Capitulū tertium.
neceſſitatē dādi baptiſmatis ſꝫ vt peroccaſionē ad baptiſmū veniētibus p̄ſentiam filij dei in corpore predicaretSicut teſtificatur alibi dicens Sedvt manifeſtetur in iſrael. iō ego veniin aqua baptizare. ideo nūc ad baptiſmū veniētibꝰ ⁊ ip̄m p̄dicabat appariturū cōfeſtim. ⁊ eminentiā ptātis eiꝰenūciat ¶ Pedes aūt chriſti intelligēpoſſumus chr̄ianos in quibus ambulat. p̄cipue apoſtolos ceterosqꝫ p̄dicatores ꝑ quos diſcurrit. inter quos etfuerat iohānes baptiſta Ealciamentaaūt qͥbus operit pedes poſſumus ītelligere firmitates. quibꝰ oēs oꝑit p̄dicatores: Uis ſcire qͣꝫ fortia ſint calciamēta ip̄ius; Audi ip̄m dicentē adhieremiam Ecce poſui te in hodiernadie ſicut ciuitatē firmā: ⁊ ſicut muruꝫereū Hec ergo calciamēta chriſti oēsp̄dicatores portāt ⁊ ioh̓es ip̄e p̄portabat ¶ Sed dignū ſe nō eſſe ꝓnūciabat portare. vt maiorē oſtēderet gloriā chriſti meritis ſuis. Iohannes eſtcorporalis ⁊ aqua corpus eſt: iō corpus cū corpore corpus baptizat. chriſtus āt ſpūs eſt. ⁊ ſpūſſanctus ſpūs ē.aīa quoqꝫ ſpūs eſt. ideo ſpūs cuꝫ ſpūſpiritū nr̄m baptizat. Et quoniā iudex ē qui baptizat ī igne id eſt ī tentatiōibus: iohānes cū ſit corporalis. ſpirituale baptiſmū nō pōt dare: qꝛ oīsbn̄ficus maior eſt qͣꝫ bn̄ficiū eius. Nemo pōt dignioſius bn̄ficiū dae̓ qͣꝫ ip̄eeſt: nec facit alteꝝ qd̓ ip̄e nō eſt ¶ Inigne baptizare nō pōt hō: qꝛ hō homīs n̄ pōt eē iudex. Ille enī tentādihabet licentiā: qui habet remunerādiptātem Ergo chriſti baptiſmū nō ſoluit iohānis baptiſmū ſꝫ in ſe incluſit.Qui enī baptizat̉ in noīe chriſti vtrūqꝫ baptiſmū habet ⁊ aque ⁊ ſpūs: quiachriſtus ⁊ ſpūs erat. ⁊ corpus ſuſcepit vt ⁊ corporale ⁊ ſpūale baptiſmūdaēt Iohānis āt baptiſmū n̄ incluſit
in ſe baptiſmū chr̄i: qꝛ qd̓ maiꝰ eſt minꝰ in ſe ꝯcludit. qd̓ aūt minꝰ eſt maiꝰin ſe ꝯcludere nō pōt ¶ Iō apoſtolꝰcū inueniſſet quoſdā epheſios iohannis baptiſmate baptizatos. iterū baptizauit eos in noīe chr̄i: quia in ſpūnō erāt baptizati Si ergo ſuꝑ iohannis baptiſma qd̓ plenū quidē nō erattn̄ rectū erat: iterū baptiſmū chr̄i daēlicuit quō tu dicis qꝛ ſuꝑ baptiſmummeū meliꝰ nō debes baptizare. qd̓ nihil ī ſe habet baptiſmatis p̄ter nomē;Deniqꝫ baptizantes ẜm mortē illiusbaptizamus qui crucifixus eſt Si gͦno deus eſt crucifixus in carne ẜm teſꝫ hō purꝰ: iā ẜm mortē hoīs puri baptiſas Hō aūt purus ſpūale baptiſmū dare nō pōt. ſicut ſupͣ diximus Etideo baptiſmū tuū ⁊ ſi eſſet rectuꝫ tn̄iohānis baptiſmū erat .i. in aqua n̄ inſpū Argo paulꝰ chr̄i ſecutus ē exemplū baptizabat eos qͥ iohānis baptiſmate fuerant baptizati: qͦniā ⁊ chriſtꝰiterū baptizauit eos qui a iohāne fuerāt baptizati. ſicut demōſtrat ẜmo dicēs Ego quidē vos baptizo in aqua.ille aūt vos baptizabit in ſpū Nec videbatur iteruꝫ baptizare ſꝫ ſemel Inquo enī āplius erat chr̄i baptiſmū qͣꝫiohānis. in hͦ baptiſmū nouū videbatur: ⁊ nō iteratū Si gͦ pꝰ baptiſmumiohānis qd̓ ⁊ ſi ꝑfectū nō erat tn̄ legitimū erat baptizabat chriſtꝰ vt āpliusaliqͥd daret hoībus: quō poſt impiumbaptiſmū n̄ licet daē ſcm̄. Uideamꝰnūc vniuſcuiuſqꝫ baptiſmatis qualisſit vtilitas. Et qͣꝫuis verbi baptiſmūnon ſit poſitum in hoc loco tn̄ qꝛ eſt⁊ dn̄s dixit de eo. ⁊ vos mūdi eſtis ꝓpter ꝟbū qd̓ locutus ſuꝫ vob̓. ⁊ apl̓sait mundans eā lauacro atꝫ in ꝟbo.dicimꝰ ⁊ de illo qͦniā ꝟbū a ſordibusignorantie mundat. ſcientie lumen infundens: ſed peccata non diluit. animā nō adiuuat: nec concupiſcentias