A47591:1435
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.
4. Sir had you seen our People baptized you, had not been guilty of bearing false witness the Second time. Reader pray take notice that we provide comely Clothes for the Administer, both from Head to Foot; and our Men also that are baptized have Clothes provided for them; and for the Women, Gowns and Petty-coats are made on purpose, and they go into the water dressed more decently perhaps, then many Women come into Christian assemblies; therefore this is a most unworthy Charge Mr. Owen casts upon us, tho' he doth but follow the steps of Dr. Featly and Mr. B. but 'tis worse in him at this time of the Day, then in them then, because our use and practice here, is now more generally known: And these things being so, how can we in Dipping or Baptizing of Women be guilty of Adultery or any of the Spectators?
4. Sir had you seen our People baptized you, had not been guilty of bearing false witness the Second time. Reader pray take notice that we provide comely Cloaths for the Administer, both from Head to Foot; and our Men also that are baptized have Cloaths provided for them; and for the Women, Gowns and Petty-coats are made on purpose, and they go into the water drest more decently perhaps, then many Women come into Christian assemblies; therefore this is a most unworthy Charge Mr. Owen casts upon us, tho' he doth but follow the steps of Dr. Featly and Mr. B. but 'tis worse in him at this time of the Day, then in them then, because our use and practice here, is now more generally known: And these things being so, how can we in Dipping or Baptizing of Women be guilty of Adultery or any of the Spectators?
Can't you take a Woman dressed in modest and decent Clothes by the Hand, without having an unclean thought in your Heart? you may as well charge some Tradesmen in the Exercise of their Trades with Adultery; indeed did we as Mr. B.—once falsely said, baptize Women naked, or as you say, near or half naked (which are both notorious untruths) there might have been some colour for what you say; but if there be need to Dip the whole Body (say you) as they say there is, what rule have they in the Scripture to baptize the Clothes with the Body, the few Clothes they have about them are dipped before the Body is dipped.