The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Who is Qualified to Baptize?

I understand and favor that interpretation, but it also makes me wonder why the words deviate from the WCF. In case you didn't know, on many issues the 1689 LBCF, almost mirrors the WCF except when it comes to Baptism and Ecleciology(sp?).
Some Reformed Baptist commentators think in this case that difference shows something significant. Mainly the example I quoted where the deacon baptizes someone while remaining under the authority of an elder.
As I said I think that is a bit of a stretch but I certainly can understand it. Some elders may be physically unable to perform a baptism of a large person.