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Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the ancient…Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the antient…
Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the ancient Britons [sic] being an answer to a book, intituled [sic] Children's baptism from Heaven, published in the Welsh tongue by Mr. James Owen / by Benjamin Keach.Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the antient Britains [sic] being an answer to a book, iutituled [sic] Children's baptism from Heaven, published in the Welsh tongue by Mr. James Owen / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by William Marshall, 1696
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
AT your desire, I have (as the Lord hath helped me) answered Mr. James Owen's Book, in which he hath cast many false and slanderous Reflections on you and all other Anti-Pedo-Baptists; but I have forborne returning Railing for Railing, tho perhaps some of my Words may seem a little too sharp, but his way of Writing called for it: I hope the Translators of his Book first out of Welsh into English, and again the Translation of my Answer out of English into Welsh is done faithfully, if it be according to the true Sense and Purport of his Words and Meaning; the different placing of Words he can have no ground to cavil at, but of that I am not capable to judge, because I understand not the Welsh Tongue.
AT your desire, I have (as the Lord hath helped me) answered Mr. James Owen's Book, in which he hath cast many false and slanderous Reflections on you and all other Anti-Pedo-Baptists; but I have forborn returning Railing for Railing, tho perhaps some of my Words may seem a little too sharp, but his way of Writing called for it: I hope the Translators of his Book first out of Welch into Engiish, and again the Translation of my Answer out of English into Welch is done faithfully, if it be according to the true Sense and Purport of his Words and Meaning; the different placing of Words he can have no ground to cavil at, but of that I am not capable to judge, because I understand not the Welch Tongue.
He seems to reflect very severely upon some of your Conversations, as if you wanted that true Piety that becomes your Holy Profession, and also as if you wanted Charity; but I hope it is his own uncharitable Spirit that led him out thus to write, and that you ⟨p. xxii⟩are People who rest not on the Form of Godliness, without the Power, and that you also love all in whom you see the Image of Christ: The Truth is, he of all Men might have forborne such a Charge, considering how short himself appears in that respect, having laboured to cast you and all Anti-Pedo-Baptists out of the Universal Church, and chargeth us who dip believing Men and Women in the Name, &c. with Adultery and Murder. O that the Lord would open his Eyes and give him true Repentance.