What is Baptism?

Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,^[1] to be a sign and seal of ingrafting into himself,^[2] of remission of sins by his blood,^[3] and regeneration by his Spirit;^[4] of adoption,^[5] and resurrection unto everlasting life;^[6] and whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible church,^[7] and enter into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only the Lord’s.^[8]