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 her Faith, and the ground of her consolation; and, accordingly, "They looked to him," in the Promise, "and were lightned; and their faces were not ashamed." He is here promised under the notion of God's Servant; and, in the words of the text, he is promised as a Renowned Plant that was to rise in the fulness of time. And, blessed be God, he has sprung up, and is in heaven already, and has overtopt all his enemies, and all his enemies shall be his footstool.

Ist, Here, then, you have a comfortable Promise of the Messiah; where, again, you may notice the Promiser: I, I will raise up &c. It is a great I, indeed; it Is JEHOVAH, in the person of the : It was he that, in a peculiar manner, sent him; "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whomever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.—In the fulness of time he sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the Law, to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of Sons." God promised to send him, and accordingly he has actually fulfilled his promise. Again,

2dly, We may notice the blessing promised, and that is, a Plant of Renown.—Christ gets a great many metaphorical names and descriptions in Scripture:—Sometimes he is called a rose, sometimes he