Again (_cap. 4, Basilius Serm. 1, de Bapt._) he says: “We must know that we must first teach and instruct, and ultimately administer holy baptism to those thus rightly instructed.” And, a little after this: “Instruction must precede baptism, and first of all everything which stands in the way of teaching and instruction, must be removed.” Again, in _book 3, chapter 4_, of the _Exhortation to Baptism_, he writes: “Examine thy conscience; go into the secret chamber of thy heart; awaken within thee for a time the remembrance of former things.” Again, chapter 5: “As soon as any one came to John, and confessed his sins, however great and heinous they were, he was baptized in Jordan’s floods, and immediately received remission of sins.” _Bapt. Hist., page 392._ All these passages of Basilius as cited by D. Vicecomes, himself a pedobaptist, and noted by _J. M. in Bapt. Hist._, are so clearly opposed to infant baptism, that further comment is unnecessary. We will therefore let this suffice, and proceed to the testimony of several other persons in the fourth century. _A. D. 390._--John Chrysostom, born of Christian parents, was at this time baptized upon his faith by Bishop Melitius, being twenty-one years old. _Episcopii. Antew. op de proeve des Remonstr. Catechism., page 359._ CHRYSOSTOM’S VIEWS RESPECTING BAPTISM. Chrysostom, though he lived in and under the Roman church, and was not fully enlightened in all respects, nevertheless wrote soundly and correctly on the subject of baptism, as is shown by the following extracts from his writings. Jacob Mehrning, in _Bapt. Hist._, following the _Centuriæ Magdeburgenses_, says, _page 403_: “How baptism must be received, St. Chrysostom reminds us (_Hom. 14, in Marc._): ‘Thus ye who desire to receive baptism, since we are all under the dominion of sin, lay hold first of the feet of your Savior; wash them with your tears; dry them with your hair; and, this done, you may approach his head. When you then descend with your Savior into the fountain of life, that is, the water of baptism, you may learn how the head of your Redeemer was anointed.’” Moreover, he explains still further, how one must prepare himself for baptism, and this with such affectionate words as should move every soul.