A47591:176
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.
I answer; Certainly you cannot be ignorant of what many learned Pedo-baptists have said in Opposition to what you here speak; for tho both the holy Sacraments are very significant of Christ's Sufferings, and of those spiritual Benefits we receive from him, yet they are of different Signification.
First; The Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper holds forth in a lively Figure, the breaking of Christ's Body, and the pouring forth of his precious Blood; and this indeed may as well he represented by a small quantity of Bread and Wine as by much, yet a little Water will not serve in Baptism.
1. Because '•is positively said, that John was baptizing in Enon near Salim, (John 3. 23.) because there was much Water there. Certainly the Holy Ghost would not have given this as the Reason why John baptized near Enon, viz. because there was much Water in that place, if a little Water, namely a Spoonful or two, would have been sufficient, or two or three Quarts: It seems plainly deducible from this Text, it cannot be administered with a little Water, but contrariwise it doth require much Water.
1. Because '•is positively said, that John was baptizing in Enon near Salim, (John 3. 23.) because there was much Water there. Certainly the Holy Ghost would not have given this as the Reason why John baptized near Enon, viz. because there was much Water in that place, if a little Water, namely a Spoonful or two, would have been sufficient, or two or three Quarts: It seems plainly deducible from this Text, it cannot be administred with a little Water, but contrariwise it doth require much Water.