[error 108] CHristes death applyed to man by Baptisme, wypeth away al sinnes past, for new sinnes other remedies be dayly requisite, Rhemist. Heb. 10. sect. 4. The councell of Trent holdeth them accursed, that thinke all sinnes to be forgiuen, fi∣de Baptismi suscepti, by faith of Baptisme receiued, sess. 7. can. 10.
Heereupon their saying ariseth, that Baptismus est prima tabula post naufra∣gium: that Baptisme is the first boord of refuge after shipwracke: & Poenitentia est secunda tabula post naufragium: penance is the second boord of refuge: So that if a man do fall after Baptisme, he must vse other helpes and meanes for the remission of sinnes: for Baptisme is not auaileable for sinnes afterward commit∣ted, Bellarm. cap. 18.
Argum. It is impossible, saith the Apostle, for them that haue beene once lightened, and tasted of the heauenly grace, if they fall away, to bee renewed by penance, Heb. 6.6. that is, they which fall away from faith and grace, after Bap∣tisme, cannot be baptized againe, or be illuminated, or renouated, by so easie a cleansing of sinnes, as the Sacrament of Baptisme did yeeld: Ergo, Baptisme is not auaileable for remission of sinnes, which men fall into afterward, Bellarm. cap. 18.
Ans. The Apostle speaketh not of this or that kinde of Repentance, but ge∣nerally of all, shewing, that there is no hope of remission nor grace to repent left for those which fall into the grieuous sinne of Apostasie, which hee heere descri∣beth, for they crucifie againe the Sonne of God, and make a mock of him, ver. 6. And that the Apostle vnderstandeth the sinne of Apostasie, & the sinne against the holy Ghost, it appeareth by comparing that other place, Heb. 10.29. with this: for there they are said, to tread vnder foote the sonne of God, and to despite the spirit of grace. The Apostle then cutteth off such from all hope of grace, and repentaunce: not onely barreth them from some speciall kinde of re∣pentance.