CONTENTS.

ONE SERMON

On Water Baptifm, Acts, x. 47,

TWO SERMONS

On John's Baptifm, Acts, xviii. 25. By
JOHN CRANE, D. D. of Northbridge,

FIVE SERMONS.

One on Chriftian Baptifm, Matthew, xxviii.

19, 20,

One on the Qualifications in Adults, for Admif-
fion to Baptifm, Acts, xviii. 37,

Two on Infant Baptifm, Galatians, iii. 29,
One on Believers and their Offspring, in Cov-
enant with God, Acts, ii. 29. By Rev.
JEDIDIAH CHAPMAN, of Orange-Dale,

ONE SERMON

On being Buried with Chrift in Baptism,
Coloffians, ii. 12. By Rev. ELIJAH PAR-
ISH, of Byfield,

Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson's Confession,

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THE

UNIVERSALITY AND PERPETUITY

OF THE

OBLIGATION UPON CHRISTIANS

то

OBSERVE THE RITE OF

BAPTISM WITH WATER

OR,

WATER BAPTISM A STANDING ORDIN

OF THE

GOSPEL.

THE

UNIVERSALITY AND PERPETUITY

OF THE

OBLIGATION UPON CHRISTIANS

то

OBSERVE THE RITE OF

BAPTISM WITH WATER;

OR,

WATER BAPTISM A STANDING ORDINANCE

OF THE

GOSPE L.

SERMON.

ACTS, X. 47.

CAN ANY MAN FORBID WATER, THAT THESE SHOULD NOT BE BAPTIZED, WHO HAVE RE CEIVED THE HOLY GHOST AS WELL AS WE?

THOUGH the religion of the gospel is a pure and fpiritual service, not incumbered with ceremonies, yet being adapted to the nature of man, it does not wholly omit pofitive duties. It enjoins two fimple, eafy, and expreffive rites, as figns and means of moral goodness and vital piety; viz. baptifm and the Lord's fupper. Baptifm with water has been almost univerfally by chriftians believed to have been appointed by the author of the difpenfation as a standing ordinance. The apostles evidently administered it to converts, Jewish and Gentile, in token of their admiffion into the number of Christ's followers, and as a public ac knowledgment of the admitted perfons, that they were his difciples, and owned him for their Lord