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In the times under the Law, God did usually more prosper his people in outward things, then now he does, and the reason may be because then Christ was but darkly revealed, the riches of spiritual mercies were not much made known; there was but little ⟨p. 66⟩mention made of that eternal life, which is to come hereafter, we have very few texts of Scripture in the ¹Old Testament, wherein there is any clear mention made of eternal life, but in the times of the Gospel, God calls his people to a more suffering condition then he did then; and therefore the mystery of Christ, the glorious promises of the Gospel, the Doctrine of the resurrection, and the ways of God in that eternity which is to come hereafter, are more clearly and fully revealed. It is an excellent expression that Luther hath to this purpose: Bodily promises, says he, is as the shell or husk that covers the nut, which is Christ, and eternal life; wherefore Christ coming, the shell, the husk, is broken and taken off, that is, temporal promises cease, and the spiritual succeed; he means in comparison of that it was under the Law.

1. 1Promissio corporalis est ceu Nux quae tegit nucem Christū & aeternam vitam, itaque veniente Christo testa seu cortex frangitur, inquem nucleus inclusus est, hoc est, cessat premisso temporalis & succedit spiritualis, Luth. in Gen c. 17Promissio corporalis est ceu Nux quae tegit nucem Christū & aeternam vitam, itaque veniente Christo testa seu cortex frangitur, inquem nucleus inclusus est, hoc est, cessat premisso temporalis & succedit spiritualis, Luth. in Gen c. 17

The Reason why the Pharisees scorned at Christ preaching against seeking the things of the world,