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but_o with_o what_o baptism_n he_o be_v to_o baptize_v they_o be_v ignorant_a second_o you_o may_v perceive_v that_o john_n baptist_n have_v not_o only_o a_o prenotion_n but_o a_o distinct_a belief_n or_o knowledge_n in_o particular_a that_o as_o he_o himself_o do_v baptize_v with_o water_n so_o the_o christ_n or_o messiah_n who_o forerunner_n he_o be_v shall_v baptize_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o with_o fire_n the_o only_a useful_a or_o pertinent_a question_n which_o remain_v to_o be_v resolve_v or_o discuss_v be_v but_o two_o the_o first_o 1._o whether_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n or_o the_o pharisee_n have_v their_o prenotion_n or_o belief_n in_o general_a that_o the_o messiah_n his_o first_o manifestation_n to_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v solemnize_v by_o baptizme_n from_o
the_o right_a meaning_n of_o the_o prophet_n isaias_n testimony_n concern_v the_o descend_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v in_o the_o 1._o of_o mark_n v_o 9_o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o those_o day_n to_o wit_n in_o those_o day_n wherein_o all_o the_o land_n of_o judea_n and_o they_o of_o jerusalem_n go_v out_o and_o be_v all_o baptize_v of_o john_n in_o jordan_n confess_v their_o sin_n that_o jesus_n come_v from_o nazareth_n of_o galilee_n and_o be_v baptize_v of_o john_n in_o jordane_n now_o you_o be_v to_o conceive_v that_o as_o no_o bishop_n or_o inferior_a minister_n among_o we_o do_v or_o may_v at_o any_o time_n administer_v baptism_n save_v only_o to_o such_o as_o he_o know_v to_o be_v bear_v of_o christian_a parent_n who_o name_n and_o place_n of_o dwell_v he_o know_v so_o neither_o do_v john_n the_o first_o minister_n of_o baptism_n admit_v any_o to_o the_o baptism_n of_o water_n save_v only_o such_o as_o do_v profess_v their_o name_n their_o condition_n of_o life_n or_o place_n of_o dwell_v and_o our_o saviour_n only_o except_v all_o that_o be_v baptize_v of_o he_o do_v confess_v their_o sin_n all_o this_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o evangelist_n especial_o from_o the_o evangelist_n saint_n luke_n chap._n 3._o for_o john_n bestow_v a_o distinct_a sermon_n or_o exhortation_n upon_o every_o distinct_a sort_n or_o profession_n of_o man_n that_o come_v to_o be_v baptize_v of_o he_o unto_o the_o pharisee_n and_o sadducee_n which_o come_v to_o his_o baptism_n among_o other_o multitude_n of_o people_n he_o say_v o_o generation_n of_o viper_n who_o have_v warn_v you_o to_o flee_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v bring_v forth_o therefore_o fruit_n worthy_a of_o repentance_n and_o begin_v not_o to_o say_v within_o yourselves_o we_o have_v abraham_n to_o our_o father_n for_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o god_n be_v able_a of_o these_o stone_n to_o raise_v up_o child_n unto_o abraham_n and_o now_o also_o the_o axe_n be_v lay_v to_o the_o root_n of_o the_o tree_n every_o tree_n therefore_o which_o bring_v not_o forth_o good_a fruit_n be_v hew_v down_o and_o cast_v into_o the_o fire_n luke_n 3._o vers_fw-la 7_o 8_o 9_o the_o people_n hear_v their_o teacher_n or_o master_n thus_o sharp_o check_v by_o john_n ask_v he_o say_v what_o shall_v we_o do_v then_o he_o answer_v and_o say_v unto_o they_o he_o that_o have_v two_o coat_n let_v he_o impart_v to_o he_o that_o have_v none_o and_o he_o that_o have_v meat_n let_v he_o do_v likewise_o and_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o same_o evangelist_n then_o come_v also_o publican_n to_o be_v baptize_v and_o be_v teach_v as_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o people_n of_o judea_n which_o have_v be_v baptize_v before_o they_o 2._o they_o say_v unto_o he_o master_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o exact_v no_o more_o than_o that_o which_o be_v appoint_v you_o and_o after_o they_o have_v be_v baptize_v the_o soldier_n likewise_o demand_v of_o he_o say_v and_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o do_v violence_n to_o no_o man_n neither_o accuse_v any_o false_o