This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...fulness dwelt in Christ himself; and that until His appearance there was need of warnings, lest men should, by closing their eyes on the light furnished from heaven, turn aside to the bewildering auguries and soothsayings of heathenism. But such warnings, with the specification of the signs of the true and false ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...fulness dwelt in Christ himself; and that until His appearance there was need of warnings, lest men should, by closing their eyes on the light furnished from heaven, turn aside to the bewildering auguries and soothsayings of heathenism. But such warnings, with the specification of the signs of the true and false prophet, had no less respect to Christ's own appearance, as is evident from his exhortations, to beware of false Christs, and false prophets, which should arise and deceive many. It will make the matter still more clear, to mark the reference in the prophecy to the special relation of Moses between God and the people, --a relation demanded by the people's weakness and fear, and acquiesced in and even approved of by God. They desired a mediator, for they could not endure, as they felt themselves unfitted for, direct dealings with God. It was to carry out this arrangement more fully than could be done through Moses, or even through the institution of a priesthood in which one side of the idea was more largely expressed than in the prophetic office, that this Prophet is ordained, and when it is added, "from among their brethren," there was an intimation assuring the faithful that though the qualifications for the discharge of his office implied a higher standing than that of Moses, this prophet would, nevertheless, be of one nature, and of like sympathies with themselves. This truth, treated of in the Epistle to the Hebrews, in connexion with Christ's priestly office, is no less important in its bearing on his prophetic calling. 1 Kurtz, Geschichte d. alt. Bundes, ii. 518. Hengstenberg, Cbristologie, i. 123. In this intimation of the rise of another prophet, who should complete the work of Moses, there was included a notice of the preparatory ...
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