118. Last of all,
to show that they are not Christians, they deny that we are to believe
on Christ, saying that it is written: “He that believeth on
Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me.” S. John xii. 44. I was awaiting this confession;
why did you delude me with your quibbles? I knew I had to contend
with heathens. Nay, they indeed are converted, but ye are
not. If they believe, that the sacrament [of Baptism] is safe; ye
have received it, and destroyed it, or perchance it has never been
received, but was unreal It would seem
that the form of words was sometimes changed by Arians, in which case
there would be of course no valid baptism. from the
first.