and Jesus said to him, take care not to tell any man, but go thy way, shew thy self to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, that it may be a testimony against them.

and presently they saw Moses and Elias conversing with him.

then Peter address'd himself to Jesus, Lord, said he, it is good for us to stay here: if you please, let us make three tabernacles here; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias.

why then, said they, did Moses permit to give a writ of divorce to repudiate the wife?

he answer'd them, 'twas because of your perverse temper that Moses suffered you to repudiate your wives: but from the beginning this was not in practice.

master, said they, by the law of Moses, in case a man die without children, his brother is oblig'd to marry his wife, in order to perpetuate his brother's name.

said, the Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's chair.

said he, how you take the least notice of this to any man: but go, show your self to the priest, and offer for your cure what Moses commanded, that this may serve as a testimony against them.

Moses said, "honour thy father and thy mother;" and, if any one speak contemptibly of his father, or his mother, let him be put to death.

Moses and Elias likewise appear'd, and were in conference with Jesus.

then Peter thus address'd himself to Jesus, master, it is proper for us to be here: let us make therefore three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias.

to which he answered, what direction did Moses give you?

Moses, said they, allowed a bill of divorce, and so to dismiss her.

but Jesus answered them, it was out of regard to your untractable temper, that Moses gave you this permission.

saying, master, Moses has left it us in writing, that if a man dies, and leaves his wife without any children, his brother should marry his widow, in order to perpetuate his name.

and as for the dead, that they will actually rise, have you not read in the book of Moses those words, which God pronounc'd out of the bush to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"

At length the time appointed by the law of Moses for the purification of women being accomplish'd, they carried the infant to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, according as his law directs,

two persons of a glorious form were seen talking with him; they were Moses, and Elias,

who were just departing from him, when Peter said to Jesus, master, it is best for us to stay here: let us build three apartments, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing well what he said.

but Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets, let them mind them.

Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

master, said they, Moses left it in writing, if any man has a brother, who dies in marriage without leaving children, he is obliged to take the widow, to perpetuate his brother's line.

now that the dead are raised, may be inferr'd from Moses's relation concerning the bush, where he stiles the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

then beginning at Moses he explain'd all the passages there, and in all the prophets, which related to himself.

then he said, this is what I told you, while I was yet with you, that what has been written concerning me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the psalms, must be all accomplished.

the law indeed was delivered by Moses, but grace and truth was the dispensation of Jesus Christ.

Philip meeting with Nathanael, said to him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

don't imagine that I shall accuse you to my father: even Moses himself in whom you confide, will be your accuser.

for had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: since he has spoke of me in his writings.

Jesus answer'd, I assure you, Moses did not give you the celestial bread; but my father gives you the true celestial bread.

was it not Moses who gave you the law, and yet none of you observe that law?

Moses enjoin'd you circumcision (or rather not Moses, but the patriarchs) accordingly you circumcise a man on the sabbath-day.

now Moses has ordain'd in the law, that such criminals should be stoned: but what is your opinion?

then they reviled him, and said, thou art his disciple; but we are Moses disciples.

we know that God commission'd Moses: as for this fellow, we don't know who sent him.

for Moses said to the fathers, "a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; observe whatever he shall say to you.

they suborned men, who said, we have heard him speak irreverently of Moses, and of God.

for we have heard him say, that Jesus the Nazarene shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered us.

in which time Moses was born, who was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months:

at length Moses was instructed in all the sciences of the Egyptians, and had great influence by his counsels and actions.

but he that did his neighbour the injury repelled Moses, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

will you kill me as you kill'd the Egyptian yesterday? at these words Moses fled,

Moses was astonished at this vision: and as he drew near to observe it, he heard the voice of the Lord, which said to him,

"I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." and Moses trembled so, he durst not observe any longer.

this Moses whom they refused, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge? the very same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hands of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

this is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, "a prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear."

"make us gods, said they to Aaron, to be our guides: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him."

our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, ordering Moses to make it according to the model that he had seen.

by him, every one who believes, is purged from all that guilt, for which the law of Moses had made no such provision.

However some that arrived from Judea, told the Gentile converts, unless you are circumcised agreeably to the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.

but some of the sect of the Pharisees who had embraced the faith, started up, pretending that the Gentiles ought to be circumcised, and observe the law of Moses.

for as to the law of Moses, that has been published in every city a considerable time, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

now they have heard that you instruct the Jews that are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, by telling them they must not circumcise their children, nor observe the establish'd rites.

but by the divine favour I am still preserv'd alive, testifying to the small and to the great nothing but what Moses and the prophets have predicted should happen: "that Christ should suffer:

Having therefore set him a day, they came in great numbers to his lodgings; where he explain'd and confirm'd the reality of the gospel-dispensation, from morning to night, enforcing what the writings of Moses and the prophets had affirm'd concerning Jesus.

nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned by violating a positive law, as did Adam, who is

God forbid. for he saith to Moses, "I will show favour to whom I will show favour, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

For Moses describes the justice that was to be had by the law, thus : "the man who performeth the things here required, shall have life thereby."

but still I ask, did not Israel know this? first, Moses saith, "I will provoke you to jealousy, by those that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you."

for it is written in the law of Moses, "thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." are oxen the objects of divine care?

now if the law engraven on stone, the letter of whose sanction is death, was delivered with such glory, that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, tho' it was transient;

and do not act as Moses did, who threw a veil over his face so as to hinder the children of Israel from perceiving the end of that which was to cease:

nevertheless, when Moses is read, the veil upon their mind continues unto this day:

Moses did not meet with greater opposition from Jannes and Jambres, than truth does from men so corrupted in their mind, and so adulterated in their faith.

who was faithful to him that constituted him such, as Moses likewise was faithful in all his administration of God's house.

but as the architect is of much greater dignity than the house he has made; so the glory which Christ received was greater than that of Moses.

besides Moses throughout his whole administration acted in quality of a servant, representing to the people what he was order'd to say.

for some when they had heard his voice, did provoke him: however, not all that were brought out of Egypt by Moses did so.

since it is evident that our Lord sprang out of the tribe of Juda, to which Moses never ascribed the priesthood.

and officiate in the sanctuary, which was a gross representation of that in heaven, agreeable to the order given by God to Moses, when he projected the tabernacle, "be very exact, said he, in following the model which was laid before thee in the mount."

for when every precept of the law had been represented by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, wool of a scarlet dye, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book of the law and all the people,

He that by two or three witnesses was convicted of violating Moses's law, was put to death without mercy.

'Twas by faith that the parents of Moses conceal'd him for three months after his birth, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

by faith Moses when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

and so terrible was the appearance, that Moses cry'd out, "I tremble with the fright."

whereas Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, did not take the liberty to inveigh against him, but said, "the Lord rebuke thee."

and they sung the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, saying, "great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou king of ages.