A47591:1069
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.
2. The latitude of this Command, be baptized every one of you, is no further then to all them that he commands to repent, nor is the promise to any of their Children, but such that the Lord our God shall all the Parents right and interest to the promise of the Holy Spirit, Remission of Sins, and eternal Life, spring from their Interest in Christ by Faith, and at that Door comes in the right and interest of all their Children or Off-spring that are called by the effectual operations of the word and spirit of God, 'tis the promise made to all the true spiritual Seed of Abraham, but are the natural Seed of Abraham, and the natural Seed of Believers, as such, or as so considered the spiritual Seed of Abraham?
3. the promise here meant, and the duty of being baptized are as you say of the same Latitude; thus you argue, viz. be baptized you and your Children, for the promise is unto you and to your Children, we so are to understand the Words; the Promise, and the Duty, being of the same Latitude, if the Promise belongeth unto them and their Children, then bap•••••
Ans. I answer, what is the promise but the Holy-Ghost and eternal Life, and such that receive this Promise, viz. the holy Spirit as an earnest of eternal Life, we deny not are to be baptized, and if no Child hath any other right to the Duty, but such who have received the same Promise through Faith, ziz. remission of Sin, and of the Holy Spirit, then no Children but such that repent and believe ought to be baptized, seeing the Promise and Duty runs to the Children or Off-spring as it runs to the Parents.