A47591:1409
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.
But do not think the purport of our Doctrine herein, is to open a Door for young People to Sin, God forbid; the Obligations which God in his Word, and godly Parents, and Ministers by the authority of God's Word lay upon them are sufficient, when the Lord works with them to oblige them to repent, believe, and lead a new Life, without your voluntary and unwarrantable Obligation laid upon them in Infancy, that you have no ground to believe God will ever bless, to the end you design it, unless he had commanded it; will you do Evil that Good may come on it.
But do not think the purport of our Doctrine herein, is to open a Door for young People to Sin, God forbid; the Obligations which God in his Word, and godly Parents, and Ministers by the authority of God's Word lay upon them are sufficient, when the Lord works with them to oblige them to repent, believe, and lead a new Life, without your volunrary and unwarrantable Obligation laid upon them in Infancy, that you have no ground to believe God will ever bless, to the end you design it, unless he had commanded it; will you do Evil that Good may come on it.
8. Baptizing by dipping the whole Body into cold Water (as you say) in these cold Climates, is a breach of the sixth Commandment. Thou shalt not kill, for it is certain, that many tender and sickly Bodies cannot suffer to be dipped in cold Water in the time of Winter, without being pernicious to their Lives, especially when it is Snow and Frost; we are not to tempt the Lord, thinking that God will do Miracles for the saving of our Lives, he worketh ordinarily through appointed means, in such an occasion as this. Mr. Cradock judged, that the chief Magistrate should hinder People to be dipped, least it should be pernicious to the Subjects. Lib. page 108.
Ans. I answer, this is a high charge, you accuse us of Murder directly, in breaking the Sixth Commandment, but you forget how hereby you positively break