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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.
3. Therefore some Infants may be Members of the Invisible Church, or Mystical Body of Christ, (tho not Members of the Visible Church) and of this sort there may be among the Children of Unbelievers, as well as among the ⟨p. 122⟩Children of Believers; for the Election of Grace runs not only to the Seed of the Faithful, say what you please, as I said before.
3. Therefore some Infants may be Members of the Invisiole Church, or Mystical Body of Christ, (tho not Members of the Visible Church) and of this sort there may be among the Children of Unbelievers, as well as among the ⟨p. 122⟩Children of Believers; for the Election of Grace runs not only to the Seed of the Faithful, say what you please, as I said before.
4. Therefore you do not well to call Children Dogs, if they are not in the Pale of the Visible Church.
You say, the Promises are the Inheritance of the Church, not to those that are without; and therefore, say you, if the Children be without, they are among Dogs, and what Promise belongs to them? Rev. 22. 15. and where there is no Promise, there is no hope of Salvation, &c.