A96226:183
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now by authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster, concerning a confession of faith, presented by them lately to both houses of Parliament. A certain number of copies are ordered to be printed only for the use of the members of both houses and of the Assembly of Divines, to the end that they may advise thereupon.
London: printed for Company of Stationers, 1646
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.
CHAP XXVIII. Of Baptism.
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, of Regeneration, of Remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ, to walk in ⟨p. 46⟩newness of life. Which Sacrament is, by Christs own appointment, to be continued in his Church until the end of the World.
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 signe, and seal of the Covenant of Grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of Regeneration, of Remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ, to walk in ⟨p. 46⟩newness of life. Which Sacrament is, by Christs own appointment, to be continued in his Church until the end of the World.
II. The outward Element to be used in this Sacrament is Water, wherewith the Party is to be Baptized, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a Minister of the Gospel, lawfully called thereunto.