Mace(i)
8 what did ye go to see? a man dress'd in rich apparel? why, they that are so array'd belong to the court:
9 or did you go to see a prophet? yes, and be assured, one superiour to a prophet.
10 for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."
11 I declare unto you, among the whole race of prophets, there never appear'd a greater than John the Baptist: (notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of the
12 Messiah is greater than he.) for ever since the appearance of John the Baptist the gospel kingdom is as it were invaded, and people of the most violent passions enter into it with zeal.
13 for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John.