Chapter XVI.--Of the Second Baptism--With Blood.
We have indeed, likewise, a second font, [8699] (itself withal one with the former,) of blood, to wit; concerning which the Lord said, "I have to be baptized with a baptism," [8700] when He had been baptized already. For He had come "by means of water and blood," [8701] just as John has written; that He might be baptized by the water, glorified by the blood; to make us, in like manner, called by water, chosen [8702] by blood. These two baptisms He sent out from the wound in His pierced side, [8703] in order that they who believed in His blood might be bathed with the water; they who had been bathed in the water might likewise drink the blood. [8704] This is the baptism which both stands in lieu of the fontal bathing [8705] when that has not been received, and restores it when lost.