wrath, trouble, distress, of sacrifice, retribution, perplexity, war, and of a cry, is meant the coming of the Lord to judgment. By the day in which Jehovah only shall be exalted, in which He shall be one and his name one, in which the Branch of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious; in which the righteous shall flourish; in which He shall vivify; in which He shall seek his sheep, and make a new covenant; in which the mountains shall drop new wine, and living waters go out from Jerusalem; in which they shall look to the God of Israel, and more to the same purport; is meant the coming of the Lord to establish a new church, which shall acknowledge Him as Redeemer and Savior.

6. To these may be added some passages which more openly speak of the coming of the Lord, which are the following. "The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name GOD WITH US. Isaiah vii. 14. Matt. i. 22, 23. Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, GoD, Hero, THE FATHER OF ETERNITY, the Prince of peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end; upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it in judgment and justice, from henceforth even forever. ix. 6, 7. And there shall come a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and intelligence, the spirit of counsel and might. And justice shall be the girdle of his loins, and truth the girdle of his reins. And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to Him shall the nations seek, and his rest shall be glorious. xi. 1, 2. 5. 10. Send ye the lamb to the Ruler of the land, from the rock towards the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion. By mercy shall the throne be established, and He shall sit upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and hastening justice. xvi. 1. 5. It shall be said in that day, Lo, THIS IS OUR GOD, we have waited for Him that He may save us. THIS IS JEHOVAH, We have waited for Him, let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation, xxv. 9. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way for JEHOVAH, make straight in the desert a highway for OUR GOD. For the glory of JEHOVAH shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. Behold, THE

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LORD JEHOVIH will come with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for Him; behold, his reward is with Him; He shall feed his flock like a shepherd. xl. 3. 5. 10, 11. Behold my Elect, in whom my soul delighteth. I, JEHOVAH, have called Thee in righteousness, and will give Thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am JEHOVAH, that is my name, and my glory will I not give to another. xlii. 1. 6-8. Who hath believed our word, and to whom is the arm of Jehovah revealed? He hath no form or comeliness, and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. liii. 1-4. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozra, walking in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the of redeemed is come. He was their Savior. lxiii. 1-8. Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, who shall reign a King and prosper, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth; and this is the name by which He shall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6; xxxiii. 15, 16. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold, thy King cometh unto thee; He is just and having salvation. He shall speak peace to the nations, and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river, even to the ends of the earth. Zech. ix. 9, 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; lo I come, that I may dwell in the midst of thee. And many nations shall cleave to JEHOVAH in that day; and they shall be my people. ii. 10, 11. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall He come forth unto Me, who shall be Ruler in Israel, and whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity. He shall stand and feed in the strength of JEHOVAH. Micah v. 2, 3. Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me; and THE LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold He is coming. But who can endure the day of his coming? Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of JEHOVAH. Malachi iii. 1, 2; iv. 5. I saw, and lo, with the clouds

of the heavens, as it were, the Son of man was coming; and to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and all people, nations and languages shall worship Him. His dominion is the dominion of an age which will not pass away, and his kingdom one which will not perish. And all dominions shall worship Him and obey Him. Daniel vii. 13, 14. 27. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the Word to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks. ix. 24, 25. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers; He shall cry unto Me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. Also I will make Him my First-born, higher than the kings of the earth. His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Psalm lxxxix. 25-27. 29. JEHOVAH said to my LORD, Sit Thou at my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool. JEHOVAH shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule Thou in the midst of thy enemies. Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedek. cx. 1, 2. 4. Matt. xxii. 44. Luke xx. 41. Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree, JEHOVAH hath said unto Me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten Thee. I will give to Thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, lest ye perish in the way. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. Psalm ii. 6-8. 12. Thou hast made Him a little lower than the angels; but with glory and honor hast Thou crowned Him. Thou hast made Him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet. Psalm viii. 5, 6. JEHOVAH, remember David; how he sware to JEHOVAH, and vowed to the mighty One of Jacob. Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes, until I find out a place for JEHOVAH, a habitation for the mighty One of Jacob. Lo, we heard of Him at Ephratah, we found Him in the fields of the wood. We will go into his tabernacle, we will bow down at his footstool. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy." Psalm cxxxii. 1—

9. But these passages are but few compared to what might be adduced.

7. That the whole Sacred Scripture was written concerning the Lord alone, will more fully appear from what follows, particularly from the things which are to be adduced in the little work concerning the SACRED SCRIPTURE. Thence and from no other source, is the holiness of the Word.

THAT THE LORD FULFILLED ALL THINGS OF THE LAW, MEANS, THAT HE FULFILLED ALL THINGS OF THE WORD.

8. It is believed by many at this day, that when it is said of the Lord, that He fulfilled the law, it is meant that He fulfilled all the commandments of the Decalogue, and that thus He became righteousness, and also justified mankind by faith in that. But yet that is not what is meant, but that He fulfilled all things which are written concerning Him in the Law and the Prophets, that is, in the whole Sacred Scripture; because this treats of Him alone, as was said in the foregoing article. The reason why many have believed otherwise, is, because they have not searched the Scriptures and seen what is there meant by the Law. By the Law there are meant, in a strict sense, the Ten Commandments of the Decalogue; in a wider sense, all that was written by Moses in his five books; and in the widest sense, all of the Word.

I. THAT BY THE LAW, IN A STRICT SENSE, ARE MEANT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS of the DECALOGUE, is known.

9. II. THAT BY THE LAW, IN A WIDER SENSE, ARE MEANT ALL THAT WAS WRITTEN BY MOSES, IN HIS FIVE BOOKS, is manifest from the following passages. In Luke; "Abraham said to the rich man in hell, They have MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, let them hear them; if they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead." xvi. 29. 31. În John; "Philip said to Nathanael, We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write." i. 46. In Matthew; "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law and the Prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” v. 17. In the same; "All the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John." xi. 13. In Luke; "The Law and the Prophets were until John, since that time the kingdom of God is preached." xvi. 16. In Matthew; "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, so also do ye to them; this is the Law and the Prophets." vii. 12. In the same; "Jesus said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang the Law and the Prophets." xxii. 37. 39, 40. In these passages, by Moses and the Prophets, as also by the Law and