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…

Now let this be considered, That as in the Lord's-Supper it is such a quantity of Bread and Wine that is to be used, that may represent his Body broken, and his Blood shed; and as that Sacrament was appointed to that very end and purpose, so in like manner we also say, so much Water ⟨p. 28⟩must be used as may represent the Death, Burial and Resurrection of our blessed Saviour. But one Mr. Burkitt, a Pedo-baptist, saith in his Treatise of Infant-Baptism, That in the Sacraments it is not the quantity of Elements, but the Significancy of them that ought to be attended to; in Circumcision (saith he) it was not the quantity of Flesh cut off, so much as the Signification of it, &c. and you seem to express your self to the same purpose.

Answ. To which I returned him this Answer, viz. There must be so much Bread and Wine in the Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper, that may represent Christ's Body broken, and so much Wine as may in Sign as well as Signification held forth the pouring forth of Christ's precious Blood, or else the End of Christ is not answered in that Sacrament; and so likewise must the Burial and Resurrection of Christ be in Sign, as well as our Death to Sin and rising again to Newness of Life is represented in holy Baptism.

Should the People of Israel in Circumcision only have cut off a little bit of the Fore-skin of the Flesh, and not round quite off, or only have paired off the Nails of their Children's Fingers with a little Skin with it, would that have answered the Mind of God in that Rite, or they have been born with in pleading it might as well answer Circumcision in Signification? But the Vanity and Sinfulness of this Assertion of Mr. Burkitt's and yours will yet be now further laid open in this Chapter; only there is one thing before I proceed on that I shall add a word or two unto, as touching what you say concerning those Washings that were used under the Law, which are called Baptisms, which you say were done by sprinkling, which is not true; we utterly deny any of those Washings which are called Baptisms were either sprinkling or pouring of Water on them, but total dipping of their whole Body. And so the Reverend Mr. Ainsworth, a Man very Learned in all Jewish Rites and Ceremonies, affirms, on