A47591:1256
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. What you speak concerning those Christians, who in the Primitive Times delayed their Baptism until the latter part of their Lives, makes directly against you; for those Christians who were converted from Paganism to Christianity, did not only delay their Baptism, but many Godly Christian Parents, I have showed, in the last Chapter, did delay the baptizing of their Children until they came to Age and did believe: And the Error of that long Delay arose from that great Mistake that Baptism washed away Sin; therefore some delayed Baptism until such time they thought they were ready to go out of the World.
5. What you speak concerning those Christians, who in the Primitive Times delayed their Baptism until the latter part of their Lives, makes directly against you; for those Christians who were converted from Paganism to Christianity, did not only delay their Baptism, but many Godly Christian Parents, I have shewed, in the last Chapter, did delay the baptizing of their Children until they came to Age and did believe: And the Error of that long Delay arose from that great Mistake that Baptism washed away Sin; therefore some delayed Baptism until such time they thought they were ready to go out of the World.
6. But what of this? Because some have erred, in staying too long before they were baptized, Will you make too great haste, and bring in little Babes to be baptized, without any Ground or Authority from the Word of God? So much shall suffice to your Twelfth and Last Argument.
Now, Sir, we have heard all your Proofs for the baptizing of Infants; you have, it seems, impanelled for your Jury, to Sit, Hear and Determine this Grand Cause, Just Twelve; and if they could speak, they would (being all agreed, the Cause being also fully opened) give their Verdict on our Side, and against your Infant-Baptism; but let them rather be so many Witnesses of your summoning