NOTE (16), page 278.

Psalm xxxi. 5. The following is the translation of this passage by Bishop Horsley, and his note there

"Into thy hand I give in charge my spirit. Thou hast delivered me, O Jehovah, God of Truth!"

"Thou hast, i. e. thou most surely wilt. The thing is as certain, as if it were done."

NOTE (17), page 278.

"The Saviour showed, by his constant praying, and by his great agony, as well as by the thickness of the sweats, that he was a man, naturally and really, not in appearance only, and illusively; and that he was subject to the natural, and unequivocal sufferings of man. By the words, I have power to lay down my life, and I have power to take it again, he shows, that his sufferings were voluntary and yet, that the life which was laid down and taken again, was one; and the divine nature which laid it down, and took it again, was another." sius Alexandrinus De Martyrio, chap. 9.

Diony

For this quotation, which is an important one, I am indebted to Dr. Burton's Testimonies of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, to the Divinity of Christ, p. 335.

It is a fact, equally gratifying and worthy of note, that the Regius Professors of Divinity, in the two Sister Universities of England, have been employed, nearly at the same time, in calling the attention of divinity students, to the good old paths of Christian antiquity: the Bishop

of Lincoln, by his truly learned, candid, and satisfactory exposition of church doctrine and discipline, as deduced from the writings of Tertullian, and Justin Martyr; Dr. Burton, by his Ante-Nicene Testimonies to the Divinity of Christ, and the Personality of the Holy Ghost,—and, also, by his Lectures on Ecclesiastical History.—" Leaving modern epitomizers," says old Bishop Montague, (and his example is well worthy of imitation), " I betook myself to Scripture, the rule of faith, interpreted by antiquity, the best expositor of faith, and applier of that rule: holding it a point of discretion, to draw water, as near as I could, to the well-head; and to spare labour in vain, in running further off to cisterns and lakes. I went to inquire, where doubt was, of the days of old, as God himself directed me; and hitherto I have not repented me of it."— Montague's Appeal to Cæsar, p. 10.

NOTE (18), page 279.

"In the first Temple," says Maimonides, "the wall, which separated the holy, from the most holy place, was one cubit thick. But, when they built the second Temple, it was doubted, whether the thickness of that wall, belonged to the measure of the holy, or the most holy place; they made, therefore, the most holy place, twenty cubits long complete, and the holy place forty cubits long; and between the two, they left a space of a cubit in breadth: and then, in the second Temple, they did not build a wall, but erected two veils, one contiguous to the holy place, the other to the most holy place; and left an open space, of a cubit between them,

according to the thickness of the wall, in the first Temple."-Lightfoot. Hora Hebraicæ, p. 495.

"Forthwith, all things did testify the effectual death of the Lord Jesus; for the veil of the Temple, which divided the holy places from the rest of the Temple, of his own accord, was cut in two parts; declaring the shadows of Moses's law should vanish away, at the bright light of the Gospel. Furthermore, the earth did quake, and the stones brake asunder, reproving the Jews, for their invincible hardness of heart."-Erasmus. Paraphrase on St. Matt.

NOTE (19) page 279.

The traces of this earthquake were still visible, in the days of Lucianus and Cyril of Jerusalem; who wrote in the fourth century. It is also certain, from the testimony of Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny, that a great earthquake happened, in the reign of Tiberius. The following statement, made by Mr. Maundrell, in his interesting Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, is often referred to, by critics and commentators: —

"About one yard and a half distant from the hole, in which the foot of the cross was fixed, is seen the memorable cleft in the rock, said to have been made by the earthquake, which happened at the suffering of the God of Nature. This cleft, as to what now appears of it, is about a span wide at its upper part, and two deep, after which it closes; but it opens again below, as you may see in another chapel contiguous to the side of Calvary, and runs down to an unknown depth in the earth. That this rent was made by the earthquake that

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happened at our Lord's Passion, there is only tradition to prove; but, that it is a natural and genuine breach, and not counterfeited by any art, the sense and reason every one who sees it, may convince him: for the sides of it fit like two tallies to each other; and yet, it runs in such intricate windings, as could not well be counterfeited by art, nor arrived at by any instruments." p. 98.

NOTE (20), page 281.

The reader, who has perused the discourse to which these notes are appended, will, no doubt, feel impelled to bow the knees of his heart, in fervent, humble, and grateful adoration, of that Almighty Being, who vouchsafed to tabernacle in the flesh; and, by the sacrifice of himself, to bring life and immortality to light, as well as to open the kingdom of Heaven to all believers. To aid him in his devotions, I therefore adjoin the following prayer, the composition of Bishop Taylor:

"O, most glorious and powerful Jesu, who, with thine own right hand, and with thy holy arm, hast gotten unto thyself, on our behalf, the victory over sin, hell, and the grave; remember this thy mercy and truth, which thou hast promised to all that believe on thee; give us pardon of our sins, sealed unto us by the testimony of the Holy Spirit, and of a good conscience; and grant, that we, by thy strength, may fight against our ghostly enemies, and, by thy power, may overcome them, that we may rejoice in a holy peace, and sing and give thanks, for our victory and crown. Extend this mercy, and enlarge the effects of thy great victory, to

the Heathen, that all the ends of the earth may sing a new song unto thee, and see the salvation of God; that, when thou comest to judge the earth, we may all find mercy, and be joyful together before thee, in the festivity of a blessed eternity, through thy mercies, O, blessed Saviour and Redeemer, Jesu. Amen."