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                                                                      Do not treat from a custom
                                                                      which rests for great part of
                                                                      its justification on the mere
                                                                      practice of the church and
                                                                      on the strength of this,
                                                                      weakens the meaning of
                                                                      the words of the Bible
                                                                      Take the words of the Bible
                                                                      as they are written and by
                                                                      them judge of the practice of
                                                                      this Church.
                                                                      	     tacitly
                                                                      Again do not admit the
                                                                      	[?]
                                                                      merciful thought that
                                                                      there are two Baptisms
                                                                      or one for Infants & one for
                                                                      Adults and that  I have
                                                                      never [?] this idea that
                                                                      if expressed. but I have
                                                                      often heard it in my own
                                                                      mind. Do not therefore
                                                                      [?] admit it [?]: Work it
                                                                      out & express it fully:
                                                                      You perhaps think that  this modern
                                                                      baptism of infants is a totally

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