Another prophet speaks of him as _a Branch_ that should grow out of the root or stock of David, when it was almost dead and dry, and that he should set up a more glorious throne, and exercise a government over his people in a spiritual way, Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. And the prophet Micah gives us an account of the very place of his birth, and speaks of Bethlehem, as rendered famous and renowned by his being born therein, _who should be a ruler in Israel_, though otherwise it was _little among the thousands of Judah_, Micah v. 2. Another prophet signifies his coming at that time, when God would _shake all nations_, that is, fill the world with civil commotions, and cause it to feel the sad effects of those wars, whereby the kingdoms of the world had been dis-jointed, and many of them broken in pieces, that then _the desire of all nations should come, and fill his house_, to wit, the second temple, _with glory_, Hag. ii. 7. And the prophet Daniel speaks of him as the Messiah, or Christ, the character by which he was most known, when he was here on earth, and gives a chronological account of the time when he should come, and _be cut off, though not for himself_, and hereby _confirm the covenant_, and at the same time, _cause the sacrifice and oblation_, that is, the ordinances of the ceremonial law, _to cease_, and so make way for another dispensation of the covenant, to wit, that which we are under, which was to succeed in the room thereof. (2.) The covenant of grace was also administered by the various types and ordinances of the ceremonial law, which were all significant signs of that grace, that should be displayed in the gospel, which was to be obtained by Christ. Many of these types and ordinances were instituted before the whole body of the ceremonial law was given from mount Sinai. The first we read of was that of sacrifices, which were offered in the first ages of the world, whereby they had an early intimation given them of the blood of the covenant, which should be shed to expiate sin. And, after this, circumcision was instituted, first given to Abraham, as a visible mark, or token, of the covenant, immediately before the birth of Isaac, the promised seed, at that time, when God was pleased to enter into covenant with him, Gen. xvii. 9, 10. and this ordinance was continued in the church, throughout all the generations thereof, till our Saviour’s time, and is explained by the apostle, as a sign, or _seal of the righteousness of faith_, Rom. iv. 11. Another type was the passover, which was first instituted in commemoration of Israel’s departure out of Egypt, which had in it many significant rites and ceremonies, whereby our redemption, by Christ, was set forth; upon which occasion, the apostle calls him _our Passover, who is sacrificed for us_, 1 Cor. v. 7. and in allusion hereunto, he is styled, _The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world_, John i. 29.