Monday, June 15, 2009

Puritan Wisdom

On Acts 2:20 –

“The blood of the Son of God, the fire of the holy Ghost’s appearance, the vapour of the smoke in which Christ ascended, the Sun darkened, and the Moon made blood at his passion, were all accomplished upon this point of time; and it were very improper to looke for the accomplishment of the rest of the prophecy I know not how many hundreds or thousands of years after.” – John Lightfoote, A Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles: Chronicall and Criticall. The Difficulties of the Text explained, And the times of the Story cast into ANNALS. The First Part. From the beginning of the Booke, to the end of the Twelfth CHAPTER. With a briefe Survey of the Contemporary Story of the JEWES and ROMANS, 49.

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