A47591:1566
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.
Answ. You in the first place speak right here, but what you speak in your next Words are utterly false.
1. You say the whole Members or all the Members of the Visible Church be not partakers of the grace of the promises; this is right, but why do you say that all the Members of the Visible Church have more right to the promises then those poor Souls who are enquiring the way into the Visible Church in all sincerity of Heart. 'Tis I fear dangerous for people to set under such a Teacher. I affirm that the State of such that are let into the Visible Church, who are unsound or carnal Persons, is worse then the State of others: neither are they under the promises of grace above others: for
1. First, they conclude perhaps all is well with them and that they are converted, because the pastor of the Church, nay, and the Church her self so judgeth of them, and from hence they look not after regeneration or true Conversion, but look upon themselves to be Holy, or Saints of God; now the promises of Grace do not run to these, as they do to those, that see themselves lost and undone Sinners, being far from God, and out of the pail of the visible Church, therefore you do your Children great Mischief and hurt, in taking them into your Churches, unless they are Converted and truly gracious, 'tis no blessing nor benefit to be false Members of the visible Church? but what do you mean by the last Clause, is it the Sinners fault if ⟨p. 284⟩he is not elected, or can Men obtain Grace if they will. True, they ought not to refuse God's Call.
1. First, they conclude perhaps all is well with them and that they are converted, because the pastor of the Church, nay, and the Church her self so judgeth of them, and from hence they look not after regeneration or true Convertion, but look upon themselves to be Holy, or Saints of God; now the promises of Grace do not run to these, as they do to those, that see themselves lost and undone Sinners, being far from God, and out of the pail of the visible Church, therefore you do your Children great Mischief and hurt, in taking them into your Churches, unless they are Converted and truly gracious, 'tis no blessing nor benefit to be false Members of the visible Church? but what do you mean by the last Clause, is it the Sinners sault if