John 5:46

Christ confirmeth this assertion by this reason; Moses could not but be a witnesse against them who beleeved not his doctrine; Now, none could beleeve his doctrine who beleeved not in Christ, since he wrote so clearly of him. Whence learn. 1. Eminent instruments in Gods house, are never rightly entertained, but when their doctrine is received and entertained by faith; for, whatever they boasted of Moses, yet Christ imports that they beleeved not his doctrine, had ye beleeved Moses. 2. Men may pretend to trust Gods servants, and their message, who yet have no true faith; and namely, when their trust goeth contrary to the meaning and scope of the word; Such was their trust in Moses, rejecting Christ, ver. 45. which yet was no beleeving 3. There can be no true beleeving of the doctrine of the Word, but where it leads men to the acknowledgement and embracing of Christ; for, had ye beleeved Moses, ye would have beleeved me. 4. Such as did indeed beleeve Scripture prophecies concerning the Messiah, did also acknowledge the accomplishment in Christs person, when he came; and he who acknowledgeth not the one, did not truly beleeve the other; for, had ye beleeved Moses, who wrote of me, ye would have beleeved me, when ye see the accomplishment. 5. Moses in his doctrine did write and testifie of Christ; Not only did he hold him out in expresse prophecies, Gen. 3.15. and 22.18. and 49.10. Deut. 18.18. and elsewhere, and did point him out under the shadows and types of the Ceremonial Law, and of the brazen Serpent, the Manna, the Rock that followed them, &c. But the scope and drift of all his writing tended to him, Rom. 10.4. Gal. 3.24. and the way and conveyance of the legal administrations pointed at somewhat beyond them. For, in the very entry, it was shewed him that these were but shadows of better things in heaven, Exod. 25.40. with Heb. 5.5. his unvailing of his face, when he went to God, Exod. 34.34. shewed that such as were familiar with God, saw some other thing then they could see through the vaile: The consciences of such as were apprehensive of sinne and wrath, would easily discover that these could not quiet them; Their frequent repetition pointed out their insufficiency, Heb. 10.11. Yea, God himselfe declareth how far they mistook themselves, or the Law, who looked on it as a Covenant of workes, to get life by it; Deut. 5.27, 28, 29. Upon all these grounds it is said, he wrote of me.