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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.
4. Those who are capable of some kind of Blessings of Christ, we have showed, are notwithstanding not capable of Baptism. We read not the Disciples baptized these little Children, nor any else.
4. Those who are capable of some kind of Blessings of Christ, we have shewed, are notwithstanding not capable of Baptism. We read not the Disciples baptized these little Children, nor any else.
Object. To this he, as you do, answer, Perhaps they were baptized before: But, says Mr. Burkitt, it doth not follow, that the Apostles did not baptize those Children, because no mention of it: The Scripture no where tells us that the Apostles themselves were baptized; shall we conclude therefore they were never baptized?
Answ. 'Tis no matter whether we read or read not, that the Apostles were baptized, since we find it was Christ's Precept and Practice to baptize Disciples, or such who did believe in him: We read of multitudes of Disciples, that were baptized, and we know the way of Christ was one and the same; that which was the Duty of one Disciple, as a Disciple, was the Duty of every Disciple. We read but of two or three Churches who broke Bread, or celebrated the Lord's-Supper. Could any Pedo-baptist but show us a Precept for Infant-Baptism, or but one Example or Precedent where one Infant was baptized, we would not doubt but those little Children might be also, but this they cannot do.
Answ. 'Tis no matter whether we read or read not, that the Apostles were baptized, since we find it was Christ's Precept and Practice to baptize Disciples, or such who did believe in him: We read of multitudes of Disciples, that were baptized, and we know the way of Christ was one and the same; that which was the Duty of one Disciple, as a Disciple, was the Duty of every Disciple. We read but of two or three Churches who broke Bread, or celebrated the Lord's-Supper. Could any Pedo-baptist but shew us a Precept for Infant-Baptism, or but one Example or Precedent where one Infant was baptized, we would not doubt but those little Children might be also, but this they cannot do.