You have heard why Christ is called ⟨p. 58⟩light, why he is called the light of the Gentiles, why the Lord did change a curse unto a blessing, & why the Gentiles did change darkness for light, and a thousand gods for one true God. Then the Gentiles received more grace then they desired, for the Lord came uncalled into their houses, and made a feast unto them in their own houses. The light of the Gentiles is our light, your light, and my light: Christ is our grace, your grace, & my grace, and Christ is our salvation, your salvation, and my salvation. He came unto the Jews, & for the Jews, and yet his coming unto the Gentiles was better then to the Jews. He came into the world when the world did abound in all wickedness, and saved us when we most deserved wrath. Wonder at this you that wonder at nothing, that the Lord would come to bring salvation, to redeem our lost souls, even as it were against our wills: so that now we would not be as we were for a thousand worlds. I showed the blindness of the Jews, who having heard of their rejection, and of our conversion, & yet understood it not, neither sought to prevent Gods wrath in rejecting of them. Therefore the rock which should have saved them, did shiver them in pieces: wherein was showed their wonderful blockishness, ⟨p. 59⟩having it so often foretold by their Prophets, figured in their Law, shadowed in their sacrifices, and read in their churches from Sabbath to Sabbath. Every thing that cometh to pass in churches, in common weals, in cities, in countries, in kingdoms, and in provinces, these are all foretold in the scriptures, and yet none do understand it, saving a few chosen ones whom God loveth. For, the coming of Antichrist, the overthrow of kingdoms, the darkness of Popery, the light of the Gospel, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the rejecting of the Jews, all these are set down in the scriptures, and yet we can not understand it, though we hear it day by day, because we do not give our minds to understanding. Such hearers shall stand in a maze before the righteous & terrible throne of God: the dead shall rise, the trump shall blow, and all the world shall be in an uproar, and they shall stand quaking, when their hearing without profiting shall be laid to their charge, and they shall say, ô we have known no such things:
You haue heard why Christ is called ⟨p. 58⟩light, why he is called the light of the Gentils, why the Lord did change a curse vnto a blessing, & why the Gentils did chāge darknesse for light, and a thousand gods for one true God. Then the Gentiles receiued more grace then they desired, for the Lord came vncalled into their houses, and made a feast vnto them in their owne houses. The light of the Gentiles is our light, your light, and my light: Christ is our grace, your grace, & my grace, and Christ is our saluation, your saluation, and my saluation. He came vnto the Iewes, & for the Iewes, and yet his comming vnto the Gentiles was better then to the Iewes. He came into the world when the world did abound in all wickednesse, and saued vs when we most deserued wrath. Wonder at this you that wonder at nothing, that the Lord would come to bring saluation, to redeeme our lost soules, euen as it were against our willes: so that now we would not be as we were for a thousand worlds. I shewed the blindnesse of the Iewes, who hauing heard of their reiection, and of our conuersion, & yet vnderstood it not, neither sought to preuēt Gods wrath in reiecting of them. Therefore the rocke which should haue saued them, did shiuer them in peeces: wherin was shewed their wonderful blockishnesse, ⟨p. 59⟩hauing it so oftē foretold by their Ptophets, figured in their Law, shadowed in their sacrifices, and read in their churches from Saboth to Saboth. Euery thing that commeth to passe in churches, in common weales, in cities, in countreys, in kingdomes, and in prou••ces, these are all foretold in the scriptures, and yet none do vnderstand it, sauing a few chosen ones whom God loueth. For, the comming of Antichrist, the ouerthrow of kingdomes, the darknesse of Poperie, the light of the Gospell, the conuersion of the Gentiles, and the reiecting of the Iewes, all these are set downe in the scriptures, and yet we can not vnderstand it, though we heare it day by day, because we do not giue our minds to vnderstanding. Such hearers shall stand in a maze before the righteous & terrible throne of God: the dead shall rise, the trumpe shall blow, and all the world shal be in an vprore, and they shall stand quaking, when their hearing without profiting shall be layd to their charge, and they shall say, ô we haue knowne no such things:
