The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applied: or, A discourse concerning the general…The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general…

As the Jews were very slow in believing the conversion of the Gentiles, Acts 10.45. They of the circumcision were astonished because that on the Gentiles also was poured the gift of the holy Ghost: what? that the spirit of grace should be given to the Gentiles, it was wonderful, even to astonishment. See also chap. 11. ver. 18. When they heard these things, they glorified God, saying, Then also hath God granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life, q. d. here's a strange thing indeed come to pass, here's such a thing as we little imagined, but men ever thought the contrary; what? that the Gentiles should have repentance to life given them. So the truth is, that Gentiles are too slow to believe the conversion of the Jews. Some there are that will not so much as believe the thing, that ever such a thing shall come to pass whilst the world standeth. Others there are that do believe the thing, but as to the manner of it, and that glory which shall follow, there they are at a stand, and know not how to believe; others again believe ⟨p. 76⟩both that the thing will be, and also that it will be a very glorious day, but as to the time when this shall be, they are exceedingly in the dark, they cannot think that it will be so soon, as most certainly it will be: The time surely draweth on apace (as hath been showed) and yet there are that do not believe that it will be these many score; nay, some hundreds of years. Thus are men, one way and another way, dis-believing concerning this great truth. Hence it is that so much is spoken of this matter in the holy Scriptures. I have many times thought on it with admiration that there is not any one thing in all the word of God more abundantly witnessed unto than this truth, that all Israel shall be saved: What should be the reason of that? doubtless there are divers reasons for it; one is, because the Lord would not, by any means have his people ignorant of this great truth: Therefore the Apostle saith, Brethren I would not have you ignorant that blindness is happened to Israel, only till the Gentiles have fulfilled their times, and that then all Israel shall be saved;

As the Iews were very slow in believing the conversion of the Gentiles, Acts 10.45. They of the circumcision were astonished because that on the Gentiles also was poured the gift of the holy Ghost: what? that the spirit of grace should be given to the Gentiles, it was wonderful, even to astonishment. See also chap. 11. ver. 18. When they heard these things, they glorifyed God, saying, Then also hath God granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life, q. d. here's a strange thing indeed come to pass, here's such a thing as we little imagined, but men ever thought the contrary; what? that the Gentiles should have repentance to life given them. So the truth is, that Gentiles are too slow to believe the conversion of the Iews. Some there are that will not so much as believe the thing, that ever such a thing shall come to pass whilst the world standeth. Others there are that do believe the thing, but as to the manner of it, and that glory which shall follow, there they are at a stand, and know not how to believe; others again believe