UNCLE IN ENGLAND. 53 



" There are different kinds of prophecies in the 

 books of Moses, some of which were fulfilled 

 soon after the prediction, such as the conquest of 

 the land of Canaan ; and others the accomplish- 

 ment of which was not to follow till after a long 

 interval of time, such as those that relate to the 

 coming of the Messiah, and the dispersion of the 

 Jewish nation ; but in all there is the same clear- 

 ness and consistency, the same tone of inspira- 

 tion and authority, and the same internal proofs 

 of their truth, The Jews have always looked on 

 him as by far the greatest of all their prophets. 

 They assert, that the others received the divine 

 communications by dreams and visions ; whereas 

 they were given to Moses by an immediate re- 

 velation from God. 



" In the most important of all his prophecies 

 ' The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a 

 prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, 

 like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken' Moses 

 does not say a priest or a king, though the Messiah 

 was to be both ; but 'a prophet,' in order to 

 put the people on their guard not to look for him 

 among any of their priests or kings. They were 

 not to expect a person clothed with the external 

 honours of the throne, nor ranking high in the 

 priestly form of their government ; but were to con- 

 sider divine inspiration as the true test of that 

 great prophet to whom they were to hearken, and 

 who was to be the future head of their religion. 



JF3 



