Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 19:4

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, That they should believe on him which should come after him▪ that is, on Christ Jesus.

At which the Baptist did exhort them to Repentance; and they by it were obliged to repent; by which is manifest, that the Baptism of Iohn, and of Christ (which he commanded, is one and the same. Iohns Baptism did respect Christ, and oblige the Baptized to believe in him, as also to repent: and more, it was a Seal unto them of the Remission of their sins, as is expresly observed, Mark 1.4. so that the Baptism of Iohn, and the Baptism of the Apostles afterward, had the same Sign, and the same thing signified in them both (the inward and outward part, the Heavenly and Earthly part were the same in both;) as also they had both the same end; and therefore they were both the same. Add to this, That unless th[illegible: 1 letter] Baptists and the Apostles Baptism were the same, Christ and his Member[illegible: 1 letter] (the Church) are not Baptized with the same Baptism: It must be acknowledged that there are some Circumstances in which they differ; Iohns Baptism respected

Christ to come; that is, in the exercise of his Ministry (which was not so fully exercised till after Iohns death;) but especially, those great things (his Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, &c.) were to come in Iohns time, which now are accomplished.

Including the Father, and the Holy Ghost, and mentioning Christ, to difference his Baptisms from the several Baptizings and Washing then in use.

Marginal references: Matth. 3.11.