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also_o the_o very_a corruption_n of_o the_o same_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a that_o the_o very_a infant_n that_o die_v before_o they_o be_v baptize_v 6_o bellarmine_n de_fw-fr purgat_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 6_o have_v their_o place_n of_o torment_n appoint_v unto_o they_o where_o they_o must_v be_v purge_v so_o that_o as_o they_o give_v the_o power_n of_o kill_a sin_n in_o we_o unto_o the_o sacrament_n which_o only_o belong_v unto_o christ_n 6._o rom._n 6._o so_o in_o this_o latter_a point_n they_o do_v in_o a_o manner_n make_v christ_n scant_o able_a for_o to_o save_v without_o the_o sacrament_n and_o teach_v sin_n by_o other_o mean_n than_o by_o christ_n only_o to_o be_v purge_v 4_o de_fw-fr sacr_n baptism_n li._n 1._o ca._n 4_o now_o the_o first_o reason_n whereby_o bellarmine_n will_v prooâ—â—_n that_o the_o sacrament_n of_o itself_o have_v such_o force_n of_o thâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d do_v work_v in_o we_o holiness_n and_o abolish_v sin_n and_o therefore_o that_o without_o it_o no_o man_n or_o woman_n can_v be_v save_v be_v that_o place_n of_o saint_n john_n 3.5_o joh_n 3.5_o unless_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o of_o water_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n he_o can_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o for_o the_o better_a credit_n of_o his_o assertion_n he_o tell_v we_o 30._o de_fw-fr peccatorum_fw-la merit_n &_o remiss_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 30._o that_o saint_n augustine_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o forgiveness_n thereof_o the_o thirty_o chapter_n do_v show_v that_o these_o word_n be_v not_o a_o commandment_n but_o declare_v the_o mean_n of_o salvation_n as_o though_o saint_n augustine_n will_v make_v the_o sacrament_n as_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n as_o meat_n for_o our_o life_n or_o physic_n for_o recovery_n of_o health_n for_o these_o be_v the_o example_n allege_v afterwards_o by_o bellarmine_n but_o he_o beli_v that_o learned_a father_n for_o he_o have_v not_o any_o such_o thing_n in_o that_o place_n 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