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     * and look.
     # 16; Ps 58:10,11; Eze 39:9-16; Zec 14:12,18,19; Re 19:17-21|
     * their worm.
     # 14:11; Mr 9:44-49; Re 14:10,11|
     * their fire.
     # 34:10; Mt 3:12|
     * and they.
     # 65:15; Da 12:2; 1Th 2:15,16|

                 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.

      Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the
      Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of
      his prophecies concerning the advent and character, the
      ministry and preaching, the sufferings and death, and the
      extensive and permanent kingdom of the Messiah.  So explicit
      and determinate are his predictions, as well as so numerous,
      that he seems to speak rather of things past than of events yet
      future; and he may be rather called an evangelist than a
      prophet.  Though later critics, especially those on the
      continent, have expended much labour and learning in order to
      rob the prophet of his title; yet no one, whose mind is
      unprejudiced, can be at a loss in applying select portions of
      these prophecies to the mission and character of Jesus Christ,
      and to the events in his history which they are cited to
      illustrate by the sacred writers of the New Testament.  In
      fact, his prophecies concerning the Messiah seem almost to
      anticipate the Gospel history; so clearly do they predict his
      Divine character.  (Compare ch. 7:14; with Mat. 1:18-23, and
      Luke 1:27-35; ch. 6:; 9:6; 35:4; 40:5, 9, 19; 42: 6-8; 61:1,
      with Lu. 4:18; ch. 62:11; 63:1-4;) his miracles, (ch. 35:5, 6;)
      his peculiar character and virtues, (ch. 11:2, 3; 40:11;
      43:1-3;) his rejection, (Compare ch. 6:9-12; with Mar. 13:14;
      ch. 7:14, 15; 53:3;) his sufferings for our sins, (ch. 50:6;
      53:4-11;) his death and burial, (ch. 53:8, 9;) his victory over
      death, (ch. 25:8; 53:10, 12;) his final glory, (ch. 49:7, 22,
      33; 52:13-15; 53:4, 5;) and the establishment, increase, and
      perfection of his kingdom, (ch. 2:2-4; 9:2, 7; 11:4-10; 16:5;
      29:18-24; 32:1; 40:4, 5; 42:4; 46:13; 49:9-13; 51:3-6; 53:6-10;
      55:1-3; 59:16-21; 60:; 61:1-5; 65:25;) each specifically
      pointed out, and pourtrayed with the most striking and
      discriminating characters.  It is impossible, indeed, to
      reflect on these, and on the whole chain of his illustrious
      prophecies, and not be sensible that they furnish the most
      incontestable evidence in support of Christianity.  The style
      of Isaiah has been universally admired as the most perfect
      model of elegance and sublimity; and as distinguished for all
      the magnificence, and for all the sweetness of the Hebrew
      language.