Secondly, They do the same in the description they give of the person that was to be this remedy or relief, and of the work that he had to accomplish for that end and purpose. For the former, they declare that he was to be the “Son of God,” God and man in one
“person, Ps. ii. 7, cx. 1; Isa. ix. 6, 7; Jer. xxi. 5, 6; Zech, i. 8-10;
and in sundry other places is the same mystery intimated, whereby the church was further instructed how God would join with the nature of man in the seed of the woman, for the conquest of the old serpent and the destruction of his works. And for the latter, as they declare his sufferings in an especial manner, even what and
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how he was to suffer, in the bruising of his heel, or bearing the effect of and punishment due to sin, Ps. xxi, Isa. liii., Dan. 1x. 24, 25. so his teaching, ruling, and governing of his people, in their obedi- ence unto God by him, until they are saved unto the uttermost, as the great prophet and king of his church, are by them fully manifested, Ps, ii, xxii, 28, xlv. 2-17, Ixviii. 17, 18, lxxii. 2-17, Ixxxix. 19-29, XOvi., Xevii., xcviil., xcix., cx.; Isa. ix. 6, 7, x1. 1-5, xxxii. 1, 2, xxxv., xl, 10,.11, xlii. 1-4; xlv. 22-25; xlix. 1-12, 1. 4, lx. 16) 7 Ixiii. 1-6; Jer. xxii. 5, 6; Mic. iv. 2, 3, v. 1-4; Zech. 1. 8; Mal. ii. 1-4, asin sundry other places. Yea, herein all the prophets greatly abound, it being the principal work that God raised them up for, and inspired them by his Holy Spirit in their several generations, as Peter declares, 1 Epist. i. 10-12.
Thirdly, They did so also by taking off the expectations of men from looking after relief and deliverance by any other way or means whatsoever, Ps. xl. 6, 7. Add hereunto, that the whole fabric of the tabernacle and temple worship was contrived, appoimted, and designed, in infinite wisdom, unto no other end but to instruct and direct the church unto this promised Deliverer and the salvation to be wrought by him; as shall, God assisting, abundantly be mani- fested in our Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
34, Thus do both the Law and the Prophets bear witness unto this promised Deliverer, and the deliverance to be wrought by him. And this is he whom the Jews and Christians call the Messiah. MY is from MY, to “anoint” with oil. Those who were of old peculiarly consecrated unto God, in the great offices of kings, priests, and prophets, were, by his appointment, so to be anointed; at least some of them, on especial occasions, were so. Thence were they called O°, “ Anointed ones” And because this anoint- ing with oil was not appointed for its own sake, but for somewhat signified thereby, those who received the thing so signified, although not actually anointed with corporeal oil, are called anointed ones also, Ps. ev. 15. Now, this promised Seed, this Saviour or Deliverer, being appointed of God to perform his work in the discharge of a triple office, of king, priest, and prophet, unto his sacred people, and being furnished with those gifts and endowments which were signified by the anointing oil, is, by an antonomasia, called “'The Messiah ;” or wan 7p, “Messiah the King,” [Ps. ii. 2,62]; 122 MWD, “ Mes- siah the Prince,” Ruler, or Leader, Dan. ix. 25; and verse 26, TD, “Messiah” absolutely. The Greeks render this name Meosias, which twice occurs in the New Testament, where persons of the Jewish faith and church are introduced expressing the Saviour they looked for, John i, 42, iv. 25. Otherwise the holy penmen constantly call the same person by another name, of the same signification in the language wherein they wrote with TW in the Hebrew,— xprorég,
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“ The anointed one,” “Christ.” The Greek Meoofag and the Latin “ Messiah” seem rather to be taken immediately from the Chaldee NPL, “ Meshicha,” than from the Hebrew TW, “ Mashiach,” and to come nearer unto it in sound and pronunciation. It is true, that the name is sometimes applied unto profane and wicked men, with respect unto the office or work whereunto they were of God designed; as to Saul, 1 Sam. xxiv. 6; and to Cyrus, Isa. xlv. 1; and the PE ews call the priest who was to sound the trumpet when the people went forth to battle, Deut. xx. 8, niondn mw, “The anointed unto the war.” But, as was said, it is applied by the way of emi- nency unto the promised Seed, unto others by way of allusion and with respect unto their office and present work.
EXERCITATION IX. PROMISES OF THE MESSIAH VINDICATED.
1. The first promise explained in thesubsequent. 2. The name“ Messiah” seldom used in the original, frequently in the Targums. 3. Places applied unto ‘him therein, Gen. iii. 15—Use of their testimony against the present Jews. 4, Gen. xxxy. 21—Occasion of the mention of the Messiah in that place, from Mic. iv. 8. 5. Gen. xlix. 1, 5°27 TOS first mentioned. 6. Ver. 10, “ Until Shiloh come”—Agreement of the Targums. 7. Exod. xii. 42— Christ typified by the paschal lamb. 8. Exod. xl. 10, 2°77 “7?, who—Dan. ix. 24. 9. Num. xi. 26—Tradition about the prophesying of Eldad and Medad. 10. Num. xxiii. 21, xxiv. 7, 17, 20, 24—Consent of Targums, Talmudists, Cabalists. 11-13. Deut. xviii. 15-19—The prophet promised, who. 14. 1 Sam. ii, 10—Hannah’s prophecy of Christ. 15. 2 Sam. xxiii. 3—David’s, in his last words, 9782 273, 16-18. 1 Kings iv. 33—So- lomon’s prophecy—Light of the chur ch increased by David. 19. Ps. ii. vin- ceateda 20. FS. xvill, 32. 21. Ps. xxi. 1, 3,7. 22. Ps. xlv. 23..Ps. lxviti., Ixix. 24. Ps, lxxii.—Targum, Midrash, Commentators—Vulgar Latin cor- rupted, and the LXX.—22 and }%,what. 25. Ps. Ixxx. 16, 18, how to be rendered—578"}2, who. 26. Ps, ex.—Prophecy of the Messiah—Confes- sion of the Jews. 27. Of the Targum on Solomon’s Song. 28. Isa. ii. 2-4. 29. Isa. iv. 2 vindicated. 30, 31. Isa. ix. 6—Sense of the Targum on the place—Vulgar Latin noted. 32. Entanglements of the Jews from this tes- timony. 33, 34. Four things promised, not agreeing to Hezekiah—Answer of Jarchi, Kimchi, Aben Ezra. 35. The name mentioned, whose—>*>d-"w, who, 36. Answer of Abarbanel. 37. Of the increase of his government. 38. Isa. x. 27. 39. Isa. xi. 1, 6—Abarbanel’s pr ediction of the ruin of the Christians. 40, Isa. xvi. 1. 41. Isa. xxviii. 5, 42. Isa, xlii. 1. 43. Isa. lii.13. 44. Jer. xxiii. 5-—Corruption of old translations—Purity of the original—Messiah, Jehovah our righteousness—Hzek. xxxyii. 24. 45. Jer. xxx. 21, xxxiil. 13, 15. 46. Hos. iii. 5, xiv. 8. 47. Mic. iv. 8. 48. Mic. v. 2 vindi- eated—Kimcehi’s blasphemy. 49. Zech. iii. 8, iv. 7, vi. 12, x. 4, ix. 9, xi.