Lord’s Day 26, Chapter 3: The Meaning of Holy Baptism (2) / Lord’s Day 27, Chapter 1: The Sign and Its Meaning (1)

3. The Meaning of Holy Baptism, (cont.) 3. The Meaning of Holy Baptism, (cont.) In general, of course, we may say that as a sacrament baptism serves to declare more fully and seals "the promise of the gospel". Cf. Qu. 66. That is, it declares the promise of the gospel to us more fully: not, of course, than the Word, but more fully with the Word. The Word is always the chief means of grace: and without the Word the sacraments mean nothing. But they are supplementing that Word by obsignating...