Chapter 14.
The Lord has given us the testament which Moses received and broke
Yes [it is even so]; but let us inquire if the Lord has really given that testament which He swore
to the fathers that He would give to the people. He did give it; but they were not worthy to
receive it, on account of their sins. For the prophet declares, And Moses was fasting forty days
and forty nights on Mount Sinai, that he might receive the testament of the Lord for the people.
Exodus 24:18 And he received from the Lord Exodus 31:18 two tables, written in the spirit by
the finger of the hand of the Lord. And Moses having received them, carried them down to give
to the people. And the Lord said to Moses, Moses, Moses, go down quickly; for your people has
sinned, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt. Exodus 32:7; Deuteronomy 9:12 And Moses
understood that they had again made molten images; and he threw the tables out of his hands,
and the tables of the testament of the Lord were broken. Moses then received it, but they
proved themselves unworthy. Learn now how we have received it. Moses, as a servant,
Hebrews 3:5 received it; but the Lord himself, having suffered in our behalf, has given it to us,
that we should be the people of inheritance. But He was manifested, in order that they might be
perfected in their iniquities, and that we, being constituted heirs through Him, might receive the
testament of the Lord Jesus, who was prepared for this end, that by His personal manifestation,
redeeming our hearts (which were already wasted by death, and given over to the iniquity of
error) from darkness, He might by His word enter into a covenant with us. For it is written how
the Father, about to redeem us from darkness, commanded Him to prepare a holy people for
Himself. The prophet therefore declares, I, the Lord Your God, have called You in
righteousness, and will hold Your hand, and will strengthen You; and I have given You for a
covenant to the people, for a light to the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, and to bring forth
from fetters them that are bound, and those that sit in darkness out of the prisonhouse. Isaiah
42:67 You perceive, then, whence we have been redeemed. And again, the prophet says,
Behold, I have appointed You as a light to the nations, that You might be for salvation even to
the ends of the earth, says the Lord God that redeems you. And again, the prophet says, The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because He has anointed me to preach the Gospel to the humble:
He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and
recovery of sight to the blind; to announce the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of
recompense; to comfort all that mourn. Isaiah 61:12