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a_o way_n of_o grace_n arise_v and_o be_v baptize_v thus_o we_o have_v the_o first_o witness_n speak_v clear_o plain_o and_o full_o to_o the_o matter_n 15.14_o joh._n 15.14_o without_o any_o deceitfulness_n darkness_n or_o intice_v word_n of_o man_n wisdom_n the_o second_o witness_n agree_v with_o the_o former_a be_v the_o example_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o of_o the_o saint_n in_o scripture_n who_o have_v walk_v before_o we_o in_o the_o path_n of_o the_o gospel_n we_o will_v set_v the_o lord_n jesus_n in_o the_o first_o place_n matthew_z 3.13.14.15_o then_o come_v jesus_n from_o gallile_n to_o jordan_n unto_o john_n to_o be_v baptize_v of_o he_o but_o john_n forbid_v he_o say_v i_o have_v need_n to_o be_v baptize_v of_o thou_o and_o come_v thou_o to_o i_o and_o jesus_n answer_v say_v to_o he_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o for_o thus_o it_o become_v we_o to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n then_o he_o suffer_v he_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v herein_o a_o example_n to_o believer_n in_o those_o or_o the_o like_a respect_n first_o in_o his_o pain_n he_o travail_v from_o gallile_n unto_o jordan_n to_o be_v baptize_v he_o be_v willing_a to_o take_v pain_n to_o fulfil_v his_o father_n will_n second_o in_o his_o forwardness_n and_o that_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o word_n then_o then_o come_v jesus_n that_o be_v when_o john_n have_v enter_v upon_o the_o administration_n of_o baptism_n then_o when_o the_o work_n be_v now_o in_o hand_n come_v jesus_n he_o do_v not_o delay_n but_o make_v haste_n to_o fulfil_v the_o will_n of_o his_o father_n three_o in_o his_o humility_n he_o come_v to_o john_n he_o disdain_v not_o nor_o neglect_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n although_o to_o be_v administer_v to_o he_o by_o one_o much_o inferior_a to_o himself_o four_o in_o his_o holy_a and_o firm_a resolution_n he_o break_v through_o all_o opposition_n which_o do_v lie_v in_o his_o way_n to_o hinder_v he_o in_o his_o obedience_n to_o his_o father_n will_n john_n forbid_v he_o 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go_v into_o the_o water_n both_o philip_n and_o the_o eunuch_n and_o he_o baptize_v he_o act_n 9.18_o after_o that_o the_o lord_n jesus_n have_v appear_v in_o a_o way_n of_o grace_n to_o saul_n and_o have_v send_v he_o to_o anamas_n it_o be_v say_v he_o receive_v sight_n forthwith_o and_o arise_v and_o be_v baptize_v acts._n 18.8_o many_o of_o the_o corinthian_n hear_v believe_v and_o be_v baptize_v and_o we_o read_v further_o of_o four_o household_n of_o believer_n who_o be_v baptize_v lydia_n and_o her_o household_n act_v 16.14_o 15._o the_o jailor_n and_o his_o household_n vers_fw-la 33_o 34._o of_o the_o same_o chapter_n crispus_n and_o his_o house_n act_v 18.8_o the_o household_n of_o stephanas_n 1_o cor._n 1.16_o now_o if_o some_o shall_v yet_o continue_v to_o say_v as_o many_o have_v already_o speak_v upon_o their_o own_o imagination_n that_o it_o be_v probable_a there_o be_v infant_n in_o the_o household_n of_o lydia_n as_o well_o as_o they_o of_o grow_v year_n and_o 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