it_o than_o it_o note_v another_o way_n of_o baptise_v than_o that_o whether_o by_o aspersion_n affusion_n or_o perfusion_n and_o not_o dip_v as_o i_o have_v before_o sufficient_o show_v ch._n 3._o s._n 6_o 7._o and_o it_o must_v do_v so_o here_o unless_o we_o will_v in_o so_o few_o word_n make_v a_o ridiculous_a tautology_n as_o if_o the_o council_n have_v say_v but_o the_o infant_n be_v thrice_o either_o dip_v or_o 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thus_o at_o home_n in_o the_o year_n 1558._o thomas_n watson_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n publish_v a_o volume_n of_o sermon_n about_o the_o sacrament_n in_o the_o four_o of_o which_o fol._n 226._o he_o say_v concern_v the_o matter_n in_o hand_n although_o the_o old_a and_o ancient_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v from_o the_o beginning_n to_o dip_v the_o child_n three_o time_n in_o the_o water_n as_o christ_n lie_v three_o day_n in_o the_o grave_a yet_o that_o be_v not_o of_o such_o necessity_n but_o that_o if_o he_o be_v but_o once_o dip_v in_o the_o water_n it_o be_v sufficient_a yea_o and_o in_o time_n of_o great_a peril_n and_o necessity_n if_o the_o water_n be_v but_o pour_v on_o the_o head_n it_o will_v suffice_v §_o 111._o about_o that_o time_n flourish_v wolfgangus_n musculus_fw-la a_o man_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o equal_a modesty_n and_o he_o an._n chr._n 1560._o publish_v his_o common_a place_n of_o divinity_n wherein_z 7._o postremò_fw-la quod_fw-la immersionem_fw-la infantis_fw-la attinet_fw-la judicamus_fw-la hanc_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la liberum_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la baptizare_fw-la vel_fw-la mergendo_fw-la vel_fw-la aspergendo_fw-la libertatem_fw-la hanc_fw-la servatam_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la in_o augustino_n de_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la more_o true_o gennadius_n be_v that_o author_n c._n 74._o &_o cypriano_n l._n 4._o ep._n 7._o when_o he_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o manner_n how_o baptism_n ought_v to_o be_v administer_v he_o say_v as_o to_o the_o immersion_n of_o the_o infant_n that_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v we_o do_v not_o judge_v it_o so_o necessary_a as_o that_o the_o church_n may_v not_o be_v at_o liberty_n to_o baptize_v either_o by_o dip_v or_o sprinkle_v and_o then_o go_v on_o to_o prove_v that_o this_o liberty_n have_v be_v keep_v in_o the_o church_n by_o two_o testimony_n already_o mention_v from_o st._n augustin_n and_o st._n cyprian_n this_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o this_o man_n worth_a a_o world_n as_o i_o have_v somewhere_o read_v he_o reckon_v §_o 112._o much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n or_o a_o little_a after_o ann._n chr._n 1565._o flourish_v martin_n chemnitius_n and_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o st._n paul_n the_o best_a interpreter_n of_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a._n sed_fw-la paulus_n certissimus_fw-la interpres_fw-la dicit_fw-la baptizare_fw-la esse_fw-la mundare_fw-la seu_fw-la purgare_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sive_fw-la igitur_fw-la per_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la quae_fw-la fiat_fw-la adh_fw-mi bitâ_fw-la aquâ_fw-la eph._n 5._o tit._n 3._o act._n 2._o sive_fw-la adhibitio_fw-la aquae_fw-la fiat_fw-la mergendo_fw-la tingendo_fw-la perfundendo_fw-la seu_fw-la aspergendo_fw-la est_fw-la baptizatio_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la purgatio_fw-la seu_fw-la ablutio_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la aquae_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la necessario_fw-la requiritur_fw-la immersio_fw-la sub_fw-la aquam_fw-la christi_fw-la igitur_fw-la mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la fiat_fw-la purificatio_fw-la seu_fw-la ablutio_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la