Paragraph 28.4
Chapter 28: Of Baptism
Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.4
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.4
Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.4
Not only those that do actually profess faith in, and obedience unto Christ, but also the Infants of one, or both believing Parents, are to be Baptized.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 28.4
Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.4, which this paragraph revises
Is the Sacrament of Baptism with Water by Christs appointment, to be continued in his Church to the end of the World? Yes. Is dipping of the person (to be baptised) into Water…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 28.4, which this paragraph revises
This section refers to the subjects of baptism. It is the chief contention of Baptists that the ordinance should be granted only to those who can profess personal faith. Now our…
John Macpherson’s text