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
| Vergilius Anselm Ferm - Lutheran Church - 1927 - 432 pages
...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... | |
| Robert William Dale, James Guinness Rogers - Congregational churches - 1873 - 786 pages
...inconsistent. He quotes the section from the Westminster Confession which declares that " Baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus...Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptised into the visible Church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,... | |
| Archibald Alexander Hodge - Catechisms - 1869 - 554 pages
...XXVIII. OF BAPTISM. SECTION I.— Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ,1 not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church,2 but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,3 of his ingrafting into... | |
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