Of Baptism, Table of contents
The heads of the Chapters.
CHAP. I. Page 1.
Wherein, of the firſt and great end of that ordinance, the ſealing up of our union with Chriſt, and more particularly, of the moſt illustrious type of Baptiſmeall ſealing, in the Baptiſme of Chriſt.
CHAP. II. Page 18.
Wherein of the ſecond great uſe and end of Baptiſme, aſſuring us of our Iuſtification in the remiſsion of all our ſinnes, together with certain corollaries and inforcements.
CHAP. III. Page 38.
Wherein of a third great uſe and end of Baptiſme, whereby is ſealed our communion with Chriſt in his holynes, to wit, a death unto ſinne, and a riſing to newneſſe of life.
CHAP. IV. Page 48.
Wherein is ſhewed the report which the ceremony of Baptiſme hath, to the forementioned ends and uſes of that ordinance; alſo ſome Corollaries.
CHAP. V. Page 58.
In which the proper ceremony of Baptiſme is vindicated by the force of the word, Scripture practiſe, the ſuffrage of learned men, and the uſe of ancient times.
CHAP. VI. Page 101.
Wherein is ſhewed the agreements and differences that the word preached hath with the Sacraments, together with certain Corollaries giving light to the preſent controverſy.
CHAP. VII. Page 121.
In which is layd downe the relative and perſonall qualifications by which infants are uſually intituled to Baptiſme, by our moſt conſiderable Proteſtant Divines.
CHAP. VIII. Page 143.
In which are contained ſeverall queries and conſiderations, raiſed from the premiſſes, declaring what little ground there will appeare from their owne principles and conceſsions to conclude for Infant Baptiſme.
CHAP. IX. Page 160.
In which entrance is made into the conſideration of the great argument for Infant Baptiſme, drawne from the circumciſion of Infants, by way of anſwer whereunto five particulars are handled, the firſt whereof is treated on in this Chapter, namely what circumciſion was to the Jewes, and whether the qualification requiſite to it was regeneration, or the infuſion of gratious habits.
CHAP. X. Page 179.
In which is handled the ſecond particular, propoſed in anſwer to the argument drawne from Circumciſion, to wit, how farre the ordinances of the old Teſtament ſhould regulate and determine by way of rule and inſtitution thoſe of the New.
CHAP. XI. Page 190.
Wherein is diſcuſſed the third particular in anſwer to the argument drawne from circumciſion; ſcil. How we are ingrafted into Abrahams covenant, and by what title wee are call'd Abrahams children.
CHAP. XII. Page 210.
Wherein is handled the fourth Queſtion, propoſed to anſwer the argument drawne from Circumciſion, to wit, How farre the Iewes by vertue of their being the ſonnes of Abraham, could pretend to new Teſtament Ordinances, wherein alſo, beſides ſeverall others, that much agitated place is opened & conſidered of, Acts 2.38.39.
CHAP. XIII. Page 237.
Wherein is handled the fifth and laſt queſtion in anſwer to the argument drawn from circumciſion, ſcil. whether Infants not prooving the ſubject of Baptiſme, the priviledges of Chriſtians and their ſtate, may not juſtly be ſaid to be as great as the priviledges of the Jewes and their ſtate.
CHAP. XIV. Page 259.
In which is conſidered that famous and much urged place of 1. Cor. 7.14. Elſe were your children uncleane, but now are they holy.
CHAP. XV. Page 278.
In which the authority of the Fathers, and the practiſe of antiquity, touching the ſubject of Baptiſme, is conſidered.
CHAP. XVI. Page 333.
In which is handled, whether Baptiſme be to be repeated; but more eſpecially, whether ſuch as were baptized in infancy, ſhould be accounted baptized, or are to have that ordinance administred to them.
CHAP. XVII. Page 368.
In which is conſidered the time and ranke that Baptiſme is to hold in the order of Ordinances.
CHAP. XVIII. Page 380.
Wherein by way of concluſion, is treated of the Miniſter of Baptiſme, and ſhewed where that power rests, which is to conveigh to us that bleſſed Ordinance, which hath bene all this while the ſubject of our diſcourſe.
End of the text · Henry Lawrence, Of Baptism (1646)