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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.
Baptism, I tell you again, being of mere positive Right, you can draw no such Conclusions for what you plead for, 'tis only their Duty to be baptized, that Christ commanded to be baptized, and that is those that are made Disciples by the word preached, or those that believe in Christ, or that profess Faith in him; and 'tis the New Testament only, must inform us who are the subjects of Gospel Ordinances that depend only upon Laws merely positive, according to the Sovereign Pleasure of the institutor of them, or holy Lawgiver Jesus Christ.
Baptism, I tell you again, being of meer positive Right, you can draw no such Conclusions for what you plead for, 'tis only their Duty to be baptized, that Christ commanded to be baptized, and that is those that are made Disciples by the word preached, or those that believe in Christ, or that profess Faith in him; and 'tis the New Testament only, must inform us who are the subjects of Gospel Ordinances that depend only upon Laws meerly positive, according to the Sovereign Pleasure of the institutor of them, or holy Lawgiver Jesus Christ.
You say they brought their Children to Christ, therefore they brought them to John's Baptism.
Answer, If John had wrought Miracles and healed the Sick, I doubt not, but they would have brought their Children to him to have them healed, as well as they brought them to Christ, but John wrought no Miracles; also our Saviour was a healing the Sick when they brought Children to him; and it may fairly be inferred, they brought little Children that were distempered to him, to have him lay his Hands upon them, which was his way in healing the Sick, as I have said before.
Answer, If John had wrought Miracles and healed the Sick, I doubt not, but they would have brought their Children to him to have them healed, as well as they brought them to Christ, but John wrought no Miracles; also our Saviour was a healing the Sick when they brought Children to him; and it may fairly be inferred, they brought little Children that were distemper'd to him, to have him lay his Hands upon them, which was his way in healing the Sick, as I have said before.