PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 1
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 527,316 words · 579 reading sections
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.. ont or the 11b11ndante of the heart the mouth ver. 9 throws on it, as indicative of the doci~ apenkl'th " (Matt. xii. 84). I dwell in the trine of the Trinity (comp. Gen. I. 26). midlt or a people of unclean lip,. Men ootob Ver. 9.-Hear ye indeed . , . 1ee ye indeed; up the phraseology of their time, and use lite…
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HOMILETICS. Vera. 1-4.-The vision of God. Sight is a thing of degrees. The healthy eye sees with infinite shades of distinctness and indistinctness, according to the amount of light which is vouchsafed. it. The diseased eye has an equal variety of gradation in its powers of seeing, owing to the variations in its own c…
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Vers. 11-13.-Tize fovi11g-kindness of God shdwn 'in his Judgments; ":1 know,~O Lord, that thy judgments are right, arid that thou in' faitbfuh::ess hast afllicted Ine;'' says the psalmist (Ps. cxix. 75). No dO'Ubt, at Iast"God: must simplj punish' the obdurate and impenitent; but for the m~t ·part be serids hi{juag#ien…
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HOMILIES. BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-'13.~Tlie prophet's call_and consecration. There are turning-points in life which giv:e a meaning to the whble of its after-course. A light may be given to the mind at sucn moments by which it may have to steer its course for years. In moments of dcspondericy the man_ of _God wif…
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of the great King, hinting an unutterable beauty on which ~one can look and, \ive, And so in the inward or moral world. In the history of a people or of a man- ther~ l\re moments when God, in the still more impressive might of his holiuoss, sweeps by, ati awakening and a purifying Spirit. Or in higher moments of dev…
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for ue, if we do not ever recollect in our worship that, high as yonrler empyrean above this "dim spot that men call earth," distinct as the clouds in fleeciest white from the stngDBnt and foul spots below, are the tbou!(hts of Jehovah above our thoughts, and his ways above our ways I Shall we think of holiness as sepa…
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make it sound in the conscience of others. There is, besides, the consciousness of inefficiency. 'l'he very calling which already glimmers before Isaiah's mind ns his is that for which :he finds himself unfit. lie is to be a nabi, a prophet; that is, a m11n of fluent hps and pure, through which the streams of Divina…
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Divine rnnglo ofthe word "obey," and who alone move safely and with high heart to ·ends greater than their· dreams. The servant's rea,liness, his quickness of eye and ear, 1s what 'we need. Can we allege that we have never seen our vision, heard onr call from the·tlnmietalmble voice? If the plea be sound, then our mi…
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Ver. 8.-The call of God. " Also i heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me." The symbol of the seraphim had been on the prophet's head, and the voice of the Lord had come. to his conscience and his heart. The live coal had touched his lips. Proph…
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Vere. 2-4.-.A sermon from the seraphim. Taking the seraphim of this prophetic vision as symbols of the" highest creaturely intelligences," we gather from the text- I. THAT THE LOWLIEST BEVEBEN0E BECOMES THE HIGHEST CREATED BEINGS, "With . twain [of his wings] he covered his face, and with twa.in he covered his feet.n…
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V ers. 5-7 .-Spi1·itual agitation. The passage depicts the prophet in a ~ondition of great mental agitation; his state may suggest, to us- . . ... , . : , L THE ALARM OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT UNDER THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF TM, DIVIN£ PRESENCE. Anything which brings us into close contact with the unse.en world. power,., fully…
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Vers. 9-13.-The sl,adow of sacred truth. We may view these words in- I. TnEIR NATIONAL ASPECT. Thus regarded, they point to: 1. Painful and guilty obduracy. The prophet should speak, but the people would disregard ; all that was froward and perverse in them would repel and reject the Divine message; their reception of…
