...Yet see Job, X«. 25—27In Isa. xlii, the prophet describes the anointing and mission of Chris*, and says, " He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth." The evangelist Matthew, (chap, xii.) quotes the passage with some variation, but uses the same fotm...

...he not break : and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth i and the isles shatt wait for his law." Isaiah, chap, xliii. v. 19. " Behold, I will do a new thing...

...and to which the prophet alludes so beautifully, that I do not like to pass it by without notice, " He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have...the earth, and the isles shall wait for his law," Isai. xlii. 4. The islands of the Gentiles were overspread, or first peopled, by our father Japh^et,...

...he shall make truth and righteousness 4 -victorious. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till lie have set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law ; he and his apostles shutl go on resolutely and cheerfully, till his religion shall be established,...

...not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall ,bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have...the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 ^f Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out ; he that spread...

...nor lift up< nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till He have...earth ; and the isles shall wait for his law." This promise of Christ's having God's Spirit put upon Him, and his not crying and lifting up his voice,...

...lift upy nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. He shall bring forth judgment tinto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till He have set judgment in the earth ; and the isles stall wait for bis law." This promise of Christ's having God's Spirk put upon Him, arrd his not crying...

...mountain, » not a street, since it is a place equally as public. The last verse in the passage (the 4th,) as it stands in Isaiah, and which Matthew has...before us, according to Matthew, withdrew himself for/car of the Pharisees, and charged the pcople that followed him not to make it known where he was;...

...accomplishment of this prophecy seems still very remote without the intervention of a miracle. 199 • * r shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have,...the earth : and the Isles * shall wait for his law. Having thus described the character and office of the Messiah, the prophet proceeds to give, as it...

...shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have...in the earth, and the isles shall wait for his law. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spreadeth forth...