V. Altliougli it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this

ordinance ", yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it, as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it °, or that all that are baptized -are un- doubtedly regenerated ?.
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Christ : Ver. 1 2j Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen v.'ith him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And Acts ii. 2S. Then Peter said unto them, Re- pept, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall re- ceive the ^ gift of the Holy Ghost, Ver. SD. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And Rom> iv. 11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised ; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circum- cised ; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: Ver, 12. And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circum- cision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Ab- raham, which he had, being yet un- circumcised. 1 Cor. vii. 14. For the unbeheving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctiiie4 hy the husband ; else were your children unclean, but now are they holy. Mat. xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the came cf the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Mark x. V3. And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them; aiid his disciples rebuked those that
brought them. Ver. 14. But wheft Jesus sav/ it, he was much displea- sed, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Ver. 15. Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter there- in. Ver. 16. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. Luke xviii. 15. And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch. them : but when his disciples saw it^ they rebuked them,