8. And that the writer was speaking of
baptism is evident from the very words in which it is stated that it is
impossible to renew unto repentance those who were fallen, inasmuch as
we are renewed by means of the laver of baptism, whereby we are born
again, as Paul says himself: “For we are buried with Him
through baptism into death, that, like as Christ rose from the dead
through the glory of the Father, so we, too, should walk in newness of
life.” Rom. vi. 4. And in
another place: “Be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind,
and put on the new man which is created after God.” Eph. iv. 23. And elsewhere again:
“Thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle,” Ps. civ.
[ciii.] 5. because the eagle after death is born again
from its ashes, as we being dead in sin are through the Sacrament of
Baptism born again to God, and created anew. So, then, here as
elsewhere, he teaches one baptism. “One faith,” he
says, “one baptism.” Eph. iv. 5.