A47591:1222
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.
Answ. 1. No doubt but Christ is able to do it: But doth he in a secret way administer Instruction to Infants? prove it, and also how you come to know it; for they must be known Disciples, visible Disciples that are to be baptized.
2. Are they little Infants that Promise refers to, i. e. Thy Children shall be all taught of God? They are Zion's Children, or such that are born of God that are under that Promise, not Infants, or our Children as such; for are all Believers natural Offspring taught of God when Babes, (or adult either?) O abominable abuse of the holy Text!
2. Are they little Infants that Promise refers to, i. e. Thy Children shall be all taught of God? They are Sion's Children, or such that are born of God that are under that Promise, not Infants, or our Children as such; for are all Believers natural Offspring taught of God when Babes, (or adult either?) O abominable abuse of the holy Text!
Baptism (say you) setteth little Children under a particular obligation to be the Lord's; doubtless they can receive such an obligation now as formerly they did, Deut. 29. 11, 12. And it is as certain that this Bond is a great advantage to make them willing when they come to age, God hath presented them by the Grace of his Covenant, &c.