The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

God, saith the Apostle to the Hebrews, in many pieces, ¹and after divers fashions, of old spake to the Fathers by the Prophets, but in these latter days he hath spoken unto us by his Sonne. The manner therefore and the measure of the Revelation of Christ did differ:

God, saith the Apostle to the Hebrewes, in many pieces, ¹and after diuers fashions, of old spake to the Fathers by the Prophets, but in these latter dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his Sonne. The manner therefore and the measure of the Reuelation of Christ did differ:

1. 1y Heb. 1. 1, 2.

First, For the manner, it was unto them in divers Rites, Ceremonies, Types and Figures, and therefore dark and obscure; To us all things are plainly without any shadows, the body being come, which is Christ.

First, For the manner, it was vnto them in diuers Rites, Ceremonies, Types and Figures, and therefore darke and obscure; To vs all things are plainly without any shaddowes, the bodie being come, which is Christ.

Secondly, Though the substance of the doctrine it self was always full and perfect, yet as touching the measure and clearness of Revelation, there was something still behind more fully to be manifested, till he spake lastly, and perfectly by his Son upon his own coming in the flesh. And this the silly woman of Samaria may teach us, to have been a doctrine which evermore sounded in the Church;