CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. This might be in opposition to the Jews, For a long time the means of salvation were only amongst them, as Joh. 4. Salvation is of the Jews: Therefore we see Peter would not so much as preach the Gospel to the Gentiles till from Heaven he was admonished that he should call no person unclean, Act. 9. Seeing therefore that formerly to the Jews only were the Oracles of God committed, Now that by Christs coming the partition wall is broken down, and God doth ⟨p. 238⟩not call one Nation more then another; Neither are means of Salvation enclosed in one Country more then another; It may very well be called the whole world that Christ died for, for commonly the Scripture comprehends all the men of the world under this division, the Jew and the Gentile; Hence there is that command, Go preach the Gospel to every Creature, that is to Gentiles as well as Jews, Mat. 26. and certainly this seemeth to be the most genuine Reason why the Scripture speaks thus universally about Christs death. Observe a notable place for this, Rom. 11.15. where the casting a•ay of the Jew is said to be the reconciling of the world, i. e. the Gentiles are taken in, while the Jews are cast off, so that the world there is opposed to the Nation of the Jews.

2. This might be in opposition to the Jews, For a long time the means of salvation were only amongst them, as Joh. 4. Salvation is of the Jews: Therefore we see Peter would not so much as preach the Gospel to the Gentiles till from Heaven he was admonished that he should call no person unclean, Act. 9. Seeing therefore that formerly to the Jews only were the Oracles of God committed, Now that by Christs coming the partition wall is broken down, and God doth ⟨p. 238⟩