Law was at firft folemnly commemorated by a publick Faft, or rather half Faft of Five Days, call'd angs, or Quadragefima, in way of conftant Memorial of the delivery of this Law in thofe Forty Days fpace. This is an Obfervation of mighty Confequence; not at all now known among Chriftians; and yet is the Foundation of all our right understanding of thefe Matters. I fhall prove the feveral Parts of it diftinctly. (1) The proper Law of Chrift, or Chriftian Covenant, was to be deliver'd at Ferufalem, and particularly upon Mount Sion, and from thence and thence only to be propagated over the Face of the Earth, according to the known Predictions of the Old Teftament. This is evident, among many others, from the following Prophecies.

I have Anointed my King upon Zion, the Pfal.z.. Hill of my Holinefs. I will declare the De-7& cree, the Lord hath faid unto me, thou art my Son, this Day have I begotten thee, &c. compare Heb. XII. 18. &c. Ye are not come 'unto the Mount that might be touch'd, &c. [Mount Sinai.] But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerufalem. See that ye refufe not him that fpeaketh: For if they ef caped not, who refufed him that spake on Earth; much more fhall not we efcape, if we turn away from him, that speaketh from Heaven. &c.

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Out of Zion, the perfection of Beauty, God hath fhined. &c.

The Lord Reigneth: Let the Earth Rejoyce. Let the Multitude of the Ifles be glad Zion heard and was glad; thereof, &c. and the Daughter of Judah rejoyced, because of thy Judgments, O Lord. &c.

The Lord faid unto my Lord, fit thou at my Right Hand, until I make thine Enemies thy Footstool. The Lord fhall fend the Rod of thy Power out of Zion. Rule thou in the midft of thine Enemies. &c.

For the Lord hath chofen Zion: He hath 14. & defired it for his Habitation. This is my Reft for ever; here will I dwell, for I have defired it, &c.

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The Lord fhall Reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all Generations.

Ifa. 2. 2 It fhall come to pafs in the laft Days, that 3. &.c. with Mie, the Mountain of the Lords Houfe fhall be 4.1.2.&c. Eftablished in the top of the Mountains, and

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fhall be exalted above the Hills, and all Nations fhall flow unto it. And many People fhall go and fay, Come ye, and let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob, and he will Teach us of his ways, and we will Walk in his Paths: For out of Zion fhall go forth the Law; and the Word of the Lord from Jerufalem. &c. He fhall be for a Sanctuary: But for a Stone of ftumbling, and for a Rock of Offence to both the Houses of Ifrael, for a Gin, and

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for a Snare to the Inhabitants of Jerufa lem, &c. Behold I, and the Children whom the Lord hath given me, are for figns, and for wonders in Ifrael, from the Lord of Hofts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.

In that Day thou fhalt fay, O Lord, I 12. 1.6 will praise thee, tho' thou waft angry with me; thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedft me. Cry out and fhout, thou Inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One in the midft of thee.

Then the Moon fhall be confounded, and 24. 23 the Sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hofts, fhall Reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerufalem, and before his Antients gloriously.

Thus faith the Lord God, behold I lay in 28. 16 Zion for a Foundation a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious corner Stone, a fure Foundation: He that believeth fhall not make haft.

The Lord is exalted, for he dwelleth on high. He hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness, &c.

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O Zion, that bringeft good tidings, get thee up into the high Mountains. O Jeru-in falem, that bringeft good tidings, lift up thy voice with ftrength. Lift it up, be not afraid, fay unto the Cities of Judah, Behold your God. Behold, the Lord God will come with a ftrong Hand, and his Arm fhall rule for him. Behold his reward is. with him, and his work before him. He fhall feed his flock like a Shepherd: He C fhall

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fhall gather the Lambs with his Arm, and carry them in his Bofom, and fhall gently lead thofe that are with Young.

The firft fhall fay to Zion, behold them : And I will give to Jerufalem one that bring: eth good tidings.

Hearken unto me ye ftout-hearted, that are far from righteoufnefs. I bring near my righteoufnefs, it fhall not be far off, and ; my Salvation fhall not tarry, and I'will place Salvation in Zion for Ifrael my Glory.

How Beautiful upon the Mountains are the Feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publifheth Peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publifheth Salvation, that faith unto Zion, thy God Reigneth!

The Redeemer fhall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from tranfgreffion in Jacob, faith the Lord, &c.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me, to Preach good tidings unto the Meek: He hath fent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the Prifon to them that are bound to proclaim the acceptable Year of the Lord, and the Day of Vengeance of our God: To comfort all that mourn: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion; to give unto them beauty for afhes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praife for the spirit of Heavinels: That they might be called

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trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorify'd, &c.

For Zions fake will I not hold my tongue, 62.1.2.&i and for Jerufalems fake I will not reft, until the righteoufnefs thereof go forth as brightnefs, and the Salvation thereof as a Lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles fhall fee thy righteoufnefs, and all Kings thy glory And thou fhalt be called by a new Name, which the Mouth of the Lord fhall name, &c.

Sing and rejoyce, O Daughter of Zion, Zech.z. for lo I will come, and I will dwell in the 10,11.6. midft of thee, faith the Lord. And many, Nations- fhall be joyned to the Lord in that Day, and fhall be my People, and I will dwell in the midft of thee; and thou shalt know that the Lord of Hofts hath fent me unto thee, &c.

Rejoyce greatly O Daughter of Zion: 9.9, &4 Shout Daughter of Jerufalem: Behold thy King cometh unto thee, &c.

N. B. All thofe Prophecies which mention Mount Zion in a peculiar manner, muft belong to the Chriftian Law, if the Jews inform us right as to the Situation of their fecond Temple, that it was on Mount Moriah, and not on Mount Zion: Since they can then have no other Reference. But whether that be fo or not, 'tis plain many, if not all of those Prophecies do clearly belong to the Times of the Gofpel, and to the C 2

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