PART XV.

_CHRISTIAN BAPTISM._

SECTION LXXXIX. _History of the Rite._—The cotemporaneous baptisms of John and Jesus. Both were the same Christian baptism. Christ did not _institute_ baptism, but gave it to the Gentiles. Rebaptism at Ephesus. Note on rebaptism, 424

SECTION XC. “_Baptizing them into the Name._”—1. Into the name. _En_; _epi_; _eis_. “Into Christ.” “Into the name of Christ.” 2. “The name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”—“The name of the Lord Jesus,” 431

SECTION XCI. “_He that Believeth and is Baptized._”—It refers to ritual baptism; and is a caution against trust in it. Faith is the essential thing, 437

SECTION XCII. _The Formula._—Ritualistic view. No formula prescribed by Christ, nor used by the apostles, 438

SECTION XCIII. _The Administration on Pentecost._—There was a baptism with water. Dr. Dale’s objections, 440

SECTION XCIV. _The meaning of this Baptism._—It could but symbolize the baptism of the Spirit. The two formulas thus reconciled, 446

SECTION XCV. _The Mode of this Baptism._—Immersion incongruous and impossible. They were baptized in groups with a hyssop bush, 448

SECTION XCVI. _Other Illustrations._—The eunuch. The apostle Paul. The house of Cornelius. The jailer. None of these look to immersion, 451

SECTION XCVII. “_Baptized into Moses._”—Moses and Israel were types. Dr. Kendrick contradicts the record. By this baptism Israel were brought into a new state of faith and obedience, 457