...first passage in his prophecy which relates to Christ, occurs in the 1st verse of the iiid chapter. Behold, I will send my Messenger, and he shall prepare...in: behold he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. This Messenger is universally allowed to be John the Baptist, the voice that was to cry in the wilderness,...

...upon the prospect of whiA they are encouraged to ground their spiritual confidence and consolation. " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." This, no doubt, is a prediction of the coming of Christ, whose way was prepared by a special messenger,...

...have thought I was near upon the borders of despaiV. He once preached from these words in Malachi : " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...the covenant, whom ye delight in : behold, he shall surely come, saith the Lord of Hosts." Under this sermon I seemed to have a glimpse of the person of...

...I shall add yet farther strength to it from a parallel testimony; "Behold, I send my Messenger, and he shall "prepare the way before me, and the Lord...behold, <:he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts," Mai. iii, 1. Now that he should come whilst the temple stood, is here confirmed by a double prophetical...

...I shall add yet farther strength to it from a parallel testimony; "Behold, I send my Messenger, and he shall "prepare the way before me, and the Lord...behold, "he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts," Mai. iii, 1. Now that he should come whilst the temple stood, is here confirmed by a double prophetical...

...been produced for the absolute eternity of Christ, and therefore his proper deily. (7) Malachi iii. 2. And the LORD whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his...in : behold he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. (8) Matt. i. 23. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, whieh being interpreted is, God with us. (9)...

...of hosts : And in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts." Those of the latter are, " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...in, behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." Both to the same purpose. § 2. The occasion of the former words must be inquired after, from the story...

...hosts: And in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 1 " Those of the latter are, " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...in, behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." Both to the same purpose. § 2. The occasion of the former words must be inquired after, from the story...

...prophet Isaiah, he takes his first example from Malachi iii. 1. " Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord,...; behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." This prophecy is the more remarkable, as t wo persons are introduced into it; namely, the Lord, who...

...angel of the covenant. Malachi iii. 1, " Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare th« way before me : and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall...: behold he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts." Exodus xix. 19, "And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder, and louder, Moses...