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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.
Calvin saith, That Baptism is a form or way of Burial; and none but such as are already dead to Sin, or have repented from dead Works, are to be buried.
From these words I note;
1. That Sprinkling is not the form of Baptism, because not the form of a Burial.
2. That Infants are not the true Subjects of Baptism, because not such as are already dead to Sin, or have repented from dead Works; and indeed as they are not able, they are not required so to do by Christ.
The last Author I shall quote is learned Zanchy, There are two Parts, saith he, in Regeneration, Mortification and Vilification; that is called a Burial with Christ, this (is called) a Resurrection with Christ. The Sacrament of both these is Baptism in which we are overwhelmed, or buried, and after that do come forth and rise again. It may not be said truly, but sacramentally of all that are baptized, that they are buried with Christ, and raised with him, but only of such as have true Faith.