Sermons upon Deuteronomy

the Law was given by Moses but we have grace and trueth by Jesus Christ.

the Law was giuen by Moses but we haue grace and trueth by Iesus Christ.

Now whereas it is said, That no prophet was like to Moses, who saw God face to face: let us understand that it is to the end to bring us to this conclusion of S. John,¹ That our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only son of God, is come from the bosom of his father to disclose his secretes unto us, and to accomplish all the things which had been foretold by the prophets: and that many kings and prophets have been desirous to see and hear the things which we hear and see,² and have not obtained it. So then, let us understand that Jesus Christ was not simply a prophet,³ but the living God himself, manifested in flesh & nature of man, to the intent that we should learn to rest wholly upon him, and bear in mind this saying of the Apostle in the beginning of the Epistle to the Hebrews,⁴ that God in time past spake many and divers ways to our fathers, and that now we have one conclusion of all, in that he hath uttered his will unto us by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now whereas it is sayde, That no prophet was like to Moses, who sawe God face to face: let vs vnderstande that it is to the end to bring vs to this cō clusion of S. Iohn,¹ That our Lorde Iesus Christ, who is the only sonne of God, is come from the bosom of his father to disclose his secretes vnto vs, and to accomplish all the thinges which had beene foretolde by the prophetes: and that many kinges and prophetes haue beene desyrous to see and heare the thinges which wee heare and see,