Thus it is, that one of the predictions of this prophet casts light upon another. He, who in my text is named Jehovah, a just God and a Saviour, and who says, "Look unto me, all the ends of the earth, and be ye saved, for I am God, and there is none else,"-a Scripture which is expressly applied to the Lord Jesus Christ, by St. Paul, is declared to be a "child born, and a Son given, whose name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace," the child brought forth by a virgin, whose name is Immanuel, God with us as plainly proving as the Inspired Word of God possibly can prove, the proper Deity, as well as the proper humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Unanswerable, however, as this proof is from the prophecies of Isaiah, it is not upon this Prophet alone that the direct evidence of the proper Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ rests.

Time prevents my quoting many passages, but you will, I trust, bear with me, my beloved friends, whilst I briefly refer to two particularly striking portions. First, the Prophecy of David, recorded in the 45th Psalm. He, with the ardour most befitting so glorious a subject, breaks out at once in this animating strain.-"My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men, full of grace are thy lips; therefore God hath blessed thee for ever."* Here he sets forth our Lord's proper humanity, as taking our nature upon him; perfect man; and yet holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners. "Fairer than the children of men," "The Holy Child Jesus." The Prophet then addresses him as his deliverer-" Gird

Psalm xlv. 1. 2.

thy sword upon thy thigh, O MosT MIGHTY," the very word that is used by Isaiah, when he calls him the Mighty God, "with thy glory and thy Majesty, and in thy Majesty," as having united in thee not only the authority of a King, but the power of God, "ride prosperously because of truth, of meekness and righteousness, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things." "Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee." His enemies being overcome, David looking forward to his everlasting reign, thus speaks forth his proper Deity. "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre." No one, except from wilful blindness, can mistake as to the person intended in this Psalm, for the inspired Apostle St. Paul himself applies it to the Lord Jesus Christ, in the first chapter to the Hebrews, quoting the very words of the Psalm. Yes, my friends, he is David's king, "fairer than the children of men," the Mighty One, the One of whom the inspired word of Prophets and Apostles has declared "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever."

Surely here is an unanswerable proof of his proper Deity. Oh, may the Lord open every heart to receive the testimony, and, with glad lips, to say,—

"Thou great Almighty Lord,

My Conqueror and my King;

Thy sceptre and Thy sword,
Thy reigning grace I sing.
Thine is the power, behold I sit

In willing bonds beneath Thy feet!"

I only mention one more proof, taken from the Prophet Jeremiah:-" Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 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."* This name, a Branch, is frequently given to Messiah, as indicating his human nature as of the seed of David,—but here, with this very important epithet, "A RIGHTEOUS BRANCH,"-manifesting that his human nature, as before mentioned, is "holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners,"" the Lamb, without spot or blemish." It is declared of this Righteous Branch, that, as a King, He shall reign and prosper,-a prediction exactly accordant with the Prophecies from the Book of Psalms and the Prophet Isaiah. The name whereby this Righteous Branch shall be called is the Lord, or JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS; for, uniting the Divine with the human nature, the righteousness which he wrought out for his people is the righteousness of God; and hence it is, that in the verse which follows my text, this declaration is made, as to him who proclaims himself Jehovah the Saviour. "Surely shall one say, in the Lord, or in Jehovah, have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all Israel be justified, and shall glory." For he, who is the Son of God, having united himself to us, as the Son of Man, and having, in that nature, fulfilled all righteousness for us, and, as our surety, "is made of God unto us," not only "wisdom," but "righteousness, sanctification, and redemption ;"+ so that all his spiritual seed may indeed glory in Him; for "His righteousness is unto all, and upon all them that believe,"‡—a righteousness complete, the garment of salvation. May you and I, my beloved friends, ever be clothed in it, and rejoice in the Lord, as our righteousness and strength.

• Jeremiah xxiii. 6, 7.

† 1 Cor. i. 30.

Rom. iii. 22.

These, then, are the direct proofs which I would offer in support of the proper Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, from the Prophecies. Allow your minds, for a moment, to revert to the truths I have declared. I first shewed that, from the fall of man to the appearance of our Lord in the temple, the hopes of the people of God were fixed upon the person of a Deliverer from all the evils connected with the disobedience of our first parents. Secondly,

That the offices this Deliverer was to fulfil for the attainment of this object, namely, those of Prophet, Priest, and King, not to mention others, could only be properly executed by one who was God as well as Man. I then brought before you, not only from my text, but from other prophecies confirmed by New Testament Scriptures, different passages of the Inspired Word of God, clearly shewing that he who says, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else," is indeed Immanuel, God with us, God in our nature, God with us and God for us; the child born, the Son given, whose name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; who is fairer than the children of men, the Most Mighty, whose throne is for ever; the Righteous Branch, the Lord our Righteousness. If you calmly and dispassionately meditate upon these proofs, you will find a body of evidence of the proper Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, which I am well assured it will be utterly impossible for all the teachers of error, now living, to overcome.

I should, my friends, according to the subject assigned to me, now proceed to prove the proper Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, from types and Jewish ordinances. When, however, I was preparing my Discourse, it occurred to me, that when He who gives this gracious command, "Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of

the earth," shall have fully accomplished this glorious salvation, there will be "no more night;" but this will be the blessed state of all his faithful followers:

"Their foreheads proclaim

His ineffable name,
Their bodies his glory display;
A day without night,

They feast in his sight,

And eternity seems as a day."

But we are not yet come to that rest. I, therefore, will not trespass upon the midnight hour by entering upon these important topics; the more especially as the types and Jewish ordinances will form very appropriate parts, either of the next Lecture, or of the following one, upon the Atonement.

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I would rather invite you, my beloved Christian friends and brethren, you who glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, to refresh yourselves for a few moments, by taking a view of our blessed Lord and his great salvation. It would be almost impossible to treat so glorious a subject merely in a dry, cold, and formal manner. Let us, then, delight our souls by "looking unto Jesus." has, by his own blood, made a way for us into the holiest of holies;" we are invited to enter within the veil; to anticipate the period when the din and strife of party spirit will have altogether ceased; when there will be no more contending for the mastery, but when they "who have gotten the victory shall stand upon the sea of glass, having the harps of God," and in one united chorus shall sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. Oh blessed day! then we shall be near to him- -we shall see him eye to eye, and face to face-be conformed to his image-have "his name upon our foreheads"—" serve