VI. ** John ili. 5. Jesus answered, Christ also loved the church, and

Vrily, verily, I say unto thee, Ex- jr-ive himstlf for it; Vor. 26. That
a n:au bo horn of water, aiul of he might saucilfy and cleanM* it with
spirit, he cannot enttr into the the washing of water by the word.
i : Join of God. Ver. 3. The wind Acta iL 38. 'Ihcn Peter said unto
1 V. t»h wliere it li»tet!i, and thou them, Repent, and be baptized every
est the sound tJ?ereoi, but canst one of you in the name of Jesus
tell whence it cometh, and Christ, for the remission of sins, and
viuther it goeth: so is every one ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
that is born of the Spirit. Ghost. Ver. 41. Then they that
•"Gal. iii. 27. For as many of you gladly received his word were bap-
aa liave been baptized into Christ, tized : and the same day there were
have put on Christ. 'J'it. iii. 5. Not added unto them about three thou-
by works of righteousness which we sand souls.
have done, but according to his VII. ^ Tit. liL 5. [See in Irtter •".] mercy he saved us, by the washing I. * i Cor. xi. ii3. For I have re- ef regeneration, and renewing of ceived of the Lord that which also the Holy Ghost. Eph. v. 2.5. Huft- I delivered unto you. That the Lord bands, love your wives, even as Jesus, the same nijjht in which hs viras
betrayed.
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