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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.
Answ. 1. True, all that are born of Women are spiritually polluted; and no doubt but such Infants that die, ⟨p. 112⟩who are saved, God doth, through the Blood of Christ, sanctify them in some mysterious way not known to us, but not by Baptism. Prove that Baptism washes away Sin either in old or young if you can; Who dares to affirm that, when Peter saith Baptism washeth not away Sin, or the spiritual Filthiness of the Flesh? 1 Pet. 3. 21.
2. If God in a Covenant-way by Baptism washeth away the Uncleanness of your Infants, then they were not holy or clean by being born of believing Parents; and if holy because they are their Seed, then no need of Baptism to wash them.
3. And how come they to lose that Holiness afterwards, or is it only the Defilement or Uncleanness of Actual Sin that lies upon your Children who are polluted, when grown up? for if Baptism washes away any Corruption of Sin in your Infants, 'tis Original Corruption; and doth that return again to them afterwards, so as to be charged upon them? All Sin in true sanctified Persons by Faith in Christ's Blood is washed away, and pardoned, as touching the Guilt and Filth thereof, and shall never so return as to be charged upon them to their Condemnation. Is it thus with your baptized Infants in respect of Original Sin? Speak, Sir, your Mind freely the next time; for, God willing, I shall be ready for you. O when will you cease to corrupt the Word of God by your Tradition!