 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...had of his integrity: and this will expound another place in Matth. chap. XII. ver. 20. " A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he send forth judgment unto victory ?" What is that, " until he send forth judgment?" This judgment... | |
 | John Flavel - 1671 - 576 pages
...prophesied of him, " He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard on high. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench." Isa. 42 : 2, 3. He knew how to speak a word in season to the weary soul. Isa. 50 : 4. He gathered the... | |
 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 pages
...Jesus hath purged thy sins. " Be not faithless, but believing," John xx. 27. AUGUST 19. — A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. — Matt. xii. 20. Through a sight of their sinful state,... | |
 | 1830 - 334 pages
...time since they were emancipated from barbarism and the most degraded state of slavery: // bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench. I therefore take the applicants on trial ; and, according to their proficiency in Christian experience... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 502 pages
...higheft perfection, which render him infinitely amiable, and qualify him for the adminiftration of a juft and gracious government over the world. The virtues...when carried to a high degree, very often run into thofe vices which have a kind of affinity to them. " Right too rigid hardens into wrong." Strict juftice... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...9 He shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 II Then was... | |
 | Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...Gentiles. b He shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. c And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 35. Jesus retires... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 400 pages
...sacrifice of Jesus hath purged thy sins. " Be not faithless, but believing,"... .John xx. 27. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking- flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.... Matt. xii. 20. THROUGH a sight of their sinful state,... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...19 He shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 Then was... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry: neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory*." Amostsublime passage ! which may thus be paraphrased. Behold... | |
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He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory. 
