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time_n be_v the_o high_a priest_n that_o bless_v the_o outward_a mean_n for_o the_o use_n of_o thy_o salvation_n if_o judas_n do_v baptize_v it_o be_v not_o hurtful_a to_o they_o that_o do_v partake_v of_o his_o ministry_n a_o leaden_a seal_n may_v imprint_v the_o stamp_n of_o god_n upon_o thy_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o one_o of_o better_a metal_n shall_v paul_n refuse_v to_o warm_v himself_o because_o barbarian_n do_v kindle_v the_o fire_n 4._o come_v thou_o to_o i_o that_o baptize_v none_o but_o unto_o remission_n of_o sin_n let_v it_o suffice_v to_o say_v unto_o it_o out_o of_o the_o lyturgy_n of_o our_o own_o church_n that_o christ_n do_v sanctify_v the_o flood_n jordan_n and_o all_o other_o water_n to_o the_o mystical_a wash_n away_o of_o sin_n therefore_o he_o come_v no_o otherwise_o to_o jordan_n than_o as_o his_o angel_n be_v say_v to_o come_v down_o into_o the_o host_n to_o battle_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la periclitandum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la vincendum_fw-la not_o as_o if_o danger_n can_v come_v near_o unto_o himself_o but_o to_o repel_v danger_n that_o may_v come_v near_o to_o his_o own_o people_n but_o of_o this_o i_o must_v make_v a_o full_a treatise_n the_o next_o day_n and_o at_o this_o time_n no_o reason_n so_o ponderous_a as_o his_o own_o by_o which_o he_o help_v john_n baptist_n out_o of_o doubt_n suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o for_o thus_o it_o become_v we_o etc._n etc._n these_o word_n christ_n speak_v to_o john_n in_o a_o double_a style_n of_o speech_n sicut_fw-la dominus_fw-la imperans_fw-la sicut_fw-la magister_fw-la docens_fw-la as_o a_o lord_n by_o his_o absolute_a power_n over_o his_o subject_n suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o as_o a_o master_n willing_a to_o instruct_v his_o disciple_n for_o thus_o it_o become_v we_o to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o i_o will_v be_v brief_a the_o latter_a be_v of_o more_o copious_a observation_n suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o a_o word_n to_o the_o wise_a be_v enough_o say_v the_o proverb_n 28._o it_o seem_v so_o that_o john_n baptist_n be_v awe_v with_o these_o two_o short_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o he_o mean_v in_o the_o state_n of_o exinanition_n be_v make_v of_o no_o reputation_n among_o man_n and_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n in_o this_o low_a condition_n the_o son_n of_o man_n come_v not_o to_o be_v minister_v unto_o but_o to_o minister_v and_o to_o lay_v down_o his_o life_n for_o many_o therefore_o howsoever_o the_o day_n will_v come_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v see_v he_o in_o his_o power_n and_o great_a glory_n yet_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o one_o distinction_n therefore_o make_v all_o straight_a and_o even_o between_o christ_n and_o his_o forerunner_n for_o let_v the_o person_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v consider_v god_n and_o man_n unite_v together_o so_o john_n be_v not_o mistake_v if_o he_o think_v it_o unexpedient_a for_o he_o to_o be_v baptize_v but_o weigh_v he_o in_o another_o scale_n in_o his_o office_n of_o mediator_n as_o he_o come_v to_o do_v all_o servile_a thing_n thereby_o to_o gain_v unto_o we_o the_o adoption_n of_o son_n so_o he_o must_v bring_v that_o most_o desire_a work_n to_o pass_v by_o baptism_n fast_v and_o tentation_n by_o his_o agony_n and_o bloody_a sweat_n by_o his_o cross_n and_o passion_n by_o his_o precious_a death_n and_o burial_n and_o through_o all_o other_o shape_n of_o poverty_n vileness_n and_o humiliation_n my_o belove_a there_o be_v such_o a_o exceed_a distance_n such_o a_o interval_n between_o the_o most_o excellent_a person_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o lowliness_n of_o his_o office_n that_o the_o conceit_n of_o a_o archangel_n be_v not_o able_a to_o measure_v it_o est_fw-la videas_fw-la potentiam_fw-la regi_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la instrui_fw-la virtutem_fw-la sustentari_fw-la say_v bernard_n you_o may_v see_v he_o that_o have_v all_o rule_n in_o 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unworthy_a of_o his_o majestical_a person_n but_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v so_o now_o etc._n etc._n this_o point_n which_o i_o have_v late_a handle_v be_v the_o strict_a command_n of_o christ_n over_o john_n baptist_n as_o his_o lord_n in_o that_o which_o follow_v as_o a_o preceptor_n he_o teach_v his_o disciple_n and_o give_v he_o reason_n that_o he_o may_v know_v upon_o what_o ground_n he_o must_v obey_v thus_o it_o become_v we_o to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n in_o which_o reason_n so_o many_o word_n so_o many_o notation_n six_o in_o all_o which_o will_v require_v discussion_n 1._o what_o signification_n the_o word_n righteousness_n have_v 2._o what_o be_v require_v to_o fulfil_v it_o 3._o how_o it_o be_v fulfil_v in_o this_o baptism_n for_o our_o saviour_n have_v put_v a_o emphasis_n upon_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o i_o must_v fulfil_v it_o 4._o how_o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o the_o come_n to_o john_n baptism_n be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o all_o 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