Anf-03 vi.iii.ix Pg 6
Ex. xiv. 27–30.
What figure more manifestly fulfilled in the sacrament of baptism? The nations are set free from the world8621 8621 Sæculo.
by means of water, to wit: and the devil, their old tyrant, they leave quite behind, overwhelmed in the water. Again, water is restored from its defect of “bitterness” to its native grace of “sweetness” by the tree8622 8622
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xviii Pg 21
Deut. xxi. 21; quoted also in 1 Cor. v. 13.
Again, “Go ye out from the midst of them; touch not the unclean thing; separate yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of the Lord.”6022 6022
Anf-01 viii.iv.cxl Pg 8
Isa. lxvi. 24.
And our Lord, according to the will of Him that sent Him, who is the Father and Lord of all, would not have said, ‘They shall come from the east, and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness.’2489 2489
Anf-01 viii.iv.xliv Pg 7
Isa. lxvi. 24.
So that it becomes you to eradicate this hope from your souls, and hasten to know in what way forgiveness of sins, and a hope of inheriting the promised good things, shall be yours. But there is no other [way] than this, —to become acquainted with this Christ, to be washed in the fountain2083 2083 Some refer this to Christ’s baptism. See Cyprian, Adv. Jud. i. 24.— Otto.
spoken of by Isaiah for the remission of sins; and for the rest, to live sinless lives.”
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 34
VERSE (26) - Ex 14:30 De 13:9-11; 21:21 2Sa 12:11,12 Ps 58:10,11 Isa 66:24
