 BAPTISM is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ,* not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible church,« but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,' of his ingrafting into Christ,"...  The History of Baptism - Page 487by Robert Robinson - 1817 - 566 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - Presbyterian Church - 1905 - 974 pages
...baptism, as our Confession of Faith declares (Chap, xxviii, Sec. i), is declared to be a sacrament ; worshiping the elements ; the lifting them up, or carrying them abou The public profession of one's faith may for sufficient reasons, as our Directory for Worship allows,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1910 - 552 pages
...exhibited, for substance, the same with those of the New.' CHAPTER XXVIII. OF BAPTISM. I. BAPTISM is a Sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ," not only for the solemn admisflre. 1 Cor. xli. 13. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we bt Jews... | |
 | William Alexander Curtis - Creeds - 1911 - 534 pages
...a sign of his fellowship with him in his death and resurrection ; of his being engrafted into him ; of remission of sins ; and of his giving up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to live and walk in newness of life. 2. Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1912 - 830 pages
...value and efficacy of the blood of Jesus Christ. "Baptism," therefore says our Confession of Faith, "is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, or regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God. through Jesus Christ, to walk... | |
 | Robert Scott, George William Gilmore - Christianity - 1914 - 628 pages
...sustained by the teaching that, "Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church" (Confession of Faith, Chapter XXVIII, Section 1). It is to be clearly understood, that the doctrines... | |
 | Charles Taze Russell - 1915 - 834 pages
...Presbyterian view is less immoderate. The Westminster Confession, Art. 28, says: "Baptism is a sacrament ... a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting...into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins," etc. It declares it to be applicable to infant children one or both of whose parents are Christians,... | |
 | Bible - 1917 - 506 pages
...for the solemn admission of the baptized into the visible Church ; that it is a seal to the baptized of regeneration, of remission of sins and of his giving up unto God in newness of life. That is not the parents' dedication of the infant : it is the baptized person's... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Creeds - 1919 - 966 pages
...the body, the fullness of him who filleth all in all. CHAPTER XXVIII.— OF BAPTISM. I. Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...into the visible Church; but also to be unto him a siffn and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Creeds - 1919 - 950 pages
...Cor. xii. 13. '1 Cor. x. 1-4 ; [Am. ed. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8]. New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ,1 not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church,1 but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,1 of his ingrafting into... | |
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