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weary v ^ v God aisq / whp hm , W ftp w spoken i&o fpii by my mwt ] b , whose wor 4 ? you will wot hear , ^ l > ut contemn ? " Therefore # xe Lord himself sh * U give you a sip : though vou are so perverse and obstinate in vour rebellion against God , ti » at . yoji mil not believe what Jie says , nor desire a signwhen he calls on you to
, do so , for the- confirmation of your faith ; ' yet so gracious and patient is he towards you , that he will himself nevertheless give you a sign , peradventure when you see the fulfilment of one declaration , you may be induced to believe the other also , and thus
shall you save yourself and ail your house . < c Behold , a virgin shall conceive , and bear a son , and sh ^ li call his name Immanuel . Butter and honey shall he eat , when he shall know to refuse the evil , and shall
choose the good . For before this child shall know to refuse the evil , and to choose the good , the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings . But the Lord shajl ^ ring upon thee , and upon thy people /* &c .
" days that have qot come , " &c . Before I proceed to state wh ^ t appears to me the natural and most consistent interpretation of this prophecy , it may not be amiss to notice some other methods which the learned have adopted in explaining it , and to
mention the objections which appear ; to lie against them . It is a commonly received opinion that this prophecy relates to the birth of our Saviour , and this opinion seems o have been much favoured , if it did not
eren originate in the application made of this prophecy to the birth of our Saviour , in the beginning of the Evangelist Matthew . Henpe it has met with many and strenuous supporters , who in various ways have defended their cause .
I . It is supposed by Dr . KennicptJ ; tuat the 14 th and lfyh verges contain a prophecy concerning- our Saviour , and that the child spok W of in the bth verse is Shear-jashub , the son of fne prophet , who went with his &tfcer r the command of tjie £ ojt 4 tp meet nicou founZa ih- ° *** H ?**" ^^ ^ s ^ ^ SP StitS m natiikr iiw isW ^ - ^ £ JF t * iuraj to cqncTime from the
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connexion x > f- \ tfa $ mi 9 W * * 91 ^® : larly froto tfee st ^ mg , expression Qf knowing . " tp refuse ^ ne ^ evu , and chopa ^ the good /' ttu ^ t th ^ e s an ^ e - ^ hud is here sppken of that was betore introdiiced to our notice . See his Sermoaj p . 5 , note .
1 . If it be a ^ ked , in defence oS iJf * K / s supposition , for . what reason should Isaiah's son go with him , since without tha , t supposition Jus presence seems to have been quite unnecessary , it may be replied , that for aught that
appears to the contrary , the propl ^ tfa son knew already to refuse the ^ exit and to choose the good ; ai > d then the sign could not apply to hiqa orT \ e fee the sign referred to in the prophecy . And that he was already sufficiently
old for this , there is at least as much reason to suppose as the contrary - It is not said that the prophet sliould take or carry this cUild with him . But he and his son are commanded to go forth to naeet Aliaz . Andjjh ^ n , ii we suppose lilm ot such an age as to , accompany his father , he mi g ht go with him , because he wa $ training , up to
speak ia the name of the Lord . 2 . According to Dr . K / s supposition again , the sign promised to Ahaz could not refer jto the birth of the child , spoken of in verses 14 , 15 ; but to the event mentioned ia the 16 th verse , that before
Shearjashub should know to refuse the evil and choose the good , the land of Syria and of Israel which Ah , ^ z abhorred , should be left desolate of both their kings . The question will t ^ ie ^ n return respecting the 14 th an $ l 5 th verses , What was the design of
introducing the prediction of such an , event at this time ? The only plausible reason which occurs 13 this : the Deity would hereby intend to place the certainty of the event predated to Ahaz , on the same evidence qr ground
of belief whh all t | je predictions and promises * given t £ the children of Israel as a peculiar aiid , favoured ppople , and especiall y vtitfi tUoae which referred to the Messiah
repeatedly promise ^ throughout the ; history of this people . M > u s he wQuld direct the atjtenjticjri pf Ah ^? to those various projp ^ ec ^ ^ ad ptrq np ise ? which , he hac ^ give ^ ^ faYpur Qf th ft Deople r ^ nd ip f rfftkgfi to t ^ e evep ts 4 pMu » f on to that mp 8 , t imp or taut ppe of ^ 11 , the comiug of $ * $ Messiah ^ wjwcft
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1823, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1788/page/3/
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