And beginning at Moses
The writings of Moses, the book of Genesis particularly, (
Genesis
3:15 ) which is the first prophecy of him, and speaks of the
bruising of his heel, or of the sufferings of death by him; and
proceeding to open and explain the types concerning his bearing
the cross, and the lifting him upon it, in the business of Isaac,
and of the brazen serpent; and concerning the shedding of his
blood, and the oblation of himself in the sacrifices of the law
of Moses: and all the prophets;
as David, Isaiah, Daniel, and others, very likely the passages in
( Psalms
22:1-31 ) ( Isaiah
53:1-12 ) ( Daniel
9:1-27 ) . he expounded unto them in all the
Scriptures
in Moses, and the Prophets, concerning himself;
especially concerning these two points, his sufferings, and his
glory, which the Spirit of Christ, in the Prophets, testified
before hand: besides the above places referred to, concerning the
sufferings of Christ, see the following, in reference to his
resurrection and glory, ( Psalms 16:10
Psalms
16:11 ) ( 68:18 ) (
Psalms
110:1 Psalms 110:7
) .