with relation to his son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was of the lineage of David as to his body, but as to his holy spirit miraculously declared to be the son of God, by his resurrection from the dead:

and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh.

when the spirit of Christ inform'd the minds of the prophets of his future sufferings, and of the glorious consequences, they were solicitous to know the circumstances of the times pointed at:

However, if you suffer in the cause of virtue, it is your happiness: and instead of being over-awed by their threats, and struck with concern,

for since it is the will of heaven you should suffer, it is better you should suffer for your virtue, than for any crimes. for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit, read more. by which he went with guardian spirits to preach to

for since God did not spare the angels, who had sinned, but having precipitated them to hell, confin'd them to chains of darkness, where they are reserv'd for judgment: since he did not spare the old world, having preserved only eight persons, including Noah, that preacher of virtue, when he brought the deluge upon the impious world: