neration of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.

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5. And as all men mufed in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, faying unto them all: I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose fhoes I am not worthy to unloofe: he fhall baptize you with the Holy Ghoft and with fire. Luke 12: 27715.1k

6. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pafs, that, Jefus alfo being baptized and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghoft defcended in

bodily fhape, like a dove, upon him; ind lo! a voice from heaven saying: This s my beloved Son, in whom I am well leafed. Luke 11). 21.22.

1. In is a Prepofition; the, the Definite Article; fifteenth, an Adjective; year, a Subftan

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Subftantive, or Noun, in the Objective Cafe, governed by the Prepofition in; of, a Prepofition; the reign, a Subftantive, Objective Cafe, governed by the Prepofition of Tiberius Cæfar, both Subftantives, Proper Names, Government and Cafe as before; Pontius Pilate, Proper Names: being, the Prefent Participle of the Verb Neuter to be; governour, a Substantive; of Judea, a Proper Name, Government and Cafe as before; Pontius Pilate being governour, is the Cafe Abfolute; that is, the Nominative Case with a Participle without a Verb following and agreeing with it; the meaning is the fame as, when Pilate was governour; the word, a Subftantive; of God, a Subftantive, Objective Cafe, governed by the Prepofition of; came, a Verb Neuter, Indicative Mode, Paft Time, third Perfon Singular Number, agreeing with the Nominative Cafe word; unto, a Prepofition; John, a Proper Name; the fon, a Subftantive, put in Appofition to John; that is, in the fame Cafe, governed by the

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fame Preposition unto; of Zacharias, a Proper Name; in, a Prepofition; the wilderness, a Subftantive, Government and Cafe as before.

2. And, a Conjunction Copulative; he, a Pronoun, third Perfon Singular, Mafculine Gender, Nominative Cafe, ftanding for John; came, as before; into, a Prepofition; all, an Adjective; the country, a Subftantive; about, a Prepofition; Jordan, a Proper Name; Objective Cases, governed by their Prepositions; preaching, the Present Participle of the Verb Active to preach, joined like an Adjective to the Pronoun be; the baptifm, a Subftantive in the Objective Cafe following the Verb Active preaching, and governed by it; of repentance, a Subft. Government and Cafe as before; for, a Prep. the remiffion of fins, Substantives, the latter in the Plural Number, Government and Cafe as before.

3. And, (b. that is, as before;) the fame, an Adjective; John, (b.) bad, a Verb Active, Indicative Mode, Paft Time, third

Perfon Singular agreeing with the Nominative Cafe John; bis, a Pronoun, third Perfon Singular, Poffeffive Cafe: raiment, a Subftantive in the Objective Cafe, following the Verb Active bad, and governed by it; of camel's, a Subftantive, Poffeffive Cafe; bair, Substantive, Objective' Cafe, governed by the Prepofition of, the fame as, of the hair of a camel; and, (b.) a, the Indefinite Article; leathern, an Adj. girdle, a Subft. about, (b.) his, (b.) loins, Subst. plural Number, Objective Cafe, governed by the Prepofition about; and bis, (b.) meat, Subft. was, Indicative Mode, Paft Time, third Perfon Singular of the Verb Neuter to be locufts, Subftantive, Plural Number, Nominative Cafe after the Verb was; and, (b.) wild, Adjective; honey, Subftantive, the fame Cafe.

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4. Then, an Adverb; faid, a Verb Active, Paft Time, third Perfon Singular agreeing with the Nominative Cafe be, (b.) to, a Prep. the multitude, Subst. Objective Cafe, governed by the Prep. to;

that,

that, a Relative Pronoun, its Antecedent is the multitude; came, (b.) forth, an Adverb; to, a Prep. and before a Verb the fign of the Infinitive Mode; be baptized, a Verb Paffive, made of the Participle Paffive of the Verb to baptize, and the Auxiliary Verb to be, in the Infinitive Mode; of him, Pronoun, third Perfon Sing. ftanding for John, in the Objective Cafe governed by the Prep. of; O, an Interjection; generation, Subft. Nominative Cafe; of Vipers, Subft. Plural Number, Objective Cafe, governed by the Prep. of who, an Interrogative Pronoun; bath warned, a Verb Active, Present Perfect Time, made of the Perfect Participle warned and the Auxiliary Verb bath, third Perfon Singular, agreeing with the Nominative Cafe who; you, Pronoun, fecond Perfon plural, Objective Cafe, following the Verb Active warned, and governed by it; to flee, Verb Neuter, Infinitive Mode; from, a Prep. the wrath, Subft. Objective Cafe, governed by the Prep. from; to

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