PIISM. 410A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. lotavailMnnlysome of them— to discussstillmore boldlycon- ustneeds,igthe truth than with the Gentilesupon whom the nnotbeckof the Lord Jesus,the Son of the livingGod, has not me. Aninvoked,as itlikewisehas not upon the Jews who only theconfe'ethe Old Testament Scriptures.And thus men of inviolatojfthesekinds,thatis,Jews and Gentiles,fullybelieving himself,py ought,areinlikemanner baptized. But hereticswho ristianc Ireadybaptizedin water in the name of Jesus Christ he Lordionlybe baptizedwith the Holy Spirit;and in Jesus, totheU is the only name given under heaven whereby we ; forthebe saved,death isreasonablydespised,although,ifthey e certain11116as they are,they cannot be saved,becausetheyhave ord;wb)ughtthe Lord afterthe invocationof His name upon e LordJ>— even as thosewho, on account of falseChrists,per- onfec.jicehave refused to believe,of whom the Lord says, "Take heed that no man lead you into error. For many shallcome in my name, saying,I am Christ,and shalllead many intoerror."1 And again He says: " Then ifany man shallsay unto you, Lo here isChrist,or lothere; believeit not. For there shallarisefalseChrists,and falseprophets, and shallshow great signsand wonders ; so that,if itwere possible,even the very electshallbe deceived."2 And these miracles,without doubt,they shallthen do under the name of Christ; in which name some even now appear to do certain miracles,and to prophesy falsely. But it is certainthat those,because they are themselvesnot of Christ,thereforedo notbelong to Christ,in likemanner as if one should depart from Christ, abiding only in His name, he would not be much advantaged ; nay, rather,he is even burdened by that name, although he may have been previouslyvery faithful, or very righteous,or honoured with some clericaloffice,or endowed with the dignityof confession.For allthose,by denying the true Christ,and by introducingor following another,although there[truly]isno otherat all,leavethem selvesno hope or salvation; not otherwisethan they who have denied Christ before men, who must needs be denied by Christ; no considerationforthem being made from their 1 Matt.xxiv.4,etc. * Matt.xxiv.23,24.