baptized into the name of Christ, as it appea∣reth, in which name notwithstanding, as Am∣brose expoundeth it, the trinitie was closelie signified, as the person anointed, that is, of the sonne, in that he had taken the nature: the per¦son annointing, that is, the father: and the an∣nointing, that is, the person of the holie ghost. But Christ himself expresly set downe the pro∣per forme of baptisme, saying, in the name of the father, of the sonne, and of the holie ghost. Where∣fore, it is manifest that the phrase of speach, to be baptized into the name of Christ, doth no∣thing belong to the forme of christian Bap∣tisme.
Which is also hereby confirmed: that wee neuer reade that the Apostles baptized any, saying, that they baptized them into the name of Christ: but we read onely that many were baptized in the name and into the name of Christ. Then what mēt the holie ghost by that forme or manner of speach? he ment, in my iudgement, summarily to shewe thus much: First, in that, they which professed faith in Christ were commaunded to be baptized, that it should be done by the name, authoritie, and commandement of Iesus Christ: yea, that they should be baptized in this forme, In the name of the father, the sonne, and of the holy ghost, euen by commaundement of Christ. Therefore they were baptized in the name of Christ, that is, according to the commandement & forme prescribed by Christ.