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sacrament_n four_o a_o private_a man_n have_v no_o power_n of_o consecration_n without_o which_o the_o water_n be_v but_o common_a water_n general_n atter_n 1_o book_n c_o 5._o of_o the_o sac._n in_o general_n and_o this_o be_v necessary_o require_v to_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o sacrament_n for_o when_o the_o word_n be_v add_v to_o the_o element_n than_o there_o be_v make_v a_o sacrament_n now_o the_o sacramental_a word_n consist_v partly_o of_o a_o commandment_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o minister_n go_v teach_v all_o nation_n partly_o of_o a_o promise_n annex_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n in_o all_o the_o scripture_n we_o never_o read_v of_o either_o command_n or_o promise_n warrant_v the_o use_n of_o baptism_n by_o lay-person_n without_o the_o power_n of_o consecration_n sacrament_n be_v as_o a_o dead_a body_n without_o life_n as_o a_o dumb_a show_n without_o voice_n as_o a_o empty_a cloud_n without_o water_n and_o as_o a_o barren_a tree_n without_o 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away_o the_o substance_n and_o bring_v in_o a_o nullity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n five_o there_o be_v but_o one_o baptism_n ephes_n 4.5_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o use_n and_o of_o the_o end_n so_o the_o nicene_n council_n i_o believe_v one_o baptism_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n we_o do_v all_o by_o this_o one_o door_n and_o no_o other_o enter_v into_o the_o visible_a church_n now_o this_o one_o baptism_n be_v describe_v unto_o we_o in_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n 20._o atter_n 3_o book_n of_o the_o sac._n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n chap._n 20._o which_o we_o may_v understand_v by_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n and_o discharge_v those_o from_o that_o number_n of_o sacrament_n that_o want_v the_o warrant_n of_o the_o word_n so_o that_o if_o there_o be_v any_o other_o than_o what_o be_v there_o prescribe_v it_o be_v none_o a_o fiction_n and_o humane_a invention_n this_o call_v to_o my_o mind_n a_o expression_n of_o zanchy_n concern_v the_o baptism_n of_o the_o 12_o disciple_n of_o ephesus_n 6._o obs_n in_o cap_n 25._o de_fw-fr bapt_n aph._n 6._o cùm_fw-la paulum_fw-la diximus_fw-la eos_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la act_n 19_o denuo_fw-la baptizasse_fw-la tanquam_fw-la non_fw-la rite_n baptizatos_fw-la id_fw-la sine_fw-la ullius_fw-la interpretis_fw-la praejudicio_fw-la diximus_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o go_v on_o whereas_o we_o say_v that_o paul_n baptize_v again_o those_o of_o who_o it_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o 19_o of_o the_o act_n as_o be_v not_o right_o baptize_v we_o say_v it_o without_o prejudice_n to_o any_o learned_a interpreter_n for_o we_o condemn_v none_o only_o we_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o construe_v favourable_o that_o word_n rebaptize_v for_o we_o mean_v not_o that_o they_o which_o be_v right_o baptize_v be_v afterward_o baptize_v again_o sed_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la baptismo_fw-la praecedente_fw-la scilicet_fw-la vera_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la patre_fw-la filio_fw-la &_o spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la doctrina_fw-la baptizati_fw-la non_fw-la suerant_fw-la but_o they_o which_o be_v not_o baptize_v with_o true_a baptism_n where_o the_o true_a doctrine_n of_o god_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n go_v before_o this_o to_o speak_v proper_o be_v indeed_o not_o to_o be_v rebaptise_v but_o to_o be_v true_o baptize_v and_o present_o after_o illos_fw-la duodecim_fw-la discipulos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la à _fw-la paulo_n vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la jussu_fw-la pauli_n baptizatos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la non_fw-la ritè_fw-la antea_fw-la baptizatos_fw-la those_o 12_o disciple_n be_v baptize_v of_o paul_n or_o at_o least_o by_o paul_n commandment_n as_o have_v not_o be_v right_o baptize_v before_o these_o twelve_o disciple_n have_v occasion_v almost_o as_o many_o opinion_n the_o treatise_n be_v large_a i_o shall_v confine_v they_o desirous_a to_o finish_v this_o four_o chapter_n and_o so_o proceed_v to_o the_o rest_n concern_v which_o we_o shall_v be_v brief_a some_o from_o hence_o draw_v a_o argument_n of_o rebaptisation_n but_o august_n who_o hold_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o john_n and_o christ_n baptism_n yet_o defend_v his_o opinion_n from_o rebaptization_n ambrose_n and_o hierome_n be_v of_o zanchy_n opinion_n as_o before_o relate_v that_o by_o a_o counterfeit_a baptism_n under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o baptism_n of_o john_n they_o be_v rather_o defile_v than_o wash_v or_o at_o least_o not_o right_o and_o due_o baptize_v 20._o chrys_n 3_o tom_n in_o art_n hom._n 40._o orig_n in_o 19_o art_n august_n tom._n 7._o cont_n petil._n c_o 7._o sueg_n tom._n 1._o in_o evang._n hom._n 20._o the_o father_n teach_v that_o these_o word_n and_o when_o they_o hear_v it_o they_o be_v baptize_v be_v not_o the_o word_n of_o saint_n paul_n speak_v of_o they_o which_o hear_v saint_n john_n baptist_n but_o expound_v they_o as_o the_o word_n of_o s._n luke_n speak_v of_o they_o which_o hear_v saint_n paul_n and_o so_o it_o seem_v evident_a from_o the_o text._n some_o say_v that_o they_o
