424 A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. His promise,God put upon them from anotherof the Spirit which had been upon Moses, and they prophesied in the camp. And Moses, as a spiritualman, rejoicedthat this had so happened, although he was unwillinglypersuaded by Jesus the son of Nave to oppose thisthing, and was not therebyinduced. Further,alsoin the book of Judges, and in the books of Kings too,we observethatupon several, there eitherwas the Spiritof the Lord, or that He came unto them, as upon Gothoniel,Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, Saul,David, and many others. Which comes to thisresult, thatthe Lord has taught us most plainlyby them the liberty and power of the Holy Spirit,approaching of His own will,saying," The Spiritbreatheswhere He will; and thou hearestHis voice,and knowest not whence He cometh or whither He goeth."1 So that the same Spiritis,moreover, sometimesfound to be upon thosewho areunworthy of Him ; not certainlyin vain or without reason,but for the sake of some needfuloperation; as He was upon Saul,upon whom came the Spiritof God, and he prophesied. However, in laterdays,afterthe Spiritof the Lord departed from him, and aftera malign spiritfrom the Lord vexed him, because then he had come, afterthe messengerswhom he had pre viouslysent before with care,with intentto killDavid ; and they thereforefellintothe chorusof the prophets,and they prophesied,so that they neitherwere able nor willing to do what they had been bidden. And thiswe believethat the Spiritwhich was upon them alleffectedwith an admir ablewisdom by the willof God. Which Spiritalso filled John the Baptist even from his mother's womb ; and it fell upon those who were with Cornelius the centurion before they were baptizedwith water. Thus, cleaving to the baptism of men, the Holy Spiriteithergoes before or followsit; or failingthe baptism of water, it fallsupon those who believe,we are counselledthat eitherwe ought duly to maintain the integrityof baptism,or if by chance baptism is given by any one in the name of Jesus Christ, we ought tosupplement it,guarding the most holyinvocation 1Johniii5.