Again, after speaking of “the invocation of
grace having sealed the soul,” he adds: “Having gone
down dead in sins, thou comest up quickened in righteousness. For
if thou hast been united with the likeness of the Saviour’s
death, thou shalt also be deemed worthy of His
Resurrection Ib. iii. § 12..” The
benefits ascribed to Baptism in these several passages without any
allusion to Chrism, are brought together with rhetorical effect in the
Introductory Lecture, § 16: “Great is the Baptism that
lies before you; a ransom to captives, a remission of offences, a death
of sin, a new birth of the soul, a garment of light, a holy
indissoluble seal, a chariot to heaven, the delight of Paradise, a
welcome into the kingdom, the gift of adoption.”