...prosecution, therefore, of the subject demands a separate discourse. 51 SERMON XXXI. MALACHI, iii. 1, 2. And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to...Covenant* whom ye delight in : behold, He shall come, saitk the Lord of Hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when lie appeareth...

...acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of -vengeance of our God. And God, speaking by Malachi, says : Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? lor he is like a refiner•s fire, and like fuller•s soap. These prophecies plainly show that the...

...coming of Christ; the day spoken of in the first, second, and third verses of the foregoing chapter; " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, sahh the Lord of hosts ; but who may abide the (lay of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth...

...That angel, doubtless, was the same that is called the Angel of the Covenant ; Mai. iii. I. •• Behold, I will send my Messenger, and he shall prepare...Covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold, he shall come, sa4th the Lord of Hosts:" And this messenger, without doubt, was Christ. — It is plain, by Heb. xii....

...same that is called the Angel of the Covenant; Mal. iii. 1. " Behold, 1 will send my Mossenger, and he shall prepare the way before me ; and the Lord,...in. Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts :" And this messenger, without doubt, was Christ. — It is plain, by Heb. xii. 25, 2t5, 27, that he...

...celestial messengers; but beyond this we cannot g°Witness. We read in the third chapter of Malachi, " Behold, I will send my Messenger, and he shall prepare...Temple, even the Messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in, saith the Lord of Hosts." — This is the passage as it stands in the received text. Now,...

...present, is to be found in the third chapter of Malachi, and the first verse. Here are these words ; ' Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in.' What is to be observed of this prophecy lies in a very little compass. ' Behold, I will...

...prediction in Malachi, the last of the prophets. " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare my way before me ; and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly...; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts." The characters under which the person who is the subject of this prophecy is described, arc, the Lord,...

...pierced.-- Zechariah xii. 10. And one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.—John xix. 34. 42. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in.—Malachi iii. 1. This is he of whom it is written, I send my messenger before thy face...

...meaning the Messiah, "shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom yo delight in; behold, he shall come saith the Lord of...his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth!" This is an intimation that «ben the Messiah should come and be a " refiner's fire," the great body...