39, "And the Father himself which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me; ye have neither heard his voice at any time," &c.

But how does this agree with Moses, who says, Deut.iv.33, "Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard ?"--"And we heard his voice out of the midst of the fire; we have seen this day, that God doth talk with man, and he liveth." Deut.v.

24.
Luke, ch.

4, 17, "And they gave to Jesus the Book of Isaiah the Prophet, and he opened the Book, and found this place, where it was written, 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, therefore hath he anointed me to preach the Gospel; to the poor hath he sent me, that I should bind up the broken in heart, proclaim liberty to the captives, and sight to the blind; that I should preach the acceptable year of the Lord.' And shutting the Book, he gave it to the minister, and afterwards addressed them, saying 'This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears." Here you see the words which gave offence; and by turning to Is.

in loco.ch.lxi.you may see the reason why the inhabitants of Nazareth arose up in wrath against him.