...us, and our falsehood shall hide us from vengeance : XXVIII. 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner •stone, a sure foundation : he that bclieveth slutll not make haste. Therefore, thus saith the Lord, What I...

...a time wherein he remarkably fulfils that in Isa. xxviii. 16. " Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation." Which the two Apostles Peter and Paul, (1 Pet. ii. 6, 7, 8. and Rom. ix. 83) join...

...Christ, as the chief corner stone, agreeahle to Isaiah xxviii. 16.— " Thus saith the Lord God, hehold I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation." 1. This leads us to contemplate our Lord in his infinite perfections, and in the...

...Peter, as the foundation of his church. For Christ himself is the foundation. Of him it is said, " Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation ;" and throughout the Scriptures, he is constantly presented as the ROCK of the church....

...made LIES out refuge, and under FALSEHOOD have loe bid ourselves. Therefore thus saith the Lord God. Behold ! I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet. And the...

...viii. 13.— xxvii. 8. t Luke xiu. 26. 4! Thess. v. 3. Christ."* God himself proclaims, by Isaiah, " Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation."t Jesus Christ then is the only sure ground of hope ; appointed by God himself....

...read, the stone which the builders refused, is become the head of the corner; in Isaiah xxviii. 16, Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation ; and again in viii. 14, he shall be for a sanctuary ; but for a stone of stumbling,...

...AH that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them." John x. 8. " Behold I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste." Isa. xxviii. 16. " And his breath shall...

...hell, in which he promised himself safety, are broken by the terrors of God, and he falls into both : I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation, and he that believes shall not make haste. Judgment will I lay to the line, and...

...make haste," Isa. xxviii. 16. A promise of the sending of Christ is given in the words foregoing : « Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation." This might well raise up a great expectation in the hearts of the people, in their...