TCR 670 - only two representative acts

TCR 670

The washing called baptism means spiritual washing,
which is purification from evils and falsities,
and so regeneration.

[2] . . . the reason why washing and similar acts
were ordered and enjoined upon the Children of Israel
was that the church established among them
was a representative one,
and had the character it did
so as to prefigure the Christian church
which was to come.
When therefore the Lord came into the world,
He abolished representative acts,
all of which were external,
and established a church
which was in all respects internal.
So the Lord banished the symbols
and revealed the actual forms,
as when someone lifts a curtain or opens a door,
allowing what is inside not only to be seen
but also approached.
Out of all the previous representative acts
the Lord retained only two,
to contain everything the internal church has
in a single pair;
these are baptism to replace the acts of washing
and the Holy Supper to replace the lamb
which was sacrificed every day,
and in full measure on the feast of the Passover.