6. Hebrews i. 1.

7. 2 Peter i. 21.

8. 1 Peter i. 10, 11.

9. 2 Timothy iii. 16.

10. Sacred Books of the East, vol. i. p. xiii.

11. 2 Maccabees, ii. 13.

12. "The Jews and the priests have found it good that Simon shall be their leader and high priest forever until there shall arise a trustworthy prophet."—1 Macc. xiv. 41.

13. Introduction to the New Testament. Samuel Davidson, I.:279.

14. Introduction to the New Testament. Samuel Davidson, I.:384.

15. The contrast between the fifteenth and sixteenth century Confessions of Faith reveals this process, and explains the prevalent Protestant theory.