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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 they are unclean that are excluded from the Privileges of the Church of God, it was not for any unclean Person to come into the Congregation, although, say you, their Uncleanness was but Ceremonial.
You say they are unclean that are excluded from the Privileges of the Church of God, it was not for any unclean Person to come into the Congregation, altho, say you, their Uncleanness was but Ceremonial.
Answ. Sir, God showed Peter that Jews and Gentiles are now all one in Gospel-times: Circumcision nor Uncircumcision renders Persons clean or unclean. None now are cleansed or accounted clean, but such who believe, or have Faith in Christ. All that you say about unclean Persons, and things under the Law, signifies nothing to the purpose in hand, because the Holiness under the Law was either Ceremonial or Typical, which none can or dare plead for under the Gospel-Dispensation, seeing the Substance and Antitype is now come.
Answ. Sir, God shewed Peter that Jews and Gentiles are now all one in Gospel-times: Circumcision nor Uncircumcision renders Persons clean or unclean. None now are cleansed or accounted clean, but such who believe, or have Faith in Christ. All that you say about unclean Persons, and things under the Law, signifies nothing to the purpose in hand, because the Holiness under the Law was either Ceremonial or Typical, which none can or dare plead for under the Gospel-Dispensation, seeing the Substance and Antitype is now come.
1. Now in Gospel-times there is no Ceremonial Uncleanness of Persons; and therefore in that respect no Holiness of Persons. The Leper was unclean, and he that touched a dead Corps was unclean, &c. Swines Flesh was unclean, and many other Beasts, that are not so now. The First-born was holy then, but not so now.