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Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am L" IV. When commencing his arduous life-work, a similar impression was wrought upon Joshua. One day he looked towards Jericho, and lo I "there stood a. man over against him with his sword <lrawn in his band." In answer to Joshua's question he said, " A s Captain of the Lord's host h…
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the house. The eternal archetypes of the Hebrew symbolic worship were revealed to Isaiah; anrl, as the centre of them all, his eyes saw the King, the Lord of hosLB, o{ whom the actual rulers, from David to Uzziah, had qeen but the temporary and sub- ordinate viceroys. In that presence, even the spirits. of the. fire…
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until he has been called and. solemnized and prepared by some soul-vision of God. He may, bp a Christian worker before, but he is not inspired and spiritually powerful until then, , l,ife takes .on its highest nobility only after we are able to say, "Mine eywuhave seen th_e Kiog, _the Lord of hosts!' We may not say …
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Vers. 6, 7.-Divim endowment the proof of Divim Jorgivene111 and aecephnct, What occurred must be explained in connection with the vision. One of those 11eraphim who stood, with poised wings, ready for an instant and unquestionin" obedience, at the bidding of the King flew down, having taken a live coal from th: sublime…
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EXPOSITION. B.C. 743 andfs.o. 727. The march on Jeru- CHAPTER VII. salem appears to have fallen somewhat late Vere. 1-9.-THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO in bis reign (aboots.c. 733). Bezin the King ABAZ AT THE T1~_6DlQo.lll.RAELl'i:,IS.!l of Syria. Rezin is mentioned o.s King of 'JI""-~ "T!ieSyro-Ieraelitish war is touched Da…
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(2 Kingii xvi. 5). Could not pnrnil aphl.9t or doing hatm wne on the point of dep&rtlng it; Iitemlly, preroiled Mt in fighting against from them. The)' could not now, kindle' a it. llame; they could only "smoke.'.' The 10n VM. 2.-It 'WIIII told the houe of David. of Bemalia.h. Pekah seem~ to he oalled Before the Mt…
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periods have beerl mixect up (Oheyne): but L6rd'a time •• asked for a sign," but would there is no suoh appeo.rance of clislocation not he.ve believed any the more hnd they In oh. vii., in its present form, llB necessitates received the sign for which they asked. ony suoh theory; ond, while it may be Gideon asked for a…
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qucstioned whother the word tmnelat.ed and thorns will come up everywhere I wild "virgin,'' viz. 'almah, has necessarily that beasts will increase ; cattle will browse on meaning; but it is admitted that the moon- ing is borne out by every other place in the hills that were once oe.roflllly oultivatod which the wor…
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or tho Authorized Version. The exBCt word would He wute, and grow only "briers anrl j used does not occur elsewhere. Upon all thorns." • buhes; ruther, upon all prutwre,. Ver. 24.-With arrows a.nd with bows. Ver. 20.-Shall the Lord shave with a Only the hunter will go there, armed with razor that ia hired; re.ther,…
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grand exordium, "The Lord himself ehe.11 me.tter be that euggeeted by Bishop Lowth gi'I'<' you a sign-Behold I" and the mnk of -that the prophecy had a double bearing Immanuel (eh. viii. 8), are a.like against this. and a double fulfilment? " The obvious nnd II. The purely Messie.nic theory is main- liternl meanin~ …
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Judah. They kne'w that Judah was in an especial way God's people. They designed to set aside the house of David. They knew, or at any rate Ephraim knew, that the throne belonged to the descendants af David by God's promise, ThllS they set them- selves age.inst God knowingly. They thought their wisdom would be greater o…
