A47591:971
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.
Certainly, John would not go about to establish that Covenant which he knew his Master was ready to take away, viz. the Covenant of Peculiarity God made with Abraham and his Natural Seed, as such.
We deny not, but the free Promise that God made with Abraham is the Covenant of Grace; but that belongs not to Believers Seed, as such: For some of Unbelievers Seed may be in the Covenant of Grace, and some of Believers Seed may not, i. e. the Children of the Promise, or Covenant of Grace, or the Elect of God may lie amongst the Unbelievers Children, as well as amongst Believers Children: Tho I doubt not but more of Believers Seed are called than of others, and have greater Privileges, i. e. by the Instruction, Prayers, and good Example of their Parents, &c.
Fourthly, Tho John did not nullify the external Covenant, yet he, being to prepare Christ's way, gave the Jews a clear Intimation of the repealing of it, or the period thereof, and that now it would stand them in no ⟨p. 174⟩stead; they indeed made this which you say an Argument to come to his Baptism, namely because of that Covenant with Abraham, or their being his Children: But what did John say? Think not to say within your selves, we have Abraham to […] Father. As much as if he should say, your being the Seed of believing Abraham, according to the Flesh, will give you no Right to Gospel-Baptism nor other Gospel Ordinances and Privileges, tho it gave you right to Circumcision and Legal Privileges.
Fourthly, Tho John did not nullify the external Covenant, yet he, being to prepare Christ's way, gave the Jews a clear Intimation of the repealing of it, or the period thereof, and that now it would stand them in no ⟨p. 174⟩