A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. 405 Jerusalem, but wait for that promiseof the Father which, £saithHe], ye have heard from me ; forJohn trulybaptized with water,but ye shallbe baptizedwith the Holy Ghost not many days hence."1 And Peter alsorelatedthesesame words of the Lord, when he gave an account of himselfto the apostles,saying: " And as I began to speak,the Holy Ghost fellupon them as on us at the beginning; and I remembered the word of the Lord, how that He said,John indeed baptizedwith water, but ye shallbe baptizedwith the Holy Ghost. If,therefore,He gave them a likegiftas to us,who believeon the Lord Jesus Christ,who was I,that I could withstand the Lord ? " 2 And again: " Men and brethren,ye know how from ancient days God made choice among us, that the Gentilesby my mouth shouldhear the word of the gospel,and believe.And God, who knoweth the hearts,bare them witness,giving them the Holy Spirit, even as He did unto us."3 And on thisaccountwe ought to considerwhat isthe forceand power of thissaying. For the Lord says to them who would have to be subsequently baptized because they should believe,that they must be baptizednot in likemanner as by Him inwater,unto repent ance, but in the Holy Ghost. And of thisannouncement, as assuredlynone of us can doubt it,itisplainon what principle men were baptizedin the Holy Spirit.For itwas peculiarly in the Holy SpiritHimself alone that they who believed were baptized. For John distinguished,and said that he indeed baptized in water, but that one should come who would baptizein the Holy Ghost, by the grace and power of God ; and they are so by the [Spirit's]bestowaland opera tion of hidden results.Moreover, they are so no lessin the baptism of the Spiritand of water. They areso,besides,also in the baptism of every one in hisown properblood.4 Even as the Holy Scripturesdeclareto us,from which we shall adduce evidentproofsthroughout each individualinstance of thosethingswhich we shallnarrate. 1 Actsi.4,5. 2 Actsxi.15-17. 3Actsxv.7,8. 4 Thereissomethingneededto make theconnectionof thispassage complete.