Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

3. In the Exposition of the Law, as Moses gives it here and there, we find something of Christ. Yea if we observe it, Moses brought something more to the expression of Christ, and of the Covenant of Grace, than ever was before: in the first promise it was revealed that Christ should be the Seed of the woman; in the second manifestation of the promise, it was revealed that Christ should be of the Seed of Abraham; but in Moses writings, and Moses time, we learn more expressly that Christ was to be incarnate, and to have his Conversation amongst men:¹ The promise runs thus; And I will dwell among the Children of Israel, and will be their God, and they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell amongst them; ²I am the Lord their God. The same promise is renewed or repeated; and I will set my Tabernacle amongst you, and my Soul shall not abhor you; and I will walk among you, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; this promise was punctually fulfilled when Christ was incarnate; for then was the Word made flesh, and dwelt amongst us, John 1.14.³ or if it be referred to the habitation of God by his Spirit amongst the spiritual seed of Abraham, then it implies the incarnation of Christ, because that was to go before the plentiful habitation of Christs Spirit in the Saints. Again, Moses writing of Christ,⁴ The Lord thy God (saith he) will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy Brethren like unto Me, unto him shall ye hearken. Was not this a plain expression? Peter in his Sermon to the Jews, preacheth Jesus Christ, and he tells the Jews that this Jesus Christ was preached unto them before: when before? even in Moses time; and for proof he cites this very Text,⁵ 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, whatsoever he shall say unto you.