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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.
The Major cannot be denied, because the Gospel, or second Covenant is established upon no such Earthly Promises as the Covenant of Circumcision was, not that we should have an Earthly Kingdom, or possess the Land of Canaan; but it is established on better Promises than these, as Heb. 8. 6. Also if that Covenant concerned us, or our Children, who are Gentiles, then the Gentiles had equal Right to that Earthly Inheritance; and then were not the Natural Seed of Abraham separated from all other People upon the account of that Earthly Blessing as their Possession only.
The Major cannot be denied, because the Gospel, or second Covenant is establish'd upon no such Earthly Promises as the Covenant of Circumcision was, not that we should have an Earthly Kingdom, or possess the Land of Canaan; but it is established on better Promises than these, as Heb. 8. 6. Also if that Covenant concern'd us, or our Children, who are Gentiles, then the Gentiles had equal Right to that Earthly Inheritance; and then were not the Natural Seed of Abraham separated from all other People upon the account of that Earthly Blessing as their Possession only.
As to the Minor, see Gen. 17. I will establish my Covenant between me and thee, ver. 7. And I will give unto thee, and thy Seed after thee, the Land wherein thou art a Stranger, all the Land of Canaan for an everlasting Possession; and I will be thy God, ver. 8. This is my Covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy Seed after thee; every Man-Child among you shall be circumcised, ver. 10.
1st. There were some who were circumcised, to whom the Promise of the Gospel-Covenant God made with Abraham did not belong, as Ishmael, Esau, &c. God expressly