the Prophets, are meant all things that are written in the books of Moses, and in the books of the Prophets. That by the Law are specifically meant all things that were written by Moses, is still more manifest from the following passages. In Luke; “And when the days of her purification, according to the Law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord; as it is written in the Law of the Lord, every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord; and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons. And the parents brought Jesus into the temple, to do for Him after the custom of the Law. And when they had performed all things that are according to the Law of the Lord." ii. 22-24. 27. 39. In John; "Moses in the Law commanded us that such should be stoned." viii. 5.

In the same; "The Law was given by Moses." i. 17. Whence it is manifest, that sometimes the Law, and sometimes Moses is named, where such things are treated of as are written in his books; as also in Matthew viii. 4. Mark x. 2. 4. xii. 19. Luke xx. 28. 37. John iii. 14. vii. 18. 51. viii. 17. xix. 7. Many things are also called by Moses the Law, which were commanded, as concerning the Burnt offerings, Levit. vi. 25. vii. 37; concerning the Sacrifices, vi. 25. vii. 1. 11; concerning the Meal offering, vi. 14; concerning Leprosy, xix. 2; concerning Jealousy, Numb. v. 29; concerning the Nazariteship, vi. 13. 21. And Moses himself called his books the Law; "Moses wrote this Law, and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; and he said to them, Take this book of the Law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah." Deut. xxxi. 9. 11. 26. And it was by the side; but within the ark were the tables of stone, which in a strict sense are the Law. The books of Moses are called the book of the Law afterwards; "And Hilkiah, the high priest, said unto Shaphan, the scribe, I have found the book of the Law in the house of Jehovah. And when the king had heard the words of the book of the Law, he rent his clothes." 2 Kings xxii. 8. 11.

10. III. THAT ALL OF THE WORD IS MEANT BY THE LAW, IN THE WIDEST SENSE, may appear from the following passages: "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, I said ye are gods?" John x. 34. This

is written Psalm lxxxii. 6.

John xii. 34.

"The people answered, We

have heard out of the Law, that Christ abideth forever." This is written Psalm lxxxix. 29. cx. 4. Daniel vii. 14. 66 That the word might be fulfilled which is written in their Law, They hated Me without a cause." John xv. 25. This is written Psalm xxxv. 19. 66 The Pharisees said, Hath any one of the rulers believed in Him? but this people who know not the Law are cursed." John vii. 48, 49. "It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than that one tittle of the Law should fail.” Luke xvi. 17; where by the Law is meant the whole Sacred Scripture.

11. That the Lord fulfilled all things of the Law, means that He fulfilled all things of the Word, is manifest from the passages where it is said, that the Scripture was fulfilled by Him, and that all things were finished; as from these ; "Jesus went into the synagogue and stood up to read; there was delivered to Him the book of the prophet Isaiah; and when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written; The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the bound, and sight to the blind; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. And He closed the book, and said, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears." Luke iv. 16-21. "Ye search the Scriptures, and they testify of Me." John v. 39. "That the Scripture might be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me, hath lifted up his heel upon Me." John xiii. 18. "None of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled." John xvii. 12. "That the saying might be fulfilled which He spake, Of those whom Thou gavest Me I have not lost one." John xviii. 9. "Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into its place; how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be. But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled." Matthew xxvi. 52. 54. 56. "The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him; Scriptures may be fulfilled." Mark xiv. 21. 49. the Scripture was fulfilled, which said, He was reckoned with the wicked." Mark xv. 28. Luke xxii. 37. "That the Scripture might be fulfilled, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots." John xix. 24. "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were

that the

"Thus

now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled." John xix. 28. "When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished, that is, it is fulfilled." John xix. 30. These things were done that the Scriptures might be fulfilled; A bone of Him shall not be broken. And again, another Scripture saith, They shall see Him whom they pierced." John xix. 36, 37; besides elsewhere, where passages of the Prophets are adduced, and it is not at the same time said that the Law or the Scripture was fulfilled. That all of the Word was written concerning Him, and that He came into the world to fulfil it, He also taught his disciples before He departed, in these words: "Jesus said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered this, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures concerning himself." Luke xiv. 25-27. And further, Jesus said to his disciples, "These are the words which I spake unto you, whilst I was yet with you, That all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning Me." Luke xxiv. 44. That the Lord in the world fulfilled all things of the Word, even to the smallest particulars of it, is evident from these his own words; "Verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle, shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled." Matthew v. 18. From these now it may be clearly seen, that by the Lord's fulfilling all things of the Law, is not meant that he fulfilled all the commandments of the decalogue, but all things of the Word.

