...time. Thus it is said, concerning the man of sorrows, that " many "were astonished at him, his visage was so marred " more than any man, and his form more than the " sons of men :" Isa. Hi. 14>. How long, in these times, might youth and beauty last, were godly sorrow their only...

...light." This however was to undergo an eclipse. The Scripture must be fulfilled which saith, " His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." But after the resurrection from the dead, this occasional and transient glory, became permanent and...

...he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 14 As many were^ astonished at thee; (his visage A0 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouihs at him : for that which had...

...grief, as He was ? From the manger to the Cross, he was despised and rejected of men. " His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." Through the whole of his ministry he was contradicted, reviled, hated, by those among whom He went...

...splendour to recommend him ; " his " visage," on the contrary, by suffering affliction, was to be " marred more than any man, and his form " more than the sons of men"1." He was to keep the law, and to die for sin : " Sacrifice and offering " thou wouldest not —...

...Isa, xltv. 3. Y with the thorny crown : " As many were astonished at thee ; his visage was so marretl more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men : so shall he sprinkle many na-t ions ; the kings shall shut their mouths at him ; for that which had...

...several demands ; and died Himself, that the souls of men might never die ! Hence it was, that his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men. Hence it was, that, in the claims and in the condition of Christ, an inconsistency appeared which confounded...

...no connections with men in power. On the cross, "many were "astonished at his appearance: his visage was so marred "more than any man, and his form more than the sons of "men." His acquaintances and friends on earth stood at a distance, and durst not ewn him, -nor come near him,...

...obtained by looking unto Jesus, who was " a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," whose " visage was so marred, more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men ;" who, being " touched with the feeling of our infirmities," and having been tempted, knows how to...

...expression of respect for the sufferer, whose mental torture must at that time have " marred his visage more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." Over this a veil was thrown, yet it must have been in some degree apparent*. He at last expired under...