aquae_fw-la quo_fw-la verò_fw-la modo_fw-la illa_fw-la fieri_fw-la debâ—at_fw-la sive_fw-la mergendo_fw-la tingendo_fw-la perfundendo_fw-la sive_fw-la aspergendo_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la praescripsit_fw-la chemnitii_fw-la exam._n council_n trident._n part_n 2._o p._n 122._o a._n say_v that_o to_o baptize_v be_v to_o cleanse_v or_o purge_v by_o the_o wash_n of_o water_n with_o the_o word_n therefore_o conclude_v he_o thence_o whether_o the_o wash_n be_v perform_v by_o mersion_n tinction_n perfusion_n or_o aspersion_n it_o be_v a_o baptise_v for_o it_o be_v a_o purgation_n or_o cleanse_v by_o the_o wash_n of_o water_n nor_o unto_o this_o wash_n be_v necessary_o require_v a_o immersion_n under_o water_n and_o again_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n be_v that_o there_o be_v in_o baptism_n a_o purification_n or_o cleanse_v by_o the_o wash_n of_o water_n but_o how_o that_o cleanse_a aught_o to_o be_v make_v whether_o by_o dip_v ting_a pour_v on_o or_o sprinkle_v christ_n have_v not_o prescribe_v so_o then_o at_o great_a liberty_n be_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o this_o case_n to_o baptize_v which_o way_n she_o please_v by_o dip_v or_o sprinkle_v or_o otherwise_o and_o all_o without_o sin_n at_o least_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o learned_a author_n the_o tridentine_a council_n severe_a examiner_n §_o 113._o in_o the_o year_n 1586._o be_v print_v at_o wirtzburg_n the_o confessor_n manual_a by_o martinus_n ab_fw-la azpilcueta_fw-la and_o as_o in_o his_o opinion_n there_o must_v be_v a_o ablution_n in_o baptism_n 693._o add_v quòd_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquis_fw-la sit_fw-la verè_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quòd_fw-la quantulacunque_fw-la pars_fw-la ejus_fw-la tingatur_fw-la aquâ_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la modicâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n martin_n ab_fw-la azpilcueta_fw-la dr._n navarrus_n confession_n manual_n c._n 22._o n._n 7._o p._n 693._o so_o the_o wet_n of_o but_o a_o little_a part_n and_o that_o but_o with_o a_o little_a water_n be_v sufficient_a to_o speak_v the_o party_n baptize_v
§_o 114._o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1589_o flourish_v nicolaus_n hemingius_n and_o publish_v his_o commentary_n on_o st._n john_n and_o say_v he_o there_o as_o oft_o as_o we_o see_v infant_n sprinkle_v with_o the_o water_n of_o baptism_n we_o be_v put_v in_o mind_n of_o the_o secret_a regeneration_n of_o infant_n etc._n etc._n 133._o quoties_fw-la igitur_fw-la videmus_fw-la infant_n aquâ_fw-la baptismi_fw-la aspergi_fw-la admonemur_fw-la arcanae_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la infantium_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a non_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la â—lementarem_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la cujus_fw-la tamen_fw-la aqua_fw-la clementaris_fw-la efficax_n symbolum_fw-la est_fw-la heming_n in_o joh._n 3.5_o col_fw-fr 132_o 133._o no_o need_n of_o argue_v hence_o either_o the_o practice_n of_o his_o time_n to_o have_v be_v to_o sprinkle_v in_o baptism_n or_o his_o opinion_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n and_o sufficiency_n of_o such_o baptise_v since_o it_o be_v symbolical_a of_o that_o secret_a regeneration_n that_o inward_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n §_o 115._o a_o little_a lower_v down_o in_o this_o century_n be_v lambertus_n danaeus_n 521._o hodie_fw-la autem_fw-la aquâ_fw-la férè_fw-la tantùm_fw-la asperguntur_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la immerguntur_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la ipso_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la dissentio_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o veteres_fw-la lamb._n dan._n isagog_n christian_n pars_fw-la 4._o de_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la c._n 29._o pag._n 522._o