John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 10:48
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Ver. 48. To be baptized ] The use of the sacraments is to seal up adoption in infants, and faith in those of riper years. And he commanded them to be baptized ] And so to be incorporated into Christ’s body the Church: that they might be saved by the "washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost," Titus 3:5 . It is a noble question in divinity, seeing regeneration is... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 10:47
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Ver. 47. Can forbid water ] Plain water, without oil, salt, spittle, cream, or other popish additaments. read more