A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM. 413 measure, salvationhas been bestowedon each of us. For that our Lord was born,and thatHe was the Christ,appearedby- many reasonsto be believed,not unjustly,by His disciples, because He had been born ofthe tribeofJudah, ofthe family of David, and inthe cityof Bethlehem ; and becauseHe had been announced to the shepherdsby the angelsat the same moment thattherewas born to them a Saviour; becauseHis starbeingseenintheeast,He had been most anxiouslysought for and adoredby theMagi, and honoured with illustriouspre sents and distinguishedofferings; becausewhilestilla youth, sittinginthetemplewiththedoctorsof thelaw,He wisely,and with theadmirationofall,had disputed;becausewhen He was baptizedHe had been glorified,ashad happened tonone others, by the descentof the Holy Spiritfrom the opened heavens, and by itsabode upon Him ; and moreover by the testimony of His Father,and alsoofJohn theBaptist; because,beyond the inferiorcapacityof man, He understoodthe heartsand thoughts of allmen; because He cured and healed weak nesses,and vices,and diseases,withverygreatpower ; because He bestowedremissionsof sins,with manifestattestation; be cause He expelleddemons atHis bidding;becauseHe purified leperswith a word ; because,by convertingwater intowine, He enlargedthe nuptialfestivitywith marvellousjoyfulness; because He restoredor grantedsighttotheblind;becauseHe maintained the doctrineof the Father with allconfidence; because in a desertplaceHe satisfiedfivethousandmen with fiveloaves;becausethe remainsand thefragmentsfilledmore than twelve baskets; becauseHe everywhere raisedup the dead, accordingto His mercy ; becauseHe commanded the winds and theseatobe still;becauseHe walked with His feet upon the sea; becauseHe absolutelyperformed allmiracles. 9. By which things,and by many deeds of thiskind tend ing to His glory,it appeared to follow as a consequence, that in whatever manner the Jews think about Christ,and althoughtheydo notbelieveconcerningJesusChristourLord, that even they themselvesthought that such and so greata one would without any death endure to eternity,and would possess the kingdom of Israel,and of the whole world for