A47591:796
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, The first Parents sanctified the whole Nation of the Jews, not with true Holiness in the Heart, for many of them were wicked, but with a Federal Holiness, because they and their Seed were separated to the Lord in an External Covenant.
I am glad to see you open the Eyes of your People, now they may see what little good that federal Holiness, and the Covenant with Abraham can do to their Infants, 'tis but only to give them a Name that they may be called Christians. Is this the Promise that belongs to the Faithful and their Children? Is this the Blessing of Abraham that is come upon the Gentiles? Are they not Spiritual Blessings? Is it not Spiritual and Heart-Holiness? Is it only to be in an external manner, by an external Covenant, and visible Profession, separated to be the Lord's, and called his, when indeed and in truth, spiritually and savingly they are not so? Is this that Covenant confirmed by the Oath of God, that gives you such strong Consolation touching your Infants, as such, as before you pleaded for?
I am glad to see you open the Eyes of your People, now they may see what little good that federal Holiness, and the Covenant with Abraham can do to their Infants, 'tis but only to give them a Name that they may be called Christians. Is this the Promise that belongs to the Faithful and their Children? Is this the Blessing of Abraham that is come upon the Gentiles? Are they not Spiritual Blessings? Is it not Spiritual and Heart-Holiness? Is it only to be in an external manner, by an external Covenant, and visible Profession, separated to be the Lord's, and called his, when indeed and in truth, spiritually and savingly they are not so? Is this that Covenant confirm'd by the Oath of God, that gives you such strong Consolation touching your Infants, as such, as before you pleaded for?
4. Moreover, do you not own by what you here affirm, that there were two Covenants made with Abraham, since that Covenant which was made with the whole Lump, or