he shall go] Malachi 4:5. Matthew 11:14. before] Before Christ the Messiah, the King of Israel, to declare his coming. spirit and power of Elias] That is, with as great a measure of grace to make his ministery powerfull. See Matthew 11:11. 14. turn the hearts of the fathers to the children] That is, of the unnaturall, degenerate and wicked; by his ministery they shall become obedient children of their fathers, and the Church of Christ. So as their fathers shall acknowledge them to be their children indeed. For the division which followeth the preaching of the Gospel, that is an accidentall effect, which the corruption of man produceth. to the wisdome] Or, by. By the example of their holy fathers they shall be wise and beleeve: and so, of one heart and consent with their fathers. prepared for the Lord] Prepared for Christ, as John proclaimed, Luke 3:4.