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

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 ¹Iewes. And from whence were all the Apostles but of ⟨p. 244⟩the Iewes? yea the chiefe Apostle of the Gentils, the Apostle Paule himselfe: yea our Sauiour Christ himselfe was of the Iewes, and therefore why should we so hate them. And consider that before they were reiected, and before the Gentils were called, how oft haue we in the Prophets, that they prayed for vs before we were called? And in the last of the Canticles, we haue a little sister: and therefore a shame for vs so² to hate, and contemne them.

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