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A77397 Anabaptism, the true fountaine of Independency, Brownisme, [double brace] Antinomy, Familisme, and the most of the other errours, which for the time doe trouble the Church of England, unsealed. Also the questions of pædobaptisme and dipping handled from Scripture. In a second part of the Disswasive from the errors of the time. / By Robert Baillie minister at Glasgow. Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662.; Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662. Dissuasive from the errours of the time. 1647 (1647) Wing B452A; Thomason E369_9; ESTC R38567 187,930 235

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opinion_n as_o he_o will_v make_v it_o d_o richardson_n against_o feat_o p._n 6._o paedobaptism_n tend_v to_o make_v god_n holy_a ordinance_n a_o lie_a sign_n to_o confirm_v that_o which_o visible_o be_v not_o secret_a thing_n belong_v to_o god_n and_o reveal_v thing_n to_o we_o deut._n 29.29_o and_o see_v such_o infant_n appear_v not_o to_o have_v any_o right_n in_o the_o covenant_n they_o be_v not_o to_o have_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n it_o be_v against_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n to_o set_v a_o seal_n to_o a_o blank_a and_o that_o any_o shall_v have_v a_o visible_a right_n to_o the_o seal_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o not_o godly_a be_v strange_a doctrine_n e_z declaration_n concern_v the_o public_a dispute_n by_o knoll_v etc._n etc._n p._n 16._o believer_n only_o themselves_o and_o not_o their_o infant_n be_v account_v the_o spiritual_a seed_n of_o abraham_n or_o his_o seed_n according_a to_o faith_n vanity_n of_o childish_a baptism_n p._n 18._o none_o of_o abraham_n child_n nor_o the_o natural_a seed_n of_o any_o other_o in_o the_o world_n be_v to_o be_v account_v the_o seed_n unto_o who_o the_o promise_n and_o covenant_n be_v make_v until_o they_o believe_v ibid._n p._n 21._o circumcision_n be_v not_o by_o god_n ordain_v nor_o by_o abraham_n understand_v to_o be_v to_o the_o person_n circumcise_v a_o seal_n of_o their_o be_v in_o the_o covenant_n and_o much_o less_o of_o their_o be_v regenerate_v f_o cornwall_n vindication_n p._n 5._o this_o popish_a consequence_n of_o baptise_v the_o infant_n of_o believer_n do_v instate_v all_o the_o infant_n of_o the_o believe_a gentile_n to_o be_v bear_v in_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o to_o have_v a_o right_n of_o a_o promise_n of_o life_n in_o christ_n jesus_n the_o vanity_n of_o childish_a baptism_n second_o part_n p._n 4._o the_o child_n of_o believer_n be_v not_o in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n g_z ibid._n but_o here_o they_o object_n and_o say_v have_v the_o child_n of_o believer_n no_o more_o privilege_n than_o the_o child_n of_o heathen_n turk_n and_o infidel_n answ_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o salvation_n none_o at_o all_o ibid._n p._n 19_o believer_n be_v father_n of_o their_o own_o child_n not_o otherwise_o then_o they_o be_v father_n of_o jew_n and_o turk_n child_n which_o be_v when_o they_o believe_v and_o not_o before_o declaration_n by_o cock_n p._n 17._o but_o some_o may_v think_v that_o this_o will_v put_v the_o child_n of_o believer_n into_o as_o bad_a a_o condition_n as_o the_o child_n of_o turk_n heathen_n and_o any_o other_o wicked_a man_n and_o this_o they_o be_v persuade_v be_v a_o horrible_a thing_n and_o a_o dangerous_a opinion_n we_o put_v not_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n into_o as_o bad_a a_o
new_a testament_n p._n 34_o they_o deny_v angel_n and_o devil_n and_o soul_n they_o deny_v heaven_n and_o hell_n and_o eternal_a life_n they_o cast_v away_o all_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n p._n 35_o david_n george_n to_o they_o be_v spiritual_a christ_n much_o more_o excellent_a than_o christ_n crucify_v many_o people_n be_v ready_a to_o seal_v with_o their_o blood_n all_o these_o abomination_n the_o monster_n david_n george_n do_v live_v and_o die_v in_o plenty_n and_o peace_n the_o best_a of_o the_o anabaptist_n have_v very_o gross_a error_n the_o mennonist_n deny_v original_a sin_n p._n 36_o in_o the_o point_n of_o election_n redemption_n grace_n freewill_n perseverance_n justification_n perfection_n they_o be_v grosser_n than_o the_o arminian_o or_o jesuite_n they_o be_v yet_o more_o absurd_a they_o deny_v the_o omnipresence_n