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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 say, Circumcision was an Obligation to put off the Body of the Sins of the Flesh, and, say you, Baptism putteth us under the same Obligation, &c.
Answ. Baptism can oblige none to put off the Body of Sin, but such that are the true Subjects of it, by virtue of Christ's holy Institution, which are only Believers, such who before baptized have received the Spirit of God so to do: But you, without any Warrant from Christ, would put this hard Obligation on your poor Infants, whereas you know nor whether ever God will give them his Spirit or Grace, to enable them so to do: And as one Pedo-baptist lately saith, If they do not discharge this Obligation, viz. their Baptismal Covenant, they are guilty of Perjury, and 'tis the damning Sin.
O cruel Parents! you list your Infants into the Spiritual War by your pretended Baptism, and arm them not. The Graces of the Spirit are the Believers Spiritual Armour and Weapons, these they have when listed, I mean baptized; but Infants, as such, have not this Armour on when baptized: Alas! poor Babes they have too much Guilt upon them naturally! O the Weight that lies upon them! but ⟨p. 85⟩you Pedo-baptists add to it by your Tradition of a Baptismal Covenant, that God never appointed them to come under.