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A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

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Section 14

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14. And even to this point the whole of

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that

heretical

baptism

may

be

amended

,

after

the

intervention

of

some

space

of

time

,

if

a

man

should

survive

and

amend

his

faith

,

as

our

God

,

in

the

Gospel

according

to

Luke

,

spoke

to

His

disciples

,

saying

,

“

But

I

have

another

baptism

to

be

baptized

with

.

”

Also

according

to

Mark

He

said

,

with

the

same

purpose

,

to

the

sons

of

Zebedee

:

“

Are

ye

able

to

drink

of

the

cup

which

I

drink

of

,

or

to

be

baptized

with

the

baptism

wherewith

I

am

baptized

?

”

Because

He

knew

that

those

men

had

to

be

baptized

not

only

with

water

,

but

also

in

their

own

blood

;

so

that

,

as

well

baptized

in

this

baptism

only

,

they

might

attain

the

sound

faith

and

the

simple

love

of

the

laver

,

and

,

baptized

in

both

ways

,

they

might

in

like

manner

to

the

same

extent

attain

the

baptism

of

salvation

and

glory

.

For

what

was

said

by

the

Lord

,

“

I

have

another

baptism

to

be

baptized

with

,

”

signifies

in

this

place

not

a

second

baptism

,

as

if

there

were

two

baptisms

,

but

demonstrates

that

there

is

moreover

a

baptism

of

another

kind

given

to

us

,

concurring

to

the

same

salvation

.

And

it

was

fitting

that

both

these

kinds

should

first

of

all

be

initiated

and

sanctified

by

our

Lord

Himself

,

so

that

either

one

of

the

two

or

both

kinds

might

afford

to

us

this

one

twofold

saving

and

glorifying

baptism

;

and

certain

ways

of

the

one

baptism

might

so

be

laid

open

to

us

,

that

at

times

some

one

of

them

might

be

wanting

without

mischief

,

even

as

in

the

case

of

martyrs

that

hear

the

word

,

the

baptism

of

water

is

wanting

without

evil

;

and

yet

we

are

certain

that

these

,

if

they

had

any

indulgence

,

would

also

be

used

to

be

baptized

with

water

.

And

also

to

those

who

are

made

lawful

believers

,

the

baptism

of

their

own

blood

is

wanting

without

mischief

,

because

,

being

baptized

in

the

name

of

Christ

,

they

have

been

redeemed

with

the

most

precious

blood

of

the

Lord

;

since

both

of

these

rivers

of

the

baptism

of

the

Lord

proceed

out

of

one

and

the

same

fountain

,

that

every

one

who

thirsts

may

come

and

drink

,

as

says

the

Scripture

,

“

From

his

belly

flowed

rivers

of

living

water

;

”

which

rivers

were

manifested

first

of

all

in

the

Lord’s

passion

,

when

from

His

side

,

pierced

by

the

soldier’s

spear

,

flowed

blood

and

water

,

so

that

the

one

side

of

the

same

person

emitted

two

rivers

of

a

different

kind

,

that

whosoever

should

believe

and

drink

of

both

rivers

might

be

filled

with

the

Holy

Spirit

.

For

,

speaking

of

these

rivers

,

the

Lord

set

this

forth

,

signifying

the

Holy

Spirit

whom

they

should

receive

who

should

believe

on

Him

:

“

But

the

Spirit

was

not

yet

given

,

because

Jesus

was

not

yet

glorified

.

”

And

when

He

thus

said

how

baptism

might

be

produced

,

which

the

apostle

declares

to

be

one

,

it

is

assuredly

manifest

on

that

principle

that

there

are

different

kinds

of

one

and

the

same

baptism

that

flow

from

one

wound

into

water

and

blood

;

since

there

are

there

two

baptisms

of

water

of

which

we

have

spoken

,

that

is

,

of

one

and

the

same

kind

,

although

the

baptism

of

each

kind

ought

to

be

one

,

as

we

have

more

fully

spoken

.

Notes

43
Luke xii. 50.
44
Mark x. 38.
45
John vii. 38.
46
John vii. 39.
47
Unius atque ejusdem species.