6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.



Ver. 6. Hath shined] The first work of the Spirit in man’s heart is to beat out new windows there, and to let in light, Act_26:18. And then, Semper in sole sita est Rhodes, qui et calorem et colorera nobis impertit. Always in the sun was Rhodes placed which bestowed to us both warm and colour. (Aeneas Sylv.)