CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 317 Him, too,when he foretellsthat the nationsshould helieve on Him : "Behold,I have given Him fora Chief and a Com mander to the nations. Nations that knew not Thee shall callupon Thee, and peoplesthat knew Thee not shallflee unto Thee." 1 It is the same that he refersto when, con cerning His passion,he exclaims,saying: " As a sheep He is led to the slaughter;and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so He opened not His mouth in His humility."* Him, moreover,when he describedthe blows and stripesof His scourgings: " By His bruiseswe were healed."s Or His humiliation:"And we saw Him, and He had neitherform nor comeliness,a man in suffering,and who knoweth how to bear infirmity."4 Or that the peoplewould not believeon Him: "All day long I have spread out my hands unto a people thatbelievethnot."* Or that He would riseagain from the dead : " And in that day there shallbe a root of Jesse,and one who shallriseto reign over the nations; on Him shallthe nationshope,and His restshallbe honour."6 Or when he speaks of the time of the resurrection: " We shallfindHim, as itwere,prepared in the morning."7 Or that He should sitat the righthand of the Father : " The Lord saidunto my Lord, SitThou at my righthand, until I shallplaceThine enemies as the stoolof Thy feet."8 Or when He issetforthas possessorof allthings: " Ask of me, and I willgiveThee the heathen forThine inheritance,and the boundariesof the earthforThy possession."9 Or when He is shown as Judge of all: " O God, give the King Thy judgment, and Thy righteousnessto the King's Son."10 And I shallnotinthisplacepursuethe subjectfurther: thethings which are announced of Christare known to allheretics, but are even betterknown to thosewho hold the truth. 1 Isa.lv.4,5, * Isa.liii.7. 3 Isa.liii.5. * Isa.liii.2. * Isa.lxv.2. 0 Isa.xi.10. ' Hos.vi.3. 8 Ps.ex.1,2. 8 Ps.ii.8. " Ps.lxxii.1.