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Chapter 1: On the Meaning of the Word BAPTIZE<br />
word. And their testimony deserves the greater<br />
credit, as in general they had every temptation<br />
to represent it as signifying sprinkling, to<br />
vindicate their own practice.<br />
But it is said, that it is sometimes used in the<br />
New Testament in another sense. We read of<br />
baptizing with the Holy Ghost. Of this <strong>baptism</strong><br />
we have an instance in the case of Cornelius<br />
<strong>and</strong> his friends. “While Peter was speaking to<br />
them, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard<br />
the word. And they of the circumcision were<br />
astonished ― because that on the Gentiles also<br />
was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost,”<br />
Acts 10:44. 45. This reminded Peter of the<br />
word of the Lord, how he said, “John indeed<br />
baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized<br />
with the Holy Ghost,” chap.11:16.<br />
This is the chief passage which is alleged to<br />
prove, that to baptize sometimes signifies to<br />
pour out. But let it be observed, that although<br />
it could be shown, that baptize has a secondary<br />
or figurative meaning, this will not at all affect<br />
the primary <strong>and</strong> proper signification. It is<br />
generally admitted, that the primary<br />
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