PART XII.

_THE BAPTIST ARGUMENT._

SECTION LXXV. BAPTIZO _and the Resurrection_.—Elements of the Baptist argument. Dr. Conant on _baptizo_. It leaves its subjects in the water. Dr. Kendrick’s admissions. A second meaning in _baptizo_, 347

SECTION LXXVI. _The Prepositions._—_En._ _Eis._ _Ek._ _Apo._ They indicate, not the mode, but the place of the baptisms, 354

SECTION LXXVII. “_Much Water there._”—Aenon=The Springs. Many waters. Why Jesus and John resorted to waters, 360

SECTION LXXVIII. “_Buried with him by Baptism into Death._”—Rom. vi, 2-7.—“Buried with him by _the_ baptism into _the_ death.” Analysis of the passage. Spiritual baptism alone referred to. Immersion incongruous to Paul’s conception, 364

SECTION LXXIX. “_Buried with him in Baptism._”—Col. ii, 9-13. The doctrine the same as the preceding. Union with the Lord Jesus the controlling idea. “Buried with him in (or, by) _the_ baptism.” The idea of immersion perplexes the exegesis, 371

SECTION LXXX. _End of the Baptist Argument._—Baptist scholars concede that _baptizo_ does not mean, to dip, only. It can not then decide the mode. They admit that it leaves its subject in the water. It knows then nothing of the resurrection. The prepositions and waters of Enon do not help the cause. Paul’s burial “in _the_ baptism,” does not allude to the ritual ordinance. In all its parts, the argument fails, 374