...Isaiah viii. 14, but rather from Isaiah xxviii. 16, which is in these words : " Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, elect, precious, a sure foundation. He that believeth shall not make haste." The apostle therf says,...

...of the Chapel of the Philanthropic Society, on the 9th of November, 1806.] ISAIAH, xxviii. 16. — Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. IN uttering the first syllables ever solemnly pronounced from the hallowed place in...

...for, properly speaking, it is built upon our blessed Master, as Isaiah (xxviii. 16.) expresses it, " Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation ;" and St. Paul, in his comparison of the church to a material fabric, seems to mark...

...than that which ! is laid, which is Jesus Christ." " He is the rock." " Behold," saith the Lord, " I lay in Zion for a foundation, a ! stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone." Oh how many, even of those who flatter themselves they are building for eternity, have no better foundation...

...upon the sand," or upon the Eock of our salvation," the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? " 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 believeth shall not make haste ;" that is,...

...day ? If you are anxious and perplexed, I need only point you to my text for relief. " Behold," says 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 believeth shall not make haste." Let me...

...Jesus to honour and immortality. SERMON II. FOUNDATION STONE. ISAIAH Mtriii. 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 believeth shall not make haste. IN this...

...of the Chapel of the Philanthropic Society, on the 9th of November, 1806.] ISAIAH, xxviii. 16. — Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation) a stone, a tried stone, a precious comer stone, a sure foundation. IN uttering the first syllables ever solemnly pronounced...

...a stone un6t for the foundation of hope, joy and safety; yet has God fulfilled in him his promise: "Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried sto'ne ; a precious corner-stone, a foundation the most firm and sure : he that believeth in him shall...

...again, of many in Israel/ St. Peter joins this passage of the prophet with another, Isa. xxviii. 16. ' Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation ;' and very clearly explains this stone as ' the...