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THAT THE LORD CAME INTO THE WORLD THAT HE MIGHT SUBJUGATE THE HELLS, AND GLORIFY HIS HUMAN: AND THAT THE PASSION OF THE CROSS WAS THE LAST COMBAT, BY WHICH HE FULLY CONQUERED THE HELLS, AND FULLY GLORIFIED HIS HUMAN.

12. It is known in the church, that the Lord conquered death, by which is meant hell, and that afterwards He ascended with glory into heaven; but it is not yet known that the Lord conquered death or hell by combats, which are temptations, and at the same time by them glorified his Human; and that the passion of the cross was the last combat or temptation by which He conquered and glorified. These combats are much treated of in the Prophets and in the Psalms of David, but not so much in the Evangelists; in the Evangelists the temptations which He sustained from childhood, are described in the sum by his temptations in the wilderness, and afterwards by the devil, and the last by those things which He suffered in Gethsemane, and on the cross. Concerning his temptations in the wilderness, and afterwards. by the devil, see Matthew iv. 1—11; Mark i. 12, 13; and Luke iv. 1-13. But by these are meant all, even to the last; the Lord did not reveal to his disciples any more concerning them, for it is said in Isaiah, He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not his mouth. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." liii. 7. Concerning his temptations in Gethsemane, see Matthew xxvi. 36–44; Mark xiv. 32–42; and Luke xxii. 39-46. And concerning the temptations on the cross, Matthew xxvii. 33—50; Mark xv. 22-37; Luke xxiii. 33—39; and John xxix. 17-34. Temptations are no other than combats against the hells. (Concerning the temptations or combats of the Lord, see n. 201-302, in a treatise concerning THE NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS HEAVENLY DOCTRINE, published at London; and concerning temptations in general, n. 189-200 of the same.)

13. That the Lord, by the passion of the cross, fully conquered the hells, He himself teaches in John; "Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out." xii. 31. This the Lord spoke when the pas

sion of the cross was about to take place. In the same; "The prince of this world is judged." xvi. 11. In the same; "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” xvi. 33. And in Luke; "Jesus said, I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven." x. 18. By the world, the prince of the world, satan, and the devil, is meant hell.

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That the Lord by the passion of the cross also fully glorified his Human, He teaches in John; After Judas had gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him." xiii. 31, 32. In the same; "Father, the hour is come, glorify_thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify Thee." xvii. 1. 5. In the same; "Now is my soul troubled, and He said, Father, glorify thy name; and there came a voice from heaven, I have glorified it, and will also glorify it again." xii. 27. 38. In Luke;"Ought not Christ to have suffered this, and to enter into his glory?" xxiv. 26. These things are said concerning the passion. Glorification is the uniting of the Divine and the Human; wherefore it is said, "And God will glorify Him in Himself."

14. That the Lord came into the world, that He might reduce all things in the heavens and thence in the earth to order, and that this was done by combats against the hells, which then infested every man coming into the world, and going out of it, and that hereby He became righteousness and saved mankind, who without that could not have been saved, is foretold in many passages in the Prophets, of which only some shall be adduced. In Isaiah; "Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? He that is glorious in his apparel, walking in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art Thou red in thy apparel, and thy garments as of one that treadeth in the wine-press? I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was not a man with Me; therefore I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; thence the victory over them is sprinkled upon my garments; for the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. My own arm brought salvation to Me. I brought down their strength to the earth. He said, Behold my people, they are children; so He became their Savior; in his love and in his pity He redeemed them." lxiii. 1–9. These things are concerning the combats of the Lord