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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.
5. I affirm God hath not commanded us to bring our Children into the Bond of the Covenant by Baptism until they believe, and you can never disprove us while you live from God's Word.
You say, the Lord hath blessed the Baptism of Infants to be a Means for the continuing of the true Religion, and of ⟨p. 234⟩the Christian Church: From the days of the Apostles even to this very day, the Lord bestoweth his particular Blessings but upon his own Ordinance; he imprinteth not the Seal of Heaven upon earthly Inventions; none can deny but that there are thousands baptized in their Infancy that feel in themselves the Virtue of their Baptism.
Answ. 1. I answer; You cannot prove that God hath any manner of ways owned or blessed Infant-Baptism: for because God hath continued a Seed to serve him in every Age since the Apostles time, will you attribute that to Infant-Baptism, which is only to be ascribed to the rich and sovereign Grace of God, and Power of his Spirit?
Answ. 1. I answer; You cannot prove that God hath any manner of ways owned or blessed Infant-Baptism: for because God hath continued a Seed to serve him in every Age since the Apostles time, will you attribute that to Infant-Baptism, which is only to be ascribed to the rich and soveraign Grace of God, and Power of his Spirit?