Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 2:39

39 For the promise is unto you , and to your children, and to all that are afar off , even as many as the Lord our God shall call .

Lest they should doubt of pardon and grace, their sin having been so great; St. Peter here gives them a ground of hope, they being the descendents from Abraham, unto whom especially this was promised, Ier. 31.34.

That is, to the Gentiles as well as to the Iews ▪ who were said to be a people near unto God, as the Gentules were said to be afar off, Isaiah 57.19. Eph. 2.13.

Vocation, whethe[illegible: 1 letter] external by the word onely, or intern[illegible: 1 letter]l by the Spirit also, depends on the pleasure of God; but the same promises of pardon and acceptance upon Repentance, made unto the Iews, are as effectually to be trusted unto by any of the Gentiles, as by any formerly amongst the Iews.

Marginal references: Joel 2.2[illegible: 1 letter].