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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.
2. Reader, 'tis plain that Ishmael, Esau, &c. and many more of Abraham's Natural Seed, nay all, as such, or •s so simply considered, were not accounted for his Spiritual Seed, or the Children of God, but only such that are God's Elect Ones, or such as believe in Christ: and 'tis plain that none of the true Children of God can degenerate so as to cease being his Children; I mean, they cannot fall totally and finally from a State of Grace, and become Vipers, &c. as Mr. Owen acknowledges some of Abraham's Seed did, which clearly shows that those Jews never were in the Covenant of Grace God made with Abraham; But, say you, they were nevertheless in the outward Dispensation of God's Covenant, &c.
2. Reader, 'tis plain that Ishmael, Esau, &c. and many more of Abraham's Natural Seed, nay all, as such, or •s so simply considered, were not accounted for his Spiritual Seed, or the Children of God, but only such that are God's Elect Ones, or such as believe in Christ: and 'tis plain that none of the true Children of God can degenerate so as to cease being his Children; I mean, they cannot fall totally and finally from a State of Grace, and become Vipers, &c. as Mr. Owen acknowledges some of Abraham's Seed did, which clearly shews that those Jews never were in the Covenant of Grace God made with Abraham; But, say you, they were nevertheless in the outward Dispensation of God's Covenant, &c.
Answ. 1. True, the Privileges of Abraham's Natural Seed, as such, were great, as to outward Rites and Prerogatives; the Covenant did appertain to them [mark it!] (Covenants) there were two Covenants, 'tis not said Covenant. 1. They had right to all the External Privileges of the Legal Covenant; and the outward Dispensation of the Gospel, and Adoption by Faith was first to be offered unto them, but neither they nor their Children, as such, had right to Justification, Adoption, &c. or any outward Rite or Sacrament ⟨p. 64⟩of the Gospel; no, not until they did believe, and had the things signified in the Sacrament. But,