no_o in_o baptismi_fw-la administratione_fw-la alia_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la substantialia_fw-la aut_fw-la ceremontalia_fw-la aut_fw-la accidentalia_fw-la substantialia_fw-la sunt_fw-la aqua_fw-la &_o illius_fw-la applicatio_fw-la etc._n etc._n ceremonialia_fw-la sunt_fw-la reliqua_fw-la ac_fw-la substantialia_fw-la quidem_fw-la neque_fw-la possunt_fw-la neque_fw-la debent_fw-la praetermitti_fw-la vel_fw-la immutari_fw-la at_o ceremonialia_fw-la possunt_fw-la immutari_fw-la quaedam_fw-la etiam_fw-la praetermitti_fw-la quaedam_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnino_fw-la rejici_fw-la &_o repudiari_fw-la debent_fw-la id._n ib._n p._n 521._o a_o learned_a author_n who_o about_o an._n chr._n 1591._o publish_v his_o isagoge_n christiana_n and_o have_v declare_v the_o ancient_a manner_n of_o baptise_v to_o have_v be_v by_o dip_v and_o that_o naked_a he_o say_v at_o this_o day_n they_o who_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v be_v most_o sprinkle_v only_a with_o water_n and_o not_o dip_v into_o it_o wherein_o yet_o he_o add_v there_o be_v no_o disagreement_n in_o faith_n between_o we_o and_o the_o ancient_n his_o reason_n he_o have_v give_v before_o which_o be_v that_o substantial_o of_o baptism_n as_o water_n and_o a_o application_n of_o it_o may_v neither_o be_v omit_v nor_o change_v but_o the_o ceremonial_n as_o the_o manner_n of_o apply_v the_o water_n by_o affusion_n or_o immersion_n and_o that_o once_o or_o thrice_o be_v may_v be_v change_v §_o 116._o in_o the_o year_n 1592._o be_v publish_v by_o joh._n stephan_n durantus_n 1592._o húncque_fw-la ritum_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la sub_fw-la trina_fw-la immersione_n vel_fw-la aspersione_n servavit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la apparet_fw-la et_fw-la constat_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la provinciis_fw-la aspersione_n seu_fw-la perfusione_n aquae_fw-la baptismus_fw-la confertur_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la novum_fw-la nec_fw-la recens_fw-la est_fw-la legimus_fw-la quendam_fw-la à _fw-la s._n laurentio_n dum_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la ducebatur_fw-la urceo_fw-la allato_fw-la baptizatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la s._n cyprian_n ep._n 76._o ad_fw-la magn._fw-la nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la movere_fw-la debet_fw-la quòd_fw-la aspergi_fw-la vel_fw-la perfundi_fw-la videntur_fw-la aegri_fw-la cùm_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dominicam_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la notandum_fw-la ait_fw-la walafrid_n strabo_n de_fw-fr reb_n eccles_n c._n 26._o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la mergendo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la desuper_fw-la fundendo_fw-la multos_fw-la baptizatos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la posse_fw-la baptizari_fw-la etc._n etc._n joh._n stephan_n durantus_n de_fw-fr ritib_n eccles_n cathol_n l._n 1._o c._n 19_o num_fw-la 37._o p._n 135._o edit_fw-la colon._n agrippina_n 1592._o a_o book_n of_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n therein_o he_o declare_v how_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v to_o that_o time_n keep_v but_o he_o say_v not_o how_o long_o before_o it_o have_v hold_v the_o rite_n of_o baptise_v with_o a_o threefold_a dip_v or_o sprinkle_v and_o that_o in_o the_o province_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n baptism_n be_v give_v by_o sprinkle_v or_o pour_v on_o of_o water_n which_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n nor_o late_o come_v up_o and_o back_n his_o affirmation_n with_o the_o example_n of_o st._n laurence_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o walafrid_n strabo_n and_o st._n cyprian_n in_o this_o testimony_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v great_a weight_n every_o circumstance_n consider_v whether_o the_o dignity_n of_o that_o