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name_n and_o faith_n of_o christ_n i_o conclude_v that_o this_o way_n our_o child_n ought_v to_o be_v suffer_v to_o come_v to_o christ_n and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v hinder_v from_o so_o come_v §_o 8._o and_o now_o the_o point_n be_v thus_o explain_v and_o the_o explication_n thereof_o thus_o vindicate_v i_o appeal_v to_o common_a reason_n whether_o or_o no_o there_o be_v not_o here_o that_o which_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n of_o these_o day_n do_v with_o so_o much_o insolency_n demand_v of_o we_o viz._n a_o fair_a and_o clear_a scripture_n ground_n for_o infant_n baptism_n if_o child_n may_v come_v to_o christ_n and_o must_v by_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n be_v suffer_v to_o come_v to_o he_o and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n of_o their_o come_n to_o he_o but_o by_o baptism_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a than_o that_o in_o command_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o come_v to_o he_o he_o command_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o forbid_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v hinder_v from_o baptism_n §_o 9_o and_o by_o this_o time_n i_o hope_v it_o appear_v with_o how_o good_a judgement_n our_o church_n have_v appoint_v this_o passage_n of_o scripture_n which_o as_o h._n d._n tell_v we_o be_v call_v of_o old_a the_o scripture_n 177._o treatise_n of_o baptism_n pag._n 177._o canon_n for_o infants-baptism_n and_o upon_o which_o as_o he_o say_v much_o stress_n have_v be_v lay_v since_o to_o prove_v the_o same_o to_o be_v read_v in_o the_o congregation_n at_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n namely_o as_o contain_v in_o it_o a_o fair_a ground_n and_o a_o clear_a proof_n for_o infant_n baptism_n which_o i_o hope_v you_o do_v by_o this_o time_n see_v to_o be_v no_o such_o scriptureless_a thing_n as_o our_o antipaedobaptist_n do_v pretend_v §_o 10._o yet_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v think_v this_o collection_n alone_o to_o be_v too_o weak_a a_o ground_n to_o bear_v that_o weight_n we_o lie_v upon_o it_o though_o by_o the_o way_n i_o must_v 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measure_n rescue_v by_o baptism_n there_o be_v need_n to_o baptize_v they_o chap._n xx._n child_n need_n of_o baptism_n show_v from_o six_o other_o consideration_n §_o 1._o and_o yet_o there_o be_v other_o account_n which_o i_o shall_v name_v and_o not_o much_o more_o than_o name_n upon_o which_o infant_n have_v need_v to_o be_v baptize_v §_o 2._o and_o first_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v benefit_n derive_v to_o we_o and_o descend_v upon_o we_o from_o christ_n our_o head_n by_o virtue_n of_o our_o union_n with_o he_o as_o member_n of_o he_o which_o we_o and_o our_o child_n have_v need_n of_o and_o we_o can_v hope_v otherwise_o to_o obtain_v either_o for_o ourselves_o or_o for_o our_o child_n than_o by_o baptism_n baptism_n seem_v to_o be_v in_o this_o respect_n a_o thing_n which_o both_o we_o and_o our_o child_n have_v a_o very_a great_a need_n of_o §_o 3._o to_o instance_n but_o in_o his_o influence_n upon_o care_v over_o and_o intercession_n for_o his_o member_n how_o shall_v we_o 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which_o be_v require_v in_o adult_a person_n as_o praevious_a to_o their_o baptism_n be_v not_o by_o the_o church_n require_v in_o infant_n as_o necessary_a to_o their_o baptise_v nor_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v that_o ever_o it_o be_v by_o christ_n or_o any_o apostle_n of_o he_o exact_v of_o they_o as_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o ever_o christ_n or_o any_o apostle_n of_o he_o order_v the_o delay_n of_o their_o baptise_v till_o it_o may_v be_v in_o they_o §_o 22._o and_o last_o if_o infant_n baptism_n be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n that_o be_v a_o thing_n deliver_v down_o to_o the_o church_n to_o be_v practise_v in_o it_o by_o the_o apostle_n and_o apostolical_a person_n and_o as_o practise_v also_o by_o themselves_o as_o there_o be_v better_a ground_n to_o believe_v it_o than_o there_o be_v evidence_n against_o it_o than_o the_o thing_n be_v out_o of_o question_n they_o will_v never_o have_v baptize_v themselves_o nor_o teach_v other_o to_o baptize_v such_o as_o want_v faith_n 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rome_n