and_o be_v content_a with_o your_o wage_n vers_fw-la 10_o 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o now_o after_o all_o these_o be_v baptize_v yet_o all_o these_o be_v still_o present_a with_o john_n that_o all_o flesh_n as_o the_o prophet_n foretold_v may_v see_v the_o glory_n or_o as_o saint_n luke_n say_v the_o salvation_n of_o god_n our_o saviour_n come_v to_o be_v baptize_v of_o john_n and_o inasmuch_o as_o john_n before_o this_o time_n do_v neither_o know_v he_o by_o face_n or_o by_o name_n there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o he_o will_v require_v both_o his_o name_n his_o profession_n and_o place_n of_o dwell_v before_o he_o will_v admit_v he_o unto_o baptism_n unless_o our_o saviour_n happy_o do_v in_o both_o prevent_v he_o however_o after_o john_n have_v once_o hear_v his_o name_n and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n town_n or_o city_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v he_o may_v easy_o prognosticate_v or_o divine_v without_o any_o special_a extraordinary_a revelation_n that_o among_o all_o the_o multitude_n of_o man_n which_o resort_v unto_o his_o baptism_n this_o be_v the_o man_n on_o who_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v to_o descend_v according_a to_o god_n promise_n and_o the_o prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n isaias_n and_o upon_o this_o prenotion_n or_o presumption_n john_n may_v in_o modesty_n say_v unto_o he_o as_o you_o hear_v before_o i_o have_v need_v to_o be_v baptize_v of_o thou_o and_o come_v thou_o to_o be_v baptize_v of_o i_o 54._o but_o i_o know_v you_o expect_v to_o know_v the_o place_n of_o the_o prophet_n isaias_n wherein_o the_o descend_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o our_o saviour_n be_v foretold_v and_o how_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n and_o of_o the_o town_n or_o city_n whence_o he_o come_v may_v call_v this_o place_n unto_o johns_n mind_n or_o expound_v the_o distinct_a meaning_n of_o it_o before_o unknown_a unto_o he_o the_o place_n be_v isaiah_n 11._o vers_fw-la 1_o 2._o and_o there_o shall_v come_v forth_o a_o rod_n out_o of_o the_o stem_n of_o less_o and_o a_o branch_n shall_v grow_v out_o of_o his_o root_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v rest_v upon_o he_o the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o understanding_n etc._n etc._n this_o prediction_n or_o prophetical_a testimony_n be_v of_o the_o same_o rank_n or_o kind_n that_o all_o or_o most_o of_o this_o prophet_n prediction_n which_o concern_v the_o mystery_n of_o johns_n baptise_v our_o saviour_n be_v before_o observe_v to_o be_v that_o be_v a_o prediction_n not_o give_v in_o literal_a plain_a grammatical_a term_n but_o in_o term_n allegorical_a or_o emblematical_a such_o as_o be_v jothams_n prediction_n of_o abimelechs_n and_o the_o man_n of_o sechems_n ruin_n by_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o forest_n or_o such_o as_o isaye_v fore-picturing_a the_o destruction_n of_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o vineyard_n which_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v waste_n by_o its_o lord_n and_o owner_n because_o in_o stead_n of_o grape_n it_o bring_v forth_o wild_a grape_n the_o prophet_n isaiah_n in_o the_o late_a end_n of_o the_o ten_o chapter_n and_o in_o the_o word_n immediate_o precede_v to_o the_o late-cited_n testimony_n have_v say_v behold_v the_o lord_n the_o lord_n of_o host_n shall_v lop_v the_o bough_n with_o terror_n and_o the_o high-ones_a of_o stature_n shall_v be_v hew_v down_o and_o the_o haughty_a shall_v be_v humble_v and_o he_o shall_v cut_v down_o the_o thicket_n of_o the_o forest_n with_o iron_n and_o lebanon_n shall_v fall_v by_o a_o mighty_a one_o vers_fw-la 33_o 34_o by_o the_o fall_n of_o lebanon_n a_o forest_n famous_a among_o the_o nation_n for_o tall_a &_o goodly_a cedar_n he_o fore-picture_n the_o extirpation_n of_o david_n royal_a race_n by_o solomon_n and_o his_o successor_n or_o the_o pull_n down_o the_o mighty_a from_o their_o seat_n by_o cut_v down_o the_o thicket_n of_o the_o 