church_n wherein_o it_o be_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o lead_a church_n of_o the_o world_n for_o many_o age_n or_o the_o diffusedness_n of_o it_o not_o only_o through_o that_o church_n but_o the_o province_n also_o of_o it_o or_o the_o antiquity_n of_o it_o from_o strabo_n time_n from_o st._n laurence_n time_n from_o st._n cyprian_n time_n who_o be_v martyr_v about_o an._n chr._n 258._o nay_o no_o beginning_n be_v set_v to_o its_o be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v there_o hold_v in_o practice_n from_o the_o beginning_n which_o be_v the_o contrary_a thereto_o can_v be_v prove_v be_v with_o i_o a_o argument_n of_o weighty_a force_n and_o how_o slight_o soever_o some_o may_v look_v upon_o it_o yet_o other_o i_o hope_v of_o cool_a temper_n may_v think_v it_o to_o be_v of_o some_o moment_n §_o 117._o much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n or_o a_o little_a after_o an._n chr._n 1598._o flourish_v daniel_n chamier_n a_o person_n who_o learning_n need_v none_o of_o my_o pen_n to_o commend_v it_o and_o his_o opinion_n be_v that_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o whole_a virtue_n of_o the_o water_n lie_v in_o signify_v by_o wash_v 4._o quia_fw-la tota_fw-la virtus_fw-la aquae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o significando_fw-la per_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la interest_n quantum_fw-la cuique_fw-la abluatur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la in_o eucharistia_n non_fw-la quantum_fw-la cuique_fw-la comedat_fw-la l._n a_o chamier_n l._n 5._o de_fw-fr bapt_n c._n 1._o p._n 1404._o parag_n 4._o it_o matter_a not_o how_o much_o every_o one_o be_v wash_v even_o as_o in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n it_o do_v not_o matter_n how_o much_o every_o one_o do_v eat_v then_o with_o he_o it_o be_v not_o material_a whether_o the_o baptism_n be_v by_o immersion_n affusion_n or_o aspersion_n so_o there_o be_v but_o water_n and_o any_o way_n a_o ablution_n with_o it_o §_o 118._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o seventeen_o century_n now_o current_a anno_o 1606._o mr._n attersol_n publish_v his_o treatise_n of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o touch_v the_o point_n in_o hand_n he_o deliver_v his_o opinion_n thus_o dip_v into_o the_o water_n be_v not_o necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o sacrament_n 109._o lib._n 2._o ch_n 1._o p._n 108_o 109._o sprinkle_v of_o water_n be_v not_o necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o sacrament_n but_o wet_v and_o wash_v with_o water_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o be_v of_o a_o sacrament_n now_o whether_o the_o whole_a body_n shall_v be_v wash_v or_o the_o face_n only_o and_o whether_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v once_o or_o thrice_o be_v not_o great_o material_a but_o leave_v indifferent_a to_o the_o church_n to_o decree_v and_o determine_v what_o shall_v be_v think_v fit_a to_o be_v receive_v and_o practise_v 373._o materia_fw-la propanqua_fw-la est_fw-la ablutio_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la opus_fw-la quod_fw-la aâ—luat_fw-la corpus_fw-la nota_fw-la tamen_fw-la quòd_fw-la per_fw-la ablutionem_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la vel_fw-la immersionem_fw-la sive_fw-la unam_fw-la sive_fw-la trinam_fw-la vel_fw-la aspersionem_fw-la vel_fw-la effusionem_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la horum_fw-la fiat_fw-la tenet_fw-la baptismus_fw-la tamen_fw-la cuique_fw-la debet_fw-la baptizare_fw-la juxta_fw-la ritum_fw-la suae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nisi_fw-la aliud_fw-la petat_fw-la necessitas_fw-la vel_fw-la honestas_fw-la necessitas_fw-la quidem_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la trina_fw-la vel_fw-la una_fw-la immersio_fw-la cùm_fw-la est_fw-la periculum_fw-la nocumenti_fw-la infantis_fw-la potest_fw-la aspergi_fw-la vel_fw-la paucâ_fw-la aquâ_fw-la