{"number":74,"question":"Are infants also to be baptized?","answer":"Yes: for since they, as well as the adult, are included in the covenant and church of God; and since redemption from sin by the blood of Christ, and the Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult; they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the Christian church; and be distinguished from the children of infidels, as was done in the old covenant or testament by circumcision, instead of which, baptism is instituted in the new covenant.","segments":[{"text":"Yes: for since they, as well as the adult, are included in the covenant","proofs":["Genesis 17:7","Acts 2:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:7","osis":["Gen.17.7"]},{"printed":"Acts 2:39","osis":["Acts.2.39"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and church of God;","proofs":["1 Corinthians 7:14","Joel 2:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 7:14","osis":["1Cor.7.14"]},{"printed":"Joel 2:16","osis":["Joel.2.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and since redemption from sin","proofs":["Matthew 19:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 19:14","osis":["Matt.19.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"by the blood of Christ, and the Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult;","proofs":["Luke 1:14–15","Psalm 22:10","Acts 2:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 1:14–15","osis":["Luke.1.14-Luke.1.15"]},{"printed":"Psalm 22:10","osis":["Ps.22.10"]},{"printed":"Acts 2:39","osis":["Acts.2.39"]}],"note":null},{"text":"they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the Christian church; and be distinguished from the children of infidels,","proofs":["Acts 10:47","1 Corinthians 12:13","7:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 10:47","osis":["Acts.10.47"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 12:13","osis":["1Cor.12.13"]},{"printed":"7:14","osis":["1Cor.7.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"as was done in the old covenant or testament by circumcision,","proofs":["Genesis 17:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:14","osis":["Gen.17.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"instead of which, baptism is instituted in the new covenant.","proofs":["Colossians 2:11–13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:11–13","osis":["Col.2.11-Col.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"section":27,"relations":{"aoc1680":["70"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"Yes:","position":null},{"text":"since they, as well as the adult, are included","position":null},{"text":"covenant and church","position":null},{"text":"and since redemption from sin by the blood of Christ, and the Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult; they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the Christian church; and be distinguished from the children of infidels, as was done in the old covenant or testament by circumcision, instead of which, baptism is instituted in the new covenant.","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}