A47591:1152
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. But should this Father and St. Austine, and others that followed them, be for Infant Baptism, what will this avail the asserters of Infant Baptism, seeing the Church was before their times so greatly corrupted, and many grand Errors brought in; the Tradition of God Fathers and God Mothers, one of the Church of England hath lately showed to be near as early in the Church as Infant baptism, which Mr. Owen will not therefore receive to be an Apostolical Tradition.
2. But should this Father and St. Austine, and others that followed them, be for Infant Baptism, what will this avail the asserters of Infant Baptism, seeing the Church was before their times so greatly corrupted, and many grand Errors brought in; the Tradition of God Fathers and God Mothers, one of the Church of England hath lately shewed to be near as early in the Church as Infant baptism, which Mr. Owen will not therefore receive to be an Apostolical Tradition.
3. We readily grant, that Infant baptism is of great Antiquity, of more then Thirteen Hundred years standing, so are many other abominable Errors, Practices and corrupt Ceremonies; but from the beginning it was not so, viz. 'tis not to be found in Holy Scripture, it is none of Christs Institution; therefore an Human Invention; nor was it practised in the Two first hundred years after Christ, as I shall now prove out of as good Authors, as any Mr. Owen hath or can produce.
1. 'Tis said Justin Martyr was Converted about 30 years after the Apostle John; and by the Order then used in the Church, It appears there was no Infant baptism thought of.