suffundi_fw-la honestas_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la adultus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la immergi_fw-la sed_fw-la sufficit_fw-la effusio_fw-la tolet._n instruct_v sacerdot_n l._n 18._o p._n 372_o 373._o §_o 119._o in_o the_o year_n 1603._o be_v print_v colon._n agrippin_n cardinal_z tolet_n case_n of_o conscience_n and_o therein_o he_o deliver_v it_o as_o necessary_a that_o there_o be_v a_o ablution_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o baptize_v with_o water_n but_o then_o he_o tell_v you_o that_o by_o ablution_n be_v mean_v either_o immersion_n once_o or_o thrice_o or_o aspersion_n or_o effusion_n and_o that_o which_o of_o these_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v do_v the_o baptism_n hold_v good_a etc._n etc._n 493._o quid_fw-la de_fw-la
id_fw-la quòd_fw-la ille_fw-la excalceatur_fw-la &_o denudatur_fw-la prioris_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la vitiosis_fw-la affectionibus_fw-la addictae_fw-la denudatio_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la extremos_fw-la etiam_fw-la usque_fw-la ipsius_fw-la habitus_fw-la abjectio_fw-la significatur_fw-la elias_n cretensis_n com._n in_o greg._n naz._n orat._n 4._o not._n 24._o p._n 448._o immersio_fw-la olim_fw-la fiebat_fw-la ergo_fw-la totus_fw-la homo_fw-la nudus_fw-la aquam_fw-la quae_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o baptisterio_fw-la ingrediebatur_fw-la &_o in_o ea_fw-la mergebatur_fw-la ter_z vel_fw-la semel_fw-la tantùm_fw-la pro_fw-la diversâ_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la sed_fw-la postquam_fw-la copronymus_n imperator_fw-la infans_fw-la &_o nudus_fw-la alimoniae_fw-la excremento_fw-la baptisterium_fw-la infecit_fw-la desierunt_fw-la homines_fw-la nudè_fw-la baptizari_fw-la lamb._n danaeus_n isagog_n christ_n l._n 5._o de_fw-fr sacram._n c._n 29._o part_n 4._o pag._n 522._o mos_fw-la fuit_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la nudi_fw-la baptizarentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n musc_n in_o psalm_n 22._o pag._n 259._o and_o with_o great_a violence_n drive_v out_o all_o thence_o insomuch_o that_o even_o the_o woman_n who_o at_o that_o time_n have_v strip_v themselves_o to_o be_v baptize_v for_o fear_v of_o worse_a mischief_n flee_v away_o naked_a be_v not_o suffer_v to_o cover_v themselves_o and_o as_o it_o be_v then_o so_o it_o seem_v it_o continue_v still_o in_o the_o church_n for_o many_o age_n even_o down_o to_o s._n bernard_n time_n whence_o say_v he_o we_o be_v bear_v naked_a into_o this_o world_n naked_a also_o we_o come_v to_o baptism_n that_o naked_a and_o without_o impediment_n we_o may_v arrive_v at_o heaven_n §_o 16._o this_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o baptise_v the_o great_a care_n imaginable_a to_o prevent_v indecency_n be_v no_o more_o but_o necessary_a it_o be_v scarce_o possible_a that_o all_o who_o be_v either_o spectator_n or_o even_a actor_n in_o that_o concern_n shall_v so_o far_o have_v mortify_v their_o fleshly_a appetite_n but_o that_o on_o occasion_n or_o such_o object_n unbefitting_a thought_n will_v ib._n idem_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la jo._n moscus_fw-la pratispiritualis_fw-la cap._n 1._o narrat_fw-la de_fw-la conone_fw-la presbytero_fw-la qui_fw-la ob_fw-la tentationem_fw-la quam_fw-la patiebatur_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la puellam_fw-la nudam_fw-la sancto_fw-la oleo_fw-la inungere_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la inungebantur_fw-la nudae_fw-la etiam_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la nudae_fw-la quia_fw-la inunctio_fw-la baptismum_fw-la consequebatur_fw-la voss_n de_fw-fr bapt._n dis_n 1._o pag._n 353._o diaconissas_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la sive_fw-la ministerio_fw-la verbi_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la ministrare_fw-la vid._n magdeb._n cent_n 5._o c._n 7._o col_fw-fr 736_o l._n 29._o etc._n etc._n