Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-06-28

not il' I'm, IN the habit of baptizinr the, ;0,...
IN Cesarea IN the days of Basil Tba 'olI's
sons addressed were from cb;lSIP per;
taught the word of God ; nls;n 1nOod
'ia' lhe'f parents were christians. al
yet they had never been baptized. and AND
censure is cast upon their parents b sna no
they were not ba ptzed. 'e0ause
AGAIN, Venema,a Paido baplis, b;s,o
OF considerable note, saws, ano,b; @soiIan
DC affirmed with certainly concerninS ,p on
S T OIL the Church before Ter,nIioD
. :, Nv, i'f'ui.lan was born A. D. liz ,ba,
= : wIlhln again 60 years ofthe evonos sra.
c e HE (says DR.. WalD reiectrsg G; ~
%i v' o oap'I'.n as antiscriplual," would
g Nv; oIner extracts from Tertullian nnou
no ,'s Suoecl Out deemt useless. but FAM
p ,",, o9n wishes to know what TertnlIinI
'oc8'H a. large upon this subject 7 Mo ,,lJ
le'er MN TO Robison's coDions ax,. ou'u
,ronl IerlolII5n Page 10 III. Ter,nIiaD
opposed the baptism of those mot T nnnua
NAN 2 OF III years Of age. wondoN
" hdior, what your Corresponds, "a
Reviewer" will say to such men ~ p.n
iertulilan, and Gregory Nanzienzsn I
sincerely hope Reviewer has renen,ad g
Inc gross errors perpetrated in his review
ana nope tie WIKI do better arother time
AUG l would here give him this advice for
theSake OF the clergyQest the people should
fepudIate the whole ofthem )never be Gull
y OF making another assertion in public
print without first knowing the truth of
what he asserts.
In his conclusion Reviewer
remarks, " In an appendix, the author
Or. Splllman) shows that those paesagas
IN the writing of the apostles. which
speak of being buried with Christ in ban.
tlsm DC, have no reference whatever. 10
Immersion" or the mode of baptism"
but generally TO. our being separated
from sin as it were, dead and buried
to this world" really a bad cause has
many subterfuges. Here baptism is com.
pared to burial not on account Of the
action of baptism itself. but because a
death to sin and rising again from sin
to ncwness Of life, Is implied. "Reylew"
thinks il Is fgufatise of death TO sin and
a rising to newness OF life. Now As tie
phrases buried 20 SIM and rising TO new.
ness of life'' are fgurative express, n, lie
makes, hurried with hin in baptism
wherein We are also risen with him." fgu-
rative Of that which is itsefa figure. In
other words lie makes baptism the figure,
of figure, now as a shadow cannot make
shadow, there cannot be a figure Of
a figure, SO this logical argument of the
Dr.s dw!ndleS down TO a figure Of a
figure or a shadow ola shade. Now agree
that buried with him ia baptism is figure,
bat it is the figure of the substance Of
reality the literal burial and resun &C.
ton of our Lord, in which we declare our
faith and confidence by submitting to be
buried with him by baptism, | will now
conclude, Mr.. Editor, by giving some
quotat ons from DR.. Mcknight, Adam
Clark and Wesley's commentaries on
the above passages.
Clark in commenting on Rom. 6. 4. I'VE
are buried with him by baptism into death)
says it is probable, that the Apostle hero
anudes 10 The mode Of administering bap-
lism by immersion, the whole body being
put under water, which seemed 10 say the
man is drowned, is dead, and when he
came up ont Of the acater, he seemed to
have a resurrection 20 life. On Col. 2.
- (bur:ed with him in baptismJ ''aluding
says Clarke to the IMMERSION practlseC
in the case Of adults, wherein the person
appeared TO be buried under the irater a.
CHRIST was buried in the heart Of th'
earth, his rising again the third day, an'
thus emerging from the water was an EN-
blem of the resurrection Of the body an
in them of a total change Oflife."
Mcknight on Rom. vii. 4, "Buried to
gether with him by baptism" says Christ
baptism was not the baptism of repen:
an~e, for he never committed any sir
bat he submitted to be baptIsed, j. e. TO b
BURIED UNDRR the water by John and t
be raised out Of it again, as an emblem {
his future death and resurrection in lik
manner, the baptism of believers is en-
blemmatical of their own death burial an
resurrection"
| Mr.. Wesley says the Apostle Rom.
4, was evidently alIuding to the ancicI
manner Of bap,izing by IMMERSION.
DISCIPULUS.
Columbus, Mississippi, June 25.
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