Coxe On Interpreting the Old Testament

Richard Barcellos posted a quote from Nehemiah Coxe on the MCTS Blog.

God, whose works were all known by him from the beginning, has in all ages disposed and ordered the revelation of his will to men, his transactions with them, and all the works of his holy providence toward them, with reference to the fullness of time and the gathering of all things to a head in Christ Jesus. So in all our search after the mind of God in the Holy Scriptures we are to manage out inquiries with reference to Christ. Therefore the best interpreter of the Old Testament is the Holy Spirit speaking to us in the new. There we have the clearest light of the knowledge of the glory of God shining on us in the face of Jesus Christ, by unveiling those counsels of love and grace that were hidden from former ages and generations.

Nehemiah Coxe

The line I find interesting is "the best interpreter of the Old Testament is the Holy Spirit speaking to us in the new." If only we would consistently apply that hermeneutic.