The Book of Confessions - The Presbyterian Leader

564 16. Acts 8:13, 23.
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17. John 3:5, 8; Rom. 4:11.
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18. Gal. 3:27, Eph. 1:4, 5; Eph. 5:25, 26; Acts 2:38-41; Acts 16:31, 33.
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19. There is no command, and no adequate example for the repetition of baptism.
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1. I Cor. 11:23-26; Matt. 26:26, 27; Luke 22:19, 20; I Cor. 10:16, 17, 21; I Cor. 12:13.
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(x) Ed. 1647 reads: ". . . but onely a Commemoration of that one offering up of Himselfe, by
Himselfe, upon the Crosse, once for all: and, a spirituall Oblation of all possible praise unto God,
for the same: So that, the Popish Sacrifice of the masse (as they call it) is most abominably
injurious to Christs one, onely Sacrifice, the alone Propitation for all the sins of the Elect."
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(y) UPCUSA ed. reads: "once."
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(z) UPCUSA ed. reads: "own."
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2. Heb. 9:22, 25, 26, 28; Matt. 26:26, 27; Luke 22:19, 20; Heb. 10:11, 12, 14, 18.
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3. See citations under Sections 1, 2.
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4. Matt. 15:9. Note - There is not the least appearance of a warrant for any of these things,
either in precept or example, in any part of the Word of God. See all the places in which the
ordinance is mentioned.
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5. Matt. 26:26-28.
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6. I Cor. 11:26, 27.
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7. These statements are inferences from the doctrine of the sacraments, and do not require
specific Scripture proofs.
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8. I Cor. 10:16; John 6:53-58. See Note under Section 6, above.
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