WE neede not any such supplies to make good the want of Baptisme, nei∣ther is it safe so to doe.
1. It is great presumption and boldnes, without warrant of Gods word, to giue the effect and blessing, which God hath annexed to the Sacraments, to any other externall worke: for what is this else, but to institute other Sacraments, then Christ left? And shall wee not thinke, that God by his spirite can better supplie the losse and the want of the Sacraments, then we by our owne inuenti∣ons can helpe our selues?
2. Concerning contrition of the heart, if you vnderstand by it true repen∣tance, and withall a vowe and true desire to receiue the Sacrament of Bap∣tisme, which cannot bee obtained because of some remedilesse necessitie: that in such a case it standeth as auailable, as if a man had been actually Bapti∣zed: for thus the Rhemists expounde themselues, annot. Iohn 3.2. I pray you what greater necessitie is there now of Baptisme, then of the other Sacrament? For this is true, and we willingly grant: that euery man that shall be saued, must either receiue the Sacraments, or haue a desire vnto them: for the neglect and contempt of the Sacraments without repentance is a sinne damnable. And thus you ouerthrow your selues, making Baptisme necessarie without necessitie.
* 1.13. Augustine admitteth none of these supplies, but onely Martyrdome: Nemo fit membrum Christi, nisi aut Baptismate Christi, aut morte pro Christo: No man is made the member of Christ, but either by the Baptisme of Christ, or in dying for Christ: here Augustine maketh but one supplie of Baptisme, they make two. When men followe their owne inuentions, there can be no agreement.