of_o god_n they_o deny_v the_o trinity_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n humanity_n p._n 37_o they_o refuse_v all_o consequence_n from_o scripture_n they_o refuse_v reason_v from_o the_o old_a testament_n the_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n they_o make_v carnal_a they_o exclude_v all_o infant_n from_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n cap._n iii_o the_o modern_a tenet_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n in_o england_n the_o spirit_n of_o anabaptism_n clear_o devilish_a p._n 47_o the_o fair_a profession_n of_o many_o english_a anabaptist_n not_o to_o be_v trust_v what_o error_n may_v be_v charge_v upon_o all_o what_o only_o upon_o some_o of_o they_o p._n 48_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n be_v a_o very_a imperfect_a and_o ambiguous_a declaration_n of_o their_o judgement_n let_v no_o error_n be_v charge_v upon_o any_o man_n which_o he_o true_o disclaim_v a_o brief_a sum_n of_o all_o the_o anabaptist_n error_n every_o anabaptist_n be_v at_o least_o a_o rigid_a separatist_n p._n 49_o though_o the_o independent_o offer_v to_o collude_v with_o the_o anabaptist_n yet_o they_o separate_v from_o the_o independent_o no_o less_o than_o from_o the_o brownist_n as_o antichristian_a p._n 50_o they_o avow_v all_o their_o member_n to_o be_v holy_a and_o elect_a and_o some_o of_o they_o be_v for_o their_o perfection_n p._n 51_o after_o they_o have_v separate_v from_o all_o other_o church_n they_o run_v next_o away_o from_o their_o own_o self_n they_o charge_v one_o another_o with_o antichristianisme_n they_o be_v independent_o they_o put_v all_o church_n power_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o people_n they_o give_v the_o power_n of_o preach_v and_o celebrate_v the_o sacrament_n to_o any_o of_o their_o gift_a member_n out_o of_o all_o office_n p._n 52_o even_o unto_o woman_n they_o must_v not_o preach_v in_o a_o steeplehouse_n p._n 53_o all_o tithe_n and_o all_o set_a stipend_n be_v unlawful_a their_o preacher_n must_v work_v with_o theit_n own_o hand_n and_o may_v not_o go_v in_o black_a clothes_n they_o celebrate_v the_o lord_n supper_n in_o any_o common_a inn_n after_o another_o feast_n all_o the_o new_a light_n of_o the_o independent_o and_o brownist_n be_v borrow_v from_o the_o anabaptist_n the_o anoint_v of_o the_o sick_a with_o oil_n the_o reject_v of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n of_o all_o set_a psalm_n of_o university_n and_o humane_a learning_n be_v the_o anabaptist_n invention_n the_o independent_a apologist_n be_v for_o liberty_n to_o most_o of_o the_o sect_n 54_o and_o some_o of_o their_o prime_a friend_n be_v for_o a_o general_a liberty_n to_o all_o 55_o the_o anabaptist_n deny_v all_o power_n to_o magistrate_n in_o any_o thing_n which_o concern_v religion_n turkisme_n popery_n atheism_n the_o great_a blasphemy_n they_o will_v not_o have_v punish_v with_o so_o much_o as_o a_o discountenance_n they_o press_v a_o liberty_n for_o preach_v and_o propagate_a open_o all_o error_n imaginable_a yet_o they_o grant_v that_o error_n be_v a_o soul-murder_n and_o a_o great_a crime_n than_o the_o destruction_n of_o a_o king_n of_o a_o parliament_n of_o a_o whole_a nation_n p._n 56_o they_o hate_v the_o covenant_n they_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o scot_n p._n 57_o all_o punish_v of_o error_n with_o they_o be_v persecution_n they_o press_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n much_o out_o of_o policy_n p._n 58_o the_o grant_v of_o all_o this_o liberty_n will_v not_o assure_v the_o magistrate_n of_o the_o sectary_n civil_a obedience_n p._n 59_o the_o tenet_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o sectary_n destroy_v magistracy_n they_o profess_v their_o design_n to_o overturn_v from_o the_o ground_n the_o government_n of_o our_o state_n as_o now_o it_o stand_v king_n and_o lord_n be_v no_o more_o tolerable_a neither_o be_v the_o house_n of_o lord_n any_o long_a to_o be_v endure_v p._n 60_o the_o poor_a beggar_n in_o the_o land_n have_v a_o share_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n above_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n all_o former_a law_n and_o act_n of_o parliament_n must_v be_v abolish_v p._n 61_o the_o will_n of_o the_o multitude_n must_v stand_v for_o the_o sovereign_a law_n hereafter_o p._n 62_o the_o 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