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Ver. 14.-Jaua OUf' Immanue.l. I. REASONS FOR BELIEVING THIS, 1. None but Jesus was ever born of a pure virgin. 2. None but Jesus was ever" Goel with us." 3. None but Jesus ever knew truly" to refuse the evil and choose the good." II. DUTIES FLOWING FROM THE DELIEF. 1. If Jesus is "God with us," we must obey him. 2. lf…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. \ Vers. 1-9.-The prophet oomfores the king. I. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. The , kingd a.nd chieftains of Palestine were in dread of the great Assyrian power. Under the , weak rule of Ahaz Judah had sunk very low, and the King of Damascus, with the King of Ephraim, think it e. favourable opport…
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L THE CIIALLENGE OF FAITH. In the Name or Jehovah, Isaiah bide the king ask a sign from ebove-a sign "going deep down to hell or high into heaven." 'l'ruth should be its own evidence to every mind; .intuition is better than proof. Isaiah has seen and listened to God in the depths of his own spirit, anrl no sign in t…
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the heart to be already prepossessed and biassed. Ahaz was,. in fact,, under the influence of his· false prophets and soothsayers. But why should he decline to hear at. least what Itaiah had to say ? He should have recogoized that there were " two sides" in the great question a~ issue, Ahaz then'warne us against lis…
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woes and tribulations first to come. Christ's own foreoaata of the future (see the oloslng cba.pters of Matthew) present the like half-veiled, half-revealed perspective. We mUBt ever look out upon the ooming t·;me with contidenoe or with mistrust, according aa our lwsrts are stayed, like Isaiah's, upon Jehovah, or w…
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uttemnoe Is found in the final words of it: "If ye will not believe, enrely ye ehall not be eeLablished" (ver. 9). We may see in them a declarati® ezpressly pers()'Tl,a/. They intimate to Ahaz that if he, the present King of Judah, does no'; put hie faith in the minister and in the message of the Lord, hie kingdom a…
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t.oue lnilltake. -W~ do tempt him when 'i'Ve miglect our duty BII oitizens'of this world or as travellers to eternity, or when we deliberately run great rislts, whether borlily or spiritual, unwarrantably presuming on God's interposing. power or inexhaustible grace. Ill. THAT WE RHOULD GRATEFULLY A0CEPT THE LOWER AS W…
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p11,rpose, of God, When '! Jeans wss here among men," God wa.s with us 38 never before, as never since. VI. THE ANSWER OF OUR OWN CONBOIOUBNEBB. That his presence is in and through hit Holy Spirit. God Is with us because in 118; present, themfore, in the deepest, truest, most potent, and influential of all ways and fo…
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filled with new anxiety on finding them neglected and out or repair, Abu sees the prophet of Jehovah appro&ch. Isaiah's messe.ge is full of mercy e.nd encouragement. He would quiet the unreasoning and nnrea.sone.ble fears of the king; he spee.ka slightingly of Rezin e.nd Peke.h, as only two taila of smoking firebran…
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,nklligence-limited (a) by brain-c11paclty; (b) educational opportunity; (c) conditions or health; (d) surrounding prejudices; (e) measures and degrees of Divine revelation. And it is carefully circumscribed free-wil~ouely limited because man's decision& nre constantly made upon (a) imperfect knowledge, and (b) upon im…
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mea.ne, "Put God to 'the test, ail .if you•doubted him.• Dr. Ka.y, in 'Spea.ker's Cotn• men tary ,' f:ays, " In his estrangement of heart Ahaz had come to look on God 1111·, his enemy, a8 a dangerous person who W88 thwarting him in his most'oh~1•ished plans, ·and from whom, therefore, it were best to ste.nd entirely…
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~P.t! ~ho:4ld "bruise the. serpent's head"? The general, fact that. many of the prophecies do refer to the l/i{11 o..nd times of Christ cannot reasonably be doubted;, but difficulties will be found in the trentment of each particular case. The language must be carefully weighed, the figuc~ skilfully considered, and the…
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history; it is the vestibnle or the temple or the Christ. He who oan vensure paat that entrance-hall will find no grander mystery in any of the courts or holy places. That Incarnat.ion ie BO distinct from the ordinary working of human laws, so manifestly the operation, in the human sphere, of higher and Divine laws,…
