xii,  13)  were  under  the  influence  and  obligation  of  that
one  body."  And  I  would  say,  that  those  immersed  into  the
remission  of  sins,  were  under  the  influence  of  remission,
on  tlie  day  of  Pentecost."    '«  Those  immersed  into  Moses,


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assumed  him  as  their  law-giver,  guide  and  protector,  and
risked  every  thing  upon  his  authority,  wisdom,  power  and
goodness.  Those  who  were  immersed  into  Christ,  put
him  on,  acknowledged  his  authority  and  laws,  and  were
governed  by  his  will  —  and  those  who  were  immersed  in-
to the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Ho-
ly Ghost,  regarded  the  Father  as  the  fountain  of  all  au-
thority—  the  Son  as  the  only  Saviour — :and  the  Holy
Spirit,  as  the  only  advocate  of  the  truth  and  teacher  of
Christianity."         *  *  *  -^  *

*'  They  who  are  immersed  into  the  name  of  Christ,  as»
Bume  his  name,  acknowledge  him  as  Lord  and  Master,
and  Icok  to  him  for  support  and  protection  "  —  and  salva-
tion. "  This  view  of  the  matter  made  Paul  thank  God
when  the  Christians  in  Corinth  were  assuming  different
names,  (one  the  name  of  Paul,  and  another  the  name  of
Apollos,&c.)  that  he  had  immersed  none,  or  ^ew  of  them,
lest  the  report  should  get  abroad  that  he  had  immersed  into
his  own  name.'"  From  the  precedingremarks  of  these  Greek
biblical  scholars,  including  Dr.  Dwight,  we  see  the  design
and  use  of  baptism  as  a  gospel  ordinance,  and  that  it  is
necessarily  connected  with  the  authority  and  religion  of
Jesus  Christ.  The  Jewish  nation,  in  the  persons  of  the
Fathers,  had  been  baptized  into  Moses,  in  the  cloud  and
in  the  sea.  They  v.ere,  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  to  be
baptized  into  Jesus  Christ  as  Messiah  and  Saviour,  which
was  the  same  as  to  be  baptized  into  the  name  of  the  Fa-
ther, and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  What  Home
has  said  in  his  Introduction  to  the  Critical  Study  and
Knowledge  of  the  Scriptures,  of  the  Jewish  ideas  of  re-
mission of  sin,  will  enable  us  better  to  understand  the
meaning  of  Peter  in  Acts  ii,  38 ;  and  to  see  the  propriety
of  the  remarks  of  Professor  Stuart  and  others.  Home  ob*


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