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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.
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⟩which were all of them in the Covenant of God, not only the Parents but the Children also: Therefore their Children had the same right to Baptism as their Parents had.
Answ. 1. I deny not but the whole House of Israel were in Covenant with God, both Parents and Children, and so abode till the old Covenant and old Covenant-Seed were cast out; but What saith the Scripture? Cast out the Bond-woman and her Son, Gal. 4. 30. Now the Apostle tells you, by the Bond-woman is meant the Sinai Covenant, and by her Son the natural Seed of Abraham as such, Gal. 4. 22, 23, 24, 25.