Anf-03 vi.iii.ix Pg 8
See Ex. xv. 24, 25.
of Moses. That tree was Christ,8623 8623 “The Tree of Life,” “the True Vine,” etc.
restoring, to wit, of Himself, the veins of sometime envenomed and bitter nature into the all-salutary waters of baptism. This is the water which flowed continuously down for the people from the “accompanying rock;” for if Christ is “the Rock,” without doubt we see baptism blest by the water in Christ. How mighty is the grace of water, in the sight of God and His Christ, for the confirmation of baptism! Never is Christ without water: if, that is, He is Himself baptized in water;8624 8624
Anf-03 v.viii.lxi Pg 3
Ex. xxiv. 8.
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Anf-01 ix.vi.xvii Pg 13
Deut. v. 2.
