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176 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
II. The mode of Baptism.—This is by dipping or by
affusion, at the option of the individual. The Rubric
in the public baptism of infants is: " He (the minister)
shall dip it in the water discreetly, or shall pour water
upon it." The Rubric in the public baptism of adults
is similar: " The minister then shall dip him in the
water, or pour water upon him."
Baptism is administered to both adults and infants.
1. Adults.—The requisites for the ordinance, in the
case of adults, are conversion, a new heart, whatsoever
is implied in the discipleship of Christ, a willingness
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. III. Dipping of the person
into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by
pouring, or sprinkling water, upon the person. IV. Not only those that
do actually profess faith in, and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents, are to be baptized." (Pp. 120-
122.) The same words are in the Saybrook platform, generally approved
by the Congregational Churches of New England. Both are nearly literally the same with the 29th Chapter of the Confession of Faith owned
and consented to by the messengers of the Churches assembled at Boston, in New England, May 12, 1680 (see Mather's "Magnalia," Vol. IL,
Hartford, 1820, p. 111). The language of the larger or Westminster
Catechism (question 165) is : "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 Ghost, to be a sign and
seal of engrafting into Himself, of remission of sins by His blood, and
regeneration by His spirit; of adoption, and resurrection unto everlasting
life; and whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the
visible Church, and enter into an open and professed engagement to be
wholly and only the Lord's." These various Articles we believe to be all
capable of a Scriptural interpretation ; and certainly that of the Protestant Episcopal Church is, to say the least, as definite and guarded and unexceptionable as any of them all.
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000180 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 176 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. II. The mode of Baptism.—This is by dipping or by affusion, at the option of the individual. The Rubric in the public baptism of infants is: " He (the minister) shall dip it in the water discreetly, or shall pour water upon it." The Rubric in the public baptism of adults is similar: " The minister then shall dip him in the water, or pour water upon him." Baptism is administered to both adults and infants. 1. Adults.—The requisites for the ordinance, in the case of adults, are conversion, a new heart, whatsoever is implied in the discipleship of Christ, a willingness 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. III. Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring, or sprinkling water, upon the person. IV. Not only those that do actually profess faith in, and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents, are to be baptized." (Pp. 120- 122.) The same words are in the Saybrook platform, generally approved by the Congregational Churches of New England. Both are nearly literally the same with the 29th Chapter of the Confession of Faith owned and consented to by the messengers of the Churches assembled at Boston, in New England, May 12, 1680 (see Mather's "Magnalia," Vol. IL, Hartford, 1820, p. 111). The language of the larger or Westminster Catechism (question 165) is : "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 Ghost, to be a sign and seal of engrafting into Himself, of remission of sins by His blood, and regeneration by His spirit; of adoption, and resurrection unto everlasting life; and whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible Church, and enter into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only the Lord's." These various Articles we believe to be all capable of a Scriptural interpretation ; and certainly that of the Protestant Episcopal Church is, to say the least, as definite and guarded and unexceptionable as any of them all. |
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