1689 29.2

1689 London Baptist Confession

29.2. Of Baptism

Those who do actually professe repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience, to our Lord Jesus, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.

Proof texts

For discussion

  1. The Assembly cited Mark 16:16 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
  2. 5 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
  3. WSC Q88 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  4. WLC Q149 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WSC Q88 · WLC Q149 · WCF 27.1 · HC Q65 · BC 8.1 · BC 8.2 · BC 8.3 · SD 28.1