ten of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things. Luke xviii. 31. All things written by the prophets concerning the Son of man, shall be accomplished. Phil. ii. 7. Was made in the likeness of men.-Ver. 8. Was found in fashion as a man. IV. The nation, tribe, and family he was to descend from. Gen. xii. 3. Abram-in xxii. 37. This that is written must be ac- thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. complished in me. xxiv. 44. All things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. -Ver. 46. Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day. II. The testimony of prophecy urged by the apostles. Acts xvii. 2, 3. Paul reasoned out of the Scriptures; opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is Christ. xxiv. 14. After the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets. xxvi. 22, 23. I continue witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead. Acts iii. 25. Gal. iii. 8. xxi. 12. In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Gal. iii. 16. Thy seed, which is Christ. xxvi. 4. Isaac-in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. xxviii. 14. Jacob-in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. xlix. 8. Judah-thy brethren shall praise thee, &c. Ver. 10. Isa. xi. 1. David-a branch shall grow out of his roots. Ps. lxxxix. 29. His seed will I make to endure for ever. See Jer. xxiii. 5.-xxxiii. 15. Ps. xviii. 50.-lxxxix. 4. 36.-cxxxii. 11. John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed of David. us. Matt. xxii. 42. He is David's son. ix. 27. Thou son of David have mercy on Ch. xv. 22.-xx. 30. xxi. 9. Hosannah to the Son of David. Mark xi. 10. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David. Heb. vii. 14. It is evident our Lord sprang from Judah. Rom. i. 3. Jesus Christ was made of the seed of David. iii. 18. Peter said, those things that God before had shewed, by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath Acts xiii. 23. Of this man's seed, according fulfilled. to his promise, hath God raised unto Israel a x. 43. To him gave all the prophets wit- Saviour. See Christ's descent reckoned. Matt. i. 1 to 18. Luke iii. 23 to 38. ness. xviii. 28. He mightily convinced the Jews, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. xxviii. 23. Paul expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets. III. Prophecies concerning Christ fulfilled, in his incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Gen. iii. 15. The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head. Isa. vii. 14. The Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. ix. 6. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. See this fulfilled in the conception, and birth of Jesus. Matt. i. 18 to 25. Luke i. 28 to 35. V. The time of Christ's life and death fixed by other events foretold in prophecy, well known when they happened. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh come. [As a proof that this sceptre, the ensign of government, was departed from Judah at our Saviour's birth]-Joseph and Mary, with others, went to be taxed by the authority of a heathen emperor. Luke ii. 1—3. Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. Ver. 25. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command Gal. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of ment to restore and build Jerusalem, unto the a woman. John i. 14. He was made flesh. Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood. Ver. 17. Was made like unto his brethren. Messiah the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall even in troublous times. Ver. 26. And after threescore and two | upon him. Isa. xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord weeks, shall Messiah be cut off, but not for shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and himself; and the people of the prince that understanding, &c. Ver. 3. shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Hag. ii. 7. The desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house (viz. the temple) with glory.-Ver. 9. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former house. (This glory it had above the former, but in other respects it was inferior to it. Ezra iii. 12. This fixes the coming of Christ while the temple was standing.) Ví. The country and town where Christ should be born. Mic. v. 2. Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel. Fulfilled. Matt. ii. 1. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. John vii. 42. Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was. Ixi. 1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach, &c. Ps. xlv. 7. God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 16. He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. John i. 33. John iii. 34. God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. Acts iv. 27. Jesus whom thou hast anointed. Ch. x. 38. XI. That he should be a prophet. Deut. xviii. 15. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet; unto him shall ye hearken. Heb. i. 1. God, who spake unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son Christ. Heb. ii. 3. Christ's predictions concerning his death, &c. See XII. That he should preach or teach. Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation. Isa. Ixi. 1. He hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. See Isa. xi. 2, 3, VII. Of his forerunner, John Baptist. Isa. 4.-ii. 3. Mic. iv. 2. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Mal. iii. 1. I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. iv. 5. I will send you Elijah the prophet.