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240 SECOND APPEAL
death. And Manasseh his son reigned in ^
stead."
If, as is declared by Trinitarians, the child promise
in ch. vil. 14, be the same that is alluded to in ch. u'
6, and ch. x. 17, it is quite evident from the conte**'
that he was to be the deliverer of the Jews from &e
hands of the king of Assyria, and was to be disti11
guished by the excellence of his administration and
respect in which he was to be held by all the nati<^*
Making allowance for the hyperbolical style of
Easte^
nations, nothing can more aptly apply as prophecy tbaI|
these passages do to the reign of Hezekiah, as describe
in the above extracts from Kings and Chronicles. ^U
what, it may be asked, had the birth of Christ to ^°
with the destruction of the King of Assyria ? or
could it be said that before he " knew to refuse the evl^
and choose the good," the land of Syria and of Is*3
should be deserted of their respective kings, Rezin art
Pekah, who were gathered to their fathers many yea1"5
before this birthi?
This illustrious son of Ahaz was not the only ki1^
among the select nation of God, that was honour^
with such names as Hezekiah or " God my strength
and " Emmanuel" or " God with us ;" and also
such epithets as " Wonderful, Counsellor, the mig^^
God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of PeaC^
We find several other chiefs of that tribe that used t0
walk in the way of God, dignified in Scripture w^jj
epithets of a similar import. Genesis xxxii. 28:
he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, ^ut
Israel, (Prince of God :) for as a prince hast thou p0^ef
with God and with men, and hast prevailed." Ps^
death. And Manasseh his son reigned in ^
stead."
If, as is declared by Trinitarians, the child promise
in ch. vil. 14, be the same that is alluded to in ch. u'
6, and ch. x. 17, it is quite evident from the conte**'
that he was to be the deliverer of the Jews from &e
hands of the king of Assyria, and was to be disti11
guished by the excellence of his administration and
respect in which he was to be held by all the nati<^*
Making allowance for the hyperbolical style of
Easte^
nations, nothing can more aptly apply as prophecy tbaI|
these passages do to the reign of Hezekiah, as describe
in the above extracts from Kings and Chronicles. ^U
what, it may be asked, had the birth of Christ to ^°
with the destruction of the King of Assyria ? or
could it be said that before he " knew to refuse the evl^
and choose the good," the land of Syria and of Is*3
should be deserted of their respective kings, Rezin art
Pekah, who were gathered to their fathers many yea1"5
before this birthi?
This illustrious son of Ahaz was not the only ki1^
among the select nation of God, that was honour^
with such names as Hezekiah or " God my strength
and " Emmanuel" or " God with us ;" and also
such epithets as " Wonderful, Counsellor, the mig^^
God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of PeaC^
We find several other chiefs of that tribe that used t0
walk in the way of God, dignified in Scripture w^jj
epithets of a similar import. Genesis xxxii. 28:
he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, ^ut
Israel, (Prince of God :) for as a prince hast thou p0^ef
with God and with men, and hast prevailed." Ps^