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by_o this_o rod_n or_o branch_n the_o prophet_n understand_v a_o man_n for_o he_o term_v he_o the_o rod_n or_o branch_n of_o jesse_n who_o be_v david_n father_n but_o a_o man_n that_o shall_v be_v better_a able_a to_o rule_v and_o feed_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n than_o david_n himself_o the_o chief_a stem_n of_o jesse_n or_o solomon_n his_o son_n or_o any_o other_o king_n of_o judah_n have_v be_v the_o extraordinary_a gift_n or_o qualification_n which_o the_o prophet_n foretelleth_a that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v to_o rest_v upon_o he_o will_v bestow_v upon_o this_o rod_n of_o jesse_n be_v such_o as_o can_v appertain_v to_o none_o save_v only_o to_o the_o messiah_n himself_o that_o be_v to_o the_o lord_n
beside_o the_o evident_a fulfil_n of_o this_o prophecy_n beyond_o the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o its_o plain_a grammatical_a sense_n the_o sign_n and_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n will_v much_o avail_n john_n or_o other_o then_o better_o acquaint_v with_o the_o history_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n than_o now_o we_o be_v concern_v the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o time_n wherein_o isaias_n utter_v this_o prophecy_n thus_o much_o in_o general_n be_v undoubted_o true_a the_o revelation_n or_o prophecy_n be_v first_o conceyve_v or_o utter_v by_o isaias_n at_o that_o very_a time_n wherein_o sennacherib_n king_n of_o assyria_n have_v lay_v the_o land_n of_o judah_n waste_n and_o put_v jerusalem_n unto_o that_o great_a distress_n whereof_o you_o may_v read_v 36._o chapter_n of_o this_o prophecy_n as_o also_o in_o the_o eighteen_o and_o nineteen_o of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o king_n which_o desolation_n and_o distress_n as_o also_o the_o deliverance_n from_o it_o the_o same_o prophet_n isaias_n have_v foretold_v as_o you_o may_v read_v isa._n 8_o 9_o and_o 10._o chapâ—ers_n and_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o seven_o chapter_n the_o history_n of_o sennacheribs_n attempt_n against_o jerusalem_n with_o his_o mighty_a overthrow_n and_o of_o ezechias_n sickness_n and_o recovery_n arâ—_n insert_v at_o large_a between_o the_o 35._o and_o 40._o chapter_n of_o this_o prophet_n not_o through_o negligence_n of_o the_o collector_n or_o compiler_n of_o these_o sacred_a volume_n but_o by_o the_o special_a direction_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o reader_n may_v compare_v the_o historical_a event_n with_o the_o prophetical_a prediction_n and_o their_o euangelical_n accomplishment_n with_o the_o historical_a event_n or_o portendment_n that_o these_o prophecy_n of_o isaias_n in_o particular_a although_o literal_o fore-shaddow_n and_o historical_o verify_v in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n do_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n portend_v or_o prefigure_v some_o great_a mystery_n to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o latter_a age_n we_o need_v no_o further_a testimony_n than_o that_o of_o the_o son_n of_o sirach_n chap._n 48._o vers_fw-la 21_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o he_o smite_v the_o host_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o his_o angel_n destroy_v they_o for_o ezechias_n have_v do_v the_o thing_n that_o please_v the_o lord_n and_o be_v strong_a in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n his_o father_n as_o isaiah_n the_o prophet_n who_o be_v great_a and_o faithful_a in_o his_o vision_n have_v command_v he_o in_o his_o time_n the_o sun_n go_v backward_o and_o he_o lengthen_v the_o king_n life_n he_o see_v by_o a_o excellent_a spirit_n what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v at_o last_o and_o he_o comfort_v they_o that_o mourn_v in_o zion_n he_o show_v what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v for_o ever_o and_o secret_a thing_n or_o ever_o they_o come_v 71._o that_o blasphemous_a message_n which_o sennacherib_n send_v to_o hezekiah_n by_o 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