A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Question 94
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 94
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What is Baptism?
Baptism is a Sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signifie and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the Covenant of Grace, and our engagement to be the Lords:
What kind of Ordinance is Baptism?
A Sacrament.
What is the Elemental sign in Baptism?
Water.
What is the Ceremonial sign?
Washing, or application of the water?
In whose name is the person baptized to be washed with water?
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
What do you mean by baptizing [in the Name] of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?
In the authority, and into the faith, profession, and obedience of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
What is signified, sealed, and engaged to, as to be done on Gods part in Baptism?
Our ingrafting into Christ, and being made partakers of the benefits, of the Covenant of Grace.
What is sealed to on our part in Baptism, or what do we engage to?
To be the Lords.
Are our ingrafting into Christ, partaking of the benefits of the Covenant of Grace, and our engagement to be the Lords, signified and sealed to in Baptism?
Yes.
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