...down. And it shall come to pass in that day, That I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: And I will clothe him with thy robe, And strengthen...inhabitants of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; So he shall open, and none shall shut;...

...office that he filled with integrity and honour. 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and ftrengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand, and he fhall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and to the houfe of Judah. Our prophet proceeds...

...attested by St. John, Rev. iii. 7. The prophecy occurs in Is. rxii. 21, 22, and it is as follows : — " ? > X9 Ox VM` v n WmIc { u/Ř ; ĐN ~ 1 |Q G @ ...җ Ǖ T < lĶ1Rж $X 0v c 4n! XG S$ p B ` And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder ; BO he shall open, and none shall shut...

...And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my sen-ant Elia21 kirn the son of Hilkiah : And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, he xhall have thy * So ne luppose him tobivc bern ;t forcienrr, лч his father is not mentioned; and...

...call " my fervant Eliakim, the fon of Hilkiah : and I will " clothe him with thy robe, and fIrengthen him with thy " girdle, and I will commit thy government Into his hand, " (that of Shebna, who was over the houfe, ver. 15.). " And the key of the houfe of David will I lay...

...And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Elia21 kim the son of Hilkiah : And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy gij'dle, he shall have thy honour and flower, and I will commit thy government into his hand : and...

...If And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah : of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah ; an giixlle, and I will commit thy government into his hand : and he shall be a father to the inhabitants...

...in what an infinitely higher degree do the benefits of Christ's administration appear! Was Eliakim " a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah?" What -a blessing -is Christ also to the -world at large! As, in a state, all are benefited by a wise...

...the magistrates are fathers in the civil stale :" Eliakim, having the government in his hands should be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of JuJah," Isaiah xxii. 20, 21. Thus also the aged, " whom we must entreat as fathers and mothers," 1...

...in what an infinitely higher degree do the benefits of Christ's administration appear! Was Eliakim " a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah?" What a blessing is Christ also to the world at large! As, in a state, all are benefited by a wise administration,...