...4J The very year was predicted. ' Seventy weeks, (or 490 years) are, determined upon thy pcop!e,'and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and...of sins, and. to make reconciliation for iniquity, ancKo bring' in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the...

...of the sort alluded to, " Seventy weeks," says the prophet according to our common translation, ." Seventy " weeks are determined upon thy people and upon " thy holy city, to finish the trangression, and .to " make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation " for iniquity, and to bring...

...fate of monarchies, and those mighty events that were destined to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy. By him the birth of the Baptist was foretold to Zecharias ; and by him the incarnation of the Messiah...

...of our Saviouris coming is contained in Danielis account of the feventy weeks. Dan. ix. 24, 25, 26. Seventy weeks are .determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, toJimfh the tranfgrcjjion and ti male an end ofJins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to...

...eighth example is the celebrated prophecy of Daniel relating to the seventy weeks. Ch. ix. S4^37. " Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and...Know therefore and Understand, that from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven...

...specifics tion of time granted unto Daniel by the angel Gabriel. Ch. ix. 24—87. " Seventy weeks arc determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city,...Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto Messiah the prince, shall be seven...

...the Christian faith if received. Yet because the author of it, (if he be yet alive) i* a person holy, upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression and...everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision aixj prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. Know therefore and Understand, that from the going £orth...

...he actually did appear. The same prophet also thus describes the great purposes of his advent; viz. to finish the transgression, and to make an end of...iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness." And are not these precisely the very purposes for which, according to the writers of the New Testament,...

...xxxvi. 25, 36. Thus we see Ezekiel, in declaring the salvation of Jew and Heathen, was a Universalist. " Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and...to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting VoL. II. 54 righteousness."...

...preached to them." (c) Moreover the prophet Daniel says of him, that he should finish transgression, and make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for...iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up the vision, and prophecy, and to • anoint the most holy, (d) THE sum of all is, he had...