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If the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory; much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory: for even that which was made glorious, had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory which excelleth: for, if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.-2 Cor. iii. 7-11.

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brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: for the redemption of their soul is precious, &c. that he should still live for ever.-Ps. xlix. 7-9.

Will the Lord be pleased with thou sands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? &c. Micah vi. 7. Heb. x. 5, 6.

Ye were not redeemed with cort ruptible things, as silver and gold, &c.-1 Pet. i. 18.

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore his arm brought salvation to him, &c. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, &c.-Isa. lix. 16, 20.

The year of my Redeemer is come: And I looked, and there was none to help; therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, &c.Isa. Ixiii. 4, 5. Ps. xcviii. 1—3.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one who is mighty: I have exalted one chosen out of the people, &c.-Ps. lxxxix. 19.

Thus saith the Lord, Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation, &c.-Isa. xxviii. 16. 1 Pet. ii. 6.

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The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it/together, &c.-Isa. xl. 5. Luke iii. 4-6.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold: mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles, &c. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, &c. and give thee for a covenant to the people : for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes; to bring out the prisoners, &c.-Isa. xlii. 1.5-7. xlix. 8.

I have raised him up, &c. He shall let go my captives, not for a price nor reward, saith the Lord.—Isa. xlv. 13. 22.

I will bring near my righteousness; it shall not be afar off; and my sal

vation shall not tarry and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel. İsa. xlvi. 13.

It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth, &c. That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth, &c.-Isa. xlix. 6. 9. Acts xiii: 46, 47. Isa. liv. 1, 2.

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground, &c.-Isa. liii. 1, 2. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek: he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year, &c. to comfort all that mourn, &c.-Isa. lxi. 13.

Saith the Lord, I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, &c. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name, whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, &c.-Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. Acts xiii. 23.

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thine help. Hosea xiii. 9.

Bethlehem, &c. Out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be Ruler in Israel; whose going, &c.Micah v. 2.

people; and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, &c. that we should be saved from our enemies, &c. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, &c. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring (or sunrising, or branch) from on high hath visited us; to give light, &c. Luke i, 68-72, 77-79.

Mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people: a light to lighten the Gentiles, &c.—Luke ii. 30—32.

God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, &c, that the world through him might be saved,John iii. 16, 17,

If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, &c.-John iv, 10,

I came down from heaven, to do the will of him who sent me and this is the Father's will, who hath sent me, That of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, &c. That every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life. John vi, 38-40. Heb. x. 7. John x. 36.

Him, being delivered by the deter minate counsel and fore-knowledge of God, ye have taken, &c.-Acts ii. 23.

Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, &c. were gathered together; for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.-Acts iv. 27, 28.

Behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.-Zech. iii. 8. vi. 12, 13. Behold, I will send my messenger, &e. And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts, &c. Acts y. 31. Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord. Mal. iii. 1. 4.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his

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Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be a Prince, and a Saviour.

God commendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, &c. The grace of God, and the gift by grace, &c.-Rom. v. 8. 15, 16. Tit, iii. 4, 5. Heb. ii. 9,

What the law could not do, &c. God sending his own Son, &c. Spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us.-Rom. viii. 3. 32.

All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself, by Jesus. 2 Cor. v. 18.

*Jesus Christ who gave himself, &c. according to the will of God, and our Father. Gal. i. 3, 4.

God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them who were under the law, &c.-Gal. iv. 4, 5.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, &c. who hath blessed us, &c. in Christ, and chosen us, adopted us, &c.-Eph. i. 3, &c. 1 Pet. i. 3, 4.

God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us, &c. that in ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus: for by grace are ye saved.-Eph. ii. 4-8. iii. 9, 10. Tit. iii. 4-6.

God, &c. who hath saved us, &c. by grace, which he hath given us in Christ, &c.-2 Tim. i. 8-10.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?-Heb. ii. 6. Ps. viii. 4.

In this was manifest the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him: herein is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins, &c. And we have seen, and do testify that the Father sent the Son, the Saviour, &c.-1 John iv. 9, 10. 14. iii. 1.

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.-1 John v. 11.

God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for

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God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.-Heb. vi. 17, 18.

Blessed be God, who hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 3.

SECONDLY, Who is he by whom this Salvation is conveyed and wrought? -John i. 17. Eph. iii. 8.-It is Jesus Christ.

THE law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ, &c.-John i. 17.

Of which salvation the prophets have inquired, &c. the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.-1 Pet. i. 10, 11.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.-Gen. iii. 15.

The Lord said unto Abram, &c. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.-Gen. xii. 1. 3.

Abraham shall, &c. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.-Gen. xviii. 18.

The Lord said to Isaac, &c. In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.-Gen. xxvi. 4.

The Lord said to Jacob, &c. And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.-Gen. xxviii. 14.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt, &c.-Gen. xlix. 10, 11.

I know my redeemer liveth, &c.— Job xix. 25.

