...John the Baptift (John i. 15.) exprefles prefles our blefled Saviour's great fuperioiity t« himfelf. He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me. None fuppofe John the Baptiftto mean our Saviour was before him, in time, but in dignity...

...firft called, the Gentiles, in procefs of time, were to be put upon an equal footing with them. " 15. John bare witnefs of him, and "' cried, faying, This...whom I •"•' fpake ; he that cometh after me is prei•' ferred before me : for he was before me. " 16. And of his fulnefs have all we re" ceived,...

...For the firft, it is the exprefs teftimony Jolmi. 15. of John himfelf ; This is he of whom I [pake, he that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me. In which words, firft, he taketh to himfelf a priority of time, fpeaking of Chrift, he that...

...~eth into th: world. John Bap lift came for a -uiinefs, and be faithfully delivered histeftimony : " He that cometh after me is preferred before me ; for he was before me— whofe ihoes' latchet I am not worthy to unloofe • He muft increafe, but 1 muft decreafe,"...

...Chrift would verv well agree with the teftimony of John concerning himfelf and Chrift ; John i. 15. " He that cometh after me, is preferred before me ; for he was before me. To this fame purpofe, al, molt, Epiphanius adverfus gnofticos, Chryfoftom, Theophylact,...

...full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, he that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before ma/ And of his fulness have all -vve received, and grace for grace. a For the lawwas given by...

...importance for us to know concerning him. 15. It was to him that John referred, when he proclaimed, faying, This was he of whom I fpake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me ; that is, my chief, and him to whom I am fubfervient. 19. And when a folemn deputation was...

...full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given...

...full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me ; for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. .17 For the law was given...

...caufc of their being, and being what they arc in their day. Thus we are to underftand what John faith, "He that cometh after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me." John iii. 16. He was before me, not in time, for this would contradict what he had faid...