figure of our Baptism, in respect of our delivery from the bondage of sin; hence the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 10:2 ) that "all . . . were baptized in the cloud and in the sea." And again he mentions "the various washings which were customary under the Old Law," which were figures of…

, and a figure of Baptism. Objection 2: Further, the Apostle, speaking of the Fathers of old, says ( 1 Cor. 10:2 ), that "all were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea": but not that they were baptized in circumcision. Therefore the protecting pillar of a cloud, and the crossing…

2: Further, the sacraments of the New Law were foreshadowed in the Old Law; thus the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 10:2-4 ), that "all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink." But Confirmation w…