interea_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la pudori_fw-la plerisque_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la consulebatur_fw-la mulierum_fw-la ministerio_fw-la quae_fw-la eas_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la venicut_fw-la â—s_n honestè_fw-fr nudabant_fw-la &_o exuebant_fw-la nè_fw-la quid_fw-la baptizantis_fw-la oculis_fw-la inverecundè_fw-la ingereretur_fw-la ut_fw-la s._n cypr._n haeres_fw-la 89._o voss_n de_fw-fr bapt._n disp_n 1_o thes_n 8._o p._n 354._o eadem_fw-la etiam_fw-la consuctudo_fw-la in_o mulierum_fw-la baptismo_fw-la obtinebat_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la earum_fw-la pudori_fw-la non_fw-la unâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la consuli_fw-la serè_fw-la solcat_n voss_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la disp_n 1._o thes_n 8._o p._n 353._o see_v dr._n caâ—e_n prim._n christian_n part_n 1._o c._n 10._o pag._n 312._o &_o 317._o deinde_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la ingrediuntur_fw-la in_o fontem_fw-la intro_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la &_o baptizantur_fw-la primò_fw-la masculi_fw-la deinde_fw-la foeminae_fw-la novarin_n ex_fw-la authore_fw-la ordinis_fw-la romani_fw-la lib._n 3._o schediasm_n sacroprophan_v c._n 9_o p._n 81._o aliâ_fw-la etiam_fw-la ratione_fw-la consulebatur_fw-la muliebri_fw-la verecundiae_fw-la nam_fw-la viri_fw-la separatim_fw-la à _fw-la foeminis_fw-la baptizabantur_fw-la id._n ibid._n p._n 355._o interim_n tribus_fw-la extructis_fw-la baptisteriis_fw-la ita_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la solos_fw-la mare_n pueros_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la baptizaret_fw-la alii_fw-la autem_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la foeminas_fw-la seorsim_fw-la &_o viros_fw-la seorsim_fw-la act._n othonis_n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o ap_fw-mi novarin_n ib._n cortinas_n circa_fw-la dolia_fw-la fixis_fw-la columellis_fw-la funilúsque_fw-la inductis_fw-la oppandi_fw-la fâ—cit_fw-la ante_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o comministros_fw-la linteum_fw-la fune_fw-la trajecto_fw-la pependit_fw-la quatenus_fw-la verâ—cundiae_fw-la undique_fw-la provisum_fw-la foret_fw-la nè_fw-la quid_fw-la ineptiae_fw-la aut_fw-la turpitudinis_fw-la notaretur_fw-la in_o sacramento_fw-la etc._n etc._n novarin_n ib._n with_o the_o violence_n of_o a_o irresistible_a surprise_n intrude_v themselves_o into_o their_o mind_n and_o sally_v out_o too_o in_o unbecoming_a look_n if_o not_o motion_n and_o gesture_n also_o of_o their_o body_n and_o indeed_o indecency_n and_o inconvenience_n arise_v from_o that_o custom_n and_o require_v the_o guardance_n of_o the_o strict_a care_n be_v observe_v and_o take_v notice_n of_o and_o what_o care_n can_v be_v take_v be_v use_v on_o such_o occasion_n hence_o the_o institution_n of_o deaconess_n to_o attend_v and_o assist_v at_o the_o baptise_v of_o woman_n to_o stand_v about_o and_o overshadow_v they_o that_o nothing_o of_o indecency_n may_v appear_v hence_o the_o baptise_v of_o man_n by_o themselves_o woman_n by_o themselves_o and_o the_o youth_n by_o themselves_o and_o that_o not_o only_o in_o distinct_a company_n but_o sometime_o in_o distinct_a baptistery_n or_o distinct_a apartment_n in_o the_o same_o baptistery_n hence_o curtain_n draw_v about_o the_o font_n and_o even_o between_o the_o baptizer_n and_o the_o baptise_a and_o hence_o the_o godfather_n hold_v the_o garment_n of_o the_o baptise_a before_o their_o face_n till_o he_o return_v to_o they_o out_o of_o the_o water_n §_o 17._o but_o all_o care_n that_o can_v be_v take_v all_o course_n that_o can_v be_v devise_v even_o though_o it_o be_v the_o baptise_v in_o garment_n provide_v for_o the_o purpose_n prove_v insufficient_a to_o preserve_v this_o sacred_a performance_n from_o the_o profanation_n of_o wantonness_n the_o church_n at_o last_o on_o this_o reason_n beside_o what_o inducement_n she_o have_v