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| Chapter LXVI.—He proves from Isaiah that God was born from a virgin.
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Chapter LXVI.—He proves from Isaiah
that God was born from a virgin.
And I, resuming the discourse where I had left
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at a previous stage, when proving that He was born of a virgin,
and that His birth of a virgin had been predicted by Isaiah, quoted again
the same prophecy. It is as follows ‘And the Lord spoke again to
Ahaz, saying, Ask for thyself a sign from the Lord thy God, in the depth
or in the height. And Ahaz said I will not ask, neither will I tempt the
Lord. And Isaiah said, Hear then, O house of David; Is it no small thing
for you to contend with men? And how do you contend with the Lord?
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall
conceive, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel.
Butter and honey shall he eat; before he knows or prefers the evil he
will choose out the good. For before the child knows ill or good, he
rejects evil by choosing out the good. For before the child knows how to
call father or mother, he shall receive the power of Damascus, and the
spoil of Samaria, in presence of the king of Assyria. And the land shall
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ἣν, which is in chap.
xliii., is here omitted, but ought to be inserted without doubt.
| thou shalt with difficulty endure in consequence of the presence
of its two kings. But God shall bring on thee, and on thy people, and on
the house of thy father, days which have not yet come upon thee since the
day in which Ephraim took away from Judah the king of Assyria.’
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And I continued: “Now
it is evident to all, that in the race of Abraham according to the flesh
no one has been born of a virgin, or is said to have been born [of a
virgin], save this our Christ.”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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