,[269] !
Howfineitistosee, withtheeyesoffaith, DariusandCyrus, Alexander, theRomans, PompeyandHerodworking, withoutknowingit, forthegloryoftheGospel!
701
ZealoftheJewishpeopleforthelaw, especiallyaftertherewerenomoreprophets.
702
Whiletheprophetswereformaintainingthelaw, , zealhassucceededthem.
703
ThedeviltroubledthezealoftheJewsbeforeJesusChrist, becausehewouldhavebeentheirsalvation, butnotsince.
TheJewishpeoplescornedbytheGentiles; theChristianpeoplepersecuted.
704
Proof.—Prophecieswiththeirfulfilment; whathasprecededandwhathasfollowedJesusChrist.
705
; , and, duringfourhundredyearsafterwards, HehasscatteredallthesepropheciesamongalltheJews, , and, asHisGospelwastobebelievedbyalltheworld, itwasnotonlynecessarythatthereshouldbepropheciestomakeitbelieved, butthatthesepropheciesshouldexistthroughoutthewholeworld, inordertomakeitembracedbythewholeworld.
706
, , itwasnecessarythatthisshouldbeforetold.
ItisfarmoregloriousfortheMessiahthattheJewsshouldbethespectators, andeventheinstrumentsofHisglory, besidesthatGodhadreservedthem.
707
Prophecies.—ThetimeforetoldbythestateoftheJewishpeople, bythestateoftheheathen, bythestateofthetemple, bythenumberofyears.
708
, theendofthekingdomofJudah, andtheseventyweeks, shouldhappenatthesametime, andallthisbeforethesecondtemplewasdestroyed.
709
Prophecies.—IfonemanalonehadmadeabookofpredictionsaboutJesusChrist, astothetimeandthemanner, andJesusChristhadcomeinconformitytotheseprophecies, thisfactwouldhaveinfiniteweight.
