A47591:1344
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.
2 You mistake it seems, as if you dreamed, that the most of those that cast off Infant Baptism were People of […], and also seem to intimate, as if such of your People when grown up that are pious, who do choose the Lord to be their God, do it by virtue of their Baptismal Vow; no no, that had no such effect upon them, 'tis only the Grace of God in them, 'tis by virtue of his Spirit, and evident 'tis, that the persons ⟨image 153⟩⟨image 154⟩⟨p. 241⟩generally that first doubt about the truth of Infant Baptism, are persons of Religion and Piety therefore 'tis not for want of Religion or Zeal for God, they throw away Infant Baptism, but it is from their Religion and Love to God, and Zeal to his Name, that so they may not be guilty of adding to his Word, or taking that for Christ's true Baptism, which is none of it. Is it a Sin to cast off Mens inventions?
2 You mistake it seems, as if you dreamed, that the most of those that cast off Infant Baptism were People of 〈…〉, and also seem to intimate, as if such of your People when grown up that are pious, who do choose the Lord to be their God, do it by virtue of their Baptismal Vow; no no, that had no such effect upon them, 'tis only the Grace of God in them, 'tis by vertue of his Spirit, and evident 'tis, that the persons ⟨image 153⟩⟨image 154⟩⟨p. 241⟩generally that first doubt about the truth of Infant Baptism, are persons of Religion and Piety therefore 'tis not for want of Religion or Zeal for God, they throw away Infant Baptism, but it is from their Religion and Love to God, and Zeal to his Name, that so they may not be guilty of adding to his Word, or taking that for Christ's true Baptism, which is none of it. Is it a Sin to cast off Mens inventions?