Origen, on Ezek 16:4

“And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel wits not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts.”

“The soul that is reborn is barely out of the bath before being enveloped with towels.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.