A47591:1635
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.
Nay, and doth not his words Imply that when your Children are grown up, and they by Light received ⟨p. 295⟩from God's word, should be convinced they were never baptized at all, and so cast off and renounce their Infants Rautism, that they hereby become guilty of Perjury, and must be Damned, for he speaks not of those sins forbidden in God's Word, but the violation of this baptismal Covenant, which he saith is Perjury, and the Damning Sin, and Root of all Sin. O! what want of Charity is here in these Men, and what New and strange Doctrine do they Teach!
Nay, and doth not his words Imply that when your Children are grown up, and they by Light received ⟨p. 295⟩from God's word, should be couvinced they were never baptized at all, and so cast off and renounce their Infants Rautism, that they hereby become guilty of Perjury, and must be Damned, for he speaks not of those sins forbidden in God's Word, but the violation of this baptismal Covenant, which he saith is Perjury, and the Damning Sin, and Root of all Sin. O! what want of Charity is here in these Men, and what New and strange Doctrine do they Teach!
2. Train up your Children in the fear of God, and set them a good example, and pray for them, and over them and give them good Instruction, godly Counsel and Admonition: And see that you neglect not to Catechise them daily, that so they may understand early, the main Grounds and Principles of Religion; but dread to Baptize them in Infancy, or before they believe and have the inward and Spiritual Grace signified in true Baptism.
You have had it proved from God's Word, that there is no Ground nor Authority from thence to baptize Infants, and know 'tis not in the power of Man by external Rite, to bring Children into the Covenant of Grace, nor to make them Members of his Visible Church: neither Baptism nor the Lords Supper are Bread for Infants; but for Christ's New Born Babes,