...building is fitly framed ; that stone which the builders rejected is made the head of the corner. ' 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. Judgment...

...other places. Behold! a Vir-> gin Jhall conceive and bear a Son, and Jhall call his name Emanuel (c), Behold! I lay in Zion for a Foundation a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Corner Jlone, a fure Foundation (d). 2. The Words of the Text are fpoken in the Perfon...

...for we have made Lies cur Refuge, and iinder Falfehood have we hid ourfehes : Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a Foundation a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Corner Stone, a fare Foundation : he that beUeveth, fiall not * E*ek. ii. 3, 4, 7....

...be for a Crown of Glory, and for a Diadem of Beauty unto the Reftdue of his People, &c. Behold t I lay in ZION for a Foundation, a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Corner-Stone, &c. (Chap. xxvii. 5. 1 6. &c.) The Light of the Moon jhall be as the Light of the Sun, &c. in the Day...

...world is so much indebted ' and we think them remarkably dissonant from his excellent texty which is, " Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone," &t. We shall only add, that the true way to fill the churches, many of which arc. now nearly...

...which Messiah occupies, in both that of chief corner or foundation stone. l*.2g./f That promise, " behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation," never existed in this accomplishment at Jerusalem...

...is often spoken of as the basis of the christian church, and of the eternal hopes of fallen men. See Isa. xxviii, 16 , " Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious coner stone, a sure foundation," See also the words of Peter himself before the Jewish...

...sinners shelter themselves, but which shall be swept away by the overflowing scourge, says ; " Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a died stone, a precious comer stone, a sure foundation." And says the apostle to the Corinthians,...

...come unto us, for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves : therefore, 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 ; judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness...

...observe how gloriously Christ is spoken of as a foundation of the church in these words: "Therefore 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," Isa. xxviii....