A47591:1763
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.
This being true, it follows, that if we should grant Infants of believing Gentiles, as such, were the Seed of Abraham, which we deny, yet unless God had Commanded them to baptize their Children, they ought not to do it; and if they do it without a Command or Authority from Christ, It will be found an Act of Willworship in them.
Arg. 19. All that were baptized in the Apostolical Primitive times, were baptized upon the profession of their Faith, were baptized into Christ, and thereby put on Christ, and were all one in Christ Jesus, and were Abraham's Seed and Heirs according to the promise. But Infants, as such, who are baptized, were not baptized upon the profession of their Faith, nor did they put on Christ thereby, nor are they all one in Christ Jesus, and also are not Abraham's Seed and Heirs, according to Promise. Ergo, Infants ought not to be baptized.
Arg. 19. All that were baptized in the Apostolical Primitive times, were baptized upon the profession of their Faith, were baptized into Christ, and thereby put on Christ, and were all one in Christ Jesus, and were Abraham's Seed and Heirs according to the promise. But Infants, as such, who are baptized, were not baptized upon the profession of their Faith, nor did they put on Christ thereby, nor are they all one in Christ Jesus, and also are not Abrahams Seed and Heirs, according to Promise. Ergo, Infants ought not to be baptized.
Mr. Baxter confirms the substance of the Major, these are his words, i. e. As many as have been baptized have put on Christ, and are all one in Christ Jesus, and are Abraham's Seed, and Heirs according to the promise, Gal. 3. 27, 28, 29. This speaks the Apostle, saith he, of ⟨p. 315⟩