Excerpt from The Works of John Jewel, D. D, Vol. 8 of 8: Bishop of Salisbury
So, when in baptism our bodies are washed with water, we are taught that our souls are washed in the blood of Christ. The outward washing or sprinkling doth represent the sprin kling and washing which is wrought within us: the water doth signify the blood of Christ. If we were nothing else but soul, he would give us his grace barely and alone, with out joining it to any creature, as he doth to his angels: but seeing our spirit is drowned in our body, and our flesh doth make our understanding dull; therefore we receive his grace by sensible things.
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John Jewel was an English bishop of Salisbury. He studied at Oxford, and in 1546 openly professed the tenets of the Reformers. Having obtained the living of Sunningwell, Berks, he distinguished himself by his zeal and assiduity as a parish priest, but at the accession of Queen Mary, to avoid persecution as a heretic, he escaped to the Continent and became vice-master of a college at Strasbourg.
... Show moreOn the death of Mary he returned to England, and was received with great favour by Queen Elizabeth, who in 1560 appointed him to the Bishopric of Salisbury. He wrote several works against popery; the principal 'An apology for the Church of England', was translated into every European language, and had more effect, it was said, in promoting the Reformation than any other book ever published. Jewell died in 1571.