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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. But because Christ's Church does not now in Gospel days take in whole Nations and whole Families, as the Jewish Church under the Law did take in the whole Nation of the Jews, and all their Families, doth Christ weaken the Promises? Sir, that external Legal Covenant erected a Typical Church, which Church ceased at the Establishment of the Spiritual Church, which is only Congregational under the Gospel, as I fully proved before.
2. But because Christ's Church does not now in Gospeldays take in whole Nations and whole Families, as the Jewish Church under the Law did take in the whole Nation of the Jews, and all their Families, doth Christ weaken the Promises? Sir, that external Legal Covenant erected a Typical Church, which Church ceased at the Establishment of the Spiritual Church, which is only Congregational under the Gospel, as I fully proved before.
But furthermore; You say, the Apostles understood Christ's Command unto them in this sense, and therefore they have preached Salvation to those that believed, and all theirs, &c.
Answ. The Apostles understood Christ's Command and Commission no doubt, but it appears you understand it not. Did they preach Salvation to Believers, and to all their Children, as such, whether elected or not, called by the Word or Spirit, or not? For this you must prove, or you say nothing; and how absurd would that be should you affirm any such thing? Peter speaks of no Promise made to Jews nor Gentiles, and to their Children, but to such of them that the Lord our God shall call. And 'tis directly said that the Goaler and all his believed; therefore if you will still affirm, that the Apostles applied, as you intimate, Abraham's Covenant among the Gentiles unto the Seed, the fleshly Seed of Believers, as such, you do assert an ⟨p. 100⟩