...I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth i and sent forth, and slew all the children that were...under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken hy Jeremy the pruphet, saying, In...

...the Jews rather than to the king of Britain. But we let this pass. Inverse sixteenth it is said— " Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...the children, that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coast thereof, from two years old and under." Let us enquire into the probability of this. Herod might...

...— gold, and frankincense, and myrrh ;" — that they departed secretly ; —lastly., that Herod " slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and...all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under ;" — these are facts which, if false, the Evangelist durst not have related, or, if he durst, were...

...be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saving, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the 52 wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,...

...in mercy\.. * Epiph. vi. 4. Col. iii. 21. + James iii. 18. J Hos. x. 12. SERMON VI. MATTH. II. 16. Then Herod, when he saw, that he was mocked of the...under ; according to the time, which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. THE piteous history, contained in these words, is the sequel of that, immediately...

...unpublished letter of I.ardner, la which the Doctor luvj, " I the tun regarded 11 S. MATTHEW. [cruelty. eth from him. 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out ; and they could not. 41 enquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,...

...and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born, Matt. ii. 3, 4. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two year« old and under, according to the tune which he had diligently inquired of the wise men, 16. The...

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...dreading the fulfilment of an ancient prophecy, in a sense that awakened his watchful jealousy of power, " sent forth, and slew all the children that were in...the coasts thereof, from two years old and under," without incurring any punishment from the laws, or any disgrace from his imperial master, Augustus....

...we went to the subterraneous cl.apel, where tradition places the sepulchre of the Innocents: "Heiod sent forth and slew all the children that were in...the coasts thereof, from two years old and under. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah, the prophet, saying : " In R-.ima was there a...