I must here answer an objection. It is said Cornelius was a servant man, and one that feared God, Acts 10, 2 ; whose prayer was heard, and whose alms were had in remembrance in the sight of God, v. 31 ; and further, he had received the Holy Ghost, v. 33 ; all this he was and had before he was baptised with water : hence a man may be a believer, and be gifted with the spirit without baptism ; therefore baptism cannot be so very valuable or essential.

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