PROPHECY. "Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for your God. "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain; "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it."-Chap. xl. 1—5. Again : "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young."—Chap. xi. 11. "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him he shall FULFILMENT. "And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins. "As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight; and the rough ways shall be made smooth. "And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”—Luke iii. 2-6. "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. "I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.”—John x. 11. 14. "Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. PROPHECY. bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. "He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth."-Chap. xlii. 1-3. "And he said, It is a light thing, that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the G' FULFILMENT. "But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; "And charged them that they should not make him known: "That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, "Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. "He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. "And in his name shall the Gentiles trust." - Matt. xii. 14-17. "For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth."-Acts xiii. 47. PROPHECY. Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."-Chap. xlix. 6. "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting."-Chap. 1. 6. "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth." -Chap. lii. 7. "The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God."—Chap. lii. 10. "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. PROPHECY. "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 66 FULFILMENT. "They were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Surely he hath borne our Mary? and his brethren James, griefs, and carried our sor rows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? "And his sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then -Matt. xiii. 54-56. "But he was wounded for hath this man all these things?" our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted; yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. "He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living for the "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."-Matt. viii. 20. See also Luke ii. 7. and xxii. 44. John i. 10, 11. "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree; that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. "For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the shepherd and bishop of your souls."-1 Pet. ii. 24, 25. See also John xi. 49–52. and 2 Cor. v. 19. 21. "And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. PROPHECY. transgression of my people was he stricken. "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. "Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." Chap. liii. Again: "And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans FULFILMENT. "Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not, how many things they witness against thee? "And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly." -Matt. xxvii. 12-14. "Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.”— Heb. ix. 28. 66 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. "By one offering he hath perfected for ever them, that are sanctified."-Heb. x. 10. 14. "And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke xxiii. 33, 34. "And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the De |