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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Jesus Christ delivereth a doctrine, my Kingdom is not of, (or from) this world, as authors or constitutors thereof, (of) signifieth from in this place, it doth not signify concerning, for the Kingdom of Christ is (of or) concerning all the world, and affairs thereof, as the object, or subject about which it is exercised, but the world doth not make or constitute it, it is not the efficient of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
1. Iesus Christ delivereth a doctrine, my Kingdome is not of, (or from) this world, as authors or constitutors thereof, (of) signifyeth from in this place, it doth not signifie concerning, for the Kingdome of Christ is (of or) concerning all the world, and affairs thereof, as the object, or subject about which it is exercised, but the world doth not make or constitute it, it is not the efficient of the Kingdome of Iesus Christ.
2. Here is a reason of this assertion, because if his Kingdom were of, or from this world, then the world would fight for their King, to keep him out of the hands of his Enemies the Jews, and by world here he may particularly mean the Romans, who have no hand in constituting his Kingdom.
2. Here is a reason of this assertion, because if his Kingdome were of, or from this world, then the world would fight for their King, to keep him out of the hands of his Enemies the Iews, and by world here he may particularly mean the Romans, who have no hand in constituting his Kingdome.
3. Here is an exegesis or explication of this doctrine in these words, my Kingdom is not from hence, viz. not from the world, not from the Romans.