TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. Ill Jerusalem, saying,Where is He that is born King of the Jews ? For we have seen His starin the east,and we have come with giftsto worship Him." 1 13. That Christ was to come in low estatein His first advent. In Isaiah: " Lord, who hath believedour report,and to whom isthe arm of the Lord revealed? We have declared in His presence as children,as a root in a thirstyground. There isno form nor gloryin Him ; and we saw Him, and He had no form nor beauty ; but His form was without honour, and lackingbeyond other men. He was a man set in a plague,and knowing how to bear weakness ;because His face was turned away, He was dishonoured,and was not accounted of. He bearsour sins,and grievesforus ; and we thought thatHe was in grief,and in wounding, and in afflic tion; but He was wounded for our transgressions,and He was weakened* for our sins. The disciplineof our peace was upon Him, and with His bruisewe are healed. We all likesheep have gone astray; man has gone out of hisway. And God has deliveredHim for our sins; and He, because He was afflicted,opened not His mouth."1 Also in thesame : " I am not rebellious,nor do I contradict.I gave my back to the stripes,and my cheeks to the palms of the hands. Moreover, I did not turn away my facefrom the foulnessof spitting,and God was my helper."4 Also in the same : " He shallnot cry,nor willany one hear His voice in the streets. He shallnot break a bruised reed,and a smoking flaxHe shallnot extinguish; but He shallbring forthjudgment in truth. He shallshineforth,and shallnot be shaken,until He set judgment in the earth,and in His name shallthe nationstrust."5 Also in the twenty-firstPsalm : " But I am a worm, and no man ; the accursed of man, and the casting away of the people. All they who saw me despisedme, and spoke withintheirlips,and moved theirhead. He hoped in the Lord, letHim deliverhim ; let Him save him, sincehe 1 Matt.ii.1,2. * " Inflrmatus;" Oxfordtranal." bruised." * Isa.liii.1-7. 4 Isa.1.5-7. 5 Isa.xlii.2-4.