A47591:958
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.
MR. Owen saith, If John baptized Infants, Baptism doth always belong unto them; for the Baptism of John and the Baptism of the Apostles were the same in the Substance of it: He baptized in the Name of Christ to come, and they baptized in the Name of Christ that was come.
Answ. If you can prove John baptized Infants, you do your Business indifferent well.
Now say you,
What we are to prove in this Chapter, is, that John baptized Infants; to manifest this, let it be considered, 1. John the Baptist came not to nullify the Covenant of Abraham, but rather to fulfil it; and the Covenant of Abraham was, that God would be a God to his People, and to their Seed; all the Visible Church of the Jews were in this Covenant: John warneth them that they trusted not in the Privileges of this Covenant, by living ungodly Lives; he doth not in any Place make void this Covenant, but rather confirms it, saying, God will raise other Children to Abraham, if the Jews brought not forth Fruit meet for Repentance; he came to baptize the Seed of Abraham, ⟨p. 172⟩