538 APPENDIX. rative ofsome visible appearance of God. And the-holy evan- gelist interprets it concerning our Saviour ; John xii. 41. These things said Isaias, when he saw his glory and spoke of him. Here is the great God appearing in a visible manner, and Christ is that God or Lord of hosts. Ise. xxxv. 1, 2, &c. "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, the desart. shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. Theglory ofLebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon ;" that is, the Gentiles shall have the glory of being a church of God, even as the laud of Israel had been : " They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. Your God will come with a recompence, he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped, the lame man shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing ; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desart, $t'r,." Compare this with Isa. xxxii. 1, 2, 3. A king shall reign in righteonsnes's, a man shall be as an hiding-placefrom the wind and e covert from the tempest, and the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears . of them that hear shall hearken, Sc. The same things are here foretold concerning the appearance of God, and the appearance of a man, which plainly refer to the miracleswhich were wrought when Christ appeared, who is God and man, . or God dwelling in man, and it is applied to Christ's appearance on earth by himself; Mat. xi. 4, 5. where he sends word to John, that these evidences attended him, which are the characters of the Messiah, and which were foretold. Now thera is no place in the Old Testament more plainly foretels them than the words i have cited. Isa. xl. 3, " Prepare ye theway of the Lord, make straight in the desert en high-wayfor our God; the glory of the Lord shalt be revealed, and all flesh shell see it together." Here the gloryof God is foretold to become visible, and that all flesh shall see' his glory. This is plainly applied to Christ, where John the baptist is said to prepare the way for the Lord; 31st. iii. 3. Mark i. 3. Luke i. 16, 17. even for the Lord, Jehovah, that all flesh might see him, that is, Jews and Gentiles who include all nations. I might proceed to the 9th, 10th and 11th verses. " Say to the cities ofJudah, Behold your God: Behold, the Lord God will clime--.and his reward is with him, and his work before him ; lie shall feed 'his flock like a shepherd." Which words seem to refer to Christ who is Immanuel, God with us, whom the cities of Judah did behold, e; en God manifest in the flesh, and becoming visible, who assumes the , character of a shepherd; John x. and of cvlioiu it is said, Behold, he comes,
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