 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...opinion they had of his integrity: and this will expound another place in Matth. chap. XII. ver. 20. " A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he send forth judgment unto victory ?" What is that, " until he send forth judgment?" This judgment... | |
 | John Flavel - 1671 - 576 pages
...was prophesied of him, " He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard on high. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench." Isa. 42 : 2, 3. He knew how to speak a word in season to the weary soul. Isa. 50 : 4. He gathered the... | |
 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 pages
...sacrifice of Jesus hath purged thy sins. " Be not faithless, but believing," John xx. 27. AUGUST 19. — A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax...quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. — Matt. xii. 20. Through a sight of their sinful state, a sense of strong corruptions, weakness of... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1799 - 416 pages
...that he should not seek publicity, and noise, and popularity. 20 A bruised reed shall he not hreak, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. ' A bruised reed,' &c. It is an expressive emblem of the soul, broken and contrite on account of sin,... | |
 | 1830 - 334 pages
...the short time since they were emancipated from barbarism and the most degraded state of slavery: // bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench. I therefore take the applicants on trial ; and, according to their proficiency in Christian experience... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...Gentiles. 1 9 He shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax...quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 II Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil... | |
 | Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...the Gentiles. b He shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax...quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. c And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 35. Jesus retires to a mountain, calls his disciples to... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 400 pages
...bloody sacrifice of Jesus hath purged thy sins. " Be not faithless, but believing,"... .John xx. 27. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking- flax...quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.... Matt. xii. 20. THROUGH a sight of their sinful state, a sense of strong corruptions, weakness of faith,... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax...quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil,... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry: neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax...quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory*." Amostsublime passage ! which may thus be paraphrased. Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved,... | |
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He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory. 
