is “made up of all such as in all ages and places of the world do profess the true religion, and of their children” (62). This is why the Westminster Confession (28.1) speaks of “the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church.” Baptism unfailingly initiates people into the visible church, but it provides entry into the invisible church only for those who have saving faith. Herein lies a vital distinctive of the Reformed doctrine of baptism. The distinction between the visible