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to the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.
^ Mat. xxvi. 38. Then saith he unto them. My soul is exceeding sor- rowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
•" Luke i. 27. To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the vir- gin's name was Mary. Ver. 31. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and iilialt call his name Jesus. Ver. 35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow^ thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be bom of thee shall be called
the Son of God. Ver. 42. And she spake out with a loud voice, and said. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Gal. iv. 4. [_Sce in the preceding question^ letter ".]
^ Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all pohits tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Heb. vii. 26. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, nudefiled, separate from sinners, and made high- er than the heavens.
23. c Acts iii. 21. Whom the hea- ven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all hia holy prophets since the world began. Ver. 22. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me ; him shall ye hear in all things whatso- ever he shall say unto you. Heb. xii. 25. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. C/||n flared iviih 2 Cor. xiii. 3. Since ^^y seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to yo'.i-ward is not weak;
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4. How doth Christ excciUc the office of a prophet ? . Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our at ion •*.
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