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SECOND APPEAL
pointed out the cause of their lamentation. If Jehovah,
had been pierced, he would have been mentioned
throughout in the first person, also as the object of
lamentation and bitterness.
I Peter ii. 6 : " Wherefore also it is contained in
the Scripture, Behold, / lay in Zion a chief corner-stone,
elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not
be confounded. 7. Unto you therefore which believe
he is precious : but unto them who are disobedient, the •
stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made
the head of the corner, 8, And a stone of stumbling, and
a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the
word, being disobedient ; whereunto also the}- were-
appointed"—compared with Isaiah xxviii. 16, " There-
fore thus saith the Lord God, Behold I lay in Zion for
a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-
stone, a sure foundation ; he that believeth shall not make
haste ;" and Isaiah viii. 13, '* Sanctify the Lord of hosts
himself ; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14, And he shall be for a sanctuary ; but for a stone ofstum-
bling, and for a rock of offence, to both the houses of Israel ;
for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
These passages show, that the Lord God placed the
Messiah as a corner-stone for the temple, and that who-
ever stumbles at that stone so exalted by the Almighty,
stumbles at or disobeys him who has thus placed it.
But Mr. Jones omits the words found in Peter ii. 6, anc
Isaiah xxviii, 16, "I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone,
precious," &c, which show the created nature of the
Messiah, and after quoting a part of vers. 7 and 8 of 1
Peter, ch. ii. ( u The stone which the builder disallowed
thesame is made the head of the corner, and a stone of
SECOND APPEAL
pointed out the cause of their lamentation. If Jehovah,
had been pierced, he would have been mentioned
throughout in the first person, also as the object of
lamentation and bitterness.
I Peter ii. 6 : " Wherefore also it is contained in
the Scripture, Behold, / lay in Zion a chief corner-stone,
elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not
be confounded. 7. Unto you therefore which believe
he is precious : but unto them who are disobedient, the •
stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made
the head of the corner, 8, And a stone of stumbling, and
a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the
word, being disobedient ; whereunto also the}- were-
appointed"—compared with Isaiah xxviii. 16, " There-
fore thus saith the Lord God, Behold I lay in Zion for
a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-
stone, a sure foundation ; he that believeth shall not make
haste ;" and Isaiah viii. 13, '* Sanctify the Lord of hosts
himself ; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14, And he shall be for a sanctuary ; but for a stone ofstum-
bling, and for a rock of offence, to both the houses of Israel ;
for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
These passages show, that the Lord God placed the
Messiah as a corner-stone for the temple, and that who-
ever stumbles at that stone so exalted by the Almighty,
stumbles at or disobeys him who has thus placed it.
But Mr. Jones omits the words found in Peter ii. 6, anc
Isaiah xxviii, 16, "I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone,
precious," &c, which show the created nature of the
Messiah, and after quoting a part of vers. 7 and 8 of 1
Peter, ch. ii. ( u The stone which the builder disallowed
thesame is made the head of the corner, and a stone of