Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christian men are discerned from others who are not baptized, but is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, those who receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God, by the Holy Spirit are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The baptism of young children is by all means to be retained in the Church as most agreeable with the institution of Christ.