408 A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. Christians; lestit should be needful to ask what sortofa thingwas thatbaptismwhich theyhave attainedin thename of Jesus Christ. Unless,perchance,inthatformerdiscussion also,about thosewho shouldonly have been baptizedinthe name of Jesus Christ,thou shouldstdecidethattheycanbe saved even without the Holy Spirit,or that the Holy Spirit is not accustomed to be bestowed in thismanner only,but by the impositionof the bishop'shands; or even shouldst say thatitisnot the bishopalonewho can bestow theHoly Spirit. 5. And if thisbe so,and the occurrenceof any of these thingscannot deprivea man who believes,of salvation,thou thyselfalsoaffirmestthatthe factof the mystery of thefaith being dividedin a manner, and itsnot being,as thoucon- tendest,consummated, where necessityintervenes,cannottake away salvationfrom a believingand penitentman. Or if thou sayestthata man of thiskind cannot be saved,we de priveallbishopsof salvation,whom thou thusengagest,under risksas assuredas possible,to be bound themselvestoaffonl help to allthosewho liveunder theircare,and arein weak health in their districtsscatteredup and down, because other men of lessdegree among the clericswho venture cannot confer the same benefit,so thatthe blood of those who shallappear to have departedfrom thislifewithoutthe benefitwould have of necessityto be requiredat thehands of the bishops. And further,as you are not ignorant,the Holy Spiritisfound to have been given to men who believe, by the Lord withoutbaptism of water,as iscontainedinthe Acts of the Apostlesafterthismanner : " While Peterwas stillspeaking these words, the Holy Ghost fellupon all them who heard the word. And they who were of the circumcisionwhich believedwere astonished,as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles alsowas poured out the giftof the Holy Spirit. For they heard them speak with theirtongues,and they magnifiedGod. Then answered Peter,Can any man forbidwater,thatthese should not be baptized,who have receivedthe Holy Ghost as wellas we ? And he commanded them to be baptizedin