A34242:561
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.
A. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible ⟨p. 150⟩Church, & so strangers from the Covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to himn: but infants descending from parents, either both, or but one of them, professing faith in Christ, and obedience to him, are in that respect, within the Covenant, and to be baptizedo.
A. Baptism is not to be administred to any that are out of the visible ⟨p. 150⟩Church, & so strangers from the Covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to himn: but infants descending from parents, either both, or but one of them, pr•fessing faith in Christ, and obedience to him, are in that respect, within the Covenant, and to be baptizedo.