It's unlikely that immersion was ever used in Scripture, as it would bespeak the judgement of drowning, see e.g. the Flood, and the destruction of Pharaoh's army in the Red Sea.
Some early baptisms, including maybe Christ's Himself, would have the baptisee sitting or standing in the water up to the waste and then the water applied to the head by pouring or sprinkling.
Presbyterian churches accept those who have been baptised by immersion out of charity, and because it avoids the confusion of two "baptisms", when the singleness of baptism is an important part of its symbolism.
Richard
communicant member, FCoS
Perth, Scotland UK
His Name forever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:
Men shall be blessed in Him,
and blessed all nations shall Him call (Ps. 72:17)
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