A commentary upon the epistle of Saint Paul written to the Colossians. PreachedA commentary vpon the epistle of Saint Paule written to the Colossians. Preached

Further such was their ignorance, that if this name of this man Jesus which is the same in Greek, that Jehosuah in hebrew, they would, when they hard it, do worship to it, which were an horrible idolatry, to give the worship to the name of a man, which though a good man, yet a sinner.

Further such was their ignorance, that if this name of this man Iesus which is the same in Greeke, that Iehosuah in hebrue, they would, when they hard it, doe worship to it, which were an horrible idolatry, to giue the worship to the name of a man, which though a good man, yet a sinner.

Doctrine Then he commends them altogether. That they were Jews, giving great honour unto them thereby. By which we see it is an honour to be a Jew: which condemneth the wretched practise amongst us, that hate the Jews: and when any disgrace is given to any most vile, we will say, hate him as a Jew. And yet we see our Saviour Christ saith, salvation is from the ¹Jews. And from whence were all the Apostles but of ⟨p. 244⟩the Jews? yea the chief Apostle of the Gentiles, the Apostle Paul himself: yea our Saviour Christ himself was of the Jews, and therefore why should we so hate them. And consider that before they were rejected, and before the Gentiles were called, how oft have we in the Prophets, that they prayed for us before we were called? And in the last of the Canticles, we have a little sister: and therefore a shame for us so² to hate, and contemn them.

Doctrine Then he commends them altogether. That they were Iewes, giuing great honour vnto them thereby. By which we see it is an honour to be a Iewe: which condemneth the wretched practise amongst vs, that hate the Iewes: and when any disgrace is giuen to any most vile, we will say, hate him as a Iew. And yet we see our Sauiour Christ saith, saluation is from the