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A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount
A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his executors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adjoined a twofold table: one, of special points here handled; the other, of choice places of Scripture here quotedA godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and iudicious diuine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his exequutors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adioyned a twofold table: one, of speciall points here handled; the other, of choise places of Scripture here quoted
Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the University of Cambridge, 1608Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, 1608
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Verse 18. For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot or one title of the Law shall not escape, till all things be fulfilled.
Verse 18. For truely I say vnto you, till heauen and earth perish, one iot or one title of the Law shall not escape, till all things bee fulfilled.
Here our Saviour Christ propoundeth the second argument, for the clearing of himself from their false imputation of destroying the Law, and it is drawn from the nature of the Law, which is immutable.
Here our Sauiour Christ propoundeth the second argument, for the clearing of himselfe from their false imputation of destroying the Lawe, and it is drawne from the nature of the Law, which is immutable.
The Exposition. For: This showeth the dependence of this verse upon the former. Truly I say unto you: This is a form of speech which our Saviour used, when he would solemnly avouch any weighty truth: and▪ propounding this in his own name; herein he showeth himself to be the Doctor of his Church, whom we must hear in all things, for he speaketh as one that cannot lie. The thing he saith is this; Till heaven and earth perish, one jot or title of the Law shall not pass. In which words he setteth down the stability and the unchangeableness of the Law; and that he might fully express his mind, he borroweth a phrase from the Hebrew Alphabet, wherein Jod is the least letter: One jot; signifying, that not so much, as this little letter Jod, shall pass out of the Law.