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...: he •hall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and uni/i fire, Matt. iii. 11. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him....forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, andcomest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now, for thus it...

...thereby. 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad ; and unto God the things that are God's. 22 When they heard th to me '. 15 An.; Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now : for thus Ubecotnetb. us to...

...ever and ever ! Amen. 57 Meditation for Friday Morning. THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS. " Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. " But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and contest thou to me ? " And Jesus answering...

...Jesus Christ presented himself to John for the ordinance of baptism, John, very naturally, " forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and' comest thou to me ? " To which our Lord replied, " Suffer it to be so now ; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all...

...fulfil the law of purification. "Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to bebaptizedofhim. But John forbade him, saying, I have• need to be baptized of thee and conaest thou to me T And Jesus answering, said unto him, suffer it to be so now : for thus...

...wheat into the garner ; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. ' Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him....have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me ? And Jesus answering said unto him ; Suffer it to be so now 5 for thus it becometh us to fulfil...

...thyself, and serve me. do. xxii. 27: I am among you as he that serveth. « MAT. iii. 14 : John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me ? LUKE, v. 8: When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me;...

...i. 10. Luke iii. 22. John i. 32—35. 3 Dial. cumTryph. p. 31. is plain he did, from his forbidding Him, saying, " I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?" 1 Though we are told, that " John knew Him not ;" at least, knew not that He was the person...

...written by St. Matthew, in the third chapter, &c. Verse 13 to 17, inclusively. " Then' cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering...