一、洗礼是由耶稣基督设立的新约圣礼（太28:19），不仅是为了庄严地接纳受洗者进入有形的教会（林前12:13；加3:27-28），而且对他来说是恩典之约（罗4:11；西2:11-12）、归入基督（加3:27；罗6:5）、重生（约3:5；多3:5）、罪得赦免（可1:4；徒2:38；22:16）、借着耶稣基督将自己奉献给神、行事为人有新生的样式（罗6:3-4）的记号和印证；基督亲自指定这圣礼在祂的教会中继续进行，直到世界的末了（太28:19-20）。

Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life: which sacrament is, by Christ’s own appointment, to be continued in His church until the end of the world.

二、这圣礼所用的外在物质是水，由合乎律法地蒙召的福音仆人用水，奉父、子、圣灵的名给受洗者施洗（徒10:47；8:36,38；太28:19）。（译注：1、之所以得出这样的推论，是因为尊重洗礼是主耶稣为整个教会设立的事，而不是私人的事，所以应该由教会所承认的人施行。2、「合乎律法地蒙召的福音仆人」包括牧师、传道、长老、执事、负责同工等。）

The outward element to be used in the sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a minister of the gospel, lawfully called thereunto.

三、将人浸入水中，并非必要；在人身上浇水或洒水，也是正确施行的洗礼（来9:10,13,19,21；可7:2-4；路11:38）。

Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring or sprinkling water upon the person.

四、不仅那些实际认信并顺服基督的人（徒2:41；8:12-13；16:14-15），而且凡是父母双方或一方是信徒的婴孩，也应受洗（创17:7-14；加3:9,14；西2:11-12；徒2:38-39；罗4:11-12；林前7:14；太19:13；可10:13-16；路18:15-17；太28:19；林前7:14）。（译注：本堂用婴孩奉献礼代替婴孩洗礼。）

Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized.

五、虽然藐视或忽略这圣礼是一种大罪（创17:14；太28:19；徒2:38；路7:30），但恩典与拯救并非不可分割地依附于它，以致没有它就无人能重生或得救（罗4:11；徒10:2,4,22,31,45,47），或者凡受过洗者都毫无疑问地重生了（徒8:13,23）。

Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it, or that all that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated.

六、洗礼的功效并不维系于施行的那一刻（约3:5,8）；但尽管如此，通过正确地使用这一圣礼，圣灵将根据神旨意中的计划、在祂指定的时候，不但将所应许的恩典提供给他们，而且真正显明和赐给那些（无论老幼）应得此恩典的人（罗6:3-6；加3:27；彼前3:21；徒2:38,41）。

The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God’s own will, in His appointed time.

七、洗礼的圣礼对于任何人都只施行一次（罗6:3-11）。（译注：这否定了重洗派的观点。只要施洗者是奉圣父、圣子、圣灵的名施洗，受洗者就不必再次受洗。）

The sacrament of baptism is but once to be administered to any person.