Note 7 — Chapter VI
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The “prophets,” in the above quotations, are those of the New Testament, as is evident from the form of expression. Had the apostle meant Old-Testament prophets, he would have said, His holy prophets and apostles. But the point he is insisting upon is, that the mystery had never been revealed until his time—that it had not been made known to the sons of men in other ages—that it was hid in God; not hid in the Scriptures, but in the infinite mind of God.