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

1 Consider the infallible completion of things long before prophesied, in their due seasons, 1 King. 13.2. Behold, a child shall be borne unto the house of David, Josiah by name, &c. A man was named five hundred years before he was borne. A right famous man may in that space be easily forgotten upon earth: but to tell now who shall live, or what such an one shall do, a thousand years hence: this can be done by none, but only by him who uno intuitu, with one look beholds all things: with whom nothing is past or to come, but all present.

1 Consider the infallible completion of things long before prophesied, in their due seasons, 1 King. 13.2. Behold, a childe shall be borne unto the house of David, Iosiah by name, &c. A man was named five hundred yeeres before he was borne. A right famous man may in that space be easily forgotten upon earth: but to tell now who shall live, or what such an one shall doe, a thousand yeares hence: this can be done by none, but onely by him who uno intuitu, with one looke beholds all things: with whom nothing is past or to come, but all present.

2 Consider that their being hath continued from Moses unto this day. This is miraculous, that in so great hurly-burlies and alterations, they should not be lost! We must yield, that the Devil would fain have extinguished their light for ever; and his instruments were not backward to attempt it: the same Almighty hand that made it, preserved it, and will not let it perish.

2 Consider that their being hath continued from Moses unto this day. This is miraculous, that in so great hurly-burlies and alterations, they should not be lost! We must yeeld, that the Devill would faine have extinguished their light for ever; and his instruments were not backward to attempt it: the same Almighty hand that made it, preserved it, and will not let it perish.