A17192:210
A most sure and strong defence of the baptism of children, against [the] pestiferous…A moste sure and strong defence of the baptisme of children, against [the] pestiferous…
A most sure and strong defence of the baptism of children, against [the] pestiferous sect of the Anabaptists. set forth by that famous clerk, Henry Bullynger: & now translated out of Latin into English by John Veron SenonoysA moste sure and strong defence of the baptisme of children, against [the] pestiferous secte of the Anabaptystes. set furthe by that famouse clerke, Henry Bullynger: & nowe translated out of Laten into Englysh by Ihon Veron Senonoys
printed by John Oswen, 1551printed by Ihon Oswen, 1551
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He doth therefore open the whole province of all the whole world unto them ye were afore included & in a manner shut up with in the borders of Jury. These places then are set against the first,1 as two Antitheses.
He doth therfore open ye wholl prouynce of al the wholl world vnto thē ye were afore included & in a maner shut vp wt in ye borders of Iury. These places thē are set against ye fyrst,1 as twoe Anttytheses.
- 1Antithesis is a figure where by one contrary is set against the other.Antithesis is a figure where by one contrary is set agaynste the other.
SI. The place ye thou hast alleged before out of the second of the Act, doth make greatly against thee. For it should follow, ye infants had both sold & distributed their goods, & many other things might be gathered thereupon.
SI. The place ye thou hast aleged before out of the secōd of ye Act, doth make greatli against ye. For it shuld folow, ye infantes had both solde & distributed theyr goods, & many other thinges myght be gathered thervpon.
JOIADA. When ye gather your argument after this manner: If the infants be numbered among the faithful: It followeth, ye they did sell and distribute their goods, ye they did pray & break bread, for they ye believed, did so. Who doth not see, that ye expound all things after the letter, & yet ye do not weigh & ponder it? The infants are of the family & household of their parents, which thing we have proved sufficiently before, whom sith that ye had rather to comprehend under the name of household stuff, then of the faithful, ye do not only in this thing, most ungodly, but also most cruelly. It is not required in this figure Synecdoche, that whatsoever