to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n nor_o bring_v with_o it_o any_o absurdity_n because_o the_o father_n do_v not_o speak_v of_o a_o baptism_n right_o administer_v and_o when_o this_o be_v he_o render_v one_o reason_n as_o before_o when_o do_v by_o a_o lawful_a minister_n chap_n vii_o that_o necessity_n be_v no_o plea_n for_o baptism_n by_o lay_v person_n bellarm_n 7._o de_fw-fr sacran_n bapt._n lib_n 1._o cap._n 7._o and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n teach_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o private_a person_n to_o baptise_v except_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o exclaim_n against_o calvin_n for_o affirm_v the_o contrary_a we_o have_v already_o prove_v that_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n do_v only_o and_o proper_o belong_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o private_a person_n be_v quite_o exempt_v this_o proceed_v from_o that_o harsh_a and_o uncharitable_a opinion_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n without_o which_o they_o teach_v that_o 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for_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n in_o the_o wilderness_n or_o the_o infant_n of_o christian_n who_o die_v before_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n and_o pentecost_n without_o baptism_n 21._o socrat._v lib._n 5._o cap._n 21._o for_o at_o those_o feast_n baptism_n be_v administer_v in_o time_n past_a in_o thessalia_n baptism_n be_v celebrate_v once_o in_o a_o year_n namely_o at_o easter_n that_o they_o be_v all_o deprive_v of_o salvation_n it_o be_v harsh_a and_o uncharitable_a so_o to_o think_v hence_o i_o say_v proceed_v baptism_n by_o woman_n which_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o the_o heretic_n martion_n 144._o epiph_n l._n 1._o tom._n 3._o haer_fw-mi 42._o p._n 144._o as_o epipha_n witness_v quod_fw-la permiserit_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la and_o this_o among_o other_o thing_n he_o call_v martions_n ludibria_fw-la the_o orthodox_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n will_v not_o allow_v private_a person_n to_o baptize_v some_o will_v soon_o grant_v a_o extraordinary_a call_n to_o the_o ministry_n then_o declare_v the_o baptism_n of_o one_o out_o of_o office_n lawful_a zanchy_a upon_o a_o question_n start_v by_o st._n augustine_n 42._o cont._n ep._n parm._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o col_fw-fr 42._o utrum_fw-la qui_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fuit_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la baptizare_fw-la alium_fw-la possit_fw-la which_o he_o dare_v not_o resolve_v without_o a_o council_n notwithstanding_o thomas_n aquinas_n dare_v do_v it_o and_o resolve_v it_o in_o the_o affirmative_a sed_fw-la ego_fw-la say_v zanchy_a proponam_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la 5.21_o in_o ephes_n 5._o in_o quaest_n de_fw-fr cause_n â—ff_n bapt._n quaest_n 5.21_o ad_fw-la quam_fw-la facilius_fw-la responderi_fw-la posse_fw-la arbitror_fw-la esto_fw-la turcus_n aliquis_fw-la in_fw-la region_fw-la unde_fw-la facilè_fw-la ad_fw-la christianas_n ecclesias_fw-la veniri_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la is_n ex_fw-la lectione_n novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la donetur_fw-la cognition_n christi_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la doceat_fw-la verò_fw-la familiam_fw-la eamque_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la convertat_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la etiam_fw-la alios_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la a_o be_v possit_fw-la baptizare_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la convertit_fw-la cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la baptismo_fw-la aquae_fw-la suppose_v a_o turk_n far_o distant_a from_o christian_a assembly_n be_v convert_v to_o the_o knowledge_n and_o faith_n of_o christ_n by_o read_v the_o scripture_n be_v teach_v and_o convert_v his_o family_n &_o other_o may_v he_o baptize_v these_o thus_o convert_v by_o he_o he_o answer_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o may_v ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la minister_n est_fw-la verbi_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la excitatus_fw-la for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n extraordinary_o raise_v up_o by_o christ_n other_o in_o case_n of_o extremity_n think_v when_o public_a baptism_n can_v be_v have_v private_a be_v sufficient_a and_o when_o not_o so_o much_o as_o private_a may_v not_o be_v well_o obtain_v votall_a be_v enough_o as_o some_o of_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n acknowledge_v satis_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la adsit_fw-la mentaliter_fw-la 4._o rhem._n &_o cajeâ—_n in_o joh_n 3_o idem_fw-la cajet_fw-fr in_o 3_o tho._n quaest_n 68_o art_n 1._o lâ—mb_n send_v lib_n 4._o dâ—st_n 4._o ubi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la haberi_fw-la sacramentaliter_fw-la where_o this_o sacrament_n can_v be_v have_v the_o desire_n be_v sufficient_a if_o in_o extreme_a necessity_n thou_o can_v not_o enjoy_v this_o holy_a water_n assure_v thyself_o god_n accept_v a_o desire_n for_o a_o deed_n to_o this_o purpose_n speak_v bucanus_n care_n shall_v be_v take_v that_o the_o infant_n be_v baptize_v by_o a_o lawful_a and_o fit_a minister_n 2._o jâ—nseu_n contex_fw-la 20._o thom._n part_n 3._o quaest_n 68_o art_n 2._o but_o if_o that_o may_v not_o be_v obtain_v it_o be_v to_o be_v commend_v 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