A. I mean an outward and visible Sign of an inward and spiritual Grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a Means whereby we receive the same, and a Pledge to assure us thereof.
Q. How many Parts are there in a Sacrament?
A. Two: The outward visible Sign, and the inward spiritual Grace.
Q. What is the outward visible Sign, or Form in Baptism?
A. Water; wherein the Person is baptised, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Q. What is the inward and spiritual Grace?
A. A Death unto Sin, and a new Birth unto Righteousness: For being by Nature born in Sin, and the Children of Wrath, we are hereby made the Children of Grace.
Q. What is required of Persons to be baptised?
A. Repentance, whereby they forsake Sin; and Faith, whereby they stedfastly believe the Promises of God, made to them in that Sacrament.
Q. Why then are Infants baptised, when, by Reason of their tender
Age, they cannot perform them?