423 A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. ment of John the Baptist,whence we began our discourse, when he saidto theJews, "I indeed baptizeyou with water unto repentance; but He who cometh afterme isgreaterthan I,whose shoe'slatchetI am not worthy to unloose: He shall baptizeyou with the Holy Ghost,and with fire."1 Moreover, I thinkalsothatwe have not unsuitablysetinorderthe teach ing of the ApostleJohn, who says that" three bear witness, the Spirit,and the water,and the blood; and thesethree are one."1 And, unless I am mistaken,we have alsoexplained what our Lord says: " John indeedbaptizedwith water, but ye shallbe baptizedwith the Holy Ghost."s Moreover, I think that we have given no weak reason as the cause of the custom. Let us have a care,althoughwe do that in a subsequent place,that none may think thatwe are stirring up the present debate on a singlearticle;although this custom even alone ought, among men who have the fearof God, and are lowly,to maintaina chiefplace. 1Lukeiii.16. 21 Johuv.8. *Actai.5.