Tertullian, on Acts 5:31

“Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.”

“But we, with but as poor a measure of understanding as of faith, are able to determine that that baptism was divine indeed, (yet in respect of the command, not in respect of efficacy too, in that we read that John was sent by the lord to perform this duty, ) but human in its nature: for it conveyed nothing celestial, but it fore-ministered to things celestial; being, to wit, appointed over repentance, which is in man's power. In fact, the doctors of the law and the Pharisees, who were unwilling to "believe," did not "repent" either.”

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