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…

1. 'Tis a hard case, you neither will believe the holy Scripture, the Ancient Fathers and Modern Divines, nor other learned Prelates of the Church of England, who are yet living; but, contrary to the nature and tendency of holy Baptism, plead for Sprinkling and condemn Dipping, and cast Reproach upon it, and say also, that the Thing signified thereby, is the pouring forth of Christ's Blood, or the sprinkling and pouring out of the holy Spirit, notwithstanding we prove from the Scripture, and with the Testimony of all these great Men, that Baptism signifies the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and not any of those things you affirm as your own Conceit, without the Testimony of any learned or approved Author.

1. 'Tis a hard case, you neither will believe the holy Scripture, the Antient Fathers and Modern Divines, nor other learned Prelates of the Church of England, who are yet living; but, contrary to the nature and tendency of holy Baptism, plead for Sprinkling and condemn Dipping, and cast Reproach upon it, and say also, that the Thing signified thereby, is the pouring forth of Christ's Blood, or the sprinkling and pouring out of the holy Spirit, notwithstanding we prove from the Scripture, and with the Testimony of all these great Men, that Baptism signifies the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and not any of those things you affirm as your own Conceit, without the Testimony of any learned or approved Author.

Therefore, Sir, that Baptism is any thing else than dipping, plunging or washing, which is done by dipping, we do utterly deny: For as the cutting off a little bit of the Foreskin of the Flesh, or not the twentieth part round, is not Circumcision; so sprinkling a little Water on the Face is not Baptism.

True, you call it Baptism, and will do so, tho 'tis nothing less nor more than Rantism, 'tis, not the Thing, nor does it answer in Signification. I may tell you again, that the Jews instead of circumcising the Foreskin of their Children's Flesh, might have as well presumed to dispense with that, and only have paired off the Nails of the Fingers of their Male Infants, and have called that Circumcision, as you may call sprinkling or pouring a little Water, Baptism. But may be you'll say, in Circumcision they we to draw Blood, so say I, they might in cutting the Nails