— Fulfilled. Matt. iii. 1. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Luke i. 17. Matt. xi. 14. This is Elias which was for to Matt. iv. 23. Jesus went about preaching the gospel. Ch. ix. 35. xi. 27. Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Ch. xvii. 5. John vii. 14. Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.-Ver. 16. My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. xii. 49. I have not spoken of myself: but the Father which sent me gave me commandment what I should say. Ch. xiv. 10. 24.— (For the nature of his preaching, see his sermon, Matt. 5th, 6th, 7th chapters.) XIII. That he should not seek the applause lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the Isa. xlii. 2. He shall not cry, nor of men. street. XIV. That he should be a sufferer. Isa. lii. 14. His visage was mere marred than any man. liii. 3. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Heb. iv. 15. He was touched with the feel X. That the Spirit of the Lord should be 'ing of our infirmities. Infirmities which he endured. Matt. iv. 1. He was tempted of the devil. Ver. 2. He fasted and hungered. Ch. xxi. 18. John xix. 28. He thirsted. Ch. iv. 7. iv. 6. He was weary. Matt. viii, 24. He slept. John xi. 35. He deceiveth the people. wept. Mark iii. 5. He was grieved. John xii. 27. His soul was troubled. Matt. xxvi. 37. He was sorrowful. Luke xxii. 44. In an agony he prayed. Matt. viii. 20. He had not where to lay his head. XV. That he should be despised of men. Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, To him whom man despiseth, whom the nation abhorreth. liii. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comeliness, nor beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; and we esteemed him not. Ps. xxii. 6. I am despised of the people. Ps. cxviii. 22. Fulfilled. John i. 11. He came to his own, and his own received him not. Luke xix. 14. They say, We will not have this man to reign over us. Matt. xxvii. 23. The people said, Let him be crucified. Ver. 25. His blood be upon us and our children. Luke xxiii. 18. They cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man. John ix. 16. This man is not of God. xxvi. 65. Ye have heard his blasphemy. John x. 33. John x. 20. He hath a devil, and is mad, why hear ye him? viii. 48. Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil. Ver. 52. Matt. xii. 24. This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of devils. Ch. ix. 34. Luke xvi. 14. They derided him. Ch. xxiii. 35. Matt. xxvii. 29. They mocked him. Ver. 31. Mark xv. 20. John v. 16. They call him a Sabbath breaker. Heb. xii. 3. He endured such contradiction of sinners against himself. XIX. That he should be persecuted. Isa. liii. 4. We did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. Ps. Ixix. 26. They persecute him whom thou hast smitten; they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. Ps. vii. I. Fulfilled. John v. 16. The Jews did per John xviii. 40. Release unto us, not this secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because man, but Barabbas. he had done these things on the Sabbath day. -Ver. 18. They sought the more to kill him, XVI. He was hated. Luke xix. 14. His because he said that God was his Father. citizens hated him. John vii. 7. The world hateth me. xv. 18. It hated me before it hated you. Matt. x. 22. Ye shall be hated for my name's sake. Ch. xxiv. 9. Mark xiii. 13. Luke xxi. 17. xv. 20. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. XX. That Jews and Gentiles should join against him. Ps. ii. 1, 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set them XVII. That he should be reproached. Ps. selves, and the rulers take counsel together xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men. XVIII. Reproaches cast upon him. Matt. xiii. 55. Is not this the carpenter's son.-Ver. 57. They were offended in him. Mark vi. 3. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? John i. 46. Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? vii. 52. Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. Luke vii. 39. If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she is a sinner. John ix. 24. This man is a sinner. against the Lord, and against his anointed. Fulfilled. Matt. xii. 14. The Pharisees held a counsel together how they might destroy him. Mark iii. 6. John xi. 53. Pilate and Herod were Luke xxiii. 12. made friends together. Acts iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. XXI. Should be sold for money. Zech. xi. 12, 13. They weighed for my price thirty XXIII. Prophecies of Christ concerning who should betray him. John vi. 64. Jesus knew from the beginning who should betray him. Ver. 70, 71. He said, Have not I chosen you twelve? and one of you is a devil. He spake this of Judas; for he it was that should betray him. Matt. xxvi. 21. One of you shall betray me.-Ver. 23. He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish shall betray me. Luke xxii. 21. The hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. XXVII. That Christ should be beaten and spit on. Ps. xxii. 16. The assembly of the wicked have enclosed me. Isa. 1. 6. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.-Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 67. Mic. v. 1. They shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.-Fulfilled, Matt. xxvii. 30. XXVIII. Christ's own testimony of this. Matt. xvi. 21. From that time forth Jesus be John xiii. 18. He that eateth bread with gan to shew unto his disciples, how that he me hath lift up his heel against me. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 14, 15, 16. