A47591:1088
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.
Ans. Sir, I positively charge you for writing and publishing false Doctrine, and acquit your self of it as well as you can; I appeal to the Consciences of your Brethren, and to all understanding Men, whether this be a truth or not, viz. that when the head of a Family doth believe in Christ, that all the whole Family shall be saved; I must confess that this is a new and easy way for all in such Families to be saved, but doth not Christ say, he that believes shall not be damned, Mark 16. 16. let them dwell in what Family they will, you do not speak of any external Covenant right to Baptism, but of Salvation it self.
Ans. Sir, I positively charge you for writing and publishing false Doctrine, and acquit your self of it as well as you can; I appeale to the Consciences of your Brethren, and to all understanding Men, whether this be a truth or not, viz. that when the head of a Family doth believe in Christ, that all the whole Family shall be saved; I must confess that this is a new and easie way for all in such Families to be saved, but doth not Christ say, he that believes shall not be damn'd, Mark 16. 16. let them dwell in what Family they will, you do not speak of any external Covenant right to Baptism, but of Salvation it self.
2. You do not speak of Infants as such, but of all in the Family or Household, viz. comprehending adult Sons and Daughters, Men Servants or Maid Servants; adult persons it appears from hence, in the primitive times were baptized, by virtue of the Parents Faith as well as Babes; nay, and were saved also by the Faith of the head of the Family.
2. You do not speak of Infants as such, but of all in the Family or Houshold, viz. comprehending adult Sons and Daughters, Men Servants or Maid Servants; adult persons it appears from hence, in the primitive times were baptized, by virtue of the Parents Faith as well as Babes; nay, and were saved also by the Faith of the head of the Family.