"By baptism as the _laver of regeneration_, and _the renewing of the Holy Ghost_, God saves us, and works in us such righteousness and purification from sins, that whosoever _perseveres_ in such covenant, and reliance, _will not be lost_, but have eternal life." SECT.IV.

"Baptism is the bath (laver) of regeneration, _because in it we are regenerated_, and sealed with the spirit of sonship and obtain pardon."-_Mueller's Symb.

Buecher_, pp.

848, 849.
That the doctrine of baptismal regeneration was taught by Luther, and the prominent older divines of our church, is well known to those acquainted with their works.
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_Luther_, indeed, sometimes expressed the most extravagant ideas of baptism, maintaining that the water in baptism, was pervaded by the divine majesty, and was a (durch goettertes Wasser,) water penetrated through and through with God! [Note 1] He compares the water in baptism to heated iron, in which, though you see nought but iron, fire also is contained, which represents the divine name and power pervading the water.