in the act of looking upon the ark of the
covenant in the tabernacle and temple, presented in vision before
Ezekiel about to be sent to the rebellious house of Israel, and which,
though denominated seraphim, were in like manner seen by Isaiah, when
about to go forth to proclaim messages to the same people; through many
ages pointed out that the servants of God in his house, by his
appointment were set apart to unfold the truths of his Covenant. The
dividing of the waters of the Red Sea, and the passage of Israel through
the midst of it; and the presence of the cloud, in which, as well as in
the sea, they were baptised;[415] and the cutting off of the waters, and
the passing over of Jordan on dry ground, after the feet of the priests
that bare the ark rested in its stream--manifested the almighty power of
Him who had Covenanted to bring his people to a land of inheritance. The
provision of bread from heaven, and water from the rock in the
wilderness, showed in part how great were the resources of Him who had
promised to his people, but not in vain. And the miracles wrought by the
Redeemer in our world, from the over-ruling of external nature, to the
feeding of the hungry with food, the healing of diseases, the casting
out of devils, the raising of the dead, and his own resurrection, taught
that He had come to manifest his power, to give that eternal life that
was promised in the Everlasting Covenant to all who were ordained to it.
The subject of the import of the miracles that were wrought by Him and
by the Holy Spirit, is exhaustless. Yet all of them are to be viewed as
having been performed in order to the accomplishment of the Covenant's
design.

Through the teaching of the prophets. That was addressed in the name of
the Lord as God in Covenant: to Israel as a covenant people, it was
extended: and it embodied only the revelations of the Covenant. It
included sketches of the history of the Covenant alone; under imagery,
the most varied and expressive, as well as by direct explicit
statements, it unfolded the relations subsisting between God and his
privileged people; and, in like manner, presented the future history of
the Church, incorporated by solemn confederation.

Through the whole of the Old Testament Scriptures. The scope of these in
general, and of many representations of them in particular, illustrates
the bearing of every fact in the history of the Church upon the
Covenant. As illustrations, some designatio