prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a Son, and thou shalt call his name John.. Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. And he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. Matt. iii. 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Luke iii. 2, 3. Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Mark i. 5. And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. John i. 15-18. 29-31. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Isracl, therefore am I come baptizing with water. Mark i. 9-11. And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him and there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. John i.

32, 33. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him and I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. John iii. 30. He must increase, but I must decrease. Matt. xiv. 3. 10. For Herod had laid hold on John and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. And he sent, and beheaded John in prison.

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Gal. iv. 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. Gen. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Hag. ii. 7—9. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. Mal. iii. 1. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Dan. ii. 44. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Dan. ix. 24, 25. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upón thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to

bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

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Isaiah Ixiii. 4. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. Micah v. · 2. But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 2 Sam. vii. 12, 13. And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. Luke ii. 4, 5. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the eity of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. Isaiah vii. 14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Luke i. 26, 27. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. Luke ii. 6, 7. And so it was, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke iv. 18, 19. 21. The Spirit of the

Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Luke xxiv. 19. And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. Acts xvii. 2, 3. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. Acts x. 37-39. 43. That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God was with him.And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree. To him gave all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

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1 Tim. iii. 16. And, without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, 1 John v. 20. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true: and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. John i. 1, 2. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. Phil. ii. 6. Who,

being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Col. ii. 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. John x. 30. I and my Father are one.

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Rom. ix. 5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. John i. 11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Heb. ii. 14-17. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage, For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Isaiah liii. 2. 4. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry-ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Luke xxiv. 39. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Luke ii. 52. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. Matt. xxvii. 50. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Matt. xxvi. 38. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch