I will put my trust in him; 2 Samuel 22:3, where David in his conflict and victory is regarded as the type of Christ. Some suppose the quotation to be from Isaiah 8:17, where, in the Greek version of the Seventy, the same words occur. The argument is, that trust in God is an attribute of men. Christ, by exercising it, makes himself one with men.

Behold, I and the children which God hath given me; taken from Isaiah 8:18. Some understand the words of Isaiah as spoken directly and exclusively of the Messiah. But they may be more naturally understood of the prophet himself, who was, by God's appointment, a type or symbol of Christ in his prophetical office, as David was in his kingly office. As such, the prophet and his children were "for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion," as he immediately adds. In Christ then, the great antitype, the words have their perfect fulfilment. By the expression, "I and the children which God hath given me," he declares that he has a common nature with them, which is the point to be proved.

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