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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
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king of Syria, recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the
Jews from Elath ; and the Syrians came to Elath, and
■dwelt there unto this day." Ver. 7: "So Ahaz sent
messengers to Tiglath Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, 1
am thy servant and thy son. Come up and save me out
of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand
of the king of Israel, which rise up against me." Ver.
8 : " And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found
in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the
king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of
Assyria." Ver. 9 ; " And the king of Assyria hearkened
unto him : for the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it cap-
tive to Kir, and slew Rezin."
It is now left to the public to reflect seriously on
the above circumstances stated in the context, and to
pronounce whether thereby it appears that verse 14 is
originally applied to Hezekiah, the son and heir of Ahaz,
king of Jerusalem, a child born before the defeat of his
enemies, the Immanuel, whose land was Judah ; or to
Jesus of Nazareth, born at least 500 years afterwards :
and also to decide whether or not the land which Ahaz
abhorred, had been forsaken by the king of Syria and of
Israel, from the interference of the king of Assyria,
before Hezekiah came to years of discretion ; or whether
that event took place only after the birth of Jesus. As
to the application of verse 4 to Jesus Christ, by St.
Matthew, my language in the Second Appeal was, that
•" the evangelist Matthew referred in his Gospel to ch.
vii. 14 of Isaiah, merely for lire purpose of accom-
modation ; the son of Ahaz and the Saviour resembling
each other, in each being the means, at different periods,
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king of Syria, recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the
Jews from Elath ; and the Syrians came to Elath, and
■dwelt there unto this day." Ver. 7: "So Ahaz sent
messengers to Tiglath Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, 1
am thy servant and thy son. Come up and save me out
of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand
of the king of Israel, which rise up against me." Ver.
8 : " And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found
in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the
king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of
Assyria." Ver. 9 ; " And the king of Assyria hearkened
unto him : for the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it cap-
tive to Kir, and slew Rezin."
It is now left to the public to reflect seriously on
the above circumstances stated in the context, and to
pronounce whether thereby it appears that verse 14 is
originally applied to Hezekiah, the son and heir of Ahaz,
king of Jerusalem, a child born before the defeat of his
enemies, the Immanuel, whose land was Judah ; or to
Jesus of Nazareth, born at least 500 years afterwards :
and also to decide whether or not the land which Ahaz
abhorred, had been forsaken by the king of Syria and of
Israel, from the interference of the king of Assyria,
before Hezekiah came to years of discretion ; or whether
that event took place only after the birth of Jesus. As
to the application of verse 4 to Jesus Christ, by St.
Matthew, my language in the Second Appeal was, that
•" the evangelist Matthew referred in his Gospel to ch.
vii. 14 of Isaiah, merely for lire purpose of accom-
modation ; the son of Ahaz and the Saviour resembling
each other, in each being the means, at different periods,