A Presbyterian divine follows the rite of baptism through both Testaments. Baird begins at Sinai, with the sprinkling of blood and the washing of Israel, argues that no immersions appear in the Old Testament, and traces the covenant with Abraham into the visible church. The aim throughout is to defend baptism by sprinkling against the immersionist case.
A thorough nineteenth-century contribution to the long Protestant debate over the mode and meaning of baptism. Download the free EPUB.