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AN INTRODUCTION.. 7
Chapter 1: ITS MODE: AFFUSION?. 10
Jewish Ceremonies Referred to in the Book of Hebrews. 10
The Association of John’s Baptism with Purification. 12
The Practice of Baptizing Furnishings and People. 14
The Question of John Being the Messiah. 15
Our Lord’s Baptism.. 17
He had to be thirty years old or older. 18
He had to be called of God, as was Aaron. 18
He had to be sprinkled. 19
The Relationship of Water Baptism to the Holy Spirit 21
The Sprinkling of the Blood. 23
Summary: 25
Chapter 2: ITS CANDIDATES—BELIEVERS AND THEIR CHILDREN.. 27
Circumcision and Baptism: Signs of the Covenant 27
The Covenant Continues In Force Today. 29
The Candidates for the Covenant Sign Remain Unchanged. 30
Neither Circumcision nor Baptism Equate to Salvation. 31
The faith of the adults is required. 33
The faith of parents is required. 33
Loss of Covenant Privileges. 34
The NT Does Not Instruct Us to Baptize Children. 35
The Enemies of Christianity. 35
The Friends of Christianity. 35
Baptism Replaces Circumcision. 39
The purpose of both was the same. 39
Their symbolic teaching is the same. 40
Both represent the work of the Holy Spirit. 41
Both rites represent the same spiritual grace: regeneration. 41
The early church replaced circumcision with baptism. 43
Why are girls baptized?. 43
Summary: 44
Chapter 3: THE DIPPING ARGUMENTS. 47
Word meanings. 47
Bapto – βάπτω.. 49
Baptidzo – βαπτίζω.. 50
Prepositions. 52
Church history. 53
Old Syriac Version of the New Testament 54
Didache. 54
Early Baptismal Fonts. 55
The Catacombs. 57
Justin Martyr. 57
Origen, AD 180. 57
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, AD 180. 58
Hippolytus, A.D. 215. 58
Tertullian of Carthage, AD 160 to AD 225. 59
The Earliest Known Church Building, around AD 240. 59
Cyprian of Carthage. 60
St. Augustine and Pelagius. 60
The Waldensians. 61
The Reformation Church. 62
Romans 6:1-11 and Colossians 2:8-14. 63
Some Introductory Remarks. 64
Comparative Passages. 67
Why Baptidzo?. 69
Objections to the dipper’s Argument 72
Dedication of Children. 72
Dipping as a Symbol of Burial 73
False Assurance. 74
The Church of Jesus Christ – Dippers Only Please. 75
The Mode of the Lord’s Supper. 77
Is It Faith or Works?. 79
Summary: 80
Chapter 4: ITS PURPOSE: RICH AND DIVERSIFIED.. 82
Water Baptism Illustrates the Baptism of the Holy Spirit 82
Baptism Is a Rite of Purification. 82 Baptism Symbolizes the Coming and Presence of the Holy Spirit Baptism Symbolizes the Sprinkling of the Blood of Christ 85
Baptism Is the Required Rite of Initiation into the New Covenant 86
CONCLUSION.. 87
Appendix A.. 89
Vote of the Westminster Assembly Respecting Baptism.. 89
Appendix B. 91
From the Westminster Confession of Faith. 91
Appendix C.. 93
From the Westminster Shorter Catechism.. 93
SCRIPTURE INDEX.. 94
BIBLIOGRAPHY.. 96
THE AUTHOR.. 99
