But  when  the  appointed  time  came,  which  God  had  fore-
Gen,  xv.  seen  and  opened  unto  Abraham,  Gen.  xv.,  he  brought  the
people  of  Israel  by  Moses  out  of  Egypt,  with  and  through
great  wonders  and  tokens.  By  the  which  he  first  declared
his  power,  then  his  loving  kindness  and  mercy  toward  his
own,  and  his  terrible  justice  and  vengeance  against  his  ene
mies  ;  whereby  all  the  world  might  know,  that  there  was  none
other  just  and  true  God,  save  the  God  of  Israel,  in  whose
hand  only  consist  all  things ;  which  also  of  his  mere  mercy
preserveth  his  own,  and  with  right  judgment  rewardeth  his
enemies.  Specially  this  is  most  wonderful,  that  in  this  great
business  and  work  he  hath  so  mightily  set  forth  the  redemp
tion  performed  by  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ ;  yea,  and  expressed
it  to  be  a  very  mighty  redemption.  For  the  same  night,
when  they  should  depart  away  and  be  despatched  in  the
morning,  the  Lord  commanded  them  to  kill  a  lamb,  and  with


The  Easter
lamb.
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the  blood  thereof  to  sprinkle  the    doors    and  posts    of  the
house ;   so  when  the  angel,  that  in  the  same  night  slew  the
first-born  of  the  Egyptians,  saw  the  blood,  he  should  do  no
harm,    and   slay   no   man    therein,  Exod.   xii.      Now   testi-
fieth  Paul,  1  Cor.  v.,  that  Christ  Jesus  is  our  Easter  lamb
and  passovcr.      So   saith  St   John :    "  Behold  the  Lamb  of  John  \.