from_o what_o have_v befall_v at_o the_o baptise_v of_o copronymus_n think_v good_a by_o degree_n to_o deposit_v this_o way_n of_o baptise_v by_o immersion_n and_o even_o to_o baptize_v the_o healthy_a also_o as_o well_o as_o the_o sickly_a in_o a_o way_n better_o secure_v from_o lascivious_a indecency_n less_o expose_v to_o scoff_a raillery_n and_o more_o agreeable_a with_o the_o humour_n of_o female_a modesty_n even_o the_o way_n of_o sprinkle_v §_o 18._o and_o now_o let_v these_o thing_n 23._o quare_fw-la nè_fw-la ritus_fw-la alius_fw-la ad_fw-la sanos_fw-la alius_fw-la ad_fw-la infirmos_fw-la alius_fw-la ad_fw-la pueros_fw-la alius_fw-la ad_fw-la adultos_fw-la varietur_fw-la sed_fw-la unus_fw-la permaneat_fw-la modus_fw-la expedit_fw-la ut_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la huius_fw-la ministri_fw-la tutiorem_fw-la amplexantes_fw-la modum_fw-la superinfundendo_fw-la ter_z baptizent_n nisi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la contrarium_fw-la habeat_fw-la agend_n eccles_n mogunt_fw-la fol._n 23._o to_o name_v no_o more_o be_v dispassionate_o and_o unprejudicate_o consider_v and_o then_o say_v whether_o the_o church_n have_v not_o upon_o ground_n of_o high_a prudence_n as_o well_o as_o of_o of_o just_a necessity_n lay_v aside_o the_o troublesome_a more_o dangerous_a and_o less_o become_a way_n of_o immersion_n and_o assume_v the_o easy_a the_o secure_a and_o more_o decent_a way_n of_o rhantization_n chap._n xvi_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n not_o violate_v by_o sprinkle_v and_o the_o agreeableness_n of_o that_o with_o the_o primary_n design_n of_o baptism_n further_o manifest_v §_o 1._o but_o perhaps_o it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o for_o no_o necessity_n much_o less_o conveniency_n of_o man_n ought_v there_o to_o be_v any_o alteration_n of_o any_o institution_n of_o christ_n much_o less_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v discordant_a with_o the_o design_n for_o which_o it_o be_v institute_v and_o therefore_o immersion_n be_v that_o way_n of_o baptise_v which_o christ_n do_v institute_v that_o way_n must_v stand_v and_o rhantization_n must_v fall_v §_o 2._o to_o this_o i_o shall_v answer_v by_o degree_n and_o first_o by_o way_n of_o concession_n i_o say_v that_o suppose_v immersion_n to_o be_v a_o way_n of_o baptise_v of_o christ_n institution_n yet_o be_v it_o but_o a_o way_n it_o be_v not_o the_o way_n it_o be_v one_o way_n not_o the_o only_a way_n that_o he_o do_v institute_v for_o 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so_o they_o do_v not_o take_v man_n and_o woman_n that_o be_v all_o out_o of_o the_o water_n and_o so_o immerse_v they_o whole_o into_o it_o but_o of_o person_n that_o be_v already_o in_o part_n in_o the_o water_n it_o may_v be_v up_o to_o the_o middle_a they_o immerse_v the_o rest_n which_o as_o yet_o be_v not_o in_o it_o and_o so_o the_o work_n be_v divide_v betwixt_o the_o baptizer_n and_o the_o baptise_a the_o baptise_a first_o dip_v one_o half_a of_o himself_o by_o go_v so_o deep_a into_o the_o water_n and_o then_o the_o baptizer_n dip_v the_o other_o half_a possible_o may_v be_v consistent_a with_o decency_n of_o baptise_v edmundi_fw-la utroque_fw-la modo_fw-la baptizari_fw-la tamen_fw-la convenientius_fw-la &_o aptius_fw-la &_o securius_fw-la est_fw-la baptizare_fw-la immergendo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la aqua_fw-la totum_fw-la corpus_fw-la debet_fw-la demergi_fw-la si_fw-la parum_fw-la sufficit_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la tantum_fw-la de_fw-la aqua_fw-la quòd_fw-la immergi_fw-la possit_fw-la pars_fw-la principalis_fw-la etc._n etc._n bonavent_n lib._n 4._o do_v 3._o art_n 2._o q._n 2._o scias_n tamen_fw-la quòd_fw-la licèt_fw-la per_fw-la aspersionem_fw-la vel_fw-la effusionem_fw-la aquae_fw-la possit_fw-la fieri_fw-la baptismus_fw-la ubi_fw-la esset_fw-la talis_fw-la consuerudo_fw-la laudabilior_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la