A47591:1631
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.
2. We may also infer that 'tis a hard thing to restore a lost Ordinance, or to reform about a long standing Custom and Tradition of Men.
1. Do all you Pious Parents bless God for Christ and the Gospel, and for all those privileges he hath bestowed upon you, and upon your Children, who when they are grown up, set under the precious and clear Preaching of Christ Crucified. Be sure, improve these blessings and take heed that you walk in all things according to the rule of God's Word, and do not follow a Multitude to do evil, (tho' some of them are good Men.)
1. Do all you Pious Parents bless God for Christ and the Gospel, and for all those priviledges he hath bestowed upon you, and upon your Children, who when they are grown up, set under the precious and clear Preaching of Christ Crucified. Be sure, improve these blessings and take heed that you walk in all things according to the rule of God's Word, and do not follow a Multitude to do evil, (tho' some of them are good Men.)
O tremble to do any thing in God's Worship without lawful authority from him, I mean precept or example from his Word, do not adventure to Baptize, much less to Rantize your Children any more, whatever Mr. Owen (or any Man on Earth saith) unless you can find it written in your Bibles. God hath not commanded you to bring them into a baptismal Covenant in their Infancy, nor made any promise of blessing to assist them in performing that Covenant, if you do bring them into it of your own Head voluntarily.
O tremble to do any thing in God's Worship without lawful authority from him, I mean precept or example from his Word, do not adventure to Baptize, much less to Rantize your Children any more, whatever Mr. Owen (or any Man on Earth saith) unless you can find it written in your Bibles. God hath not commanded you to bring them into a baptismal Covenant in their Infancy, nor made any promise of blessing to assist them in performing that Covenant, if you do bring them into it of your own Head voiuntarily.