READING.--Naaman, II Kings 5:1-14.




CHAPTER XXXVI.


IV. _What does such baptising with water signify?_

It signifies that the old Adam in us is to be drowned and destroyed by
daily sorrow and repentance, together with all sins and evil lusts; and
that again the new man should daily come forth and rise, that shall live
in the presence of God in righteousness and purity forever.

_Where is it so written?_

St. Paul, in the epistle to the Romans, chapter 6, verse 4, says: "We
are buried with Christ by baptism into death; that like as He was raised
up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk
in newness of life."

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THE DUTY WHICH BAPTISM IMPOSES.

Baptism bestows upon us the great privilege of being children of God;
but it also imposes upon us the duty to live and act as God's children.
Every one who is baptized promises, either with his own lips or through