consuerudo_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la per_fw-la immersionem_fw-la lynwood_n constit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la effectu_fw-la vas._n illud_fw-la in_o constit_fw-la edmundi_fw-la and_o safety_n to_o the_o baptise_a §_o 3._o but_o i_o must_v also_o be_v so_o just_a as_o to_o say_v and_o i_o hope_v too_o that_o i_o have_v make_v it_o to_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v much_o to_o be_v say_v for_o the_o way_n that_o you_o oppose_v you_o see_v it_o to_o be_v repugnant_a neither_o to_o the_o word_n of_o institution_n but_o lie_v within_o the_o circle_n of_o its_o comprehension_n nor_o yet_o 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on_o either_o of_o those_o account_n baptize_v by_o dip_v after_o their_o recovery_n you_o find_v those_o learned_a and_o judicious_a reformer_n who_o throw_v erroneous_a doctrine_n and_o superstitious_a practice_n out_o of_o the_o church_n continue_v this_o doctrine_n and_o confirm_v this_o practice_n in_o it_o and_o you_o see_v it_o still_o maintain_v and_o defend_v by_o person_n of_o great_a eminency_n both_o for_o learning_n and_o for_o judgement_n in_o the_o reform_a church_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n the_o same_o effect_n be_v observe_v to_o be_v wrought_v on_o person_n baptize_v in_o sickness_n and_o in_o health_n 7._o non_fw-la sicut_fw-la scorpii_fw-la &_o serpent_n etc._n etc._n d._n cyprian_n l._n 4._o ep_n 7._o so_o at_o this_o day_n may_v you_o observe_v person_n baptize_v by_o sprinkle_v as_o rich_o furnish_v with_o all_o spiritual_a grace_n as_o any_o now_o you_o can_v tell_v we_o of_o baptize_v by_o dip_v ib._n in_o sacramentis_fw-la salutaribus_fw-la necessitate_v cogente_a &_o deo_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la largiente_fw-la totum_fw-la credentibus_fw-la conserunt_fw-la divina_fw-la compendia_fw-la id._n ib._n the_o great_a god_n that_o be_v above_o mean_n and_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o mean_n work_v the_o like_a effect_n by_o little_a as_o by_o great_a mean_n and_o as_o full_o and_o effectual_o communicate_v the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n by_o a_o few_o drop_n as_o by_o a_o whole_a ocean_n it_o be_v a_o way_n of_o kindness_n to_o the_o weak_a of_o mercy_n to_o the_o sick_a and_o of_o safety_n to_o all_o it_o be_v a_o way_n agree_v with_o the_o condition_n of_o all_o time_n and_o with_o the_o temper_n of_o all_o season_n it_o suit_v with_o the_o conveniency_n of_o all_o country_n and_o with_o the_o necessity_n of_o all_o place_n it_o comply_v with_o the_o state_n of_o all_o person_n and_o with_o the_o constitution_n of_o all_o age_n it_o provide_v for_o the_o modesty_n of_o the_o bashful_a and_o prevent_v unchastity_n in_o the_o lustful_a in_o a_o word_n it_o be_v the_o way_n which_o most_o church_n in_o the_o world_n after_o many_o hundred_o year_n trial_n of_o dip_v have_v at_o length_n in_o their_o practice_n and_o consequent_o in_o their_o judgement_n prefer_v before_o it_o have_v general_o lay_v that_o down_o and_o as_o general_o take_v this_o up_o §_o 4._o o_o why_o then_o shall_v you_o persist_v in_o a_o contrariety_n to_o that_o which_o be_v not_o contrariant_n to_o the_o word_n of_o institution_n why_o shall_v you_o impugn_v that_o which_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o sacrament_n why_o shall_v you_o quarrel_v that_o which_o agree_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n why_o shall_v you_o contradict_v that_o which_o be_v not_o contradict_v by_o any_o text_n of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n why_o shall_v you_o condemn_v that_o which_o never_o yet_o fall_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o any_o orthodox_n council_n why_o shall_v that_o be_v unlawful_a with_o you_o who_o 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according_a to_o st._n cyprian_n the_o guilt_n of_o a_o crime_n as_o bad_a as_o 823._o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d