And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
Ver. 2. And were all baptized] And yet were rooted out and rejected. Baptism sayeth; not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but, &c., 1 Peter 3:21. By this text it appears that infants also were baptized unto Moses, who was a typical mediator; therefore they ought to be into Christ, the true. It is here objected that those infants did also eat manna and drink of the rock; therefore by a like reason, they should also now receive the Lord's supper. For answer, 1. How doth it appear that they did eat manna, &c.? 2. Though they did, yet they may not communicate at the Lord's table, because they cannot "examine themselves, nor discern the Lord's body," and are therefore flatly forbidden to come there, 1 Corinthians 11:28,29 .