Robert Traill (Sermons from 1 Peter 1:1-4), Works 4:80:
You read in the gospel, John 9, of one who was born blind, whose eyes Christ opened. Now let any of you enter into a serious consideration of the marvellous change that this man found. Doubtless he had heard of the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and some dark notion he might have of them; but he could have no imagination at all of light and colours, he could form no proper idea of them. But now, when our Lord had opened his eyes, and he looked up to heaven and saw the glory of that creature the sun, which he never saw before, – when he looked about him, and saw a world filled with fine things that he never saw before, doubtless he found a wonderful change; and it is a great wonder, if he came to himself in a long time after. So this change that is wrought by the Spirit in regeneration, is just like the opening of the eyes of a man born blind. He had heard tell of Jesus Christ, and the new world of grace, but he never saw it before, till the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ came, and then the eyes of his understanding were opened. May the Lord so enlighten and enliven us by his Spirit!
You read in the gospel, John 9, of one who was born blind, whose eyes Christ opened. Now let any of you enter into a serious consideration of the marvellous change that this man found. Doubtless he had heard of the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and some dark notion he might have of them; but he could have no imagination at all of light and colours, he could form no proper idea of them. But now, when our Lord had opened his eyes, and he looked up to heaven and saw the glory of that creature the sun, which he never saw before, – when he looked about him, and saw a world filled with fine things that he never saw before, doubtless he found a wonderful change; and it is a great wonder, if he came to himself in a long time after. So this change that is wrought by the Spirit in regeneration, is just like the opening of the eyes of a man born blind. He had heard tell of Jesus Christ, and the new world of grace, but he never saw it before, till the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ came, and then the eyes of his understanding were opened. May the Lord so enlighten and enliven us by his Spirit!
