Question 165
What is Baptism?
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,1 to be a sign and seal of ingrafting into himself,2 of remission of sins by his blood,3 and regeneration by his Spirit;4 of adoption,5 and resurrection unto everlasting life;6 and whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible church,7 and enter into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only the Lord's.8