Who is speaking

Let us observe who it is that is speaking here, so that we may take heed how we hear. It is the Lord of heaven and earth, the Creator of all, who as such has a right to dispose of all his creatures. It is the Lord our governor, whose kingdom is from everlasting, and who rules over all. It is the great Lawgiver, who can well enforce all his laws, being able to save and to destroy, yes, to punish with everlasting destruction from his presence and from the glory of his power. It is the eternal Wisdom of the Father, who knows what we are made of, and understands our inmost frame, who knows how we stand related to God, to one another, and to every creature which God has made, and therefore knows how to fit every law he prescribes to all the circumstances in which he has placed us. It is he who is loving to every man, whose mercy is over all his works. It is the God of love, who, having emptied himself of his eternal glory, has come forth from his Father to declare his will to the children of men, and then goes again to the Father, who is sent by God to open the eyes of the blind and to give light to those who sit in darkness. It is the great Prophet of the Lord, concerning whom God had solemnly declared long ago, Whoever will not listen to my words, which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Or, as the apostle expresses it, Every soul that will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.