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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.
1. You confess Christ's Sheep came up from the washing, whereof every one bear Twins, and there is none barren among them; Cant. 6. 6. Let therefore the Lambs, say you, be washed, as they are a great part of the Flock.
I answer; Infants, as such, by your own words cannot be Christ's Sheep, nor Lambs; for all his Sheep and Lambs that are washed are fruitful, and none are barren among them. Are Infants fruitful to Christ? Can they bring forth Twins? Sir, Metaphors go not on all four, (as we used to say); the Lambs of Christ, viz. weak and young Christians, may be as fruitful in Holiness as Sheep, viz. old experienced Christians. But how can you prove Baptism washes your Infants from Sin? actual Sin they have none: Doth it wash away Original Sin? dare you say that? The ancient erring Fathers that brought it in, affirmed that Baptism did wash away Original Sin in Infants; but do you believe that they spoke Truth in so saying? Christ's Lambs, you say, are capable to be fed by the Word and Sacrament. Are Infants capable to hear the Word, and partake of the Sacraments? If of one, of both. Sir, Christ's Lambs are new born Babes, not new born by Natural Generation, but by Regeneration, as I have showed.
I answer; Infants, as such, by your own words cannot be Christ's Sheep, nor Lambs; for all his Sheep and Lambs that are washed are fruitful, and none are barren among them. Are Infants fruitful to Christ? Can they bring forth Twins? Sir, Metaphors go not on all four, (as we used to say); the Lambs of Christ, viz. weak and young Christians, may be as fruitful in Holiness as Sheep, viz. old experienced Christians. But how can you prove Baptism washes your Infants from Sin? actual Sin they have none: Doth it wash away Original Sin? dare you say that? The antient erring Fathers that brought it in, affirmed that Baptism did wash away Original Sin in Infants; but do you believe that they spoke Truth in so saying? Christ's Lambs, you say, are capable to be fed by the Word and Sacrament. Are Infants capable to hear the Word, and partake of the Sacraments? If of one, of both. Sir, Christ's Lambs are new born Babes, not new born by Natural Generation, but by Regeneration, as I have shewed.