521 A SHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. shall be conferred upon them in the latter days : And 'therefore We cannot but expect a more large and general conversion of the Jews to the faith of Jesus the true Messiah, than bath ever yet appeared, with greater blessings on that people, who were once so dear to God, and are beloved for their father's sakes. St. Paul, in his eleventh chapter to the Romans, abundantly confirms what the prophets encourage as to hope for. CHAP. XX. Of the Prophecies which relate to Jesus Christ our Saviour, and their Accomplishment; or, a Prophetical Connection between the Old and New Testament. 1NTRODUCTION. AS I have given an historical continuation of the affairs of the Jews from the time of Nehemiah, where the Old Testament ends, to the time of Jesus Christ our Lord ; so I have here inserted a chapter of some of the plainest predictions or pro= phecies which are found in the Old Testament that relate to the person, offices and glories of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Sa- viour, and are fulfilled in the gospel : And it may be called Y0 A prophetical connexion between the Old Testament and the New." And because I would not give offence, by introducing such prophecies as are either much doubted or denied by any christians ; therefore 1 shall scarce mention any but what some of the writers of the New Testament either directly cite, or to which they have a plain reference in some of their expressions. 1. Q. Since the great subject of the New Testament is our Lord Jesus Christ and his gospel, Tell me nowwhat are the chief discoveries or representations made of him in the Old Testament ? A. Besides the types or emblems of Christ and his gospel, which are found in the Jewish worship, there are also several plain expressions in the booksof the Old Testament, which are predictions or prophecies concerning him long before he came into the world. See some of the types in chapter V. question 116, 2. Q. What is the first and earliest prophecy of Christ? A. Gen. iii. 15. " Where God said to the first woman, that is, to Eve, that her seed should bruise the head of the serpent." 3. Q. Wherein is this prophecy fulfilled ? A. Gal. iv. I. " God sent forth his Son made of a woman." 1 John iii. 8. The son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil ;" that is, he should destroy the mischievousdesigns -and deeds of the devil who lay hid in the'serpent, when he
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