falsely secure to himself the rights that properly belong to the true Messiah. Of course, if there is any prophetic testimony concerning such a coming one, the object of that testimony must be two-fold: First, to furnish these very marks of identity of which I speak; and secondly, to prepare the Jews and through them the world, to receive this personage when he should come. These two things are evident: God would not send into the world one having such rights as we shall find to belong to Messiah,