things considered, put it beyond doubt, that by the Holy One of Israel, is meant the Lord Jesus, the king and governor of the Jewish theocracy. 66 From which it must follow, that all the characters that are joined with this, as belonging to the same person, properly belong to the Lord Jesus. As the name Jehovah. "Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his maker, &c. As for our redeemer, the Lord of Hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. The heathen shall know that I am the Lord, (JEHOVAH) the Holy One of Israel.” He was the object of Israel's worship.-" Untot thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel." He was their defence, hope, and stay.Fort the LORD is our defence: and the Holy One of Israel is our king." Against him they sinned in all their departures from the laws he had given them." They provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger. They have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel." This argument, if properly considered, will amount to a strong proof of the Deity of Jesus Christ, inasmuch as he was the GOD and governor of Israel, who had given them laws, and punished them for their frequent rebellions,--whose holy presence they could not endure when disposed to sin, and therefore cry, "cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us." These are but a few of the many instances that might be given, to which, those in the last section relating to the same subject may be added, to shew * Isai. xlv. 11. and xlvii, 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7. Ibid. lxxxix. 18. see also Isai. x. 20.-xii. 16.-xvii. 7.-xxix. 19.-xli. 44. § Isai. i. 4.—v. 24. see chap. xxx. 11, 12.—xxxi. 1. that he who speaks, or is spoken of by the sacred writers, and is called JEHOVAH, LORD GOD, the GOD and king of Israel, &c. is no other than JESUS CHRIST: for as the same things which are spoken of, or by him in the old testament, under these sacred titles, are applied to Jesus Christ in the new testament, it must be him who bears these titles in the old. And by a serious and impartial attention, we will find, that in all the old testament, especially the psalms, and some of the prophets, wherever JEHOVAH, GOD, or any other term by which the Supreme Being is expressed, there is something predicated of him, that is either expressly applied to Christ in some other text, or is a part of his character and office, in the economy of grace and providence. Take for instance, all those epithets given to JEHOVAH of a rock, refuge, redeemer, deliverer, defence, shepherd, shield, strong hold, savior, helper, healer, light, leader, guide, holy one, horn of salvation, hope, inheritance, law-giver, judge, king, &c. all of which are so many parts of Christ's character; and hence, by a general rule, which must hold, if the scriptures are intelligible, the whole old testament will be found a description of the character and works of JESUS CHRIST. That wherever there is any part of a psalm, or other passage, applied to Jesus Christ in the new testament, as spoken either of, or by him in the old testament, then, not only the whole of that psalm, or other passage, but every other psalm or passage that is parallel to those which are expressly applied to Christ, must as certainly be spoken of, or by him, as that which is expressly applied to him. If the subject be the same, or as a relation thereto, the person must be the same who speaks, or is spoken of. This is the true analogy of faith, to lead into the scope and sense of scrip ture, with respect to him who is the leading subject of the whole. What I have been endeavoring to illustrate, would have appeared perfectly clear, if the word rendered salvation in the old testament, had been read JESUS, which it really is. As for example, Isaiah says,--" The* LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and song, he also is become my salvation, (JESUS.) "Int that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah, we have a strong city, salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks." Keep out the words God and for, which are only supplements of the translator, and it reads,-" Salvation (JESUS) will appoint walls and bulwarks." It would have been as plain in such texts, of which there is a great number, that JESUS was JEHOVAH the king of Israel, as that he died and rose again, appear in the gospels. The most stubborn prejudice could not then have denied, that he had an existence before he was conceived of the virgin,-or believed him to be only an inferior Deity. While the old testament could scarcely be opened any where, but they might find him spoken of in characters suitable only to ALMIGHTY GOD,-ascriptions which obviously point out Deity, agreeably blended with others, which imply his character and office as the Redeemer and Savior of men. Thus, as EMA NUEL, he is as certainly, though not with the same degree of clearness, described in the old testament, as in the new, and in such terms as cannot be applied with any propriety to any other but JESUS CHRIST. I shall now only mention a few texts from the new testament, which prove that Jesus Christ existed as the God and King of the church, under † Ibid, xxvi. i. Isa. xii. 2. the old dispensation,—the guide and hope of his people in all ages. When our Lord told the Jews, that " Abraham rejoiced to see his day; and he saw it, and was glad;" they reckoned it impossible, and told him, "Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast "bethou seen Abraham?" Yea, replied our Lord, He does not deny, that fore Abraham was, I AM." as a man, he appeared to be less than fifty years old, but at the same time asserts his pre-existence before Abraham, and in the same words, which he did under the title of JEHOVAH, the God of Israel, to Moses, whom he commanded to say, "I AM hath sent me unto you." And as Christ oftener than once calls himself so, after he appeared in flesh, it cannot be doubted that he is the I AM that spoke with Moses. And this is further clear from what the apostle says of Moses, that "he chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt." In what sense Moses going with the people of God, can be called the reproach of CHRIST, without admitting the truth I am pleading for, I cannot understand. The reproach of Christ has always been the same. Those who bear it, must forsake their attachments to the leading As Moses forsook the interests of this world. treasures of Egypt, so the apostle exhorts the Hebrews to go forth unto Christ without the camp, bearing his reproach. The Corinthians are admonished not to tempt Christ, as some of the Israelites did in the wilderness, which certainly supposes that Christ was their leader, Peter, speaking of the salvation S which the ancient believers looked and longed for, says, "The prophets, (from Adam to that period) prophecied of the grace that should come, searching what manner of time the Spirit of CHRIST which was in them did signify, when it testified before-hand the sufferings of CHRIST, and the glory that should follow." The same Spirit of Christ, that taught the apostles in the new testament, inspired the prophets in the old. Hence Christ is. the author of all the religion we have in the bible; the sole guide of those who were the chosen instruments of publishing it; the universal shepherd of the church,-this is his character in both testaments; the door by which prophets, as well as apostles, old, as well as new testament saints, have entered into the fold,-by whom they were saved, conducted, and instructed in the knowledge of God. From the first to the last saint on earth, their knowledge of God must come through this medium,-" Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God." The power of God, in creating all things, and governing them,-in pardoning, sanctifying, supporting, and comforting his people in all ages. The wisdom of God; not only as he is perfectly acquainted with the whole will of God; but as he hath revealed and made it known to men. Hence, said to be "made of God unto us wisdom. In him dwell all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," personally and economically. He is not only possessed of infinite knowledge and understanding, whereby he can view the whole length and breadth of the mind and will of God, in the most perfect manner: but infinite wisdom and prudence, to execute the purposes of God in creation, government, and redemption, with unerring fitness and skill; whereby he brings the will of God to the view of intelligent creatures; and for this reason is so often called in scripture the WORD or LOGOS of God, a name by which the Jews knew him who |