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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. The third and last Argument or Note to prove the Covenant of Circumcision a Covenant of Grace, is taken from the Benefits and Blessings conveyed by it. To be a God unto him, and to his Seed, and that everlastingly, is a most comprehensive Gospel-Blessing; for hereby (say they) God gives a Person an Interest in all that he is, and in all that he has, so far as can be communicated to a Creature. This Blessing promised to Abraham comprehends Christ, Grace, Holiness here, and Glory and Happiness hereafter. And accordingly we find the Apostle, Heb. 8. uses the same Expression with this of God's to Abraham, I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a People.
Answ. This is idem, & bis idem culpandum est, the same again which is already answered. Is God everlastingly a God to Abraham and to all his Fleshly Seed, and to Believers, who are the Spiritual Seed of Abraham, and to all their Fleshly Seed; I say, is this so? Does God give himself, all he is, and all he has, to every Believer, and to all his Fleshly Seed? Have all their Children, or every one of them, Christ, Grace, Holiness here, and Glory and eternal Happiness hereafter? Or, are they not to be justly blamed who jumble things so confusedly together? 'Tis true, the Covenant of Grace made with Abraham, and all his true Spiritual Seed (who are the Elect) have Interest in all God is, and has, so far as it can be communicated to Creatures; and we know they have Christ (as well as are Christ's, as Paul notes, Gal. 4.) and Grace here, and shall have Glory hereafter. But a multitude of Abraham's Natural Off-spring, and the Natural Off-spring of Believers has neither Christ nor Grace, nor shall be saved, but perish eternally. Therefore this may serve for an Answer, with what I have proved before, touching the nature of that twofold Covenant made with Abraham.