Matthew 24:37 Cross References - Mace

³⁷ as the days of Noe were, so shall also the advent of the son of man be.

³⁹ having no thoughts of the flood till it came, and swept them all away; so shall also the advent of the son of man be.

²⁶ the same thing shall happen in the son of man's time as did in Noah's days. ²⁷ eating and drinking, marriages and matches was the business till the very day that Noah entred into the ark, when the flood came and overwhelm'd them all.

⁷ 'Twas by faith that Noah being divinely warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern built an ark to the preservation of his family; whereby the world became inexcusable, and he obtained the reward of that righteousness which is by faith.

²⁰ those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water. ²¹ thus baptism, which corresponds to the deluge, does now save us, not as it is a cleansing from external filth, but as it is an engagement to lead a divine life, from the belief of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

⁵ since he did not spare the old world, having preserved only eight persons, including Noah, that preacher of virtue, when he brought the deluge upon the impious world:

⁶ whence the former world was destroyed by an inundation.