Believers and Their Seed (Chapter 1a)

FOREWORD In that part of the Form for the Administration of Baptism to Infants of Believers in which a word of admonition is directed to the parents who present their children for baptism in the midst of the congregation it is said that "baptism is an ordinance of God, to seal unto us and to our seed His covenant." Moreover, it is emphasized that baptism "must be used for that end, and not out of custom or superstition." FOREWORD In that part of the Form for the Administration of Baptism to...