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21 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  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  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.

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. 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