TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 103 not spared thy son,thy belovedson,formy sake."1 Also in the same place,toJacob : " And theAngel of theLord spake unto me in dreams, I am God, whom thou sawest in the place of God 3 where thou anointedstme a pillarof stone, and vowedst to me a vow." 3 Also in Exodus : " But God went beforethem by day indeed in a pillarof cloud,to show them the way ; and by night in a pillarof fire."4 And afterwards,in the same place: "And the Angel of God moved forward,which went beforethe army of the children of Israel."5 Also in the same place: " Lo, I send my Angel before thy face,to keep thee in the way, that He may lead thee intothe land which I have prepared forthee. Observe Him, and obey Him, and be not disobedientto Him, and He willnot be wanting to thee. For my name isin Him." 6 Whence He Himself says in the Gospel : " I came in the name of my Father,and ye receivedme not. When another shallcome in his own name, him ye willreceive."7 And again in the 117th Psalm : " Blessed isHe who cometh in the name of the Lord." * Also in Malachi : " My covenant of lifeand peace was with Levi ;9 and I gave him fear, that he should fearme, that he should go from the face of my name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and un righteousnesswas not found in his lips. In the peace of the tongue correcting,he walked with us,and turned many away from unrighteousness.Because the lipsof the priests shallkeep knowledge, and they shallseek the law at His mouth ; forHe isthe Angel of the Almighty."10 G. That ChristisGod. In Genesis: " And God said unto Jacob, Arise,and go up to the placeof Bethel,and dwellthere; and make there an altarto that God who appeared unto thee when thou fleddestfrom thefaceof thy brotherEsau."11 Also inIsaiah: 1 Gen.xxii.11,12. s Scil." Beth-el,"" thehouseofGod." 8Gen.xxxi.13. 4Ex.xiii.21. •Ex.xiv.19. « Ex.xxiii.20,21. 7Johnv.48. 8 Ps.cxviii.26. 9Otherwise," My covenantwas withlifeandpeace." " Mal.ii.5-7. " 11Gen.xxxv.1.