| John Satchel - Christian life - 1809 - 480 pages
...prophecy. He was not to come with external grandeur. ' He shall grow up before him,' says the prophet, ' as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground...nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him,' Isai, liii. 2.— At the birth qf Christ, the descendants of... | |
| George Buist - Sermons, American - 1809 - 350 pages
...a state of humiliation and abasement. He was not to be born of a great and noble family, but was to grow up as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. Instead of enjoying the honours, riches and pleasures of this world, he was to be oppressed... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 pages
...himself to make houses ! There was nothing of outward pomp or grandeur in his life : Isa. liii. 2. He hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him, saith the Prophet. He was maintained by the alms of a few poor,... | |
| John Skinner - 1809 - 582 pages
...character, were it necessary, might be easily reconciled with what seems to be said to to the contrary 5, ' he hath no form, nor comeliness, ' and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that ' we should desire him ;' for this description, given by the prophet, is rather by way... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 432 pages
...of a virgin, of the lineage of David, in the city of Bethlehem, and in an obscure condition; should grow up as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. The manner of his birth, and the circumstances which preceded it, they doubtless learned... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Isa. liii. 2. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground...comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is' no beauty that we should desire him. Ver. 3. He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows,... | |
| William Wake - Apostolic Fathers - 1810 - 418 pages
...believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a •dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness, JUK! when ye shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire' him. He is despised and rejected... | |
| Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 516 pages
...CLXXXVI. THE CHARACTERS AND TREATMENT OF THE MESSIAH. Isai. liii. 2, 3. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no jorm nor comeliness: and, when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is... | |
| John Bevans - Religious education of children - 1810 - 134 pages
...believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? 2. For he shal 1 sjrow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. 3. He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief : and we... | |
| Frederick Smith - Faith - 1811 - 274 pages
...14. 12. A Star out of Jacob. Numb. xxiv. 1713. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Rev. v.5. 14. He that shall grow up as a tender Plant, and as a Root out of a dry Ground. Isa. liii. 2. 15. A Root of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the People, to Him shall... | |
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