A47591:1509
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.
Mr. Perkins hints that Baptism signifies two things, (1) our Union with Christ, (2) our Communion with him, now how does this appear in Infants as such, as it does in Believers; Perkins on Gal. p. 265.
16. Is not that an absurd Doctrine and Practice that renders the fruitful Womb of a godly Woman, more advantageous to increase, the Church of Christ, then a fruitful Gospel.
17. Is it not a very absurd thing to say, that Abraham could by his Money, purchase and bring Strangers and proselyted Gentiles into the Covenant of Grace, and if Abraham could buy them and bring them into the Covenant of Grace with Silver and Gold, what need was there of Jesus Christ to buy or purchase them with his own Blood?
18. Is not that an absurd Doctrine and Practice that holds forth, that godly Parents have power to bring in their Children into the Covenant of Grace, or keep them out of it? for if you by baptizing them do not bring them into the Covenant of Grace, but you do believe they were in the said Covenant by being born of Believers, by being begotten by you according to the Flesh, then it will follow, if we are Believers, our Children are in as good a Condition as yours, though they were never baptized.