306 P` R O P. H 1 T. them up a Prophet from' the midfi of them, of their Bre thren, * like unto himfelf, whom:theyfhiould'hear. From all which he intimated to them very plainly, that, as they in themfelves were too- unholy either to fee GOD, or tcr hear his Law, which condemned their Unholinefs ; a Mediator, like unto Mofes; i.e. arrayed.in-Flefh*andBlood. fhould one Day be made manifeft.. Him they might . gladly hear, and to him they, might,,with humble Bold nefs,.approaeh; as to that Prophet, who fhuuld both teach' and infpire them with the Knowledge of Salvation, and' be himfelf the Means of their Reconciliation, to GOD. Ifaiahprophefied of :Nits, in the fame View,.as a Rod. out of the Stem- of JESSE, or as one that was to take his human Nature from the Line of Jef%, upon' whom the. SPIRIT 'JEHOVAH was to rzß,. the Spirit of ifdom and Underftanding, the Spirit ofCèunfel and Might, and of the. Fear of Jehovah.- Thefewerenot theQualifications of a Prophet in a fubordinatc:Degree;, but of Chriß our Prophet in the higheft. Again, the fame Prophet hold's the like Language of the Redeemer, in another Part of his molt evangelical Writings, and fpeaks of him, as the AnointedofJEHOVAH' to PREACH goodTidings to his People, &c. $, Chrift applies the peculiar Dignity of. the Office to himfelf; § for which, knowing that it pertained:to the Megiah alone, the unbelieving Jewswould have cart him down the Precipice, on which the City ofNazarethwas built. It is applied tohim by. the A.poftle Peter, in his Deut. xviii. 15. How ftrikingly and how anxiouflÿ does this di vine Promife feem to be recorded ? From the midft ofthee, that the great Prophet fhould be railed up,.would be infinite Goodnefs ; but,, that he fhould beof their Brethren, and not afhamed to own his People as fuch, is an amazing Condefcenfion indeed: And left any Doubt ofhis Humanity fhouldremain, it is added, Like unto Mofes. A Mar. ofTrouble, as well as aLeaderof the People, is the Pattern givenof his Appearance in the Flelh. ThisTextbeautifullycharatterizesthe human Natureof Chrt, and hisprophetical Mediation for hisChofun. That this great Prophethere promifed was Cua I sralone, fee many excellent Arguments in'a Sermon upon the Paffage, by Dr. games Bobertfon,.Profefror ofOriental Languages at Edinburgh. p. 9. &c. Ifaiah xi. r,, Z. # Ifaiaklxi. 1. 5 Luke iv. 21. fcc03ns -
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