A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. 423 one and the same baptism that flow from one wound into water and blood; sincethereare theretwo baptismsof water of which we have spoken,thatis,of one and the same kind,1 although the baptism of each kind1 ought to be one,as we have more fullyspoken. 15. And sincewe seem tohave dividedallspiritualbaptism in a threefoldmanner, letus come alsoto the proof of the statementproposed,that we may not appear to have done this of our own judgment, and with rashness. For John says of our Lord in his epistle,teachingus : " This is He who came by water and blood,Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood: and it is the Spiritthat bearethwitness,because the Spiritistruth. For threebear witness,the Spirit,and the water,and the blood: and these three are one ;" 2— that we may gather from these words both thatwater iswont to confer[theSpirit],and thatmen's own blood iswont to confer the Spirit,and that the Spirit Himself alsoiswont to confer the Spirit. For sincewater is poured forth even as blood,the Spiritalso was poured out by the Lord upon all who believed. Assuredly both in water, and none the lessin theirown blood, and then especiallyin the Holy Spirit,men may be baptized. For Peter says: " But this is that which was spoken by the prophet; Itshallcome topassin thelastdays,saiththe Lord, I willpour out my Spiritupon allflesh: and theirsons and theirdaughters shallprophesy,and theiryoung men shall seevisions,and theiroldmen shalldream dreams : and upon my servants,and upon my handmaidens, will I pour out of my Spirit;" 3— which Spiritwe discoverto have been communicated in the Old Testament,not indeed everywhere nor at large,but with other gifts; or, moreover, to have sprung of His own willintocertainmen, or to have invested them, or to have been upon them, even as we observe that itwas saidby the Lord to Moses, about the seventyelders, " And I willtake of the Spiritwhich is upon thee,and will put it upon them."* For which reason also,accordingto 1Uniusatqueejusdemspecies. 3 1 Johnv.6. * Actsii.17,18. *Num. xi.17.