The outward element to be used in this sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a minister of the Gospel, lawfully called thereunto.
This short paragraph sets out that baptism is to be done by water (as opposed to some other material--just what one would use as a substitute I'm not sure) and according to the Triune God, just as our Lord set forth in Matthew 28. And, as established in the previous chapter that introduced the sacraments, the one celebrating baptism is to be an ordained minister of the gospel.
Tomorrow: The mode of baptism.
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