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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. 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 ⟨p. 138⟩whole House of Israel, was, as you positively assert, not a spiritual but an external Covenant? Sure I am you do believe there was a spiritual and an eternal Covenant of Grace made with Abraham and all his true spiritual Seed, and that he was a Root spiritually holy, by virtue of that spiritual and true Gospel-Covenant God made with him; and as the whole Lump were all federally holy in a Spiritual Sense, as himself was, and as he had first Fruits given to him, who were spiritually and truly holy also, so there are many Branches still that daily spring out of that Spiritual Root and Spiritual Covenant, that are federally and spiritually holy as the Root was holy. Sure there was a Covenant made with Abraham, and of which he is considered as a common Root, or common Head, and from which Root and Olive-Tree it is impossible any one of his Spiritual Seed can be cut off; for if not so, How is the Promise sure to all the Seed? Rom. 4. 16. and how is that Covenant a ground of strong Consolation to all the Heirs of the Promise? as Heb. 6. 17, 18, 19.
5. But the truth is, the purport of your Exposition of this dark Text, all may see is to prove the Gospel-Church to be as extensive, wide and large, or every way of the same Nature and Latitude with the National Church of the Jews; and therefore you plead for the Fleshly Seed, as such, to be received as Members thereof.
Sir, I know you not, but I thought you had held for the Congregational Way; but the truth is, Infants Church-Membership is only calculated for a National Church, and therefore best suits with Presbyterism and Episcopacy.