Chap.ij. CHAP. XVII, Quefiions, andGates ofConfcience about Baptifme. Flat are the Principles about Baptifm ? Anfw. Firli, that Baptifme is .ea Sacrament of Re- 0,eneration. Secondly, that the outward fine in Baptifme is water : the inward thing or fublìance thereof is the bloodofChrifi. Thirdl that the pouring or fprinklin> water upon out the inward cleanfing of the Holy 1 53 y, III. the Party baptized , ,Gholi. Fourthly, that the forme ofBaptifme is, In the Na'neof the Fathar, Son and 1V. HolyGhoft. Fifthly , that Baptifine is to be adminiftred by a Minifler of the V. Word. Sixthly, That they that profeffe the truefaith are to be baptized. VI. Seventhly, that the children alfo offilch are to be baptized. VII. EiOtly, that by Baptifine we are engrafted into Chritis myftical VIII. body. Nimbly, that Baptifm fers out both ourdying to fin, and alto our riling to IX. rightcoufneffe. Tenthly, that Baptifme is but once to be adminil}red. X. Eleventhly, that the force and efficacy of Baptifme lafleth as long as we XI. live. Quefi. Canany Argument for thebaptizing of Infants, be broughtfrom Cir- cumc i,I7.2nunder the Law ? Anfw. Yes : for there is the fameextent of theSacrament of initiation un- der the newCovenant, as was under the old. If Infants m*ht pa take of the Sacrament of Initiation and Regeneration, beforeChrill was exhibited, then much more fince. That which the Apofile faith of the Ark in relation to Ba- ptifme, ? Pet. t. 21. that it was a like figure, may be Paid of Circutncifion : All their Sacramentswere like Figures, not types of ours. The Apoftle maketh X an
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