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flee_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v it_o be_v relate_v joh._n 1.25_o 28._o they_o ask_v he_o why_o baptize_v thou_o if_o thou_o be_v not_o that_o christ_n nor_o elias_n neither_o that_o prophet_n john_n answer_v i_o baptize_v you_o with_o water_n etc._n etc._n these_o thing_n be_v do_v in_o bethabara_n beyond_o jordan_n where_o john_n be_v baptise_v etc._n etc._n from_o this_o harmony_n we_o may_v observe_v 1._o that_o he_o baptize_v where_o he_o preach_v ordinary_o and_o as_o open_o 2._o that_o multitude_n come_v to_o he_o to_o be_v baptize_v to_o who_o he_o preach_v expostulate_v with_o they_o and_o they_o confess_v their_o sin_n when_o probable_o before_o they_o be_v baptize_v now_o this_o be_v not_o confession_n before_o john_n alone_o as_o our_o divine_n show_v against_o the_o papist_n who_o will_v hence_o infer_v auricular_a confession_n but_o it_o rather_o be_v a_o open_a renounce_n of_o former_a wickedness_n as_o those_o do_v act._n 19.18_o 19_o who_o be_v convert_v to_o 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