symbolizes “the washing of regeneration,” “the renewing of the Holy Ghost,” which unites the believer to Christ, and so makes him a participant in Christ’s life and all other benefits, 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:27; Titus 3:5. (2.) Christ herein visibly seals his promises to those who receive it with faith, and invests them with the grace promised. 2d. Its design was, secondarily, as springing from the former, (1.) to be a visible sign of our covenant to be the Lord’s, i. e., to accept his salvation, and