THE SECOND ADAM, AND THE NEW BIRTH; OR, THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISM AS CONTAINED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE, BY THE AUTHOR OF THE SACRAMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY." "Adam, who is the figure of Him that was to come." "The last Adam was made a quickening spirit." "We are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones," LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO. OXFORD: J. H. & J. PARKER. PREFACE. THE object of this short treatise is to give, in as plain terms as possible, the Scripture testimony to the doctrine of the Initial Sacrament. To this end, the reader's attention is called to the position assigned to this rite by Christ and His Apostles. The more prominent places of Scripture which teach us any truth respecting it are examined, and their plain meaning vindicated from falsely spiritual interpretations. The analogy of the two Adams, as implying the transmission of the nature of each respectively, is considered with reference to its bearing on Sacramental grace. The terms used by the inspired writers in addressing the whole body of the Church, are also carefully examined, with the view of ascertaining in what The writer has ventured to insert into the body of this tract, the substance (and in some instances the words) of two appendices to a Dialogue Tract he published a few years ago, entitled "The Sacrament of Responsibility; or, Testimony of Scripture to the Teaching of the Church in Holy Baptism;" and As the limits he has prescribed to himself pre- May God, of His infinite mercy, grant that this |