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A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

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Section 18

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18. And the Spirit, indeed, continues to this

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day

invisible

to

men

,

as

the

Lord

says

,

“

The

Spirit

breathes

where

He

will

;

and

thou

knowest

not

whence

He

cometh

,

or

whither

He

goeth

.

”

But

in

the

beginning

of

the

mystery

of

the

faith

and

of

spiritual

baptism

,

the

same

Spirit

was

manifestly

seen

to

have

sat

upon

the

disciples

as

it

had

been

fire

.

Moreover

,

the

heavens

being

opened

,

to

have

descended

upon

the

Lord

like

a

dove

;

because

many

things

,

yea

,

almost

all

things

which

were

to

be

,

are

manifest

—

which

,

however

,

were

only

invisible

nevertheless

,

—

now

also

are

shown

to

the

eyes

and

to

the

incredulity

of

men

,

either

partially

,

or

at

times

,

or

in

figure

,

for

the

strengthening

and

confirming

of

our

faith

.

But

neither

should

I

omit

that

which

the

Gospel

well

announces

.

For

our

Lord

says

to

the

paralytic

man

,

“

Be

of

good

cheer

,

my

son

,

thy

sins

are

forgiven

thee

,

”

that

He

might

show

that

hearts

were

purified

by

faith

for

the

forgiveness

of

sins

that

should

follow

.

And

this

remission

of

sins

that

woman

also

which

was

a

sinner

in

the

city

obtained

,

to

whom

the

Lord

said

,

“

Thy

sins

are

forgiven

thee

.

”

And

when

they

who

were

reclining

around

began

to

say

among

themselves

,

“

Who

is

this

that

forgiveth

sins

?

”

—

because

concerning

the

paralytic

the

scribes

and

Pharisees

had

murmured

crossly

—

the

Lord

says

to

the

woman

,

“

Thy

faith

hath

made

thee

whole

;

go

in

peace

.

”

From

all

which

things

it

is

shown

that

hearts

are

purified

by

faith

,

but

that

souls

are

washed

by

the

Spirit

;

further

,

also

,

that

bodies

are

washed

by

water

,

and

moreover

that

by

blood

we

may

more

readily

attain

at

once

to

the

rewards

of

salvation

.

Notes

55
John iii. 8.
56
Matt. ix. 2.
57
Luke vii. 48.
58
Luke vii. 50.
59
Luke vii. 50.