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Ver. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude. Ver. 48, 49. He gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master, and kissed him. XXIV. Concerning the miserable end of Judas. Ps. cix. 7, 8. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned. Let his days be few, and let another take his office. Acts i. 20. Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 24. Wo unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvii. 4, 5. Judas said, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And he went and hanged himself. Acts i. 25. That he might go to his own place. must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Matt. xx. 18, 19. Behold, we go up unto Jerusalem, (Luke xiii. 33. For it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem) and the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles, to mock, &c. Mark x. 34. To spit upon, and to scourge, and to kill him; and the third day he shall rise again. XXIX. Concerning what kind of death he should die. Ps. xxii. 16. They pierced my hands and feet. Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on me whom they have pierced. John iii. 14. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up. Matt. xxvi. 2. After two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.-Ver. 45. The hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. XXX. Christ's silence. Isa. liii. 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he XXV. That Christ should be forsaken. opened not his mouth: he is brought as a | lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvii. 12. accused, he answered nothing. -xv. 3. 5. Luke xxiii. 9. When he was XXXVI. His death. Dan. ix. 26. Messiah shall be cut off. Isa. liii. 8. Cut off out of the land of the living.-Ver. 12. He hath poured out his soul unto death. Luke xxii. 53. This is your hour, and the 1 Pet. ii. 23. When he was reviled, he re- power of darkness.-Matt. xxvii. 50. Jesus viled not again. XXXI. They give sentence against him. Matt. xxvi. 66. They condemn him to death. Ver. 67, 68. Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy to us, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee? Luke xxii. 64. cried and yielded up the ghost. Mark xv. 37. 39. Luke xxiii. 46. John xix. 30. Isa. liii. 12. He was numbered with trans gressors. Mark xv. 27. With him they cru cified two thieves. broken. 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is XXXVII, A bone of him should not be sacrificed for us. John xix. 36. That the scripture might be fulfilled. A bone of him shall not be broken. Luke xxiii. 1. They lead him to Pilate (a Comp. Ex. xii. 46. Gentile.) Ver. 7. Pilate sends him to Herod.-Ver. 11. Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and sent him again to Pilate. XXXVIII. Buried with the rich. Isa. liii. 9. He made his grave with the rich. Matt. xxvii. 57, 58. There came a rich man of Arimathea, and begged the body of Jesus. Ver. 21. The people cried, Crucify him.--Ver. 59, 60. He wrapped it in clean linen, Ver. 23. And the voices of them, and of the and laid it in his own new tomb. chief priests, prevailed. Ver. 66. They made the sepulchre sure, Ver. 24. And Pilate gave sentence, that it sealing the stone and setting a watch. should be even as they required. Matt. xxvii. 26. Pilate scourged Jesus, and delivered him to be crucified. Ver. 27, 28, 29. Ver. 30, 31. They spit upon him, and smote him on the head, and led him away to crucify him. XXXII. They give him gall. Ps. xxii. 15. My tongue cleaveth to my jaws. Ixix. 21. They gave me gall for my meat, and in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.-Fulfilled. Matt. xxvii. 34. They gave him vinegar mingled with gall. Ver. 48. Mark xv. 36. Luke xxiii. 36. John xix. 29. XXXIII. They mock him on the cross. Ps. xxii. 7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; saying, He trusted on the Lord, let him deliver him. See this fulfilled. Matt. xxvii. ver. 39 to 44. Mark xv. 29. XXXIV. Part his garments. Ps. xxii. 18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. Mark xv. 24. XXXV. His words on the cross. Ps. xxii. 1. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me. Mark xv. 34. Prays for his enemies. Isa. liii. 12. He made intercession for the transgressors. Fulfilled. Luke xxiii. 34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. XXXIX. That he should arise from the dead. Ps. xvi. 10. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Christ often promised he should rise on the third day, which answers to his not seeing corruption, in the foregoing text. See Matt. xvi. 21.-xx. 19. Mark viii. 31. XL. Christ seems to rest the credit of all his pretensions on this event of his rising from the dead. Matt. xvi. 16. Peter said unto him, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.Ver. 20. He charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ, (Mark ix. 9,) till the Son of man were risen from the dead. XLI. The witnesses of his resurrection. Matt. xxviii. 5-7. The angel said to the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Go quickly and tell his disciples, that he is risen from the dead, and behold he goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see him. See John xx. and Mark xvi. 6, 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6. XLII. Other evidences of Christ's resurrec tion are, his appearances often after he arose, to many who had been personally acquainted with him before his death. Mark xvi. 9. He appeared first to Mary Magdalene. John xx. 14. |