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On Baptism.

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On Baptism

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Introduction. Origin of the Treatise.

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The Very Simplicity of God's Means of Working, a Stumbling-Block to the Carnal Mind.

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Water Chosen as a Vehicle of Divine Operation and Wherefore. Its Prominence First of All in Creation.

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The Primeval Hovering of the Spirit of God Over the Waters Typical of Baptism. The Universal Element of Water Thus Made a Channel of Sanctification. Resemblance Between the Outward Sign and the Inward Grace.

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Use Made of Water by the Heathen. Type of the Angel at the Pool of Bethsaida.

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The Angel the Forerunner of the Holy Spirit. Meaning Contained in the Baptismal Formula.

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Of the Unction.

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Of the Imposition of Hands. Types of the Deluge and the Dove.

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Types of the Red Sea, and the Water from the Rock.

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Of John's Baptism.

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Answer to the Objection that “The Lord Did Not Baptize.”

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Of the Necessity of Baptism to Salvation.

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Another Objection:  Abraham Pleased God Without Being Baptized. Answer Thereto. Old Things Must Give Place to New, and Baptism is Now a Law.

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Of Paul's Assertion, that He Had Not Been Sent to Baptize.

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Unity of Baptism.  Remarks on Heretical And Jewish Baptism.

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Of the Second Baptism--With Blood.

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Of the Power of Conferring Baptism.

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Of the Persons to Whom, and the Time When, Baptism is to Be Administered.

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Of the Times Most Suitable for Baptism.

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Of Preparation For, and Conduct After, the Reception of Baptism.

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Elucidation.

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