...thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. [ 233 3 COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably...hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight...

...any comfort to a condemned man ; but the comfort of a pardon reaches to the very heart. " Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem," Isa. 40 : 1, 2 ; or, as in the Hebrew, " speak to the heart of Jerusalem." But what are the ingredients...

...angel departed from her." Ifaiah 4Oth chap.. " Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, faith your God ; fpeak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplifhtd, that, her iniquity is pardoned; for fhe hath received of the Lord's hand, double for...

...xvi. 42. And in Ifaiah, xl. i, 2. Jerufalem is commanded to be comforted, and the prophet is to fay to her, " that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for (he hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her fms. It appears to -me that the great purpofe...

...words, " the comfort of thy grace." He himself thus speaks of his gracious dealings, " Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God, Speak ye comfortably....hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins." The church in like manner is described as revived by the tokens of the Saviour's love: " And...

...reviving words, which proceed out of his mouth. VI. * " Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, says the Lord ; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, and her iniquity is pardoned ; for, in me, she hath received of the Lord's hand, double for all her...

...language of truth answers — ' Comfort ye, comfort ye my people ; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem ; cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned !' Surely these are tidings suited to distress — that must raise dejection from the dust, and inspire...

...V>i that is, to the prophets during the captivity, and to all chris2 tian ministers in future ages. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,...hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins ; not double to what she deserved, but double in proportion to God's severity in correcting other...

...the cafilivily, and to all c/im2 lian ministers in future ages. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusa-: Jem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,...hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins ; not double to ivhat she deserved, eut double in /iro/iorlion to God'-s severity in correcting...

..."Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith our If " God, speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unW " her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her '/...hath received of the " Lord's hand double for all her sins.** In reading /f these passages of scripture, he was enabled to vie* Christ as set forth to be...