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EXPOSITION. CHAPTER VIII. with the pen used by ordinary men "-in Vers.1-4.-TBE SIGNOFMAHER-SHALAL- opposition to the implements of an engraver. RASH-BAZ. The sign of Immanuel was re- The tablet was probably to be hang np to view in a public place (comp. eh. xxx. 8), so condite. In its more epiri tual sense it that …
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Yer. 8.-The propheten. It is not nooes• at two t.alents of gol<l and e. thousand talents Mry to snppMe th1tt tho •wifo of Isai&h must of silver (see 'Records of the Paet,' vol. v. have uttere<l prophecies bPCauseshe is c&lled p. 52). "the prophetess." TiUes were given in the Vera. 5-10.-TaE FLoon or AssYRIAN Ensl to tl…
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course the Euphr&tee ofteu overflows its deTJiwe a derrice; i.e. form l!l'Jme plan, even b&nks, and lnunclates the adjacent districts, the cloverest possible, against G0d's people, oausi,ng vast damage to crops, and some- and the result will be utter failure. It sba.11 times threatening to break down the walls not Bta.…
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"·ith tre.nson for preaching the hopelessness neither. He simply states what hla own of offering resistanoe to N ebuche.dnezzar attitude will be under the coming oolamity (Jer. xx. 1; xi.vi. 8-11). Those who op- (ver. 8). He will "wait for the Lord and pnsed nn A~syrian alliance were probably now taxed with treason…
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BRING ISRAEL TO Gon. Isaiah returns, in by the faithful when God's enemies assailed ver. 19, to the considemtion of hie disciples. them. Compare Gideon's cry (Judg. vii.18), [n the terrible times impending, they will " For the Lord and for Gideon." I! they speak not acoording to this word, it is be- be recommended to …
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"rh·er " which "m11.de glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High" (Ps. xlvi. 4). , II. THF. TEACHING OF THE PROPHETS, whom God continuolly,sent," rising up beUmell ,rnd ,ending" (2 Chron. xxxvi. 15), of which Isaiah said primarily," Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters" (eh…
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(2) our conception of hie absolute holinese. These grounds are unassailable, and admit of no exo.ggero.tion, so tho.t we cannot fear God too much, though we may fear him in a wrong wo.y. If God's charo.cter be misconcei~ed, if he be viewed as malignant or even as revengeful, then our fear of him, being based upon a wro…
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"Rejoice in the Lord always," says the apostle; "and again I say, Rejoice" (Phil. iv, 4). We should do the will of God " from the heart." If he makes our cross to be one of waiting, we should feel that waiting is what we need, what is best for us ; and we should be thankful that God deals with us so lovingly as to l…
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keeping nlive in their hearts the hopeful prophecy of his father. Before the boy can lisp hie parents' names, that prophecy will be fulfilled, A.nd the wealth of DamascUB and the spoil of SJmaria will be carried away before the ABsyrian king. (1) The lessonH of the teacher need to be addressed to the senses of the mult…
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revolution, rumours of dre11d, or the evils of social life reem intolerable, we may go into our chamber, shut t.o the door, pray to our Father in secret., flee to the steps of the altnr that slopes through darkness up t.o God, and lo I a new scenery unfolds, and from the seoret place of the Most High fear vanishes, and…
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fa.co from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him." There is life in a look. It is so true that the eye is the window of the soul, even as speech is the door of the soul. !' Look unto him, and be ye saved, all the ends of tl1e earth," te!!.Ches us how the whole nature of man can concentrate itself in a look. I. D…
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maturity, and should (2) speak (or write) words e.dapted to the ce.pacity of those whom we addre~s. Many who seek to serve throw away their opportunity, because they do not the _fitting as well as the excellent thing; only too often " the best is the enemy of the good." 2. Prudent. (Ver. 2.) The prophet placed his p…
