and the glory, and the kingdom, and all people, tribes, tongues shall serve him. His power is an everlasting power, which shall not pass away; and his kingdom shall not be destroyed." These passages can evidently be referred to no one but to our Saviour, that God word[1] which was in the beginning with God ; called the Son of God, by reason of his final appearance in the flesh. But having collected the prophetic declarations concerning our Saviour Jesus Christ, in distinct commentaries[2] on this subject, and having elsewhere digested whatever is revealed concerning him, in a more demonstrable form, what has been said upon the subject here may suffice for the present.
CHAPTER III.
The name Jesus, as also that of Christ, was both known and honoured from ancient times, by the inspired prophets.
It is now the proper place to show that the very name of Jesus, as also that of Christ, was honoured by the pious p'-ophets of old. And first, Moses himself, having intiinated how exceedingly august and illustrious the name of Christ is, delivering types and mystical images, according to the oracle which declared to him, " See that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shown thee on the mount," — the same man whom, as far as it was lawful, he had called the high priest of God, the self-same he calls Christ.[3] And in this way, to the dignity of the priesthood, which surpasses with him, all superiority among men, as additional honour and glory, he attaches the name of Christ. Hence he evidently understood that Christ was a Being divine. The same Moses, under the divine Spirit, foreseeing also the epithet Jesus, likewise dignifies this with a certain distinguished privilege. For
