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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. If it came, as you dream, in the room of it, then it would follow that Baptism belongs only to Male-Infants; if not so, 'tis not the same Privilege, but differs greatly: you must have therefore some word of Institution, or some good Authority from Christ to enlarge this Privilege, so far as to allow it to Females also.
4. And why this Privilege only? had not the Jews and their Children many other external Privileges besides Circumcision? Why must not the Gentiles and their Children that are grafted in, as you suppose, in their room, receive all the Privileges as well as one or two? You have done your Work by halves.
5. Besides, what you say, that the first Parents sanctified the whole Nation of the Jews, is false. It was not they that separated or sanctified them but God himself, i. e. by his absolute Command and holy Institution; therefore you must prove the like Command and Institution for such a National Church under the Gospel as was under the Law. Sir, I desire no better Task than to prove the Gospel-Church consists of none, by Christ's Appointment and Institution, but only Adult Persons believing and professing Faith in Jesus Christ, incorporated together in a holy Covenant. And when you write again, lay down your Arguments to confute what I here say, and I shall, God sparing my Life, be ready, through his Assistance, to give you an Answer, which will utterly throw away your Infant Church-Membership. And since the old Covenant, and old Covenant Church-state is taken away and dissolved, by the establishing of the Gospel-Covenant, and Gospel-Church, you must bring your Arguments and Proof from Christ's last Will and Testament, or all you do will signify nothing.