Infant baptism and the covenant of grace : an appraisal of the argument that as infants were once circumcised, so they should now be baptized /
by Paul K. Jewett.
- Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, (c)1978.
- x, 254 pages ; 21 cm.
Part One : A consideration of the historical question. Infant baptism and the practice of the ancient church -- Infant baptism and the practice of the apostles -- Concluding observations on the historical question -- -- Part Two : A consideration of the theological question. Infant baptism and the covenant of grace -- Infant baptism and the definition of baptism -- Infant baptism and believer communion -- Addendum : strictures upon certain aspects of the paedobaptist argument -- -- Part Three : Believer baptism defended and expounded in terms of covenant theology. Objections to believer baptism considered -- Covenant theology implies believer baptism.