All they that see me, laugh me to scorn, &c. He trusted on the Lord, that he would deliver him. let him deliver him, &c.-Ps. xxii. 7, 8.

He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.-Ps. xxxiv. 20. John xix. 33, 34. 36, 37.

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not

desire, &c. Then said I, Lo I come, 1, 2. 6, 7. xlix. 6. 8, 9. Acts xiii.

&c. Ps. xl. 6-8. Heb. x. 5—7. Mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, &c. hath lift up his heel against me.-Ps. xli. 9. Matt. xxvi. 14, 15. 47. &c. Ps. lv. 12-14. Thou hast ascended on high, led captivity captive, received gifts for men, &c.-Ps. lxviii. 18.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand; upon the Son of man, whom thou madest strong for thyself. -Ps. lxxx. 17.

The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner. -Ps. cxviii. 22. Acts iv. 11, 12. Isa. xxviii. 16. 1 Pet. ii. 6.

The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was, &c. then I was by him, as one brought up, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.-Prov. viii. 22, 23-31.

The people who walked in darkness, have seen a great light: they who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined, &c. For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, &c.-Isa. ix. 2, 3. 6. Matt. iv. 15, 16.

There shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles, &c.

Isa. xi. 1, 2. 10. lx. 1, &c. Behold, a king shall reign, &c. a man shall be a hiding place from the wind.-Isa. xxxii. 1-3.

O Zion, who bringeth good tidings, &c. Behold, the Lord shall come, &c. His arm shall rule for him, his reward is with him, he shall feed his flock like, &c.-Isa. xl. 9-11. lxii. 11.

Behold, my servant whom I uphold, &c. he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles; he shall not cry, nor lift up, &c. I will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners.-Isa. xlii.

47. Matt. xii. 18, 19.

- The Lord hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season, &c. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks, &c.—Isa. l. 4. 6. Matt. xxvi. 67.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings, &c. to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them who are bound, &c.—Isa. Ixi. 1, &c. Luke iv. 17-21. Isa. xlv. 13.

Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments? &c. Mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth? &c.-Isa. lxiii. 1—3.

I will raise unto David a righteous branch, &c. and in his days Judah shall be saved, &c. He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. John i. 45.

I called my son out of Egypt, &c. Thou, Bethlehem, &c. out of thee shall he come.-Hosea xi. 1. Micah v. 2. Matt. ii. 6. 15.

I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, &c. Hag. ii. 7.

Behold the man whose name is the Branch, and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of the Lord, &c.-Zech. vi. 12, 13.

Behold, thy king cometh; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass, &c.-Zech. ix, 9. Matt. xxi. 5. 7, 8.

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver, &c.-Zech. xi. 12, 13. Matt. xxvi. 15.

That which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost; and she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.-Matt. i. 20, 21. xviii. 11.

The Star directed the wise men unto Jesus-Matt, ii, 9-11.

The Spirit of God, like a dove, lighting upon Jesus; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -Matt. iii. 16, 17.

John said unto him, Art thou he that should come? or do we look for another? Jesus said, &c. Shew John, &c. The blind receive their sight, &c. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me, &c. For this is he of whom it is written, &c. Come unto

me, all ye that labour, &c.-Matt. xi.

26.9, 10. 28, 29.

The voice out of the cloud said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.— Matt. xvii. 5.

And the angel said, &c. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people: for unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you, Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger, &c. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will towards men, &c. Simeon to whom it was revealed by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ, took up the child Jesus in his arms, and blessed God, and said, &c. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, &c. Luke ii. 10-12. 14. 25, 26. 28. 30-32

They who are whole need not a physician, &c. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance, -Luke v. 31, 32.

Jesus said unto Zacchæus, This day is salvation come to this house, &c. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.→→→ Luke xix. 8-10. Matt. xviii. 11.

John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away (or beareth) the sin of the world, &c. We have found the Messias; which is (being interpreted) the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus, &c. Philip saith to Nathanael, We have found him, of whom

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Moses in the law and the prophets did write; Jesus, &c.-John i. 29, 30. 34. 36. 41, 42. 45.

As Moses lifted up the serpent, &c. even so must the Son of man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life, &c. That the world through him should be saved. John iii. 14, 15. 17. Numb. xxi. 8, 9.

I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I who speak unto thee am he.-John iv. 25, 26. Acts ix. 5. xxii. 8.

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The works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father sent me, &c. Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. John v. 36. 40.

Labour, &c. for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed, &c. The bread of God, is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world, &c. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger, &c. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, &c-John vi. 27. 33. 35. 51.

When ye have lift up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, &c. John viii. 28.

Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?. He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he who talketh with thee.-John ix. 35–37.

I am the door (said Jesus), by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, &c. I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good Shepherd, &c. I give unto them eternal life.-John'x. 9—11. 15.28. xiv. 6. I came not to judge, &c. but to save the world.-John xii. 47.99

I have glorified thee on earth, I

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