i I 202 THE SEVENTH COUNCIL OF CARTHAGE. falselybaptized,ought to be baptized in the everlasting fountain; and therefore,according to the testimonyof the Scriptures,and according to the decree of our colleagues, men of most holy memory, that allschismaticsand heretics who are converted to the church must be baptized;and moreover, that those who appeared to have been ordained must be receivedamong lay people. Nemesianus of Thubunae 1 said: That the baptismwhich hereticsand schismaticsbestow isnot the trueone,isevery where declared in the Holy Scriptures,since theirvery leadingmen are falseChristsand falseprophets,as theLord saysby Solomon : " He who trustethin thatwhich isfalse, he feedeththe winds ; and theverysame,moreover,followeth the flightof birds. For he forsakeththe ways of hisown vineyard,he has wandered from the pathsof his own little field.But he walketh through pathlessplaces,and dry,and a land destinedfor thirst; moreover,he gatherethtogether fruitlessthingsin hishands."2 And again: " Abstainfrom strangewater, and from the fountain of another do not drink,that you may livea long time; alsothatthe yearsof lifemay be added to thee."8 And in the Gospel ourLord J esusChrist spoke with His divinevoice,saying," Excepta man be born againof water and the Spirit,he cannotenter the kingdom of God." * This is the Spiritwhich from the beginning was borne over the waters; for neithercan the Spiritoperatewithout the water,nor the water withoutthe Spirit. Certainpeoplethereforeinterpretfor themselvesill, when they say that by impositionof the hand they receive the Holy Ghost, and are thus received,when itismanifest thatthey ought to be born againin the CatholicChurch by both sacraments. Then indeed they willbe abletobe sons of God, as saysthe apostle: " Taking careto keep theunity of the Spiritin the bond of peace. There isone body,and one Spirit,as ye have been called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith,one baptism,one God." * All thesethingsspeaksthe CatholicChurch. And again,inthe 1 InMauritaniaCffisariensis. * Prov.ix.12,LXX. 3 Prov.ix.19. *Johniii.5. 5 Eph.iv.3-fl.