SECTION LXXIV. _Argument from the Real to Ritual Baptism._—The real baptism has to do, not with abasement and the grave, but with exaltation and power. But immersion looks only to the grave. It is incongruous to all the phenomena of Pentecost. Immersed in “the sound from heaven,” 343 PART XII. _THE BAPTIST ARGUMENT._ SECTION LXXV. BAPTIZO _and the Resurrection_.—Elements of the Baptist argument. Dr. Conant on _baptizo_. It leaves its subjects in the water. Dr. Kendrick’s admissions. A second meaning in _baptizo_, 347 SECTION LXXVI. _The Prepositions._—_En._ _Eis._ _Ek._ _Apo._ They indicate, not the mode, but the place of the baptisms, 354 SECTION LXXVII. “_Much Water there._”—Aenon=The Springs. Many waters. Why Jesus and John resorted to waters, 360 SECTION LXXVIII. “_Buried with him by Baptism into Death._”—Rom. vi, 2-7.—“Buried with him by _the_ baptism into _the_ death.” Analysis of the passage. Spiritual baptism alone referred to. Immersion incongruous to Paul’s conception, 364 SECTION LXXIX. “_Buried with him in Baptism._”—Col. ii, 9-13. The doctrine the same as the preceding. Union with the Lord Jesus the controlling idea. “Buried with him in (or, by) _the_ baptism.” The idea of immersion perplexes the exegesis, 371 SECTION LXXX. _End of the Baptist Argument._—Baptist scholars concede that _baptizo_ does not mean, to dip, only. It can not then decide the mode. They admit that it leaves its subject in the water. It knows then nothing of the resurrection. The prepositions and waters of Enon do not help the cause. Paul’s burial “in _the_ baptism,” does not allude to the ritual ordinance. In all its parts, the argument fails, 374 PART XIII. _BAPTISMAL REGENERATION._ SECTION LXXXI. _Contrary to the whole Tenor of the Gospel._—The mystery of iniquity early developed. The gospel church viewed as the antitype of the Levitical. The Scriptures are not so. Treatment of baptism by the evangelists. Paul’s testimony, 377 SECTION LXXXII. _Born of Water and of the Spirit._—John iii, 4-8. Metaphor of water. “Water _even_ the Spirit.” John had already stated the way of the new birth, 384 SECTION LXXXIII. “_The Washing of Water, by the Word._”—The bridal bath. No formula of baptism. “Sanctify them through thy truth,” 390 PART XIV.