A47591:1231
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.
Infant-Baptism is an excellent means (you say) to plant the true Religion, and to continue the Church, by giving an advantage for the Ministers of the Gospel to reason with such when they come to age, far better than they can with those that are not baptized, that they might call them to remembrance of their baptismal Vow, &c.
Answ. This is certainly a grand mistake; for instead of its being an advantage to Ministers to reason with such that were baptized in their Infancy, to remember their baptismal Vow, and so to believe and turn to God, 'tis apparent it may •inder them; for if those persons when grown up, do call to remembrance what you Pedobaptists have taught and told them, touching those Blessings and Privileges they then received, it may rather take them off from seeking after either Faith or Repentance.
1. For you tell them when their Parents believed, and were saved, they were made partakers of the same Privilege and Blessing also; if so, what need they concern themselves about getting personal Faith? you believe and teach them the Doctrine of final Perseverance; no doubt such who are in a state of Grace, can never finally fall out of it.