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EXPOSITION OF SCRIPTURE ON BAPTISM.
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| Eph. v. 26—(continued.) | |
| Zuingli-Calvinist. | Socinian. |
| "thee. By them we are in such way initiated, as in Baptism to enroll ourselves." | "Jesus Christ, since the water-Baptism itself, used by the Apostles, had principally for its object, that persons should enroll themselves under Christ." |
| Col. ii. 11. | |
| Zuingli de Bapt. t. ii. f. 96. v. "What was circumcision to the antients, than an outward symbol, whereby they were bound to become new men, and live most innocently according to the law? Paul means, then, Ye were circumcised, &c., when ye put off the body of sin. But ye were not less visibly circumcised than they of old, viz., with the circumcision of Christ, which, while it plunges you in the water, signifies the same, which was of old indicated by circumcision." | Crellius Opp. Exeg. t. i. p. 533. ad loc. "By Baptism, you professed and shadowed forth, that you wished to be buried and rise again with Christ. But that resurrection takes place through faith. For he who believeth that Christ is risen from the dead, hath that cause whence are derived all other things necessary to salvation." Slichtingius, ad loc. Opp. t. ii. p. 189. "Since Baptism is the Sacrament, seal, and profession of that spiritual burial, or burial with Christ, which also obliges us to it, rightly does the Apostle say, that they, as also all Christians, were buried with Christ in Baptism. For, to die and be buried with Christ, is to die and be buried with sin. This has Christ wrought in us, by His so great love for us, that He did not hesitate to die for us. 2 Cor. v. 14, 15. Gal. ii. 20." |
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