A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither

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Title: A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
Author: Wither, George, 1540-1605.
Publication: Printed at London :: By Edm. Bollifant for Thomas Woodcocke,; [1588]
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Luke 3. 16.

The text.

I in deed baptize you with water, ∴ but there shall come a mightier than I, whose latchet of his shoes, I am not worthie to vnloose, he shall baptize you in the holy Ghost and fire.

The note.

How say then the heretikes that the baptisme of Christ is of no grea∣ter vertue than Iohns?

The answer.

You delight by ambiguitie of words to beguile the simple. If by Christs Baptisme you meane the baptisme vsed in the church of Christ, then we say that the baptisme of Ihon, and it is all of one vertue. But if you meane by Christs baptisme the inwarde and inuisible operation in baptisme, which is Christs proper

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worke, then we say that the baptisme of Christ is greater, not onely than Iohns Baptisme, but also then the baptisme of a∣ny other minister. So if in baptizing Iohn be compared with Christ, he must as a seruant giue place to his Lord, but if his mi∣nisterie therin be cōpared with the ministery of others, Christs ministers, we saie, and are ready to prooue, that they are of equal force, and vertue.