...there the Lord: and this is farther confirmed from Malachi iii. i. " Behold, I send my " messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: " and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to " his temple, even the messenger of the covenant," &c. And from verse the 76th of the first...

...announced the sudden appearance and spiritual work of our Redeemer, in the following sublime language: "Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...temple, even the Messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in; behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts : but who may abide the day of his coming,...

...which he speaks with the utmost precision of the approach of the Messiah, and of his precursor. — " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in : behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts5."— The volume of the Old Testament concludes...

...Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God 8." And again, " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...before me ; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into his temple9." Now it was notorious that a singular character, John, called " the Baptist,"...

...covenant, who redeemed Israel, that we infer that they are one and the same. It was prophesied by Malachi, "Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger (or Angel) of the covenant, whom ye delight in," Mai. 3:1. The...

...willbringforthmyservant, the Branch. — Zech. iii. 8. vi. 12, 13. Behold, I will send my messenger, &c. And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to...temple ; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in ; Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts, &c. Then shall the offerings of Judah...

...prosecution therefore of the subject demands a separate discourse. SERMON XXXI. MALACHI, iii. 1, 2. And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to...temple, even the Messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in : Behold He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. Hut who may abide the day of his coming?...

...did establish and confirm by the most certain signs and miracles. Hence says Malachi ( iii. 1 ) ; " And the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his...temple, even the Messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in "... And in like manner St. Paul, ( Hebrews, viii.) speaks of the Gospel as a covenant compared...

...of the " Lord, (Hebr. Jehovah,) &c." And he is the messenger to whom Malachi refers, ch. iii. 1. " Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me ; and the Lord (Hebr. Adonai, not Jehovah,) whom ye seek (ie the Messiah) shall suddenly come to his temple, &c."...

...when closing the canonof the Old Testament, promises and his forerunner, under this appellation. " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me ; and JEHOVAH, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, the messenger of the covenant in whom ye...