Those to whom Christ is a scandal.
Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken Mat. 21 44. In Luke you have the same words cap. 20. 18. The like threat you have in Isaiah cap. 8. 15. Many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Blessed is he (saith Christ himselfe) who∣soever shall not be offended in me Mat. 11, 6. If a man shall be blessed, only for not being offended at, or not disliking, him whom he is bound to like; and whom it is for his owne good to like; and whom he hath no cause to dislike: how can his condition be better then cursed, who notwithstanding all this, is offended at him and disallow's him, and rejects him, as unsit to build upon?