32. Take again another similar text.
For until this day…when Moses is read, a vail lieth upon their
heart 2 Cor. iii. 14, 15.. Does
until this day mean only “until Paul?” Is it
not until this day present, and even to the end? And if
Paul say to the Corinthians, For we came even as far as unto you in
preaching the Gospel of Christ, having hope when your faith increases
to preach the Gospel in the regions beyond you Ib. x. 14,
15, 16., thou seest manifestly that as far as
implies not the end, but has something following it. In what
sense then shouldest thou remember that Scripture, till He hath
put all enemies under His feet 1 Cor. xv. 25.? According as
Paul says in another place, And exhort each other daily, while it is
called to-day Heb. iii. 13.; meaning,
“continually.” For as we may not speak of the
“beginning of the days” of Christ, so neither suffer thou
that any should ever speak of the end of His kingdom. For it is
written, His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom Dan. vii. 14, 27..