...Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord.20 Baptism is ordained not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized...the visible church, but also to be unto him a sign of the covenant of grace, of regeneration, of remission of sins,21 and of his giving up unto God through...

...Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord.20 Baptism is Ordained not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized...the visible church, but also to be unto him a sign of the covenant of grace, of regeneration, of remission of sins,21 and of his giving up linto God through...

...baptism, as our Confession of Faith declares (chap, xxviii., sect. 1), is declared to he a sacrament for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church. "The public profession of one's faith may, for sufficient reasons, as our Directory of Worship allows,...

...far as I know, answer in the affirmative. The Presbyterian Confession of Faith says, — "Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of Grace," etc., (p. 120,) In the larger Catechism, in answer to the question, "What is baptism ?" it is said,...

...enfolded within what was beyond actual reach before, but is now made one with the subject. It is " not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized...also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins." — Westminster Confession....

...throughout the world that profess the true religion, together with their children ; and that baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...Church,- but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the qovenant of grace," &c. This, although the language of the Presbyterian Standards themselves, seemed...

...their own doctrine. Thus the Presbyterian Confession declared, chap, xxviii., sec. I : " Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...party baptized into the visible Church, but also to be to him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his engrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of...

...building them up. It is not only a solemn admission of the baptized into the visible Church, but also a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting...into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, of his going up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life. But what does the phrase...

...word of institution contains " a promise of benefit to worthy receivers" (oh. xxvii). " Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible chnrch, bnt also to bo nnto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ,...

...Church of Scotland, as embodied in the Westminster Confession (Chapter xxviii. Sect. 1). " Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving himself unto Christ, to walk in newness of life." Mr. Mander afterwards adds: " And I must own that...