Catechism
A. The sacraments of the New-Testament are Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
Q. What is baptism?
A. Baptism is a sacrament wherein the washing with water in the name of the Fater, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagements to be the Lord's.
Q. To whom is baptism to be administered?
A. Baptism is not to be administered to any who are out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the infants of such as our members of the visible church are to be baptized.
Q. What is the Lord's Supper?
A. The Lord's Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving the receiving bread and wine, according to Christ's appointment, his death is shewed forth, and the worthy receivers are, not after
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