by_o who_o for_o some_o certain_a hundred_o of_o year_n they_o have_v be_v constrain_v to_o suffer_v their_o child_n to_o be_v baptize_v §_o 7._o so_o that_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o appeal_v for_o further_a evidence_n to_o the_o conference_n at_o mompelguâ—t_n 1529._o mompelguâ—t_n anno_fw-la 1529._o or_o the_o article_n of_o smalkald_n 1536._o smalkald_n anno_fw-la 1536._o or_o book_n of_o concord_n 1580._o concord_n anno_fw-la 1580._o much_o less_o to_o the_o testimony_n of_o single_a person_n though_o man_n of_o note_n and_o eminence_n in_o their_o generation_n such_o as_o luther_n melancthon_n calvin_n zanâ—hy_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o many_o writer_n on_o this_o subject_a in_o that_o age._n who_o be_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o move_v to_o write_v on_o this_o subject_a in_o regard_n of_o a_o opposition_n then_o make_v to_o infant_n baptism_n by_o the_o anabaptist_n who_o as_o melancthon_n say_v be_v then_o bapt._n melancthon_n loc_fw-la comm._n de_fw-fr bapt._n 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it_o and_o though_o this_o place_n be_v lay_v by_o as_o likewise_o that_o of_o his_o in_o levit._n yet_o while_o his_o 14_o homil._n on_o luke_n of_o unquestioned_a authority_n shall_v be_v extant_a there_o will_v be_v a_o witness_n of_o origen_n to_o be_v produce_v for_o infant_n baptism_n last_o for_o cyprian_a his_o not_o urge_v it_o as_o a_o apostolical_a tradition_n or_o precept_n do_v not_o prove_v it_o be_v none_o however_o his_o deliver_v his_o judgement_n for_o infant_n baptism_n be_v a_o sure_a evidence_n that_o he_o think_v neither_o scripture_n precept_n nor_o apostle_n practice_n nor_o church_n tradition_n be_v against_o it_o and_o it_o can_v be_v think_v a_o private_a opinion_n which_o be_v so_o early_o conclude_v in_o a_o council_n of_o no_o few_o than_o 66_o bishop_n and_o though_o h._n d._n meet_v with_o no_o such_o council_n nor_o can_v tell_v where_o it_o be_v hold_v yet_o st._n augustine_n doubtless_o be_v satisfy_v concern_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o and_o st._n 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by_o his_o great_a master_n tertullian_n who_o he_o so_o much_o reverence_v who_o dispute_v 7._o inf._n bapt._n par._n 2._o chap._n 7._o indeed_o against_o the_o hasten_a but_o not_o against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o infant_n baptism_n to_o which_o disputation_n i_o have_v give_v a_o answe_n in_o part_n and_o mr._n will_v more_o full_o and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v rather_o believe_v st._n cyprian_n himself_o declare_v himself_o to_o be_v for_o infant_n baptism_n than_o baronius_n if_o he_o assert_v or_o suggest_v that_o he_o be_v against_o it_o and_o if_o other_o thing_n have_v be_v father_v on_o cyprian_a yet_o till_o that_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o fidus_n be_v demonstrate_v to_o be_v spurious_a which_o h._n d._n do_v not_o tell_v we_o be_v yet_o do_v no_o not_o by_o daille_n himself_o i_o shall_v presume_v it_o be_v his_o own_o and_o well_o may_v have_v it_o own_a for_o his_o by_o two_o so_o early_o and_o eminent_a author_n as_o st._n augustine_n and_o st._n hierom_n b._n hierom_n beatus_fw-la quidem_fw-la cyprianus_n non_fw-la aliquod_fw-la decrecum_fw-la condens_fw-la novum_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidem_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la servans_fw-la ad_fw-la corrigendum_fw-la choose_fw-la qui_fw-la putabant_fw-la ante_fw-la oâ—tavum_fw-la diem_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la parvulum_fw-la baptizandum_fw-la non_fw-la carnem_fw-la sed_fw-la animam_fw-la dixit_fw-la esse_fw-la perdendam_fw-la &_o mox_fw-la natum_fw-la rite_n baptizari_fw-la posse_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la cocpiscopis_fw-la censuit_fw-la d._n aug._n ep._n 28_o ad_fw-la hieron_n tom._n 2._o col._n 108._o b._n the_o former_a of_o which_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o hierom_n appeal_v to_o it_o c._n it_o ac_fw-la i_o pute_fw-la haeretico_fw-la sensu_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligere_fw-la beatus_fw-la martyr_n cyprianus_n cujus_fw-la te_fw-la in_o scripturarum_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la digerendis_fw-la amulum_fw-la gloriaris_fw-la in_fw-la epistola_fw-la quam_fw-la scribit_fw-la 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