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eb. Messiah) in whose days peace shall be multiplied
pon us." " Greatness shall be multiplied to those who
bey the law, and to those who keep peace, there will be
no end to the throne of David and of his government :
for establishing and for building it with judgment and
with justice now and for ever.''
Here Jonathan, in direct opposition to Christians,
denies to the son so born the epithets ''Wonderful
Counsellor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father ;''
and applies to him only the title of " The Prince of
Peace," (nearly synonymous with Messiah,) on
account of his preserving peace during his reign
as was promised of the Messiah. (2 Kings xx. 19 :
"Is it not good (says Hezekiah) if peace and truth
be in my days ?" 2 Ctirori. xxxii. 26 : The wrath of
the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.")
This application of the term anointed (or Messiah) is
made to Hezekiah in the same manner as to other emi-
nent kings, often called Messiah in the Sacred Writ-
ings :— 1 Samuel xii. 3: "Behold, here lam! witness
against me before the Lord, and his anointed, (or his
Messiah,) the king." 2 Samuel xxiii. 1 : " David the
son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on
high, the Messiah of the God of Jacob," &c. Ch. xxii.
51: "He is the tower of salvation for his king, and
sheweth mercy to his Messiah, unto David, and to his
seed for evermore." 1 Samuel, ii. 10: "The Lord shall
judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength
unto his king, and exalt the horn of his Messiah." Psalm
xx. 6 : " Now know I that the Lord saveth his Messiah."
Isaiah xlv. 1 : "Thus saith the Lord to his Messiah, to
Cyrus." The reign of Hezekiah was so accompanied with
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eb. Messiah) in whose days peace shall be multiplied
pon us." " Greatness shall be multiplied to those who
bey the law, and to those who keep peace, there will be
no end to the throne of David and of his government :
for establishing and for building it with judgment and
with justice now and for ever.''
Here Jonathan, in direct opposition to Christians,
denies to the son so born the epithets ''Wonderful
Counsellor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father ;''
and applies to him only the title of " The Prince of
Peace," (nearly synonymous with Messiah,) on
account of his preserving peace during his reign
as was promised of the Messiah. (2 Kings xx. 19 :
"Is it not good (says Hezekiah) if peace and truth
be in my days ?" 2 Ctirori. xxxii. 26 : The wrath of
the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.")
This application of the term anointed (or Messiah) is
made to Hezekiah in the same manner as to other emi-
nent kings, often called Messiah in the Sacred Writ-
ings :— 1 Samuel xii. 3: "Behold, here lam! witness
against me before the Lord, and his anointed, (or his
Messiah,) the king." 2 Samuel xxiii. 1 : " David the
son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on
high, the Messiah of the God of Jacob," &c. Ch. xxii.
51: "He is the tower of salvation for his king, and
sheweth mercy to his Messiah, unto David, and to his
seed for evermore." 1 Samuel, ii. 10: "The Lord shall
judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength
unto his king, and exalt the horn of his Messiah." Psalm
xx. 6 : " Now know I that the Lord saveth his Messiah."
Isaiah xlv. 1 : "Thus saith the Lord to his Messiah, to
Cyrus." The reign of Hezekiah was so accompanied with
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