Of him as Jehovah and as the Messenger, it is affirmed that he led the children of Israel out of Egypt. (See Exodus ii. and Judges i.) And, after the lapse of nine hundred years, He himself proclaimed to their dispersed and afflicted descendants: "Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, Jehovah liveth that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, Jehovah liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into _their land that I gave_ _unto their fathers_. For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face:--and they shall know that my name is Jehovah." Jer. xvi. 14, 15, 17, 21. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Reasons for examining the Hebrew Records of the Messiah. CHAPTER II. The Messiah announced by Malachi, as Adonai, even Melach, the Messenger of the Covenant--His appearance to Jacob at Bethel; and to Isaiah, Abraham, Moses, Gideon, and others, under various designations, as Adonai, Melach, a Man, Jehovah Zebaoth, the Holy One, El-Shadai, &c. CHAPTER III. Reasons for rendering the formula "Melach Jehovah," the Messenger (who is) Jehovah; and not _the_ Angel, or _an_ Angel _of_ the Lord. CHAPTER IV. Visible Appearance of the Messenger Jehovah to Hagar. CHAPTER V. No visible Divine Appearances ever made except of the Messiah, the Mediator in all the Relations of God to the World. CHAPTER VI. Appearances of the Messenger Jehovah to Abraham and to Jacob. CHAPTER VII. References to various Appearances of Jehovah and Elohim to the Patriarchs. CHAPTER VIII. Of the Doctrines, Worship, and Faith of those earliest mentioned in Scripture--Reference to the History of Moses, Noah, Joshua. CHAPTER IX. Narrative concerning Job. CHAPTER X. Further notice of Divine Manifestations to Abraham and Jacob--Mysteriousness attending the Divine Appearance--The visible Form always like that of Man. CHAPTER XI. Of the official Person and Relations of the Messiah. CHAPTER XII. Local and visible Manifestations, Intercourse and Instructions, as characterizing the primeval and Mosaic Dispensations--Local Presence of the Messenger Jehovah in the Tabernacle. CHAPTER XIII. Of the Chaldee Paraphrasts--Their method of designating the Personal WORD or Revealer--Occasion and Necessity of it. CHAPTER XIV. Citations from the Chaldee Paraphrases. CHAPTER XV. Reasons of the Failure of the modern Versions of the Scriptures to exhibit clearly the Hebrew designations of the Messiah--The Masoretic Punctuation--Reference to the term Melach and the formula Melach Jehovah. CHAPTER XVI. Continuation of the subject of the preceding Chapter--Combined influence of Rabbinical and figurative Interpretations--German method of Hebrew study--Preposterous notion of the inadequacy of Language as a Vehicle of Thought. CHAPTER XVII.