{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Let us further inquire whether the Lord took any care\r\nto foreshadow the water [of baptism] and the cross. Concerning\r\nthe water, indeed, it is written, in reference to the\r\nIsraelites, that they should not receive that baptism which\r\nleads to the remission of sins, but should procure<a id=\"r604\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f604\"><sup>[604]</sup></a> another for\r\nthemselves. The prophet therefore declares, “Be astonished,\r\nO heaven, and let the earth tremble<a id=\"r605\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f605\"><sup>[605]</sup></a> at this, because this\r\npeople hath committed two great evils: they have forsaken\r\nme, a living fountain, and have hewn out for themselves\r\nbroken cisterns.<a id=\"r606\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f606\"><sup>[606]</sup></a> Is my holy hill Zion a desolate rock? For\r\nye shall be as the fledglings of a bird, which fly away when\r\nthe nest is removed.”<a id=\"r607\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f607\"><sup>[607]</sup></a> And again saith the prophet, “I will\r\ngo before thee and make level the mountains, and will break\r\nthe brazen gates, and bruise in pieces the iron bars; and I\r\nwill give thee the secret,<a id=\"r608\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f608\"><sup>[608]</sup></a> hidden, invisible treasures, that they\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_121\">121</span>may know that I am the Lord God.”<a id=\"r609\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f609\"><sup>[609]</sup></a> And “He shall dwell\r\nin a lofty cave of the strong rock.”<a id=\"r610\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f610\"><sup>[610]</sup></a> Furthermore, what saith\r\nHe in reference to the Son? “His water is sure;<a id=\"r611\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f611\"><sup>[611]</sup></a> ye shall\r\nsee the King in His glory, and your soul shall meditate on the\r\nfear of the Lord.”<a id=\"r612\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f612\"><sup>[612]</sup></a> And again He saith in another prophet,\r\n“The man who doeth these things shall be like a tree planted\r\nby the courses of waters, which shall yield its fruit in due\r\nseason; and his leaf shall not fade, and all that he doeth\r\nshall prosper. Not so are the ungodly, not so, but even as\r\nchaff, which the wind sweeps away from the face of the\r\nearth. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment,\r\nnor sinners in the counsel of the just; for the Lord knoweth\r\nthe way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall\r\nperish.”<a id=\"r613\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f613\"><sup>[613]</sup></a> Mark how He has described at once both the\r\nwater and the cross. For these words imply, Blessed are they\r\nwho, placing their trust in the cross, have gone down into the\r\nwater; for, says He, they shall receive their reward in due\r\ntime: then He declares, I will recompense them. But now\r\nHe saith,<a id=\"r614\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f614\"><sup>[614]</sup></a> “Their leaves shall not fade.” This meaneth, that\r\nevery word which proceedeth out of your mouth in faith and\r\nlove shall tend to bring conversion and hope to many. Again,\r\nanother prophet saith, “And the land of Jacob shall be\r\nextolled above every land.”<a id=\"r615\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f615\"><sup>[615]</sup></a> This meaneth the vessel of\r\nHis Spirit, which He shall glorify. Further, what says He?\r\n“And there was a river flowing on the right, and from it\r\narose beautiful trees; and whosoever shall eat of them shall\r\nlive for ever.”<a id=\"r616\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f616\"><sup>[616]</sup></a> This meaneth,<a id=\"r617\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f617\"><sup>[617]</sup></a> that we indeed descend into\r\nthe water full of sins and defilement, but come up, bearing\r\nfruit in our heart, having the fear [of God] and trust in Jesus\r\nin our spirit. “And whosoever shall eat of these shall live\r\nfor ever.” This meaneth: Whosoever, He declares, shall\r\nhear thee speaking, and believe, shall live for ever.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","Chap. xi.—Baptism and the cross prefigured in the Old Testament."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-176"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f9a614900fc49766e6f99809d5f04ad375b5823169ce7869a4deb29f89771b1c","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"ISA","chapter":16,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Isa. xvi. 1","verse":1,"verse_end":1}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f607","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. 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