Thoughts on Baptism

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS1
PREFACE5
INTRODUCTION9
CHAPTER I. WHAT IS BAPTISM? WASHING AND BAPTIZING11
CHAPTER II. DIP AND SPRINKLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT26
CHAPTER III. BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT—SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS—INSTANCES OF BAPTISM36
CHAPTER IV. ONE BAPTISM OR THREE BAPTISMS46
CHAPTER V. NON-BAPTISM OF THE FRIENDS, OR QUAKERS53
CHAPTER VI. THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. BAPTISM OF CHRIST. BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.58
CHAPTER VII. THE COMMISSION STILL IN FORCE. BAPTISM IS NOT CIRCUMCISION.63
CHAPTER VIII. SUBJECTS OF BAPTISM68
CHAPTER IX. SUBJECTS OF BAPTISM.—CONTINUED83
CHAPTER X. THE ORDER OF BAPTISM98
CHAPTER XI. REMISSION OF SIN—WHEN GRANTED118
CHAPTER XII. “A SAVING ORDINANCE.”128
CHAPTER XIII. HISTORY AND TRINE IMMERSION. INTRODUCTION.—THEODORET—SOZOMEN135
CHAPTER XIV. JUSTIN MARTYR—CLEMENT—TERTULLIAN—MR. REEVES—APOSTOLICAL CANONS—MUNNULUS145
CHAPTER XV. EUNOMIUS—WEIGHT OF HISTORICAL QUOTATIONS—THE GREEK CHURCH158
CHAPTER XVI. BAPTISM IN THE FIRST CENTURIES166
CHAPTER XVII. REASONS FOR THREE IMMERSIONS—THE CONSEQUENCES174
INDEX OF AUTHORS185
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES186
THE BIBLICAL INSTITUTE:189

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