Anf-03 v.iv.v.xiv Pg 25
Luke vi. 21.
I might connect this clause with the former one, because none but the poor and needy suffer hunger, if the Creator had not specially designed that the promise of a similar blessing should serve as a preparation for the gospel, that so men might know it to be His.3957 3957 In evangelii scilicet sui præstructionem.
For thus does He say, by Isaiah, concerning those whom He was about to call from the ends of the earth—that is, the Gentiles: “Behold, they shall come swiftly with speed:”3958 3958
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xiv Pg 30
Luke vi. 21.
Turn again to the passage of Isaiah: “Behold, my servants shall exult with joy, but ye shall be ashamed; behold, my servants shall be glad, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.”3962 3962
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xiv Pg 37
Luke vi. 21.
“To comfort all that mourn.”3969 3969
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xiv Pg 39
Luke vi. 21.
“To give unto them that mourn in Sion, beauty (or glory) for ashes, and the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.”3971 3971
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 6
VERSE (21) - :25; 1:53 Ps 42:1,2; 143:6 Isa 55:1,2 1Co 4:11 2Co 11:27; 12:10
