lement of His Jand human pro ces of -ation They say ords my d's his eir ve cal 1 at 0 S arrange most direct and forcible demonstrations of our Lord's truth, but Most especially desirous am I to direct the attention of the scattered children of Israel, to these Scripture testimonies of the Messiahship of Jesus. Most earnestly would I entreat them diligently and unbiassedly to search their Scriptures, and see what manner of being their prophets declare Messiah should be-What they say concerning His Lineage-Birth-place-Fore-runnerDate of His manifestation-His condition in life-His being “stumbled” at, rejected and "despised," by "both the houses of Israel" (Is. viii. 14, 15, and liii. 1, 3,) to whom He should prove an abhorrence (Is. xlix. 7.)—His being smitten for the sins of His people (Is. liii. 5, 6.)-The particulars of His death, burial, and resurrection, etc., etc.; and say whether all these numberless, extraordinary, and contradictory predictions have or have not been indisputably and exactly fulfilled in Him whose unequalled perfections extorted from even professed infidels the confession of His divine nature.2 I would ask them to read the words of their great prophet Isaiah, xxix. 10—14, and vi. 9, 10; also to examine Is. xxviii. 16 with Is. viii. 13-15. And, comparing the prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem in Deut. xxviii., and by our Lord in Matt. xxiv. and Luke xxi. with the accurate unbiassed account of that 1 A Missionary Friend who saw the work while passing through the press, has expressed to me his opinion of its utility in aiding the training and instruction of native converts. 2 See Note XV. 1. The Gospel to be preached to all nations, 2. Of Peter's future zeal as an Apostle, and his to be the honoured instrument of laying th of the Church among both Jews and Gentile RYTIIVIST V. OF "THE END" OR DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, 1. That false Christs and false Prophets should a 2. That they should hear of wars, and rumours o 3. That there should be famines, pestilences, and 4. That there should be fearful sights and signs 6. Believers to take warning and flee from Jerusa they see it compassed with armies 7. The Siege of Jerusalem by the Romans; and t leled miseries, and destruction of life attendin 8. The complete destruction of the Temple, so that t "not be left one stone upon another." 9. The complete destruction of Jerusalem, and the 10. All these predicted judgments to be accomplis lapse of the then existing generation 11. Of the Apostle John's surviving to this consum 12. The Jews to be destroyed as a nation, and scatte III. TESTIMONY OF THE PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS, AND APOSTLES. 1. Passages declaring Jesus Christ to be co-equal or one with PAGE. III. Job's Faith in the Redeemer IV. The Psalms prophetical of Christ . VII. Glorious titles and offices of Messiah in Isaiah ix. 6, 7 VIII. Prophetic account of the humiliation, atoning sufferings, and X. Christ the promised heir to David's throne, and the Priesthood 267 XI. The appointed time for Messiah's Advent |