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second causes to expel Messiah from his mediatorial kingdom, and advance his own usurped authority, expending his fury against the truth in rage and madness, till the victorious seed of the woman crush him under his feet. The beautiful and astonishing chain of prophecy relating to Christ is wholly unnoticed, as also the consistency and connection between his and preceding dispensations. The principal incidents of his birth, the appearance oi a star in the East, the homage of the wise men, as well as the angelic appearance to the shepherds, are entirely suppressed: this also is the case respecting his circumcision and presentation in the temple at Jerusalem, together with the testimony of Simeon and Anna, the perturbation of Herod, the massacre of the Innocents, the flight and return from Egypt on the death of the tyrant, the early presage of his wisdom manifested in the temple, his baptism, conflict with and