A47591:1410
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.
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 ⟨p. 257⟩the Ninth Commandment, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour, Exod. 20. 16. prove what you say, or else with deep sorrow confess your abominable and false accusation; Do you know for certain that any one Person, either Man or Woman, was ever killed, or came to any hurt, that was baptized, that is dipped, in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in cold winterly weather? you must produce your witnesses, or you are horribly guilty in the sight of God and Man; you say, 'Tis certain that many tender and sickly Bodies cannot suffer to be Dipped in cold Water, without being pernicious to their Lives, &c.
Ans. I answer, this is a high charge, you accuse us of Murther directly, in breaking the Sixth Commandment, but you forget how hereby you positively break ⟨p. 257⟩the Ninth Commandment, Thou shalt not bear fase witness against thy Neighbour, Exod. 20. 16. prove what you say, or else with deep sorrow confess your abominable and false accusation; Do you know for certain that any one Person, either Man or Woman, was ever killed, or came to any hurt, that was baptized, that is dipped, in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in cold winterly weather? you must produce your witnesses, or you are horribly guilty in the sight of God and Man; you say, 'Tis certain that many tender and sickly Bodies cannot suffer to be Dipped in cold Water, without being pernicious to their Lives, &c.