John Trapp on John 3:25

Verſe 25. And the Jewes] Who joyned themſelves to Iohns Diſciples, craftily, and maliciouſly, that they might both ſet againſt Chriſt. Like as the Jeſuits at this day, will cunningly comply with the Lutherans, and ſeem to ſide with them, that they may both ſet gainſt the Calviniſts.

About punifying] That is, Baptiſme; called elſewhere, the Laver of regeneration, Tit. 3.5. and by a Father, [non-Latin text not transcribed] a purging preſervative. Not the putting away of the filth of the fleſh, ſaith Peter, but a better thing, 1 Pet. 3.21.