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jvhcfe voice thtnf};cckjhc f^th. Bib. I :. : 5, 2 6.
Thtrefore
J 04 Sinmrt arenH made tight ecus hy Part !!•
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(iith that thtrt is no precept in all the Bibl$-hH t it muji c»me tvithin
the ctmfafs ef one or •ther of the ten ccmmandrnffits ,2016 in this fenfe
Our Saivor aftirmed to the Sciib s that here are but tw great (^•m- \
monuments ix the Law, (\V!ndfrare tbc firft Table and the Stcond)
and that §n thefe lW« c^mmhlnii'm'.ms do harg the whole Lav and t6§
T'rophetSj Mat. 22. 40. He net I realon thus, iuhc whoI« Law
and the Prophets dohan^ upon th« ten Commandments, as the
general heads ot a!) that is contain d w ithin the Law and Prophets,
thfn the ten commandmenrs muft needs coitaiac in themrulcs of
faith in Chriftas wd at moral duties.
And this is further evident by the preface of the ten comandraents
which runs thus, / am lehvv.h thy Ged which brenght thee cut eftht
Land of Egypt ^
hence it miy be dtnanded who thulth^vah wai
that brought them out of the Land of Egypt fwh; ther was it the Father,
ortheSon, ortheHoly Choft the anfwcr is that though
tht term /r)E#r4it be common to all the three petfons, yet in thii
place it muft be applycd to lefus Chrift efpeciallyfnot excludit^g the
other perfonsj he is often caUcd lehcvah, d$Mat. 4. 7. doth
expound Deu. 6, 16. and HE is'that /r/;ot/4fe that brought them
out oi Sgjpt : He it was that firft appeared to Mofes in the BmJI/^
and that lent A'fofcs unto Pharoah with miraculous power tobring
his people out ot £|'^^f,£.v. 3.2. At thefiFfthciscalledr/* >^flgel
of Jehovah, (iht Father J v. 2.But in v. 6. He is called, theCod
eftAhrMham ;
and after this he was called the Angel of Gods prefence
that went before h/-< people in the X^iUernrfs^Sx.i ^.zo.znd he
is alfo called the Angel that brought them cnt of Egypf\ "Hjl^rn. 20.
1 6.£AM4.i9.He is that Angel that fpake to Mofes in mount J»W,
ABsj.'X^^. ami he is alfo called /^ibtft/^fc, that "ment before them
in a pillar ofa cloud by day,and in a pillar »ffire by mght -Sx. 1 .2L
And the Hebrew Doiftors do acknowledge that their Redempti-
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on from Egypt was bj the hand of the Angel the Redeemer, vrith
theporeer of
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t^yegreat God as it is faid in Sx. 3 2 . 11. fee aifo Ainf
mix. 1 2. 17.
From all rhefc places compared togcther,it is evident rfiat Chrift
was that Ifhovah that brought ihemoutofthe Land ot Egypt,
and that gjve them the ten c 'mmandments on Mount Stn,ti and:
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fb the Apof^lc7'4«/ fair h, f/;w; If vratHE that fpake Mr.to them,
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