In them that by faith receive them.

Mark xvi. 16: "He that believeth and is baptized

shall be saved."

Luke xiii. 25-27: "When once the Master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity."

Q. 92. What is a sacrament?

A. A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ, wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers. A holy ordinance instituted by Christ.

Matt. xxviii. 19: "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

Matt. xxvi. 26, 27: "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it."

Christ's body, as a sacrifice for sin, represented in the sacramental bread..

Luke xxii. 19: "And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me."

Christ's blood, shed for the remission of sins, represented in the sacramental cup.

Luke xxii. 20: "Likewise also the cup after supper,

saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood which is shed for you."

The washing away of sins, and the inward washing of regeneration, represented by baptism.

Acts ii. 38: "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

Acts xxii. 16: "And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord."

A sacrament is a sign and seal of the new covenant.

Rom. iv. 11: "He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had being yet uncircumcised."

Gal. iii. 26, 27: "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have

been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

Q. 93. Which are the sacraments of the New Testament?

A. The sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism, and the Lord's Supper.

[See Q. 92.

There were none others instituted by Christ to serve as sacraments, -i.e. to represent "Christ and his benefits," and to serve as "signs and seals" of the "New Covenant."]

Q. 94. What is baptism?

A. Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of

the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord's.

Washing with water, in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Acts x. 47: "Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?"

Matt. xxviii. 19: "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

Doth signify our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the covenant of grace.

Gal. iii. 27: "As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ."

1 Cor. xii. 13:"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."

And our engagement to be the Lord's.

Rom. vi. 3-6: "Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."

Q. 95. To whom is baptism to be administered?

A. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ and obedience to

him; but the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized.

Not to be administered to any out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ.

Acts viii. 36, 37: "And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, See, here is water: what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."

Acts ii. 41: "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."

But the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized.

Gen. xvii. 4, 7, 10: "As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every man-child among you shall be circumcised."

Gal. iii. 7-9, 17, 26, 29: "Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. And this I say, That the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

Rom. xi. 17, 18: "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree; boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee."

1 Cor. vii. 14: "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy."

Col. ii. 11: "In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ."

Acts xvi. 15, 33: "And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come unto my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.'

1 Cor. i. 16: "And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other."

Q. 96. What is the Lord's supper?

A. The Lord's supper is a sacrament, vherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ's appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace. "The Lord's supper."

1 Cor. xi. 20. [Sometimes improperly called "The