Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and…

Now, I say, all these things were so apparent to the Jews, that they could not object; they felt the Romans were come, they knew the ⟨p. 33⟩Sceptre was gone, they smarted under the Roman Tyranny, and knew the Kingly Race of Judea was over-thrown: How then could they object, that the time was not come for Christ to be born?

Now, I say, all these things were so apparent to the Jews, that they could not object; they felt the Romans were come, they knew the ⟨p. 33⟩Scepter was gone, they smarted under the Roman Tyranny, and knew the Kingly Race of Judea was over-thrown: How then could they object, that the time was not come for Christ to be born?

Further, The People was generally convinced, that the time was come, and therefore, saith the Text; They were in expectation. And as all the People were in expectation, and all men mused in their Hearts of John, whether he was the Christ or not, Luk. 3. 15. The unbiased People observing the face of things, could do no other but look for the Messiah. And hence it is, that the Lord Jesus gives the Pharisees, those mortal Enemies of his, such sore rebukes; saying, O ye Hypocrites, ye can discern the Face of the Sky, but can you not discern the Signs of the Times? The Kingdom is lost, the Heathens are come, and the Sceptre is departed from Judea. Ye Hypocrites, ye can discern the Face of the Sky, and of the Earth, but how is it that ye do not discern this Time? Mat. 16. 3. Luk. 12. 56.

Further, The People was generally convinced, that the time was come, and therefore, saith the Text; They were in expectation. And as all the People were in expectation, and all men mused in their Hearts of John, whether he was the Christ or not,