A47591:1146
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. As to Cyprian, he lived as I find it in History, about 248 or 300 Years after Christ; and should I tell the Reader what Corruptions and Errors were let in about that time, he would not wonder to hear Infants were allowed Baptism: Yet we have Cyprian against Cyprian. It is true, as far as I can gather in his time, ⟨p. 216⟩Infant Baptism was first introduced, without any Ground or Warrant from Christ; and it was as strongly opposed, which appears by the Debates and Doubts about it.
3. The third humane Authority that is brought by Mr. Burkit, is that cursed decree of the Milevetan Council, that all who denied Infant Baptism should be Anathema, accursed. If he comes but a little lower, he hath proof enough in the Popish Councils, Decrees and Canors. But 'tis to be observed, that those Fathers pleaded for Infant Baptism, as that which took away Original Sin, and gave Children the Eucharist too, in the first Sacrament abusing that Text, John 3. 5. and in the other, that in John 6. 53. These are all the humane Proofs from the Churches, after the primitive Apostolical days which Mr. Burkit brought, and I doubt not but to give better and more Authentic Authors of the ancient Fathers against Infant Baptism, than hath been brought for it, and some of them nearer the Apostles days too. The first is Justin Martyr; though I have him not, yet take his Words, as they are cited by Mr. Richard Baxters Saints Rest, Chap. 8. Sect. 5. I will declare unto you, how we offer up our selves unto God, after that we are renewed through Christ, those amongst us that are instructed in the Faith, and believe that which we teach them is true, being willing to live according to the same, We do admonish them to fast and pray for forgiveness of Sins, and we also pray with them, and when they are brought by us into the Water, and there as we were new born, are they also by the new Birth received, and then in calling upon God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, they are washed in Water, &c. the Food we call the Eucharist, to which no Man is admitted, but only he that believeth the Truth of the Doctrine, being washed in the laver of Regeneration for Remission of Sins, and so liveth as Christ hath taught, this you see, saith Mr. Baxter, is no new way.