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fering Saviour duke xiv, 26l, but here
we have the most complete description Of
His sufferings In the whole Old Tesla.
ment
2. He hath no form nor loneliness; aud
when we shall see Him, there is no beauty
that we should desire Him" Like the
tabernacle in the wilderness, there was no
outward beauty to the surrounding ma.
tions. but Israel could tell of the holy
place, and the holy of holes, with vessels
OF pure gold, and the glory of God between
the cherubim. To the unsaved Jesus is
still unattractive, while they eagerly fol.
low the attractions of the world. the flesh
and the devil
8. HE is despised and rejected of men,
Il man Of SORROWS and acquainted with
grief" He was so unlike other men; He
never considered himself; did not His own
will; sought not his own glory; never
sought TO be made much of, but was
always honoling His Father Self sacri
flee consumed him as n fever; a man of
constant and painful endurance misun-
derstood, slandered, despised and rejected,
how all this will come home to Israel
when they see Him coming in power and
glory tHech xii, 10Y.
4. Surely He hath borne our griefs and
carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God and af
hicted." He was our substitute, in our
stead, vicarious sacrifice; but we, like
Jobs friends. thought He deserved it; thus
will Israel confess in that day.
8. "But He was wounded for our trans.
gressions He vas bruised for our iniqui-
ties, and with His stripes we are healed. "
Could there be any stronger expressions to
denote violent and painful death2 The
precise manner of it is more fully described
in Ps xxi, 16, ''They pierced My hands
and my feet" Read this verse with my
instead of "our" in the first three clauses,
and read 81 am" instead of eve are" in tie
fourth clause, and with all your heart
thank Him t.at it is So
6. "All we, like sheep, have gone astray.
we have turned every one to his own way;
and the Lord nath laid on Him the iniquity
of us all" Many readily believe the first
two clauses, but how few receive the last
I. HE is brought as lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shear
ers is dumb, so He openeth not his mouth T"
Shorn of comfort honor, good name, life,
a lamb led out to die, see how He was op-
pressed and afflicted, and still let your
heart say, "All for me?" When He suffer
ed He threatened not, thus leaving us an
example.
s. "I1e was taken from prison and from
Judgment, and who shall declare his gen
eration| Taken away by distress and
Judgment IS the marginal reading, which
agrees nearly with the II. "
0. And lie made His grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in His death, be
cause He had done no violence, neither was
any deceit in His mouth" Not only do
we read of His cruel treatment, sufferings.
and death as if recorded by an eye witness
but also the events of His burial; and how
literally all was fulfilled we know The
Kindness and devotion of Joseph of Ari
mathea rescues His body from the author
ties and from the grave prepared with
those OF the Indicators, and gives it burial
in His own new tomb John xix, 3S-42)
10. yet it pleased the Lord to bruise
Him. He 81. Ill prolong His days, and the
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His
hand" Not only His sulferings death and
burial, but also His resurrection is here re
corded; for how could ones days be pro
loneed who was dead and buried except
by resurrection See the same great truth
in Ps. xvi, Sill; Acts ii, 1881 Observe in
the first sentence of this verse from
whence came His greatest sufferings. Al
though the sinIess one, He became our sin
Offering, and our sins being laid on Him,
God spared not His own Son The wrath
of God against sin fell on him
II. "lle sh j see of the travail of His
soul, and shall be satisfied" Not only His
resurrection, but His future glory clearly
foretold. He shall in due time see the full
result of all His sufferings and He shall
be satisfied This is all clear to Him, and
He is not discouraged by things as they
have been or are now, for He Is sure of
final triumph (Num. xiv, 81; Rev. xi, 49,
Let us with eyes and heart fixed on Him
go calmly on, diligently serving Him, and
like Him rejoicing in the consummation
elsa xiii, 4, Pet. iv, 13).
l2. therefore will | divide Him por
tion with the great, and He shall divide
the spoil with the strong; because He hath
poured out His soul unto death" Observe
how often He is spoken of in this lesson as
suffering for iniquty transgression and
sin, Compare the blessing of Ps. xxi, l.,
2, and see in Acts viii, $3.50, how certain
man entered into this blessedness by the
opening up to him of this very chapter in
Isaiah. If we enjoy the forgiveness Of sins
through His finished work land there is no
other way) then we shall share with Him
the glory of His kingdom dan. vii, 81;
Rev. V, o, 10, iii, 2D. But If not hid in
Him who suffered in our stead, then there
must come to all such the everlasting
torment of Math. XIV, IL; ii Thess. l.,
10; Rev. xiv, OIL; Xxx, 10; xxi, s. The
sulferings of the seed of the woman,
the seed of Abraham and of David, the
Son OF Man and Son Of God, are the scar
let line running through the whole Bible
from beginning to end and we cannot
place too much emphasis upon the fact
that these sulferings were substitution.
airy. He suffered in our stead with
our sins actually laid upon Him. Other,
wise there Is no meaning to verses 4, s.,
6 of this chapter, and to such passages
as ii Cor V, 81; | Pet. ii, "a. Let no one
rob you of this great truth or try to eX.
plain it away. Hold to the very words Of
the Scriptures in their very simplest sig
nifcanCe and die for them if need be. Re-
member those who overcame 10y the blood OF
the lamb, and by the word of their testimony
and loved not their lives unto the death
(Rev. xii, ~. A truth we are not willing
to suffer for we do not think very much
of. lie poured out His soul unto death
for us, willing to be counted transgres-
sor and die under false accusation. If we
are filed with His great spirit, suffering will
not terrify us; If only we may glorify Him,
and have little part in the fellowship Of
His suiTerings phil. /, 20, 90; Iii, 10y.