The sacrament is rightly received in infant baptism, when the parents
and sponsors have just scriptural views of its nature and design, and
present children to be baptized in obedience to the authority of God;
simply, humbly, and sincerely depending upon his unmerited grace and
favour in Christ Jesus; and are truly desirous that the child so
presented by them, may become “the faithful soldier and servant of the
Lord Jesus Christ;” and when the sponsors themselves exercise
repentance, whereby “they forsake sin, and faith, whereby they
stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that sacrament.”
In all such cases we have “a presumptive certainty” that spiritual
regeneration commences in the ordinance; for then it is “_rightly
received_.”