May God, who through water and the Holy Spirit has given us a new birth in Christ, be with you all. All make the following or some other suitable reply: And with your spirit. As circumstances ...

That this water may be hallowed by the might, and operation, and descent of the Holy Spirit; let us pray to the Lord. That there may be sent down upon it the Grace of Redemption, the blessing of the ...

So, in the beginning we have a link between the Trinity and water. This first creation foreshadows the new creation. Here we see the Holy Spirit associated with the sanctifying of water.