 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...sanctification, as we may see in Isaiah, chap. XLII. ver. 3. where it is said of Christ : " A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench, till he bring forth judgment unto victory." Where he shows judgment to be a beginning of righteousness... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - Prophecies - 1813 - 618 pages
...the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lirrtty, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break : and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have set... | |
 | William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...and maketh the rivers a wilderness.' The Lord will not ' despise the day of small things. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench — He will bind up the broken hearted ; proclaim liberty to the captive ; and open the prison to '... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...a pompous tumultuous manner, but instruct others and -vindicate 3 himself -with meekness. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench ; a proverbial expression for a gentle temper and conduct : more is implied than expressed ; he will... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 684 pages
...of his sins! Thus does Jesus fulfil the character given of him by one of the prophets; " the bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench." Isa. xlii. 3. -His compassion did not, however, consist merely in kind words, like that of many others;... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall ,bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...particular. Herein he answered the description given of his character by the prophet : " A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench."^ Nothing could exceed the strength of his love, the tenderness of his reproofs, the exercise of his... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...He shall make no noise in the world, but shall come without either pomp or tumult. XLII. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Those, that are humbled and contrite, shall he rather relieve... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Samuel Finley - Presbyterian Church - 1811 - 550 pages
...he) with the subject of this week's study, and next Lord's day's- entertainment, namely, A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he -not quench. Such a bruised reed at best am I : a weak, oppressed, useless thing : a.stridens stifiula that can... | |
 | Johann Jacob Rambach - Lutheran Church - 1811 - 436 pages
...his eyes ; so that in this circumstance also Christ acts up to the prophecy of Isaiah, ' a bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.' (Isaiah xliii. 3.) Hence we may draw the following conclusions : 1, To indulge one's conveniency and... | |
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 
