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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.
3. I thought the Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper had been instituted by Christ, to signify the Effusion, or pouring forth his precious Blood, and not Baptism. VVill you confound the Use and End of one Sacrament with the other, to maintain your own Innovation and Abuse of Christ's holy Baptism?
4. Might not the Jews, who instead of making Altars of Gold or Stone, made them Altars of Brick, say, that Altars of Brick might serve as well to answer the Use and End of burning Incense? Nay, may be they might say, they had not the other to do it, and therefore built their Altars of Brick: But would this Pretence do? No, no, what saith the Almighty God? They provoke me continually to my Face. Also might not others argue thus about the Sacrament of the Supper, viz. What need we have Wine? If we use Mum or some other Red Liquor, instead of the Fruit of the Grape, it will answer the Use and End of that Sacrament as well as Wine. O, whither would this lead us!
4. Might not the Jews, who instead of making Altars of Gold or Stone, made them Altars of Brick, say, that Altars of Brick might serve as well to answer the Use and End of burning Incense? Nay, may be they might say, they had not the other to do it, and therefore built their Altars of Brick: But would this Pretence do? No, no, what saith the Almighty God? They provoke me continually to my Face. Also might not others argue thus about the Sacrament of the Supper, viz. VVhat need we have VVine? If we use Mum or some other Red Liquor, instead of the Fruit of the Grape, it will answer the Use and End of that Sacrament as well as VVine. O, whither would this lead us!
5. We utterly deny that Baptism was ordained or instituted by Christ to signify either the pouring forth of his Blood, or the pouring forth of the holy Spirit, and must tell you, that you affirm what you please, without any Proof from God's Word. But by the way, let the Reader observe how you go from sprinkling to pouring Water on the Face of Infants. I question whether you ever do so or not; but if you should, that would be no more Christ's Baptism than sprinkling.