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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. Sir, look into your Greek Testament once again, and read Mark 1. 9. [Greek or Hebrew], into Jordan; Would it be proper to say he sprinkled them, or poured Water on them into Jordan? It is proper to say he dipped them into Jordan, and that is Baptism, and nothing else, as it refers to Christ's Ordinance, viz. a washing by dipping or plunging into Jordan, or into the Water.
Answ. Sir, look into your Greek Testament once again, and read Mark 1. 9. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, into Jordan; VVould it be proper to say he sprinkled them, or poured VVater on them into Jordan? It is proper to say he dipped them into Jordan, and that is Baptism, and nothing else, as it refers to Christ's Ordinance, viz. a washing by dipping or plunging into Jordan, or into the VVater.
2. Tho the Scripture doth not say in so many words, that that was the occasion of John's baptizing into Jordan: Yet, Sir, remember and tremble at that Text, John 3. 23. for there it is by the Holy Ghost given as the Reason why John baptized in Enon near Salim, viz. because there was much Water there; plainly denoting that a little Water will not serve to administer holy Baptism, but so much as will cover or bury the whole Body.
2. Tho the Scripture doth not say in so many words, that that was the occasion of John's baptizing into Jordan: Yet, Sir, remember and tremble at that Text, John 3. 23. for there it is by the Holy Ghost given as the Reason why John baptized in Enon near Salim, viz. because there was much Water there; plainly denoting that a little VVater will not serve to administer holy Baptism, but so much as will cover or bury the whole Body.