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A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

Anonymous

Section 7

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7. Neither must you esteem what our Lord said

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as

being

contrary

to

this

treatment

:

“

Go

ye

,

teach

the

nations

;

baptize

them

in

the

name

of

the

Father

,

and

of

the

Son

,

and

of

the

Holy

Ghost

.

”

Because

,

although

this

is

true

and

right

,

and

to

be

observed

by

all

means

in

the

Church

,

and

moreover

has

been

used

to

be

observed

,

yet

it

behoves

us

to

consider

that

invocation

of

the

name

of

Jesus

ought

not

to

be

thought

futile

by

us

on

account

of

the

veneration

and

power

of

that

very

name

,

in

which

name

all

kinds

of

power

are

accustomed

to

be

exercised

,

and

occasionally

some

even

by

men

outside

the

Church

.

But

to

what

effect

are

those

words

of

Christ

,

who

said

that

He

would

deny

,

and

not

know

,

those

who

should

say

to

Him

in

the

day

of

judgment

,

“

Lord

,

Lord

,

have

we

not

prophesied

in

Thy

name

,

and

in

Thy

name

cast

out

demons

,

and

in

Thy

name

done

many

wonderful

works

,

”

when

He

answered

them

,

even

with

emphasis

,

“

I

never

knew

you

;

depart

from

me

,

ye

who

work

iniquity

,

”

unless

that

it

should

be

shown

to

us

,

that

even

by

those

who

work

iniquity

might

these

good

works

also

be

done

,

by

the

superfluous

energy

of

the

name

of

Christ

?

Therefore

ought

this

invocation

of

the

name

of

Jesus

to

be

received

as

a

certain

beginning

of

the

mystery

of

the

Lord

common

to

us

and

to

all

others

,

which

may

afterwards

be

filled

up

with

the

remaining

things

.

Otherwise

such

an

invocation

would

not

avail

if

it

should

remain

alone

,

because

after

the

death

of

a

man

in

this

position

there

cannot

be

added

to

him

anything

at

all

,

nor

supplemented

,

nor

can

,

in

anything

,

avail

him

in

the

day

of

judgment

,

when

they

shall

begin

to

be

reproached

by

our

Lord

with

those

things

which

we

have

above

mentioned

,

none

of

whom

notwithstanding

in

this

present

time

may

by

any

man

be

so

hardly

and

cruelly

prohibited

from

aiding

themselves

in

those

ways

which

we

have

above

shown

.

Notes

17
Matt. xxviii. 19.
18
“Jurejurando.”
19
Mark xiv. 27.
20
[Query, superabounding?]