William Burkitt on John 9:39
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John9:39
In these words our Saviour declares not the intentional design, but the accidental event, of his coming into the world, namely,
1. That those who were blind might receive sight.
2. That those who presume they see, and know more that others, for despising the gospel, and shutting their eyes against the light of it, should be left in darkness, and by the just judgment of God be more be more and more blinded.
Those who shut their eyes willfully against the clearest light, and say they will not see: it is just with God to close their eyes judicially, and say they shall not see.
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