A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

The Commendation, [Greek or Hebrew], Ye do well in this attention.

The Commendation, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Yee doe well in this attention.

Ye take heed.] It is a special means to settle our faith, by conferring the Prophets with the Evangelists. Take heed to the word of Prophecies. This is a sure and convertible rule: nothing was done by CHRIST, which was not foretold by the Prophets: nothing was foretold by the Prophets, which was done by Christ. It would take up a life to observe all the analogies, and exact cadences of the events to the predictions: and to compare the Prophecy with the History. The Sum whereof is, Ut impleretur, That it might be fulfilled. This is the music of that sweet harmony, the Term wherein they meet. Matth. 21.4. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet. One said, that Plato was nothing else but Moses translated out of Hebrew into Greek: and Virgil nothing but Homer versed out of Greek into Latin: so the new Testament is but an exposition of the old. Divines make the same difference between the Law and the Gospel, that Philosophers did between Logic and Rhetoric: the Law like the Fist shut, the Gospel like the hand open. Evangelium revelata lex, ¹Lex occultum Evangelium. Invetere novum latet, in novo vetus patet. The Law is a concealed Gospel, the Gospel a revealed Law. The new Testament lies hidden in the old: the old Testament lies open in the new. They go arm in arm, like inseparable friends; the two daughters of the great king: with their faces, like the Cherubins, one toward another, and both toward the mercy-fear. Though the Jews deny the Scriptures of the Christians, yet the Christians will hold the Scriptures of the Jews to the death.

Yee take heed.] It is a speciall meanes to settle our faith, by conferring the Prophets with the Evangelists. Take heed to the word of Prophecies. This is a sure and convertible rule: nothing was done by CHRIST, which was not foretold by the Prophets: nothing was foretold by the Prophets, which was done by Christ. It would take up a life to observe all the analogies, and exact cadences of the events to the predictions: and to compare the Prophecie with the Historie. The Summe whereof is, Vt impleretur, That it might bee fulfilled. This is the musicke of that sweet harmonie, the Terme wherein they meet.