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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.
Answ. I answer, now you have given away your Cause at once (or I am mistaken); for if neither dipping nor sprinkling be essential unto this Ordinance, but washing, what is become of your Baptism? Sir, all dipping in Water is washing, tho all washing is not dipping; in that you hurt us not, but your sprinkling is not washing. If a Woman should sprinkle her foul Linen with a few drops of Water, would that be deemed a washing of them? Again, if Sprinkling be not essential to Baptism, you have no Baptism at all; take away the Body of a Tree, and there is no Tree. That thing can't be where the essential part of it is wanting. And now that the Greek Word [Greek or Hebrew] doth signify dipping, and such a washing as is by dipping, we shall plainly show, evince, and demonstrate, and confirm it by such Arguments and Authors that no unprejudiced sober Person can any longer well remain doubtful about this matter, and then we will examine your Objections.
Answ. I answer, now you have given away your Cause at once (or I am mistaken); for if neither dipping nor sprinkling be essential unto this Ordinance, but washing, what is become of your Baptism? Sir, all dipping in Water is washing, tho all washing is not dipping; in that you hurt us not, but your sprinkling is not washing. If a Woman should sprinkle her foul Linen with a few drops of Water, would that be deem'd a washing of them? Again, if Sprinkling be not essential to Baptism, you have no Baptism at all; take away the Body of a Tree, and there is no Tree. That thing can't be where the essential part of it is wanting. And now that the Greek Word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 doth signify dipping, and such a washing as is by dipping, we shall plainly shew, evince, and demonstrate, and confirm it by such Arguments and Authors that no unprejudiced sober Person can any longer well remain doubtful about this matter, and then we will examine your Objections.
I shall prove baptizing, or [Greek or Hebrew], is not sprinkling, nor pouring of Water upon the Body, but dipping or plunging the Body all over in Water: and that,
I shall prove baptizing, or , is not sprinkling, nor pouring of Water upon the Body, but dipping or plunging the Body all over in Water: and that,