Thus, good brethren, all the Scriptures throughout, the Patriarchs, the Prophets, showed long before unto us, the joy and felicity that should come upon the whole world, at such time as ⟨image 70⟩Christ should be borne. And therefore to confirm all this that they before had prophesied of him, Christ here said unto his disciples, Blessed are the eyes which see that ye see. Blessed are your eyes, said Christ, for your eyes have seen Gods promises performed: that promise which he made to Adam, saying, The seed of the woman shall break the head of the Serpent: Your eyes have seen that promise made unto Abraham, The seed wherein all nations shall be blessed: That promise also your eyes have seen performed, which God made unto David, saying: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy seat: You have seen, and do now see that Emanuel, of whom Isaiah prophesied: You, I say, have seen that thing, whereunto all the Patriarchs, all the Prophets, & the whole body of the Scriptures do bear witness: You do see and behold him, whom Abraham would gladly have seen: You see him, whom Isaiah calleth the Prince of peace: him, in regard of whom the Prophet cried out, and said, O who shall live to see this great joy? You see him, at whose ⟨image 71⟩presence Saint John the Baptist being in his mothers womb, sprang, & leapt up for joy: him, at whose birth the very Angels in heaven sang, Gloria in excelsis: him, whom Simeon pronounced to be the Saviour of the world. All this, said Christ, you see, you my disciples, your eyes do see all this, and therefore blessed are your eyes, happy and blessed are the eyes that see which ye see. In the beginning, 1saith S. Paul, God spake diversly, and by sundry means unto his people, sometimes by dreams, sometimes by revelation, sometimes by prophesies, sometimes by Angels, and sometimes by his own voice: but now in these days he hath sent amongst us his own son: by him, saith he, God hath declared his will unto us clearly and plainly, even by the mouth of his own son. When S. John the Baptist baptized Christ in the river of Jordan, it pleased God the Father to cry from heaven, and say, Hic est meus filius dilectus, 2ipsum audit, This is my beloved son, hear him, hearken unto his voice, give ear unto his doctrine: for he it is to whom both the law & the ⟨image 71⟩Prophets have their respect. And S.
Thus, good brethren, all the Scriptures throughout, the Patriarches, the Prophets, shewed long before vnto vs, the ioy and felicity that should come vpon the whole world, at such time as ⟨image 70⟩Christ should be borne. And therefore to confirme all this that they before had prophesied of him, Christ here said vnto his disciples, Blessed are the eyes which see that ye see. Blessed are your eies, said Christ, for your eyes haue séene Gods promises performed: that promise which he made to Adam, saying, The seed of the woman shall breake the head of the Serpent: Your eies haue séene that promise made vnto Abraham, The seed wherein all nations shall bee blessed: That promise also your eyes haue séene performed, which God made vnto Dauid, saying: Of the fruit of thy bodie wil I set vpon thy seat: You haue séene, and do now sée that Emanuel, of whom Esay prophesied: You, I say, haue séene that thing, whereunto all the Patriarches, al the Prophets, & the whole body of the Scriptures do beare witnesse: You do see and behold him, whom Abraham would gladly haue séene: You sée him, whom Esay calleth the Prince of peace: him, in regard of whom the Prophet cried out, and said, O who shall liue to see this great ioy? You sée him, at whose ⟨image 71⟩presence Saint Iohn the Baptist being in his mothers wombe, sprang, & leapt vp for ioy: him, at whose birth the verie Angels in heauen sang, Gloria in excelsis: him, whom Simeon pronounced to bee the Sauiour of the world. All this, said Christ, you sée, you my disciples, your eyes do sée all this, and therefore blessed are your eyes, happy and blessed are the eyes that sée whiche yée sée. In the beginning, 1saith S. Paul, God spake diuersly, and by sundry meanes vnto his people, sometimes by dreames, sometimes by reuelation, sometimes by prophesies, sometimes by Angels, and sometimes by his owne voice: but now in these dayes hee hath sent amongst vs his owne sonne: by him, saith he, God hath declared his wil vnto vs cléerely and plainly, euen by the mouth of his owne son. When S. Iohn the Baptist baptized Christ in the riuer of Iordan, it pleased God the Father to crye from heauen, and say, Hic est meus filius dilectus, 2ipsum audit, This is my beloued sonne, heare him, hearken vnto his voice, giue eare vnto his doctrine: for he it is to whom both the law & the ⟨image 71⟩Prophets haue their respect. And S.
- 1Heb. 1.
- 2Luke 3.
