...bodily presence of their Lord ; then was the Spirit to be poured out from on high, and more would be the children of the desolate, than the children of the married wife. And all these true believers were, like Isaac, children of promise ; born, not of the flesh, but by...

...Messiah, give saving knowledge to all nations. And in the same sense he speaks in the liv. chapter : " Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth...the children of the married wife, saith the Lord." Who is the desolate and barren, but the Gentiles without God in the world, whilst the Jews were honoured...

...to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Isa. liv. 1, 2, 3. " Sing, O barren thou that didst not bear, break forth...the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitation : spare...

...forth the curtains of thy habitations : spare not ; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes : for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; and thy seed shall inherit the gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited." These...

...gathered in. He seems to enter in the fulness of his heart into the gracious arrangements of God : " Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear! break forth...the children of the married wife, saith the Lord." And in like manner, also, we may notice the divine regard that was especially shown to the tribe of...

...barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of children." Isai. liv. 1. " Sing, O barren, and thou that didst not bear ; break forth into singing...the children of the married wife, saith the Lord." With respect to some of the principal persons spoken of in the Old Testament, there is this evidence,...

...harren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of children." Isai. liv. 1. "Sing, O harren, and thou that didst not bear ; break forth into -singing...the children of the married wife, saith the Lord." With respect to some of the principal persons spoken of in the Old Testament, there is this evidence,...

...reigneth, let the^^ earth rejoice, let the multitude of isles be gladi'm.nv.i. thereof: hence, Sing, O thou barren, thou that didst not bear ; break forth into...cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child — 77*eisa.xxxv.i. wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom...

...of the world. Agreeable to this is Isai. liv. 1, 2. " Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear ; — for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord : enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitation ; spare...

...ends of the earth: and, Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear, it is said to the Gentile church ; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child ; vide \mosfor more are the children of the desolate than the "ei*1™, i $, children of the married...