A47591:1725
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.
Calvin saith, 'tis no where expressed by the Evangelists; that any one Infant was baptized by the Apostles. Instit. cap. 16. lib. 4.
Ludovicus Vives saith, None of Old were wont to be baptized but in grown Age, and who desired and understood what it was. Vide Lud.
The Magdeburgenses say, That concerning the bap•ing the Adult, both Jews and Gentiles, we have sufficient proof, Acts. 2. 8, 10. 16. Chap. but as to the baptizing of Infants, they can meet with no example in Scripture. Magdeb. Cant. l. 2. page. 469.
Dr. Taylor saith, It is against the perpetual Analogy of Christs Doctrine to baptize Infants: For besides that Christ never gave any precept to baptize ⟨p. 309⟩them, nor ever himself nor his Apostles (that appears) did baptize any of them; so all that either he or his Apostles said concerning it, requires such previous dispositions of baptism, of which Infants are not capable, viz. Faith and Repentance. Lib. proph. page 239.