CIHAPTER XX. 523 tempted Adam and Eve to sin : And this in the language of pro- phecy is called bruising the serpent's head. 4. Q. What is the next plain prophecy of Christ ? A. Gen. xviii. 18. and xxii. 18. Where God tells Abraham, " that in him and in his seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." 5. Q. How does this appear to have a reference to Christ? A. Gal. ni. 8. " The scripture preached the gospel untoAbra- ham, saying, in thee shall all nations be blessed ; Verse 16. Now to Abraham andhis seed were the promises made : He saith, To thy seed, which is Christ ;" who was to be derived in a long course of generations fromAbraham, and therefore Christ may be called the son of Abraham ; Mat. i. 1. 6. Q. To whom was this promise given besides Abrahattf? A. It was given to Isaac the son of Abraham ; Gen. xxvi. 4. and to Jacob his grandson. Gen. xxviii. 14. " In thee and in thy seed shall all nations be blessed." 7.- Q. Did Jacob prophesy concerning Christ ? A. Yes, in his dying speech to his son Judah; Gen. xlix. 10. " The sceptre, or tribe, as the word signifies, shall not depart from Ju- dah, nor a law-giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and till the gathering of the people be unto him." 8. Q. How can you prove that this prophecy relates to Christ? A. Shiloh signifies one that is sent, which is the fre- quent character of Christ, that he was sent by the Father; John x. 36-38. and xvii. 18, 21, 23. and indeed the Jews themselves own that it signifies theMessiah : Now Judah did continue to be a tribe, and to have some sort of government amongst them till Christ came: He was about ten or twelve years old when Archelaus was deposed, and Judea reduced to the form of a Roman province, and then the power oflife and death was taken from them. See chapter XIX. question 36. And when the people, that is, the Jews and Gentiles, were gathered in great numbers unto Christ, then the tribe of Judah or the Jewish na- tion was broken to pieces and scattered, Jerusalem was destroy- ed, and all appearance of government amongst them was lost Which is an effectual argument against the Jews that their Mes- siah is already come. 9. Q. Who was the next person that prophesied concerning Christ? A. Moses in Deut. xviii. 15, 18. " The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, and to him shall ye hearken." 10. Q. I-low does it appear Moses designed, Jesus Christ in this prophecy ?. A. St. Stephen the martyr cites these words in his dying-speech when he was put to death for the sake of Christ, and applies them to him ; Acts vii. 37. 11. Q. But were not many prophets, as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Eliáha, and several others like unto Moses? A, None tí13
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