P R O P H E T . 307 fecond Sermon in the Temple ; : and very remarkably by Stephen, before the yewifh Sanhedrim. Mofes (lays he) declared to the Children of Ifrael, A PROPHET /halt the Lou i3 your GOD raife up unto you ofyour Brethren, like unto me ; him /hallye heart This isHe [the Prophet] that was in the Church in the Wildernefs ; with the AN- GEL which fpake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our Fathers, who received the lively Oracles to give unto us; whom our Fathers would not obey. t The Jews had alto a ftrong Expectation of his Ap- pearance under this very Title and Character. Accord- ingly, fome inquired of john the &Nfl, whether he was that Prophet, of whom Mofes fpake ; while others, con- vinced by the irrefiftable Demonftrations of his Million, pofitively pronounced jefus himfelf to beof 'a Truth that Prophet, wlio fhould come into the World. Chrifi was eminently a Prophet, both inpredicîing many Events which have been already accompliíhed, and in expounding the Scriptures concerning himfelf : But he was not merely a Prophet, though the Prophet of the HIGHEST. He was like unto .Mofes as a Man; but he was infinitely above Mofes ; or there feems no great Room for Encouragement to the Ifraelites, when he teftified of THE PROPHET thatfhouldbe railed up. Mofes doubtlefs pointed them toonegreater than himfelf, who fhould go between GOD and his People, and intercede for them. And he muff mean likewife a durable, an everlafling Pro- phet ; one that fhould fubfift throughout all Generations; or the Promife ofaProphet, or one Prophet, wouldhardly feemworth fo particular and fo anxious a Record, which he left to the Ifraelites concerning him. But, to put it beyond Doubt, that this Prophet was divine, Moles adds ; Him SHALL YE HEAR ; as if he had faid, " his Words will be cloathed with Power to his People, and they (hall be made willing to receive him, though Ifrael bath often difputedand murmured about receivingme." No Pro- -phet, but the PROPHET of Prophets, could enfure Sue- * Aas iii. 22. t Acts X 2 cefi
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