CONCERNING THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS. 217 your house,and say not to him, Hail. For he that saithto him, Hail,partakeswith hisevildeeds."1 How can such be rashly admitted intoGod's house,who are prohibitedfrom being admitted into our privatedwelling? Or how can we hold communion with them withoutthe church'sbaptism,to whom, ifwe shouldonly say Hail,we are partakersof their evildeeds? Litteus1of Gemelli3said:If the blindleadtheblind,both fallintothe ditch. Since,then,it is manifest that heretics cannot give lightto any, as being themselvesblind,their baptism doesnot avail. NatalisofOea4 said:As wellI who am present,asPompey 5 of Sabrata,6as alsoDioga of Leptis Magna7 — who, absent indeed in body,but presentin spirit,have given me charge— judge the same as our colleagues,that hereticscannot hold communion with us,unlessthey shallbe baptizedwith eccle siasticalbaptism. Junius of Neapolis8 said: From the judgment which we once determinedon I do not recede,thatwe shouldbaptize hereticswho come to the church. Cyprian of Carthage said: The letterwhich was written to our colleagueJubaianus very fullyexpressesmy opinion, that,accordingtoevangelicaland apostolictestimony,heretics, who are calledadversariesof Christ and Antichrists,when they come to the church,must be baptizedwith the one bap tism of the church,that they may be made of adversaries, friends,and of Antichrists,Christians. i 2 John 10,11. 1 ThisLitteusismentionedinEp.lxxvi.vol.i.p.315. 3 A cityofNumidia. A Roman colonywas plantedthereunderthe Emperor Hadrian. * A cityofTripolis. s Probablythesametowhom Ep.lxxiii.(vol.i.p.27C)was written. e A cityofTripolis. T A cityofTripolis,thusdistinguishedfromLeptisparva. * A cityofTripolis.