A47591:1761
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. 18. If Baptism is of Mere positive Right, wholly depending on the Will and Sovereign Pleasure of Jesus Christ, the great Legislator, and he hath not Requi red or Commanded Infants to be baptized; then Infants ⟨p. 314⟩ought not to be baptized; but Baptism is of mere positive right, wholly depending on the Will and Sovereign pleasure of Jesus Christ, the great Legislator, and he hath not required or Commanded Infants to be baptized, Ergo, Infants ought not to be baptized.
Arg. 18. If Baptism is of Meer positive Right, wholly depending on the Will and Sovereign Pleasure of Jesus Christ, the great Legislator, and he hath not Requi red or Commanded Infants to be baptized; then Infants ⟨p. 314⟩ought not to be baptized; but Baptism is of meer positive right, wholly depending on the Will and Sovereign pleasure of Jesus Christ, the great Legislator, and he hath not required or Commanded Infants to be baptized, Ergo, Infants ought not to be baptized.
This Argument tends to cut off all the pretended proofs of Pedo-baptism, taken from the Covenant made with Abraham; and because Children are said to belong to the Kingdom of Heaven, it was not the Right of Abraham's Male Children to be Circumcised, because they were begotten, and born of the Fruit of his Loins, till he received Commandment from God to Circumcise them. Had he done it before, or without Command from God, it would have been Will-worship in him to have done it; Moreover, this further appear• to be so, because no godly Mans Children, nor others in Abraham's days, nor since, had any Right thereto, but only his Children, (or such who were bought with his Money, or were proselyted to the Jewish Religion) because they had no Command from God so to do, as Abraham had.
This Argument tends to cut off all the pretended proofs of Pedo-baptism, taken from the Covenant made with Abraham; and because Children are said to belong to the Kingdom of Heaven, it was not the Right of Abraham's Male Children to be Circumcised, because they were begotten, and born of the Fruit of his Loyns, till he received Commandment from God to Circumcise them. Had he done it before, or without Command from God, it would have been Will-worship in him to have done it; Moreover, this further appear to be so, because no godly Mans Children, nor others in Abraham's days, nor since, had any Right thereto, but only his Children, (or such who were bought with his Money, or were proselyted to the Jewish Religion) because they had no Command from God so to do, as Abraham had.