The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

Fourthly, it is to be noted, that God acknowledgeth Jesus to be the King of the Jews: which imports the great glory of Christs power and sovereignty, that can raise up a Kingdom to himself, even among the very Jews that crucified him: which was shortly after made manifest, when so many thousands of the Jews were converted to the faith of Christ: of the Jews I say, not those Jews that said they were Jews, and were not, but were the Synagogue of Satan, but of the spiritual Jews, Rev. 3.

Fourthly, it is to be noted, that God acknowledgeth Iesus to be the King of the Iewes: which imports the great glory of Christs power and soueraigntie, that can raise vp a Kingdome to himselfe, euen among the very Iewes that crucified him: which was shortly after made manifest, when so many thousands of the Iewes were conuerted to the faith of Christ: of the Iewes I say, not those Iewes that said they were Iewes, and were not, but were the Synagogue of Satan, but of the spirituall Iewes, Rev. 3.

Fifthly, this Title was written in three Languages, and that was to signify that every tongue should confess the glory of Jesus, Phil. 3. 11. so as the Gospel should be carried into all Nations, It is likely Pilate did it, that so the people of all Nations that were at the Passover might understand the Title: but God did it to show that the Gospel should be carried into the whole world. These three languages were the most known of all the rest. The Latin because of the Roman Empire, and the Greek by reason of the studies of Philosophy, and the Hebrew for the antiquity of it, and being the language of the Jews. But why in three languages? but to show us that God would have his service, and his will made known in the mother tongue of their Nation: and withal to signify that neither the superstition of the Jews, nor the wisdom of the Grecians, neither power of the Romans, should hinder the conquest of Jesus in his kingdom.