The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

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Title: The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.
Author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
Publication: London :: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell,; 1684.
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SECTION XII.

JOHN Chap. I. from Ver. 15. to the end of the Chapter.

CHRIST is pointed out by John, and followed by some Disciples.

COnceive the continuance of the Story thus: Christ newly baptized, goeth immedi∣ately into the Wilderness, and leaveth John at Jordan on Judea side: In the time of the forty days temptation, John having now gathered his Harvest of Disciples on that side the River, goeth over into the Country beyond Jordan, and baptizeth in Bethabara. Thither came some Pharisees by commission of the Sanhedrin, to question him about the Authority whereby he baptized, making no strangeness at baptizing, which had been so long in use among them, but questioning his Authority to baptize in that tenor that he did.

The next day after their questioning of him, Christ cometh into sight, is pointed out by John, and followed by some of his Disciples.

For half a year John had baptized in the Name of Christ, and knew him not, ver. 31, 33. Only as all the Nation expected the Messias to come in time, and John had it revealed to him that he was now ready to appear, so John baptized, and the People came to him upon this account: He professed to all that came to him to be baptized, and so he did to the Jews Commissioners now, that he baptized only in the Name of him that was to come after him, whose shoos latchet he was not worthy to unloose, ver. 27. Let a passage in Tosaphtoth comment upon these words: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 What is the token of a Servant? He ties his Masters shoos, or looses his shoos, and bears his things after him to the bath, In Kiddushin cap. 1. And the like saith Maymony in Mekerah cap. 2. A Canaanite Servant is like Land as to buying: and he is bought by Money, or by Script, or by service in way of earnest: And what is the earnest in buying Servants? Namely that a man use them as they use Servants before a Master. As to loose his shooe, or to tie his shooe, or to carry his things after him to the bath, &c.

So that those that were baptized in this time, of whom there was a very great number, knew not of Jesus of Nazareth his being the Christ, nor knew they more of Christ than they had known before, but only that he was ready to come: only they were baptized into faith in him, and to repentance.

But when Christ himself came to be baptized, John had discovery of him, and so is able now upon the sight of him to point him out to his Disciples: whereupon Peter [and probably John] and Andrew, and Philip, and Nathanael follow him.