...life, and power to take it up again. And what he had a right to do he was most willing to do. When he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor, he longed to stand in the breach between God and us, saying, " Here am I, send me." Accordingly, he...

...of the subject. Open any part of Isaiah, and take the first passage which occurs! for instance: "And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there...no intercessor, therefore his arm brought salvation to him, and his righteousness it sustained him. For he put on righteousness as a breast plate, and...

...arm brought salvation unto him"(N;i. 63. 5). At the time of the coming of the Lord iu the flesh, " He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor, therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him, and his righteousness it upheld him"(59. 1C). Illustrative of the...

...rrcuntfeaeei. I Eer. 1J. 1J. tafiahl. kRom.ll. f it displeased him that there was no judgment. 16 f And h n : f therefore his arm brought salvation unto him ; and his righteousness, it sustained him. J7 « For...

...had lost all power to see what is true and to do what is good. He that made alone could save. " And he saw that there was no man ; and wondered that there...unto him, and his righteousness it sustained him." (Isaiah, lix. 16.) The import of this text was shown in our last discourse. Here we may remark so much...

...The Lord Omnipotent condescends to explain the glorious question : (Isa. lix. 16.) "And he (the Lord) saw that there was no man, and wondered that there...unto him, and his righteousness it sustained him." And (20) " The Redeemer shall come to Zion." Yet the display of infinite love and mercy, consequent...

...that when He looked down from heaven to see if there was any that would understand and seek after God, He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own arm wrought salvation for them, in place of man penitently on his knees supplicating it at his...

...hand of God, and to solicit his friendly aid. But grace comes unsought to guilty man. " And the Lord saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor ; therefore his own arm brought salvation." (Isa. lix. 16; lxiii.5.) In condescension to our infirmity, God is described...

...wondered that there was none to uphold : therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me. — And ons — 1. How this Jesus is to be distinguished from others bis righteousness sustained him," Isaiah, Ixiii. 5 ; lix. 16. Christ then died, or endured the wages...

...subjoins the method of recovery. " The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor : therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him ; and his righteousness it sustained him."(p) Where are our righteousnesses,...