A47591:1592
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.
And tell him that Dr. Owen in his Book called, The Doctrine of the Saints perseverance. cap. 4. saith that the effectual Dispensation of the grace of the Covenant, is peculiar to them only, who are the Children of promise, the Remnant of Abraham, according to Election, with all, that in all Nations, were to be blessed with him, and in his Seed, i. e. Jesus Christ, Ishmael tho Circumcised was cast out. Thus Dr. Owen, and say I, as Ishmael was cast out tho' Circumcised, so Paul saith the bond-woman and her Son is now cast out, that is, the Old Covenant and Carnal Seed of Abraham as such, See Gal. 4. 30.
And tell him that Dr. Owen in his Book called, The Doctrin of the Saints perseverance. cap. 4. saith that the effectual Dispensation of the grace of the Covenant, is peculiar to them only, who are the Children of promise, the Remnant of Abraham, according to Election, with all, that in all Nations, were to be blessed with him, and in his Seed, i. e. Jesus Christ, Ishmael tho Circumcised was cast out. Thus Dr. Owen, and say I, as Ishmael was cast out tho' Circumcised, so Paul saith the bond-woman and her Son is now cast out, that is, the Old Covenant and Carnal Seed of Abraham as such, See Gal. 4. 30.
Tell him that Amelius de spraedest. chap. 8. Serm 6. A Learned Man saith, There are many of the Seed of Abraham, to whom the word of promise did not belong then, the rejection of many Jews, who are of the Seed of Abraham doth not make void the word of promise; from ⟨p. 288⟩whence, may we not safely conclude, That if the Natural posterity of Abraham were not within the Covenant of Grace by Virtue of the promise, Gen. 17. 2. then much less are our Natural Posterity, but the former is true, therefore the latter.