Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 3:2

2 And saying; Repent ye, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.

The Evangelist only gives us the Sum, and Scope of the Baptists Doctrine, the other Evangelists give us a more full Account of his pressing also, Faith in Christ, Ioh. 1.29. & 3.29.36. so Acts 19.4. Repentance, Faith and new Obedience ought to be the Substance and Scope of all our Sermons. Repentance signifieth the Change of the Heart, and Reformation of the Life: A turning from sin unto God [for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand] That blessed State of the Church (foretold by the Prophets) under the Messias, wherein God will exhibit his Son, as the King in Zion, and exert his Power, and Kingdom, both Extensively subduing all Nations to the Obedience of his Gospel, and Intensively in all the Administrations of his Government: For the Kingdom of Heaven, is not to be understood here of the Kingdom of Glory, but of the Kingdom of Grace, in all the Administrations of it; this Passage containeth the Argument, upon which the Baptist in his Sermons pressed, Repentance and Faith, and Obedience to the Will of God revealed.