So Ta. 42. s. Ant give thee for a Covenant of the People, for a Light (afterwards,
of the Gentiles. Sce Pſal. 58. 3. Affs 13. 47. And the Glory of thy Peple Wracl.] All the Earth is the Lord's, but Iſrael 15 calied his Sor, his firt-born, Exod, ge 22. Chriſt was the Miniſter of the Cir- eumciſior, Romans 15,8. To them it was that he was promiſed 3 Ci them it was that he was born, Remans 9. 5s. Amongſt them It was that he preached and wrought Miracles. He came amongſt his own, Tohn 1. 11. It was ſaid of old, I will place Satvation in Zion jer Iracl my Glory. Chriit is the Glory of any People z the Preach- ing of Chriſt, the owning and profetling of Chriſt, a living up to
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Indignitics, which ſhouid be offered to this bleſſed Pabe; as it pre." when ſhe heard him Reviled, and faw him <; Ucified, [ That the thoughts of many Hearts may be revealed.] The Gf." times, eſpecially times of Perſecution will diſcover whom Gog 1. choſen, and whom he hath tot z by diſcovering the thoughts of their Hearts 3 1t will t!1ea ve ſeen who will receive, and who will re jet the M:ftzh, who is on his fide, and who will. be againit : Tg The Term | That ] doth denote tlie Conſequent, not the Efeg, 71. Preaching ot the Golpei is the Lord's Fan, by which he purceth t, Floor. Perſecution 1s the Lord's Sieve, by which he winnowers Churches, and ſeparatcth the Dirt, and Darnel, and Tares from, Wheat. W
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33 Ard Joſeph and his mother marvelled at thoſe things which were ſpoken of him:
Brentizs Notes on this Text. Non adimirantur quia non credunt, ſed quia credant, ideo admirantur. They did not admire becauſe
Goſpcl-times, and times of Perſecution are both of thc,
times which make great Diſcovery of Mens Spirits, by 36 And there was one Anna a propheteſs,the Janc;. ter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aſer, ſhe was of a prac
age, and had lived with an husband feven years from her virginity,