1) Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of
positive and sovereign institution, appointed by the Lord Jesus,
the only lawgiver, to be continued in his church to the end of
the world.a
(a Matthew
28:19,20, 1
Corinthians 11:26)
2) These holy appointments are to be administered by
those only who are qualified and thereunto called, according to
the commission of Christ.b
(b Matthew
28:19, 1
Corinthians 4:1)