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Vera. 11-15.-0ur personal relation to God. It is clearly insufficient to know that we are on the same side as that of the majority of the good. The voice of God's people is not always his voice; their way not always his way (ver.11). They may call for" a confederacy" when he disapproves of it. They may cry "peace" when…
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Jive and move n.nd have their being," they may imagine themselves to be free from all spiritual bonds; but they are miserably mistaken. They forsake a homage which is honourable and a service which is ennobling, to fall into a superstition which is con- tomptible and degrading. So closely, su inseparably is man associa…
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by, and on thRt tablet, as though it were the heading of a proclamation or dedication he was to write 'to MRher-shalal-hash-baz.'" This name recRlls the prophecy which IsaiRh had already (1;iven (eh. vii. 14-16). The word actually Rnd precisely means "Speed plunder, haste spoil." It refers t-0 the Assyrians whom Isa…
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In times of apeciE1I judgrnent. He bubbleth gently ae a fountain; and those who read their lives aright learn to say, "Thy gentleness hath made me great." This cha- raoteristio comes out strongly in the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, which was I gentlo persuasion of truth, and a gentle example of righteousness. And…
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Ver. 14.-God's twofold relations with men. 'l'o some, a "Sanctuary;!" to others, a "Rock of offence." lt'or the Christian form of the 'SMlle truth, comp. 2 Cor. ii, l,' 6, "To the one we are the savour of death untodeAth, and to the other -the savour of lift! llnto life. And who ia sufficient for these things?" God is …
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lt.THE MID~IGl'IT GLOOM (JJJ' THE 'CHR18T1AN OJ'TEJI'· ARIBEB ll'ROM THE IDEA OF ollANOE IN GoD. Ohristian joy comes from a clear consciouRnees of the Divine nc·ar- ncss-" the face of God shiiJing _upon his servant." Christia,n woe comes when God seems to be 11fo.r off, hidden ; it is ns· tho □ ,'~h the sun had passed …
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and suffering of some more saintly fellow-creature, God has graoiously considered this common human neceeeity, He bas not left his creatures to searoh for suoh a ~tandard in their blindness. In every age, in forms and terms such as at the time they could understand, God has given models of truth and duty, He has nev…
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EXPOSITION. t1ia latter Um6 he Wh 1Yrought MM1lf' on tM CHAPTER IX. !Day of the sea. The perfect is a '' prophetic Vere. 1-7.-TRE TBOUJILEB 0ll' lsBAEL perfect," and the reference ia to the hononr SHALL END TRBOUGH TW!l BmTH 011' A MAR• that would be done to the northern districts, "the la.nd 'lf Zebulon and the …
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glorifying the region on whioh oontempt Oheyne). The noun I\Ud pa~tioiple, whioh hnrl long be<-n pourC'd. a.re cognl\te word~, occur only in this pa.s- Yer. 3.-Thou hast multiplied the nation, 81\ge. And se.rments, eto. Translate, And nnd not inoreued the joy, Dr. Kay defends cver1J garment tJiat is rolled in blood,…
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only In I's. xl v. 6. It denotes in leaiah hand it stretched out etill." A somewhat l\lwnys (o.s Mr. Choyne observes) "divinity early date has been assigned to the pro- in an l\bsolute sense; it is never need hyperbolically or meto.phorico.lly." The phecy, a.a, foT instance, "some period in the Everlasting Father; …
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for the west thRt signifying "behind." their young men. "The Lord taketh plea- 8vria •eems to have b,'On hostile to Samaria sure in them that fear him, iu those thal until the leagne wns formed between Rezin hope in his mercy" (Pa. cxlvii. 11). He and Pek&h, and may hal'e become hostile ee.n have no joy or delight i…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 6.-The signi.fir,a,ncy of the names of Cfhrist. Five names of the Redeemer e.re here declared by lsaiah, in addition to the name given him in eh. vii.-viii., viz. Immanuel. Names of Christ e.re always worthy of the deepest and most attentive consideration, for each reveals some portion of his nature, …
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