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But I need give no other Instances, than from what Theodoret writes in his short Exposition on Isa. 2.

^eIt is (says he) therefore very well manifest, that he intends the New Testament from thence (that is Zion, of which the Prophet speaks) delivered by the first Apostles, and by the same afterward exhibited to all Nations. He doth not therefore only prophesy that the Law, but that the Word should go out from thence, giving this Name to the preaching of the Gospel: For this also blessed Luke teacheth us, Luke 1. 2. Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were Eye-witnesses, and Ministers of the Word. By the Word then in that place, he doth not name God the Word, but the Doctrine of God's Word: For God the Word did not go out of Zion, but he taught the Truth in Zion.

^eIt is (says he) therefore very well manifest, that he intends the New Testament from thence (that is Sion, of which the Prophet speaks) delivered by the first Apostles, and by the same afterward exhibited to all Nations. He doth not therefore only prophesy that the Law, but that the Word should go out from thence, giving this Name to the preaching of the Gospel: For this also blessed Luke teacheth us, Luke 1. 2. Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were Eye-witnesses, and Ministers of the Word. By the Word then in that place, he doth not name God the Word, but the Doctrine of God's Word: For God the Word did not go out of Sion, but he taught the Truth in Zion.

1. e[Greek or Hebrew]. Theodoret. Interpret. in Esa. 2. pag. 13. Tom. 2. oper. Ed. Sirmondi, Paris. 1642.