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                                                                      		in the Bible, but about serious and well weighed doctrine
                                                                      		The greater number of persons who hotly dispute the doctrine
                                                                      		of B.R. understand by Regeneration the Saving Grace
                                                                      		of Christ God;  The final conscience of sinners to Christ
                                                                      		a consummate Grace of God to his elect;  after the
since it is altogether indisputable that the greater number of baptised		bestowal of which they cannot perisj:
persons throughout Christendom are bold and godless sinners -         		It is nevertheless as clear as noonday that the Church
                                                                      		does not mean by "Regeneration" anything of this kind -
                                                                      		quarrel with her therefore if you will, for improper use
                                                                      		of the English language, and for using the word Regeneration
                                                                      		in a sense different from yours, but do not quarrel
                                                                      		with her doctrine until you candidly reflect what she
                                                                      		really means:  It may be you will then have two quarrels
                                                                      		with her instead of one - one for incorrect doctrine
                                                                      		another for inaccurare language. - only do not confound
                                                                      		your two accusation together, since the latter is a very
                                                                      		light one   Examine her doctrines first, and if you can
                                                                      		accept that, for the sake of peace in Christendom,
                                                                      		forgive her her language.
                                                                      		Now there are four distinct modes in which the churches
                                                                      		words may be understood, since that all baptized persons
                                                                      		are saved, she does not and could not mean.
                                                                      		1.   That all persons are converted at Baptism;  but that
                                                                      		converted persons are not all safe for ever:  but are
                                                                      		capable of falling away from Christ.

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