Book IV. Lo~king unto 1'CftU, Chap.5 .Seet.l Mich. 4 . ~· us. Out nfZion/hall go forth the law and the Word of the Lordfrom Jerufalem. C]ildM ajfirmes plainly, that 73rittaine rtctived the Go!pel in the time ofTeberim, under whom Chrift fuffmd: and that [ofepho['Arimathet-~, after the dijper(ionof the 'fewer, w.ufent of ,._, . r l philip thr Apoftle from France to Brirtaine, and hae remained in .._.. ICr:p.i. ~.e. 4o h' I d II h' . N' I dd h s· d t II t/n fill IJ tsme. lcepYJorm a s t at lmon Zelotes di iJ'read the qojpel of Chrift to the weft ocean, and brought the [o1me into the Ijles of Brittaine. Howfoever it was brought hither, of this we are fure; that Chri£1: was fir£1: difcovered to his Apofrles, and from the Apofr!es was dtfcovered to our fore Fathers, and from them unto us, and from us will be the difcovery to others to the end of the world. 0 the goodneffe of God in Chri£1: ! ,_ wpat?that repentAnce ,znd remi!fion offinnes jhoHid be preached in hu 1.use %4· 47· Name, beginning at {erufalem, and afterwards ~Among all nations? of what near concernment, 0 my foul is thi5 to thee? what art thou but a !inner of the Gentiles? underftand that terme! when , the Apofrle would exf>rdfe the greatefl: finners that the world G 1 I had, he calls themjinmrs o;: the Gentilu·, why? the Gentiles knew ' . a ,:. 5• ~ · not God, the Gentiles were unacquainted with Chrifl, the Gentiles walked in nothing but fin; 0 then what a love is this that God fhould ever have a thought of good will towards thee? . Ti~. ;. 1 6. furely thi!i is one oft he great myfteries ofgodline/Je, God manifefled 1 in the flefh,juftifird in the Spirit. feen of A,gels, preached unto the qcntiln : what? that finners, and the worft of finners, fhould be made the fubjel'ts ofthe utmoft difcovery ofChrift, and of the Gofpel of Chri£1: ? this a myfiery indeed, had Chrifr fent his Apofrles to proclaime the riches ofhis grace to fome Jews only, or to fome unfpotted fouls among the Gentiles (ifany fuch were) whofe hearts might prefemiy have fat.!en down before it, this had been fomethingfuitable, but,that finners of the Gentiles, that . children ofwrath fhould be the fubjdt of this great deGgne, 0 the myfrery! q. d. Go my v4prftles into all the .-.Vations of the world ; tAnd amongft them all, go into Brittaine into that Cirner of the :W6rld England, and there open the myftery of Chrift, there preach lifr, tmd reconciliation, tmd redemption, 11nd glorification to thofo poore fouls ; lay .)OH (or at leaft fome o[Jo11) thefoundaticn oft he Cbrifti1<1n faith amongft thofe heathens, thofe Ji-nners eft he Gentiles; and njteryou, I will raife up fome other t.J'v[inifters of the CjG!pel .tR conftrme the famt: Tea in the l4f timer I will raife up man} · worthies,
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