A47591:1117
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.
And thus it appears to all impartial Persons, that there is nothing in this argument touching the practice of the Gospel Church; hears no mention made in baptizing whole Households of one Infant baptized, nor the least colour of reason to conclude there were.
And thus it appears to all impartial Persons, that there is nothing in this argument touching the practice of the Gospel Church; hears no mention made in baptizing whole Housholds of one Infant baptized, nor the least color of reason to conclude there were.
Mr. Burkit is so unreasonable as to put us upon searching the Scripture to prove a Negative, i. e. that there were none baptized in Infancy; we might as well have desired him to give proof that there never was any Infant ordained an Elder, or Pastor of a Church; or how can we prove they did not make use of Honey or Oil in Baptism, which some of the ancient Fathers used, as Mr. Perkins Notes, or Salt or Spittle, which practice is still in the Romish Church? Where is the extreme •unction forbid, or auricular Confession, or the use of Beads in Prayer, and a hundred more such Romish Fopperies? May these things be therefore done, because we read not that they are forbid, I thought adding to God's Word was forbidden, Rev. 22.
Mr. Burkit is so unreasonable as to put us upon searching the Scripture to prove a Negative, i. e. that there were none baptized in Infancy; we might as well have desired him to give proof that there never was any Infant ordained an Elder, or Pastor of a Church; or how can we prove they did not make use of Honey or Oil in Baptism, which some of the ancient Fathers used, as Mr. Perkins Notes, or Salt or Spittle, which practice is still in the Romish Church? Where is the extream •unction forbid, or auricular Confession, or the use of Beads in Prayer, and a hundred more such Romish Fopperies? May these things be therefore done, because we read not that they are forbid, I thought adding to God's Word was forbidden,