A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

Use 1. Hence we have just occasion to meditate of our blessedness also, above that of the old Church, for all those grounds of the Apostles blessedness, by seeing and hearing Christ, remain to us, as, 1 Means of Knowledge clearer to us than to the old Church, by the Apostles preachings and writings, we even see Christ crucified, Gal. 3. 2 Means of stronger Faith. 1. Because of greater means of Knowledge. 2. Because that is already accomplished to us, which they hoped for. 3. Means of settling greater Peace, seeing Christ is not only come to make our Peace (as he was to Simeon) but hath already done it; And therefore a shame it were for us to be more Ignorant, Faithless, perplexed in conscience, than they were, and therefore for

Ʋse 1. Hence we have just occasion to meditate of our blessednesse also, above that of the old Church, for all those grounds of the Apostles blessednesse, by seeing and hearing Christ, remaine to us, as, 1 Means of Knowledge clearer to us than to the old Church, by the Apostles preachings and writings, we even see Christ crucified, Gal. 3. 2 Means of stronger Faith. 1. Because of greater means of Knowledge. 2. Because that is already accomplished to us, which they hoped for. 3. Means of setling greater Peace, seeing Christ is not onely come to make our Peace (as he was to Simeon) but hath already done it; And therefore a shame it were for us to be more Ignorant, Faithlesse, perplexed in conscience, than they were, and therefore for

1. Knowledge, let us be no longer babes, 1 Cor 14.20. the times require it, Heb. 5.12. Isa. 11.9. 2 Faith, let us strengthen it,