...For though none delighted more than he in preaching Christ and gospel-grace, yet he knew that Christ came not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil; and that though, through grace, we are not under the law as a covenant, yet we are under it as a rule—"...

...Him could only see their ancient Dispensation finding herein its culmination and perfection. He Who came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfil them : He Who was Himself in all things a faithful Jew, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of...

...argument he draws from the merciful character of the Gospel is dishonourable to the Saviour, who " came not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil." But this " confusion worsa confounded" arises from putting love to God out of its proper place, and...

...foundation-stone of the Law ! Nothing had prepared them for such an event. Their Divine Master had declared that "he came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfil" (Matt. v. 17), and fulfil in the most complete and literal sense. If Paul pleaded divine authority...

...heritage. Nothing of the kind has yet occurred; but it will most certainly come to pass, for Christ came, not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil ; and uot one jot or one tittle shall in anywise pass Irom the law till all bo fulfilled. A similar...

...deviated from the Mosaic command, and the general custom founded upon it? We know, on the contrary, that He came not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil them, and that it became him to fulfil all righteousness. What kind of wine, we would further inquire, is...

...condemned the Scribes and Pharisees for having made void the law of God through their traditions. lie came not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil. The disciples, (to whom, and to whom only, the language in Mark ix. 43, et seq. was addressed) were...

...himself, it is a type of the Divine relationship svibsisting between God and the church.* Our Lord came not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil; and in his teaching, the law of marriage, which had been greatly violated by the Jews, was restored...

...that the kingdom would come at the time and season appointed of the Father. How, indeed, could He who came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfil, say otherwise. Do we not find these words in the Prophet Micah, " Unto thee shall it come, even the...

...speculation and a large measure of true religious knowledge. Concerningthe religion of the Jews, ourLordsays that He " came not to destroy the law and the prophets, but to fulfil them. " To pagan religious knowledge, however, He never refers. Nothing is more striking in His teaching...