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Chapter 28

Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper

1. Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of positive and sovereign institution, appointed by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver, to be continued in His church to the end of the world.

Matthew 28:19, 20 KJV Read in context

¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

1 Corinthians 11:26 KJV Read in context

²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

2. These holy appointments are to be administered by those only who are qualified and thereunto called, according to the commission of Christ.

Matthew 28:19 KJV Read in context

¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

1 Corinthians 4:1 KJV Read in context

¹Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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