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§36.
Prophecies of Christ’s sovereignty, flight into Egypt,
&c.
But what king that ever was, before he had
strength to call father or mother, reigned and gained triumphs over his
enemies297
? Did not David come to the throne at thirty
years of age, and Solomon, when he had grown to be a young man? Did not
Joas enter on the kingdom when seven years old, and Josias, a still
later king, receive the government about the seventh year of his age?
And yet they at that age had strength to call father or mother. 2. Who,
then, is there that was reigning and spoiling his enemies almost before
his birth? Or what king of this sort has ever been in Israel and in
Juda—let the Jews, who have searched out the matter, tell
us—in whom all the nations have placed their hopes and had peace,
instead of being at enmity with them on every side? 3. For as long as
Jerusalem stood there was war without respite betwixt them, and they
all fought with Israel; the Assyrians oppressed them, the Egyptians
persecuted them, the Babylonians fell upon them; and, strange to say,
they had even the Syrians their neighbours at war against them. Or did
not David war against them of Moab, and smite the Syrians, Josias guard
against his neighbours, and Ezechias quail at the boasting of
Senacherim, and Amalek make war against Moses, and the Amorites oppose
him, and the inhabitants of Jericho array themselves against Jesus son
of Naue? And, in a word, treaties of friendship had no place between
the nations and Israel. Who, then, it is on whom the nations are to set
their hope, it is worth while to see. For there must be such an one, as
it is impossible for the prophet to have spoken falsely. 4. But which
of the holy prophets or of the early patriarchs has died on the Cross
for the salvation of all? Or who was wounded and destroyed for the
healing of all? Or which of the righteous men, or kings, went down to
Egypt, so that at his coming the idols of Egypt fell298
?
For Abraham went thither, but idolatry prevailed universally all the
same. Moses was born there, and the deluded worship of the people was
there none the less.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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