...been filled with horror. But none ever was so overwhelmed as the holy Jesus, when it pleased the Lord to put him to grief, and to make his soul an offering for our sins. In his agony he prayed more earnestly, and was heard and delivered ; trusting in him, and...

...dwelt from all eternity — behold ! the heavens were become iron, and were clothed with blackness. " It pleased the Lord to bruise him," and to " put him to grief." His Father had delivered him into the hand of his enemies ; and his God had forsaken him. Such was...

...all, indeed, befel him either by his immediate interposition, or by his appointment and permission: " It pleased the Lord to bruise him, and to put him to grief. "t Some tell us that, in virtue of his sovereignty and supreme dominion, God may subject his creatures...

...devils ! And what must his sufferings have been, when, according to the language of the prophet, " it pleased the Lord to bruise him," and to " put him to grief," and to " lay on him the iniquity of us all !" What must his sufferings have been, when his " soul was exceedingly...

...all;" that he was " brought as a lamb to the slaughter ;" that " it pleased the Lord to bruise him," to " put him to grief," and to " make his soul an offering for sin." Isai. liii. Is it possible for language to express the atonement of our Lord in more appropriate words...

...Cor. v. 21. 31 Pet. ii. 22. God3 ; and they mistook not in that; he was stricken and smitten of God ; it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and to put him to grief; and the Lord proceeds not thus, where he sees no sin. Therefore the apostle carries it to a very high expression,...

...before the minds of men. — 1 Cor. vii. 5 ; 1 Thess. iii. 5. In both these senses Christ was tried. " It pleased the LORD to bruise him, and to put him to grief" (Isai. liii. 10) ; and " It became him, for whom and by whom are all things, to advance to glory our...

...PREACHED AT LINCOLx's 1NN. 401 God3 ; and they mistook not in that; he was stricken and smitten of God ; it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and to put him to gritf; and the Lord proceeds not thus, where he sees no sin. Therefore the apostle carries it to a...

...PREACHED AT LINCOLN S INN. 401 God' ; and they mistook not in that; he was stricken and smitten of God ; it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and to put him to gritf; and the Lord proceeds not thus, where he sees no sin. Therefore the apostle carries it to a...

...soul; for 'his soul was exceedingly sorrowful even unto death;' 'it pleased the Lord to bruise him, where the Lord lay.' It is desolate, tenantless for ever ; and How great those agonies that constrained him to say, 'Is it nothing to you all ye who pass by? Behold,...