The 1858 Abstract of Principles

• Introduction
• I. The Scriptures.
• II. God.
• III. The Trinity.
• IV. Providence.
• V. Election.
• VI. The Fall of Man.
• VII. The Mediator.
• VIII. Regeneration.
• IX. Repentance.
• X. Faith.
• XI. Justification.
• XII. Sanctification.
• XIII. Perseverance of the Saints.
• XIV. The Church.
• XV. Baptism.
• XVI. The Lord's Supper.
• XVII. The Lord's Day.
• XVIII. Liberty of Conscience.
• XIX. The Resurrection.
• XX. The Judgment.

XV. Baptism.

Baptism is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus, obligatory upon every believer, wherein he is immersed in water in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, as a sign of his fellowship with the death and resurrection of Christ, of remission of sins, and of giving himself up to God, to live and walk in newness of life. It is prerequisite to church fellowship, and to participation in the Lord's Supper.