Ver. 18. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth passe, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise passe from the law, till all be fulfilled.
The second reason of Christs intention not to destroy the Law and the Prophets, or the truth of the Old Testament, is, because the truth of the Doctrine of the Law and the Prophets is more firm and stable then the frame of Heaven and Earth is. Doct. Heaven and Earth shall be dissolved, rather then the least point of truth (compared here to the least letter in the Alphabet, to the smallest point, serving to the reading of the letters) should not be fulfilled: for Heaven and earth do continue, only till the time that all that which is prophesied in the Scripture, to be done before the worlds ending, shall be fulfilled; therefore saith our Lord, Verily I say unto you, till Heaven passe, one jot of the Law shall in no wise passe, &c.
A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew, by David Dickson (circa 1583-1663), London: Printed for Ralph Smith, 1651
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