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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.
Dr. Hammond in his Annotations upon John 13. 10. saith, that [Greek or Hebrew] signifies an Immersion, or washing the whole Body, and which answereth to the Hebrew Word [Greek or Hebrew] used for dipping in the Old Testament, and therefore tells us upon Mat. 3. that John baptized in a River, viz. in Jordan, Mark 1. 5. in a Confluence of Water, John 3. 23. because 'tis said there was much Water, which the Greeks called the Lakes where they used to wash: Also, saith he, the Ancients called their Baptisterions, or the Vessels containing their Baptismal Water, Columbethras, viz. swimming or diving places, being very large, with Partitions for Men and Women.
Dr. Hammond in his Annotations upon John 13. 10. saith, that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifies an Immersion, or washing the whole Body, and which answereth to the Hebrew Word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 used for dipping in the Old Testament, and therefore tells us upon Mat. 3. that John baptized in a River, viz. in Jordan, Mark 1. 5. in a Confluence of Water, John 3. 23. because 'tis said there was much Water, which the Greeks called the Lakes where they used to wash: Also, saith he, the Antients called their Baptisterions, or the Vessels containing their Baptismal Water, Columbethras, viz. swimming or diving places, being very large, with Partitions for Men and Women.