A47591:1569
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.
(Say you) your baptized Children seek a clear understanding of that Obligation, and the Vow of your baptism, Learn of your Parents and Ministers to know the signification, and need of your Baptism, ye are given unto Christ, and are not your own, ye are bound to renounce the Devil and all his Works, to renounce the pomps and vanity of this wicked World, to renounce the pleasure, and lusts of the Flesh, you are bound to take God the Father to be your God and chief end, taking the Son to be your Lord and Saviour unto you, and God the Holy Ghost to be your Sanctifier, &c.
1. Answ. Those that are baptized should understand the Nature of that Obligation before they enter into that Covenant.
2. The end of Baptism was Ordained by Christ to show that the Person baptized is born again, is dead to sin, not that he ought, or is bound afterwards to be Born again; no no, but after he is baptized he is obliged thereby to walk in newness of life. You by baptizing Infants invert the design and end of Baptism; how should your Children understand this Obligation, when their Parents and Ministers are so ignorant about the nature of that Obligation themselves?
2. The end of Baptism was Ordained by Christ to shew that the Person baptized is born again, is dead to sin, not that he ought, or is bound afterwards to be Born again; no no, but after he is baptized he is obliged thereby to walk in newness of life. You by baptizing Infants invert the design and end of Baptism; how should your Children understand this Obligation, when their Parents and Ministers are so ignorant about the nature of that Obligation themselves?