We press on with a look at baptism from the writiings of Luther in "The Holy and Blessed Sacrament of Baptism."
Now is this covenant (baptism) did not exist, and God were not so merciful as to wink at our sins, there could be no sin so small but it would condemn us. For the judgement of God can endure no sin. Therefore there is no greater comfort on earth than baptism. For it is through baptism that we come under the judgment of grace and mercy. Which does not condemn our sins but drives them out by many trials. (LW 35, p.35)
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