...fulfil them. He was meek find lowly in heart ; he did no violence or sin, neither was guile found in his mouth ; when he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him, who judgeth righteously. He walked in peace and equity,...

...that ye should follow his steps ; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth :" and yet, "when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. "t Think, I say, of him, who,...

...then, were hostile to the religion of the Lord of Hosts, by persecuting his people, while Israel was led '-' as a lamb to the slaughter ; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." And why is their disbelief of Jesus and his religion thus avowed and public ? because they...

...oppressed, and he was afflicted :" (more exactly, " It was exacted, and he became " answerable : ") " He was led as a lamb to the " slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is " dumb, so he opened not his mouth. He was " taken from prison and from judgment ; and " who shall declare his generation ?...

...most barbarous treatment : the vilest affronts were offered to him, and yet he was meek as a lamb. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not. He gave his back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that pluched offthe hair ;...

...knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." And this is what He did. " When He was reviled, He reviled not again ; when He suffered, He threatened not." You will thus enjoy His approving love ; and, who knows, you may thus so " adorn His...

...called to struggle with ; then surely you will be ashamed to complain. Admire and imitate his meekness : when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; he wept for his enemies, and prayed for his murderers. Let the same mind be in you...

...servant, even as I had pity on thees?" Again, Christ suffered the most unmerited injuries with patience: "when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righte« Matt. v. 39. 44. i Matt, xviii....

...remained perfectly composed, and uttered not a word indicative of impatience or resentment. As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. When he was bewailed by the daughters of Jerusalem, as he ascended the hill of Calvary bearing his cross, he requested...

...indignity; n hen condemned to an ¡gnominous death. He was " led as a Iamb to the slaughter ; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." When brought to the place of execution, and nailed to the accursed tree, instead of calling down vengeance...