A47591:1350
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.
You say the Woman of Canaan comes boldly with her Child unto Christ for to receive benefit, though she was not invisible Covenant with God, and Christ commended her Faith, and received her Daughter, her Faith breaks through all impediments, Mar. 15. 22. 28. Her Faith was great, who against Hope believed in Hope; is not thy unbelief great, who destroyest the foundation of Hope touching thy Children. O question not the promise of God through unbelief, but be strong in Faith giving Glory to God.
1. Answ. Must we boldly bring our Children to Baptism without any authority from Christ, because the Woman of Canaan come bodily to him, to have her Daughter healed of her Boldly Disease, she had ground for her Faith, but we have none for such a Practice.
2. Do we destroy the foundation of our Hope, about the State of our Infants, because we dare not baptize them without a word from Christ, or without Authority from him? No Sir, we have ground to hope our Children that Die are as happy as yours, tho' never Baptised; and that from Gods word. Hath not Christ said, Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven, no doubt God hath comprehended Infants in his eternal electing Love that Die, for whom he also gave his Son, and in some secret way doth Sanctify them, or makes them meet for glory above; and we have as much ground to hope, that God will give Grace to those Children of ours that live, as you have to hope he will give Grace to yours. Doth your Baptism save your Infants? Will you say with the Old Erroneous Fathers, and Blind Papists, that Baptism washes away Original Sin? Your expressions look that way, I am afraid of you.
2. Do we destroy the foundation of our Hope, about the State of our Infants, because we dare not baptize them without a word from Christ, or without Authority from him? No Sir, we have ground to hope our Children that Die are as happy as yours, tho' never Baptised; and that from Gods word. Hath not Christ said, Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven, no doubt God hath comprehended Infants in his eternal electing Love that Die, for whom he also gave his Son, and in some secret way doth Sanctifie them, or makes them meet for glory above; and we have as much ground to hope, that God will give Grace to those Children of ours that live, as you have to hope he will give Grace to yours. Doth your Baptism save your Infants? Will you say with the Old Erroneous Fathers, and Blind Papists, that Baptism washes away Original Sin? Your expressions look that way, I am afraid of you.