...at those things which were spoken of Jesus. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mo! her, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of irr.iuy.m Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; 35 (Yea, a sword shali pierce through...

...agreeable to the prophecy of good old Simeon concerning him : Behold tint child, says he, i« tetfor the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be sfioken against ; — that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. Luke ii....

...tries the hearts of men through the medium of Christ, in order to fix their future and final state. "Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many." God intends to make men happy or miserable forever, according to the feelings of their hearts...

...Ponder seriously, I beseech you, what Simeon himself says to Mary, as he shewed to her the infant Jesus: "Behold this child is set for the fall and rising...Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against: yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also," Luke ii. 34, 35. What could be meant by that...

...I became flesh, and dwelt with men. Look to the words of Simeon :—" And Simeon blessed him ; and said unto Mary his mother, Behold this Child is set...fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign that shall be spoken against." " Thus let men discern, that my being born to dwell with men was...

...ph and his mother wondered at those things which were spoken 34 of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary, his mother, Behold, this child is...set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ; «md for a sign which shall be spoken against : 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thine own soul...

...Messiah, though he was an absolute stranger. But their surprize was soon removed by Simeon's saying unto Mary his mother, " Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ;'' or, in other words, this is the stumbling-block and rock of offence, which it was long foretold...

...requests. Op the last sabbath evening of the year 1836, her minister preached from Luke ii. 34, •• Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel." The discourse was delivered under a solemn impression of the twofold result attendant on the proclamation...

...abandonment of ancient principles of interpretation. " " The Written Word ia like the ' Incarnate Word,' it is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be spoken against." " So, as well expressed by Lord Bacon, the moral sense chiefly, and the allegorical or typical, is...

...marvelled at those things which •were spoken of him. 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary lais mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of - in Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through...