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 that he was to be God’s Servant to do his work: In that consideration he is here called a Plant, and a Plant of Renown.—Hence, Zacharias, when speaking of him has a phrase much to the same purpose; "He hath raised up a Horn of Salvation for us in the house of his servant David. Again,

Secondly, Another thing I would have you to remark, is, That this Plant is but small and little in the eyes of a blind world. He was little looked upon when he sprung up in his Incarnation; and when he was here in a state of humiliation, men looked upon him "as a Root sprung up out of a dry ground; they saw no comeliness in him why he should be desired." And to this day, tho’ he be in a state of exaltation at the right hand of God, yet he is little thought of, and looked upon, by the generality of mankind, and the hearers of the gospel; He is despised and rejected of men. But then,

Thirdly, Another thing I would have you to remark, is, That however contemptible this Plant of Renown is in the eyes of a blind world, yet he is the tallest Plant in all God’s Lebanon, there is not the like of him in it, "He is fairer than the children of men;" and, "He is as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood!." If ever you saw him, ye will be ready to say so too, and