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ground of her consolation. And, accordingly, They looked to him, in the promise, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. He is here promised under the nation of David, he is premised 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.
Here then, you have a comfortable promise of the Messiah, whore, again, you may notice the Promiser, I, will raise up, &c. It is a great I, indeed, it is Jehovah, in the person, of the Father, it was he that, in a peculiar manner, sent him: "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever beiieveth 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, lo 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, 2ly, We may notice the blessing promised, and that is, a Plant of renown. Christ gets many metaphorical names and descriptions in Scriptures He is called a Rose a Son a Door the Tree of Life, and he is content to be called any thing to make himself known to us, and here he is called a
