A47591:1357
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. Because some things that are matter of Faith (I say again) or some Truths of the Gospel do lie obscure, and in dark parables in the sacred Scripture, doth it follow that one of Christs great Gospel Institutions, nay one of the great Sacraments (as they are called) doth lie so dark and obscure therein also? this is strange, Moses who gave out the Laws of the Old ⟨p. 245⟩Testament from God as a Servant, made every thing plain, that is, he showed them plainly what the command and precept was, so that he that run might read it, and will any Man think that our Lord Jesus who was as faithful as a Son over his whole House, would be less faithful, and leave an Ordinance so dark and obscure, that there is not any Precept nor Example in all the New Testament for any such thing, did Christ ever give forth Gospel Precepts in dark Parables, Wonder O Heavens.
2. Because some things that are matter of Faith (I say again) or some Truths of the Gospel do lie obscure, and in dark parables in the sacred Scripture, doth it follow that one of Christs great Gospel Institutions, nay one of the great Sacraments (as they are called) doth lie so dark and obscure therein also? this is strange, Moses who gave out the Laws of the Old ⟨p. 245⟩Testament from God as a Servant, made every thing plain, that is, he shewed them plainly what the command and precept was, so that he that run might read it, and will any Man think that our Lord Jesus who was as faithful as a Son over his whole House, would be less faithful, and leave an Ordinance so dark and obscure, that there is not any Precept nor Example in all the New Testament for any such thing, did Christ ever give forth Gospel Precepts in dark Parables, Wonder O Heavens.
8. We say Infant Baptism is not laid down in the Scripture obscurely or darkly, but do affirm in the holy fear of God, that it is not at all to be found therein; and it may appear to all that you cannot prove that it is, if God never so darkly had declared it, we would receive it, but because he hath neither plainly nor obscurely revealed, That 'tis his Institution, we do reject it, and we shall not be charged with Pride in so doing; 'tis I fear too evident that you are left in this Case by the Lord to believe a lie, and may be because you will not believe nor receive the plain Revelation of the baptism of Believers, tho' no one Truth lies more clear and plain in God's Sacred Word.