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saviour_n return_v such_o a_o answer_n as_o satisfy_v he_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o 15._o mat._n iii._o 15._o for_o thus_o it_o become_v we_o to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n i.e._n it_o be_v just_a and_o equitable_a that_o i_o who_o be_v now_o thirty_o year_n old_a and_o so_o qualify_v by_o moses_n law_n to_o preach_v shall_v enter_v upon_o my_o public_a ministerial_a office_n and_o be_v i_o intend_v baptism_n as_o the_o sacrament_n to_o admit_v member_n to_o my_o church_n shall_v undergo_v that_o ordinance_n myself_o be_v the_o head_n of_o my_o church_n which_o may_v be_v a_o good_a reason_n why_o our_o merciful_a redeemer_n will_v not_o be_v baptise_a before_o and_o may_v satisfy_v such_o of_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n for_o some_o of_o they_o have_v urge_v it_o to_o i_o as_o will_v from_o thence_o draw_v a_o argument_n against_o infant-baptism_n and_o beside_o it_n be_v like_o the_o logician_n argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la it_o be_v 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