2. Even Simon Magus once came to the
Laver Acts viii. 13.: he was baptized, but was not
enlightened; and though he dipped his body in water, he enlightened not
his heart with the Spirit: his body went down and came up, but
his soul was not buried with Christ, nor raised with Him Rom. vi. 4; Col. ii. 12.. Now I mention the statements Greek, ὑπογραφή, meaning
either an “indictment,” or a descriptive
“sketch.” For the former meaning, see Plato,
Theaet. 172, E. ὑπογραφὴν
…ἣν
ἀντωμοσίαν
καλοῦσιν. of (men’s) falls, that thou mayest not
fall: for these things happened to them by way of example, and
they are written for the admonition 1 Cor. x. 11. of
those who to this day draw near. Let none of you be found
tempting His grace, lest any root of bitterness spring up and
trouble you Heb. xii. 15.. Let none of
you enter saying, Let us see what the faithful “The
faithful” are those who have been already baptized, and
instructed in those mysteries of the Christian Faith which were
reserved for the initiated. See Index,
“Faithful.” are
doing: let me go in and see, that I may learn what is being
done. Dost thou expect to see, and not expect to be seen?
And thinkest thou, that whilst thou art searching out what is going on,
God is not searching thy heart?