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A Bible History of Baptism

by Samuel J. Baird

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Book I — Old Testament History — Part I — Baptism at Sinai
  5. 5Section II — No Immersions in the Old Testament
  6. 6Section III — The Old Testament Sacraments
  7. 7Section IV — The Baptism of Israel at Sinai
  8. 8Section V — The Blood of Sprinkling
  9. 9Section VI — The Living Water
  10. 10Part II — The Visible Church
  11. 11Section VIII — The Conditions of the Sinai Covenant
  12. 12Section IX — The Promises of the Sinai Covenant
  13. 13Section X — The Visible Church Was Thus Established
  14. 14Section XI — The Terms of Membership in the Church of Israel
  15. 15Section XII — Circumcision and Baptism
  16. 16Part III — Administered Baptisms=sprinklings
  17. 17Section XIV — The Baptism of a Healed Leper
  18. 18Section XV — Baptism of Those Defiled by the Dead
  19. 19Section XVI — Purifying From Issues
  20. 20Section XVII — The Baptism of Proselytes
  21. 21Section XVIII — The Baptism of Infants
  22. 22Section XIX — The Baptism of the Levites
  23. 23Section XX — These All Were One Baptism
  24. 24Section XXI — This Symbol Was Derived From the Rain
  25. 25Section XXII — This Ordinance Meant, Life to the Dead
  26. 26Section XXIII — The Gospel in the Water of Separation
  27. 27Section XXIV — These Were the Divers Baptisms
  28. 28Part IV — The Ritual Self-Washings
  29. 29Section XXVI — Gradation of the Self-washings
  30. 30Section XXVII — Mode Implied in the Meaning of the Rite
  31. 31Section XXVIII — The Words Used to Designate the Washings
  32. 32Section XXIX — The Mode of Domestic Ablution
  33. 33Section XXX — The Facilities Requisite
  34. 34Section XXXI — The Washings of the Priests
  35. 35Section XXXII — Like These Were the Washings of the People
  36. 36Section XXXIII — Defilements and Purifyings of Things
  37. 37Part V — Later Traces of the Sprinkled Baptisms
  38. 38Section XXXV — Rabbinic Traditions as to the Red Heifer
  39. 39Section XXXVI — The Festival of the Outpouring of Water
  40. 40Section XXXVII — The Hellenistic Greek
  41. 41Section XXXVIII — The Baptism of Naaman
  42. 42Section XXXIX — “Baptized From the Dead”
  43. 43Section XL — Judith’s Baptisms
  44. 44Section XLI — The Water of Separation in Philo and Josephus
  45. 45Section XLII — Imitations of These Rites by the Greeks and Romans
  46. 46Section XLIII — Baptism in Egypt and Among the Aztecs
  47. 47Section XLIV — The Levitical Baptisms in the Christian Fathers
  48. 48Part VI — State of the Old Testament Argument
  49. 49Book II — New Testament History — Part VII — Introductory
  50. 50Part VIII — The Purifyings of the Jews
  51. 51Section XLVIII — Washing the Hands Before Meals
  52. 52Section XLIX — Baptism Upon Return From Market
  53. 53Section L — A Various Reading
  54. 54Section LI — Baptisms of Utensils and Furniture
  55. 55Part IX — JOHN’s$1BAPTISM
  56. 56Section LIII — Israel at the Time of John’s Coming
  57. 57Section LIV — The Nature and End of John’s Baptism
  58. 58Section LV — The Extent of John’s Baptism
  59. 59Section LVI — John Did Not Immerse
  60. 60Section LVII — John Baptized by Sprinkling With Unmingled Water
  61. 61Part X — CHRIST’s$1BAPTISMS and Anointing
  62. 62Section LIX — The Anointing of the Lord Jesus
  63. 63Section LX — “The Baptism That I Am Baptized With”
  64. 64Part XI — Christ the Great Baptizer
  65. 65Section LXII — Christ Is Enthroned as the Baptizer
  66. 66Section LXIII — Note, on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
  67. 67Section LXIV — The Baptism of Fire
  68. 68Section LXV — The Baptism of Pentecost
  69. 69Section LXVI — The Manner of the Pentecost Baptism
  70. 70Section LXVII — The New Spirit Imparted on Pentecost
  71. 71Section LXVIII — The Tongues Like as of Fire
  72. 72Section LXIX — The Gift of Other Tongues
  73. 73Section LXX — The Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of Sins
  74. 74Section LXXI — Paul’s Doctrine of This Baptism
  75. 75Section LXXII — Noah Saved by Water
  76. 76Section LXXIII — Christ’s Baptizing Administration
  77. 77Section LXXIV — Argument From the Real to Ritual Baptism
  78. 78Part XII — The Baptist Argument
  79. 79Section LXXVI — The Prepositions
  80. 80Section LXXVII — “There Was Much Water There”
  81. 81Section LXXVIII — “Buried With Him by Baptism Into Death”
  82. 82Section LXXIX — “Buried With Him in Baptism”
  83. 83Section LXXX — End of the Baptist Argument
  84. 84Part XIII — Baptismal Regeneration
  85. 85Section LXXXII — “Born of Water and of the Spirit”
  86. 86Section LXXXIII — “The Washing of Water by the Word”
  87. 87Part XIV — The New Testament Church
  88. 88Section LXXXV — Why the Gentiles Were Exempt From the Law
  89. 89Section LXXXVI — The Christian Passover
  90. 90Section LXXXVII — The Hebrew Christian Church
  91. 91Section LXXXVIII — The Gentiles Graffed in
  92. 92Part XV — Christian Baptism
  93. 93Section XC — “Baptizing Them Into the Name”
  94. 94Section XCI — “He That Believeth and Is Baptized”
  95. 95Section XCII — The Formula of Baptism
  96. 96Section XCIII — The Administration on Pentecost
  97. 97Section XCIV — Symbolic Meaning of This Baptism
  98. 98Section XCV — The Mode of the Ritual Baptism on Pentecost
  99. 99Section XCVI — Other Cases Illustrating the Mode
  100. 100Section XCVII — “Baptized Into Moses”
  101. 101Part XVI — The Family and the Children
  102. 102Section XCIX — “Else Were Your Children Unclean but Now Are They Holy”
  103. 103Section C — Household Baptisms
  104. 104Conclusion
  105. 105Scriptures — Illustrated in the Foregoing Pages

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