A47591:1236
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.
4. Certainly your Children when they come to age may think that they received some mighty Privilege in their Infancy, by being in the Covenant of Grace with their Parents, and so in a State safe enough; for you tell them there is no final Falling from a State of true Grace. We and you too know that, and declare that the Covenant of Grace is sure to all the true Seed or Spiritual Seed of Abraham: of which Seed you declare all your natural Off-spring as such are a part. This being so, it is evident that Ministers have no Advantages; ⟨p. 232⟩but the contrary, in pressing the necessity of Repentance and Conversion on your Children when at age, we have the greater advantage far in preaching to our Sons and Daughters, who tell them that our Faith did not, cannot profit them, or save them, no, but that they were born in sin, and were Children of Wrath by Nature, and so remain till true actual Faith and Regeneration do pass upon them, or they do believe in Christ.
5. Besides, the Baptismal Vow you brought them under being not by God's Appointment, what Blessing can you expect from thence? Will God own and bless a voluntary Vow, or approve of an Humane Tradition?
6. The Papists (as I hinted before) may expect as well, and from as good Ground and Authority, as great advantage to press Holiness and Chastity upon those that they bring under their voluntary Vows and Covenants in their Nunneries and Friaries.
6. The Papists (as I hinted before) may expect as well, and from as good Ground and Authority, as great advantage to press Holiness and Chastity upon those that they bring under their voluntary Vows and Covenants in their Nunneries and Fryaries.