Jesus gave to us a threefold water—(1) The water of Baptism for the cleansing of sins: Ezek. 36:25, “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean.” (2) The water of wisdom for the extinction of spiritual thirst: Ecclus. 15:3, “And give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink.” S. John 4:14, “Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” S. Austin says, that “if anyone has drank of the water of Paradise—of which one drop is larger than the ocean—
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