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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
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.
Q. 163. What is Baptism?
A. Baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghoste, to be a sign and seal of ingrafting into himselff, of remission of sins by his bloodg, and regeneration by his Spirith, of adoptioni, and resurrection unto everlasting lifek: and whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible Churchl, and enter into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only the Lordsm.
A. Baptism is a Sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghoste, to be a sign and seal of ingrafting into himselff, of remission of sins by his bloodg, and regeneration by his Spirith