Charles Hodge

“To deny, therefore, that the faith of the Old Testament saints was a faith in the Messiah and his redemption, is to deny that they had any knowledge of the import of the revelations and promises of which they were the recipients.”

“His perfections are revealed to us as the highest knowledge; they are all pledged for our protection, blessedness, and glory.”

“In order to prove that there is a covenant between the Father and the Son, formed in eternity, and revealed in time, it is not necessary that we should adduce passages of the Scriptures in which this truth is expressly asserted.”

“The Father did give the Son a work to do, and He did promise to Him a reward upon its accomplishment.”

“Satan was the strong man armed whom Christ came to dispossess and to deliver from him those who were led captive by him at his will.”

“It is no less clear that the Redeemer is the same under all dispensations.”