And again–2dly : ' Because we now know what baptism is, and how to esteem it, we must also show why and for what purpose it was instituted ; that is, what it profits, gives and effects. This cannot be better understood than by the words of Christ, as above quoted–' He that believeth, and is baptised, shall be saved.' Simply understand it thus : the virtue, benefit, fruit, and end of baptism is, that it saves. For none is baptised to become a prince, but, as the word saith, to be saved. But to be saved signifies nothing else than to be delivered from sin, death and the devil ; and to get into Christ's kingdom, and to live with him forever.

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