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

3. As it's used in opposition to the Jews, so also to abate and confound the pride of the Jews, who because the Messiah was to come of them were apt to be puffed up with this privilege, and to envy or murmur that the Gentiles should be made partaker of this grace; This our Saviour represented under the Parable of the Prodigal Son entertained at a Feast, and the elder Brother murmuring at it, Luk. 15.30. We see how hard a thing it was to bring the Jew off from those privileges he enjoyed, and the Righteousness of the Law, so as to be beholding to Christs Righteousness only.

3. As it's used in opposition to the Jews, so also to abate and confound the pride of the Iews, who because the Messias was to come of them were apt to be puffed up with this priviledge, and to envy or murmure that the Gentiles should be made partaker of this grace; This our Saviour represented under the Parable of the Prodigal Son entertained at a Feast, and the elder Brother murmuring at it, Luk. 15.30. We see how hard a thing it was to bring the Jew off from those priviledges he enjoyed, and the Righteousnesse of the Law, so as to be beholding to Christs Righteousnesse only.

4. This might be because when Christ came into the world few of the Jews were converted to Christ comparatively to the Gentiles; For Rom. 11. you see the Apostle speaking of a Veil upon their eyes, and that hardness of heart was come upon Israel, and those former branches are said to be broken off, that new ones may be grafted in; Therefore it might well be said That Christ died for all, and that he was a propitiation for the sins of the whole world, because the Nations of the world of all parts did now come in and worship Christ; whereas few of the Jews did receive him; Therefore consider the time when those passages were written, and then you will easily understand those Scriptures.