shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee, wherefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called The son of God, Chap. i. 31, 32, 34, 35. Then he read also these words in Matthew, The angel said to Joseph in a dream, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is born in her is of the holy ghost, and Joseph knew her not, till she had brought forth her first born son, and she called his name Jesus, Chap. i. 20, 25. And besides these passages he read many more out of the Evangelists, as Matt. iii. 17. Chap, xxvii. 5. John i. 18. Chap. iii. 16. Chap. xx. 31, and several other places, where the Lord, as to his humanity, is called The son of God, and where he, from his humanity, calleth Jehovah his father; and also out of the prophets, where it is foretold that Jehovah should come into the world; particularly these two passages in Isaiah, It shall be said in that day, lo! this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us, this is Jehovah, we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation, Chap. xxv. 9. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert an highway for our God; for the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed; and all flesh shall see it together; behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; he shall feed his flock like a shepherd, xl. 3, 5, 10, 11. And the angel said, inasmuch as Jehovah himself came into the world, and assumed the humanity, therefore he is called by the prophets, The saviour, and the redeemer; and then he read before them the following passages, Surely God is in thee, and there is none else; verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel the saviour, Isaiah xlv. 14, 15. Am not I
