8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.



Ver. 8. And the Scripture foreseeing] Scripture therefore is not a brute dead thing, as the Jesuits blaspheme. Excellently spake he, who called the Scripture, Cor et animam Dei, The heart and soul of God. (Greg. in Reg. 3.)



Preached the gospel] There is gospel therefore in the Old Testament.



In thee shall all nations] {See Trapp on "Gen_12:3"} "All nations shall be blessed," i.e. justified by faith.