Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Ver. 6. As it is in all the world] Eusebius saith that the gospel spread at first through the world like a sunbeam, Αθροως οια τις ηλιου Βολη. The reformation begun by Luther in Germany went on abroad Christendom, as if he had been carried upon angels' wings. That of the Church of England is such as former ages despaired of, the present admireth, and the future shall stand amazed at. It is that miracle, saith one, which we are in these times to look for. (Spec. Europ.)