A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. 407 him to have receivedsalvationor not? Because,indeed,both the apostlesthemselvesand the disciples,who alsobaptized others,and were themselvesbaptizedby the Lord, did not at once receivethe Holy Spirit,forHe had not as yet been given,becausethatJesus had not as yet been glorified; and after His resurrectionno small intervalof time elapsed before that [giftof the Spirit}took place,— even as also the Samaritans,when they were baptizedby Philip,[did not receivethe gift]untilthe apostlesinvitedfrom Jeru salem to Samaria went down to them to lay hands upon them, and conferredon them the Holy Spiritby the im positionof hands. Because in that intervalof time any one of them who had not attainedthe Holy Spirit,might have been cut offby death,and diedefraudedof the grace of the Holy Spirit. And it cannot be doubted also,that in the present day this sort of thing is usual,and happens frequently,that many afterbaptism depart from this life withoutimpositionof thebishop'shands,and yetareesteemed perfectedbelievers,— just as the Ethiopianeunuch, when he was returning from Jerusalem and reading the prophet Isaiah,and was in doubt,having at the Spirit'ssuggestion heard the truth from Philipthe deacon, believedand was baptized; and when he had gone up out of the water,the Spiritof the Lord took away Philip,and the eunuch saw him no more. For he went on hisway rejoicing,although, as thou observest,hands were not laidon him by the bishop, that he might receivethe Holy Spirit. But if thou admit- testthis,and believestit to be saving,and dostnot gainsay the opinionof allthe faithful,thou must needs confessthis, that even as thisprincipleproceedsto be more largelydis cussed, that other also can be more broadly established; that is,thatby the impositionof hands aloneof the bishop— because baptism in the name of our Lord Jesus Christhas gone beforeit— may the Holy Spiritalsobe given toanother man who repentsand believes.Because the Holy Scripture has affirmedthat they who should believein Christ,must Deeds be baptizedin the Spirit; so that these alsomay not seem to have anything lessthan those who are perfectly