A47591:979
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.
'Tis very strange to me that any Man should assert that John the Baptist (whose Doctrine and Ministry by all Divines is looked upon to be very severe and sharp) should baptize all, even the worst of Men, yea such whom he called a Viperous Generation. But what is the purport of this Argument of yours for Infant-Baptism? Certainly all may easily see it: Doth it not tend to prove that all ungodly and unbelieving Men and Women are to be baptized as well as Infants?
'Tis very strange to me that any Man should assert that John the Baptist (whose Doctrine and Ministry by all Divines is look'd upon to be very severe and sharp) should baptize all, even the worst of Men, yea such whom he called a Viprous Generation. But what is the purport of this Argument of yours for Infant-Baptism? Certainly all may easily see it: Doth it not tend to prove that all ungodly and unbelieving Men and Women are to be baptized as well as Infants?
Let me but justly infer upon you, and from what you say here, after this manner, viz.
If John Baptist baptized all that came to him, even all the ungodly Jews, as Publicans, Sadducees, Pharisees, yea those Generations of Vipers; then Unbelievers, yea the worst and vilest of Men, are as true Subjects of Baptism as Believers. 'Tis no matter whether they believe or not, repent or not, or at present bring forth Fruit meet for Repentance or not; John took their Word, their Promise that they would do those things afterwards.
If John Baptist baptized all that came to him, even all the ungodly Jews, as Publicans, Sadduces, Pharisees, yea those Generations of Vipers; then Unbelievers, yea the worst and vilest of Men, are as true Subjects of Baptism as Believers. 'Tis no matter whether they believe or not, repent or not, or at present bring forth Fruit meet for Repentance or not; John took their Word, their Promise that they would do those things afterwards.