 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 516 pages
...sceptre. They spit on him, they smote him, they plucked off his beard, according to that prediction, " I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face * John viii. 48. " Matt. x. 25. from shame and spitting.'"1 Nor was this the conduct of a few only;... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1810 - 342 pages
...opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back, I gave my back to the sreittrs, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair ; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.' Christ shrinks not from his Father's wrath, the burthen of your sins, the malice of Satan, and the... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pages
...me; and my fury it upheld me. See also ch. lix. 10, 17. Isaiah 1. 6. I gave my back to the sinkers, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Isaiah xxxv. 3. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4. Say to them that are... | |
 | 1810 - 578 pages
...altogether desiring their speedy conversion; for which shall be always my fervent prayer. And, as for me, the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have 1 set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. Ho is near thatjustifieth me. Who... | |
 | John Satchel - 1811 - 434 pages
...fled,' Matt. xxvi. 56. — His patience under the most cruel treatment before Caiaphas and Pilate. ' I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair ; I hid not my face from shame and spitting,' Jsai. \. 6. — His silence in the presence of his judges. ' He was oppressed and he was afflicted,... | |
 | Montagu Pennington - 1811 - 424 pages
...understood by Wells and others, of those who have suffered persecution for Christ's cake. the vith verse, I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting. When we consider the particulars of Christ's sufferings as related by all the evangelists, and compare... | |
 | Johann Jacob Rambach - 1811 - 436 pages
...esteemed by. his people. (Deut. xxxii. 15.) Here the Messiah's prophetic complaint was fulfilled, ' I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair ; I hid not my fece from shame and spitting : I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1811 - 468 pages
...Jehovah hath opened mine " ear, and I was not rebellious; neither did I with" draw myself backward. I gave my back to the " smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off " the hair : my face I hid not from shame and spit" ting. For the Lord Jehovah is my helper ; there^* fore I am... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - 428 pages
...18. xxv. 18. xxx. 14. Eph. ?i. 17. Heb. iv. 12. Rev. i. 16. ii. 16. xix. 15, 21. No. 1082. — 1. 6. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them...the hair, I hid not my face from shame and spitting ] Mr. Hanway has recorded a scene differing little, if at all, from that alluded to by the prophet.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 468 pages
...the lowest. To pluck a man's beard in the East is the highest mark of insult which can be shewn. " I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair." Isaiah, clv 6. A fine trived this, which to me seems a most improbable 1°7 part of the story : —... | |
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For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 
