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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. Nay, and this is not the worst of Jacob's Sins neither; for it appears by your plain words, that you suppose that the Jews from this Example of Jacob, used to baptize all the Gentiles that received Circumcision, tho it appears the Jews did not follow the Example of Jacob in throwing Circumcision away, and exchange it for Baptism, yet by Jacob's Example did baptize all their Gentile Proselytes, whether Men, Women and children; so that he caused them to set up, or add a Tradition of his own devising to God's Institution: For I challenge you or any Man under Heaven, to prove that God commanded Jacob or any Patriarch, or Jewish Rabbis, to baptize any Proselyte either young or old when received into their Church.
3. Nay, and this is not the worst of Jacob's Sins neither; for it appears by your plain words, that you suppose that the Jews from this Example of Jacob, used to baptize all the Gentiles that received Circumcision, tho it appears the Jews did not follow the Example of Jacob in throwing Circumcision away, and exchange it for Baptism, yet by Jacob's Example did baptize all their Gentile Proselytes, whether Men, Women and children; so that he caused them to set up, or add a Tradition of his own devising to God's Institution: For I challenge you or any Man under Heaven, to prove that God commanded Jacob or any Patriarch, or Jewish Rabbies, to baptize any Proselyte either young or old when received into their Church.
4. Behold, you Pedo-baptists, the Rise and Foundation of your Infant-Baptism according to Mr. Owen's Conceit! Why? where have we it, even in Noah's Ark, wherein the whole World were baptized! For let me thus argue, If all the World in Noah's Ark both rational and irrational Creatures were baptized, then Infants may be baptized. nay and all Unbelievers, and Cattle also; but the former is true, Ergo. But if we have not the Rise of it here. we have in Gen. 35. 2. Then said Jacob unto his Household, and unto all that were with him, Put away the strange Gods that are among you, and be you clean, and change your Garments.
4. Behold, you Pedo-baptists, the Rise and Foundation of your Infant-Baptism according to Mr. Owen's Conceit! Why? where have we it, even in Noah's Ark, wherein the whole World were baptized! For let me thus argue, If all the World in Noah's Ark both rational and irrational Creatures were baptized, then Infants may be baptized. nay and all Unbelievers, and Cattel also; but the former is true, Ergo. But if we have not the Rise of it here. we have in