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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.
You proceed, to show in several respects, that Circumcision and Baptism signify the same things.
You proceed, to shew in several respects, that Circumcision and Baptism signify the same things.
1. You say, because Original Corruption cometh by Natural Generation. 2. Because we are born in Uncleanness, we must be washed in our Infancy.
Answ. 1. Supposing that Circumcision did, and Baptism doth signify the Corruption or Filthiness of Original Sin, or Uncleanness; must we therefore baptize our Infants without any Authority, Command or Example in God's Word?
2. Doth Baptism wash away Original Corruption? I know the Papists assert it doth do this, but how do they or you prove it? Baptism, St. Peter saith, doth not wash away the Filthiness of the Flesh, or Corruption of Natural Pollution, 1 Pet. 3. 21.