...the fulfil tuent of the divine predictions ? — How could the babe of Bethlehem have otherwise grown up before Him, as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground ? How could he have answered the prophetic predictions of having no form or comeliness ;...

...the fulfilment of the divine predictions ? — How could the babe of Bethlehem have otherwise grown up before Him, as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground ? How could he have answered the prophetic predictions of having no form or comeliness ;...

...sense, by ri^l'.t of natural descent from him, inasmuch as it is said, He shall grow t."» before kirn as a tender plant) and as a root out of a dry ground, chap. liii. 2. To this we may add ; that his mother's condition in the world appears to have...

...wretched, are in the same distance from God. But " he emptied himself of all his glory." Phil. " He grew up as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground, there was no form or comeliness in him." Isa, 53. 2. From his birth to the time of his preaching...

...are in the same distance from God. But " he emptied himself of all hi» glory." Phil. " He grew up as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground, there was no form or comeliness in him." Isa. 53. 2. From his birth to the time of his preaching...

...hath believed our report," &c. ; that he should for some time have but few followers, " growing up as a tender " plant, and as a root out of a dry " ground ;" that he should have no eartUy grandeur, &c. to recommend him, " no form or comeliness,...

...saith, '2LoRD, who hath 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 ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised...

...as a Saviour, crucified for our sins. They preached a suffering Messiah, "growing up before Jehovah as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground ; having no form nor comeliness, and no beauty" externally, "that men," who generally judge...

...head : that he should be maintained by the charity of some of his disciples: that he should " Grow up as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground," (Isa. liii. 2.) " That he should not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in...

...plainly: Helfa. liii. a. JJiall grow tip (fays he, defcribing that ftate) before the Lord like a lender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comelinefs ; and when we Jhall fee him, there is no beauty that u<e Jliould defire him. And again :...