A47591:717
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.
Mr. Owen says, If the Children of the Faithful are not Members of the Church of God, then they are Members of the Kingdom of Satan, who is the Prince of this World: If they are without the Church, what hopes of Salvation have they? there is no Salvation out of the Church, Rom. 9. 4.
Answ. 1. I hope my Antagonist is a Protestant; but I must assure my Reader, he here maintains a Popish Doctrine, which all our worthy Protestant Divines have protested against. How! is there no Salvation out of the Visible Church? God forbid. I doubt not but there are many gracious Persons who shall be certainly saved, and who do truly believe in Christ, that are not Members of any true Gospel Church. Will you exclude all from Salvation that are not Members of your Church? I cannot think you own the Church of England to be a true Gospel-Church, and will you exclude all that are of that Communion from the Kingdom of Heaven?
2. But as to Infants, they are born Children of Wrath, and actually in Satan's Kingdom, till God is pleased to sanctify them; and those who die in Infancy that are saved, no doubt he doth sanctify their unclean Nature, but not such as live and remain in Satan's Kingdom, until they are regenerated by the Word and Spirit of God, after they are grown up to Understanding.