Until all things are fulfilled
One jot or one tittle shall in no way pass until heaven and earth pass away, or, as it is expressed immediately after, until all things are fulfilled, until the consummation of all things. Here is therefore no room for that poor evasion with which some have greatly delighted themselves, that no part of the law was to pass away until all the law was fulfilled, but it has been fulfilled by Christ, and therefore now must pass so that the gospel may be established. Not so. The word all does not mean all the law, but all things in the universe. Neither has the term fulfilled any reference to the law, but to all things in heaven and earth.
1771 text
One jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass, ’till heaven and earth pass; or as it is exprest immediately after, ἕως ἄν πάντᾳ γένηται· ’till all, (or rather all things) be fulfilled, ’till the consummation of all things. Here is therefore no room for that poor evasion (with which some have delighted themselves greatly.) That “no part of the law was to pass away, ’till all the law was fulfilled: but it has been fulfilled by Christ; and therefore now must pass, for the gospel to be established.” Not so; the word all does not mean all the law, but all things in the universe: as neither has the term fulfilled, any reference to the law, but to all things in heaven and earth.
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Sermon 25 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:17-20.
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