PART IX.

_JOHN’s$1BAPTISM._

SECTION LII. _History of John’s Mission._—The accounts of it. John the herald of the Angel of the Sinai covenant, 221

SECTION LIII. _Israel at the time of John’s Coming._—No longer idolatrous, but apostate. Prophetic warnings. They were excommunicate from the covenant, 225

SECTION LIV. _Nature of John’s Baptism._—Elijah the champion of the covenant, to the ten tribes. John the same to the Jews. His baptism renewed the Sinai seal, 228

SECTION LV. _Extent of John’s Baptism._—Testimony of the evangelists. Other evidence. A great revival, 232

SECTION LVI. _John did not Immerse._—The circumstances forbade it. It would have been unmeaning, 237

SECTION LVII. _John sprinkled with unmingled Water._—Why the prophecies speak of water only. “The kingdom” John’s theme. Hence, water only. It was sprinkled. Some may have stood in the water, 241