TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 101 3. That the same ChrististheWord of God. In the forty-fourthPsalm : " My heart hath breathed out a good word. I tellmy works to the King." 1 Also in the thirty-secondPsalm : " By the word of God were the heavens made fast; and alltheirstrengthby the breathof His mouth."J Also in Isaiah: "A word completing and shorteningin righteousness,because a shortenedword will God make in the whole earth."8 Also in the 106th Psalm : " He sentHis Word, and healed them."4 Moreover, in the Gospel accordingtoJohn : " In thebeginningwas the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. The same was in thebeginningwith God. All thingswere made by Him, and withoutHim was nothing made thatwas made. In Him was life; and the lifewas the lightof men. And the lightshinethin darkness; and the darkness compre hended itnot."s Also in the Apocalypse: " And I saw the heaven opened, and lo,a white horse; and he who sate upon him was calledFaithfuland True, judging rightlyand justly; and He made war. And He was coveredwith a garment sprinkledwith blood; and His name is calledthe Word of God."6 4. That Christisthe hand and arm of God. In Isaiah: " Is God's hand not strongto save? or has He made His ear heavy,that He cannot hear? But your sins separatebetween you and God ; and on accountof your sins He turns His face away from you, that He may not pity. For your hands are denledwith blood,and your fingerswith sins. Moreover,your lipshave spoken wickedness,and your tongue meditatesunrighteousness.No one speaketh truth, nor is theretrue judgment : they trustin vanity,and speak emptiness, who conceive sorrow,and bring forth wicked ness."7 Also in the same place: "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of God revealed?"8 Also in the same: "Thus saiththe Lord, Heaven is my 1 Ps.xlv.1. * Ps.cvii.20. ' Isa.lix.1-4. 2Ps.xxxiii.6. 5Johni.1-5. 8 Isa.liii.1. 3 Isa.x.23. 6Rev.xix.11-13.