9. That the former law which was given by Moses was to cease.

In Isaiah: “Then shall they be manifest who seal the law, that they may not learn; and he shall say, I wait upon the Lord, who turneth away His face from the house of Jacob, and I shall trust in Him.”^38623862    Isa. viii. 16, 17. In the Gospel also:  “All the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”^38633863    Matt. xi. 13.