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…

That it is uncertain, whether in the New Testament, the Apostles baptized by dipping or sprinkling, is not true, it being evident it was by dipping and no other way. For where-ever the word Baptism is used (I say again) in the New Testament, as it refers to Christ's Ordinance of Baptism, ⟨p. 21⟩it signifies dipping or plunging into the Water; nor can he prove the Jews washed their Hands and Cups only by pouring Water on them: tho Elijah might have Water poured on his Hand, we commonly wash our Hands and Cups by dipping them into the Water. And so did the Jews as Mr. Ainsworth affirms.

2dly. Sir, what you say concerning that Typical Baptism in the Cloud and Sea, you have heard also fully answered, and that makes not for sprinkling nor pouring. But more to that hereafter.

3dly. What you say concerning the Signification of Baptism, that it holds forth two things, 1. The Blood of Christ; 2. The Spirit of Christ, is far fetched: for the Lord's Supper holds forth the Blood of Christ; and we have no Ordinance ordained by Christ to hold forth in a Figure the sprinkling or pouring forth of the Spirit; if Man has invented such a thing, so be it. The Papists found out seven Sacraments with their significant Signs, as they tell you, and they have the same Parity of Reason to maintain their Sacraments without any Warrant from God's Word, as our Pedobaptists have for their baptizing, or rather rantizing or sprinkling of Babes. True, the Apostle speaks of sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus, but Baptism is no Figure of that, as you have heard, but primarily of the Death, burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

3dly. What you say concerning the Signification of Baptism, that it holds forth two things, 1. The Blood of Christ; 2. The Spirit of Christ, is far fetch'd: for the Lord's Supper holds forth the Blood of Christ; and we have no Ordinance ordain'd by Christ to hold forth in a Figure the sprinkling or pouring forth of the Spirit; if Man has invented such a thing, so be it. The Papists found out seven Sacraments with their significant Signs, as they tell you, and they have the same Parity of Reason to maintain their Sacraments without any Warrant from God's Word, as our Pedobaptists have for their baptizing, or rather rantizing or sprinkling of Babes. True, the Apostle speaks of sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus, but Baptism is no Figure of that, as you have heard, but primarily of the Death, urial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.