150. infinita millia (cf. iii, 6: sub Iohanne infmita multitudo hominum baptizata est).
151. operabatur servus et vacabat Dominus. There is a specific distinction between the Baptism of John and the Baptism of Christ. (Cf. v. 5: alterum fuerit baptisma Iohannis et alterum sit Christi.)
152. antequam baptizandi daret formam.
153. peractum est non modicum tempus Gb, per acceptum non modicum tempus RBv. Ziwsa has suggested per actum non modicum tempus.
154. Matt. xxviii, 19.
155. Matt. xi, 12.
156. qui vim faciunt.
157. ante praecepta, sc. de Baptismate.
158. post praecepta.
159. in Regnum legibus intraverunt.
160. vim fecerunt.
161. ante praecepta.
162. cui nemo iudicat.
163. pro perfecto iudicatum est.
164. quasi quidam limes. Ziwsa says that limes = terminus.
165. iussionis inter tempora antecedentia et sequentia. St. Optatus held that the Baptism of John conferred grace before the institution of Christian Baptism, but not afterwards. From this it follows that anyone who had received the Baptism of John after the institution of Christian Baptism had to receive the Baptism of Christ. This he proceeds to deduce from Acts xix, 1 seq.
166. post praecepta.
167. an accepissent Spiritum Sanctum.
168. sic . . . quemadmodum, i.e. even without any knowledge of the Mystery of the Trinity.
169. ante legem, sc. Baptismatis.
170. ad indulgentiam pertinuerunt.
171. legibus (sc. Baptismatis) non occupati.
172. non erant ex ioto rei.
173. post legem, sc. Baptismatis.
174. post leges, sc. Baptismatis.