Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 68
See Isa. xlii. 2, 3, and Matt. xii. 19, 20.
—that is, the momentary glow of the Gentiles—but made it shine more by the rising of His own light,—He can be none other than He who was predicted. The action, therefore, of the Christ who is come must be examined by being placed side by side with the rule of the Scriptures. For, if I mistake not, we find Him distinguished by a twofold operation,—that of preaching and that of power. Now, let each count be disposed of summarily. Accordingly, let us work out the order we have set down, teaching that Christ was announced as a preacher; as, through Isaiah: “Cry out,” he says, “in vigour, and spare not; lift up, as with a trumpet, thy voice, and announce to my commonalty their crimes, and to the house of Jacob their sins. Me from day to day they seek, and to learn my ways they covet, as a people which hath done righteousness, and hath not forsaken the judgment of God,” and so forth:1310 1310
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxiii Pg 31
Isa. xlii. 2, 3.
Being of such a character, He was of course much the less disposed to burn men. For even at that time the Lord said to Elias,4404 4404 Compare De Patientia, chap. xv.
“He was not in the fire, but in the still small voice.”4405 4405
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 6
VERSE (10) - Isa 42:2 Mt 12:19
