Nine discourses on baptism Author:John Crane Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SERMON V. BELIEVERS AND THEIR OFFSPRING COVENANT WITH GOD. ACTS, II, 39. FOR THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU, AND TO" YOUR! CHILDREN, AND TO ALL THAT ARE AFAR ... more »OFF, EV!iN AS MANY AS THE LORD OUR Go SHALL CALL. iN the former part of tliis chapter, we have an account of that wondeihil out-pouring of the Holy Ghoft upon the apoltles on the day of Pentecoft. In the context we have Peter's folemn addrefs to the mixed multitude, collected together on that occafion, in which the apoflle proves to them that Jefus Chrift, whom they had taken, and by wicked hands crucified and flain, was the Son of God, the true Mefliah and Saviour of the world. And he folemnly teftifies that God had raifed him from the dead, and had exalted him at his right hand, vhofe blood they had impioufly imprecated on themfelves, and Otv Under a ienfe of this guilt 1 the heart, and, under |wful apprehenfions of the divine wrath, in agonies of diftrefs they cried out, men, brethren, what Jhall we do ? The apoftle then called them to repent of their fins—to embrace the gofpel, and to be baptized in the name of Jefus Chrift, as the only way to efcape the divine wrath, which was coming on that wicked generation, and as the only way to enjoy the bleflings and privileges of the gofpel difpenfation. This call' they enforced by the weighty argument in our text. " For the promife is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God mall call." It is generally fuppofed that this declaration re- fpefts both Jews and Gentiles. The promife. is to you, and to your children. This refpecls thofe who were of the Jewifh religion. The promife is to them who are afar off, when God mail call them, and to their children. This is fuppofed to have reference to the Gentiles, who fhould a...« less