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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.
Arg. 3. To act in the Service of God without Authority from his Word, is a Sin:
But they that baptize Infants do act in the Service of God without Authority from his Word: Ergo, It is a Sin to baptize Infants.
Would not Abraham have sinned if he had circumcised his Females, or to have circumcised his Males on the 7th or 9th day, because the express. Command was to Males, and on the eighth day? so the express Command of Christ is, to be baptized when made Disciples, if we believe, if we repent, or when we believe, and bring forth Fruits meet for Repentance. You add, That they that despise Water-Baptism, despise not John's Baptism, but the Baptism of Christ, therefore their Sin is the greater.
Remark. But they that despise and slight the Baptism of Infants, despise neither the Baptism of John nor Christ; because neither John nor our blessed Saviour commanded Infants to be baptized, nor did they ever baptize one Child as we read of; if you can prove they did do it, we will say no more. but will soon baptize our Children. Thus I have done with all I thought necessary to remark, or take notice of that is contained in your second Chapter.