Baptism And Sin

Et baptizabantur ab eo in Iordane confitentes peccata sua... Ecce ad quid exibant: Et tanguntur tria: Lavacrum Baptismatis, locus, et praeparatio praecedens lavacrum. Baptizabantur ab eo... Ioannes quidem baptizavit aqua, in eum, qui venturus erat, docens ut crederent, hoc est in Iesum. Ioannes quidem baptizavit aqua. In Iordane... Ecce locus: quia in Iordane figura Baptismatis praecesserat in transitu filiorum Israel pervada Iordanis. Et in divisione, quando Eliseus divisit aquas, percutiendo eas pallio Eliae. Et quando Naaman ad praeceptum Elisei lotus septies in Iordane recepit sanitatem a lepra. Confitentes peccata sua... Ecce praeparatio: Licet enim Baptismus Christi, cuius introductorius fuit Baptismus Ioannis, non requirat planctum et luctum exterior: tamen requirit poenitentiam interiorem, et peccati detestationem:quia aliter poneretur obex Spiritui sancto, qui facit remissionem peccati in Baptismo Christi. Spiritus sanctus disciplinae effugiet fictum. Et hoc doceret Ioannes, fecit eos confiteri peccata cum detestatione peccati Sanctus Albertus Magnus, Commentarium in Mattheum, Caput I Source: Here, p42-43

And they were baptised by him in the Jordan confessing their sins... 1 And behold what they went out to. Three things are touched upon: the cleansing of baptism, the place, and the preparation preceding the cleansing. They were baptised by him... 'John baptized with water, in Him who was to come, teaching them to believe, that is, in Jesus.' 'John baptized with water.' 2 In the Jordan... Behold the place, because in the Jordan the figure of Baptism has gone before in the passing of the sons of Israel over the Jordan. 3 And in division, when Elisha divided the waters, striking them with the cloak of Elijah. 4 And when Naaman at the command of Elisha washed seven times in the Jordan and was healed of leprosy. 5 Confessing their sins... Behold the preparation: The baptism of Christ, to which the baptism of John was an introduction, does not demand exterior weeping and groaning, but it does require interior penitence, and detestation of sin, because otherwise a barrier is placed against the Holy Spirit who gives forgiveness of sins in the baptism of Christ. 'The Holy Spirit flies all pretence of discipline.' 6 And John taught this, he made them confess their sins with the detestation of sin Saint Albert The Great, Commentary On The Gospel of St Matthew, Chapter 1 1 Mt 3.13 2 Acts 19.4, Acts 1.5 3 Josh 4 4 4 Kings 2.13-14 5 4 Kings 5.9-14 6 Wisd 1.5