J. F. Campbell Collection > Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

F O I R C E A D A L
iaidh ?
D. Is inand ciall do againde na Cri-
oRaighe, agas an chiall do bhi ag
teafcadh timchill ris a raitear cir-
cumcifio fa tfelntiomna .i. glanadh
d pheacadh do bearar diiinn and.
M. An and fa nuifce ata an bhrighfin
na daoine baiftear les do ghlanadh
Ò peacadh Ì
L). Ni hand, acht Sbiorad De oibrig-
heas, glanadh no maitheamhnas na
_ peacadh agcroidheaghaibh na nda-
oine, chuireas an fuaitheantas na-
omhthafa impa, no ghabhas chuca
e, & ife ciall no fuim an Bhaiflidh
fo fios .1. go nglantar ina Bhaifte-
adh gach Crioftaidhe le full lofa
Criofd, no le bhrigh dhdrtaigh a
fhola, agas nadhiaighfin go bfuil
dfiachaibh oraind, ar naithbhreith
do thuigfin, agas beatha bheand-
aighthe naomhtha nuaghlan do
ghathughadh ofin fuas.
M. An bfuil ceadaighthe do nihna-
ibh baifleadh do dhenamh deagla
The meaning of it is the same among us Christians, as that of
the cutting around, called circumcision in the Old Testament,
viz., cleansing from sin which is given to us in it.
Is it in the water that there is efficacy to cleanse those who
are baptised from sin ?
No, but the .Spirit of God who works cleansing or the forgive-
ness of sin in the hearts of the men, who put this holy sign
upon themselves, or who receive it unto them, and the mean-
ing or purport of this Baptism is that in his Baptism every
Cliristian is cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, or by the
efficacy of the shedding of his blood, and after that we are
bound to apprehend our regeneration, and to live from
thenceforth a blessed, holy, and pure life.
Is it allowed to women to baptise from fear lest infants should
die early?
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