...Alluding to Psalm ii. 9- Thou shall break them with a rod of iron: or rather to the old translation, Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 8QO. These wicked tents devoted, lest the wrath &c.] In allusion probably to the rebellion of Korah...

...these words were said, 'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest he be angry,' &c. In the twenty-second...

...sitteth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn ; the Lord shall have them in derision. He shall rule them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel a." Where is the man whose conscience does not accuse him of having sinned, and whose corrupt passions...

...words were said, ' Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest he be angry,' &c. In the twenty-second...

...saith the Lord, 3 Thou art my Son, to-day have J begotten thee, 21 4 Ask of me, and I will jive thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 22 And again he saith unto him 5 Sit thou on my right hand, until l make thine enemies thy footstool....

...hath said unto me, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give tliee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession." That is, as some have interpreted the passage, " Ask of me, and thou shall shortly see not only this...

...commands — " avenge not yourselves." He who, with his triumphant followers, is to "rule the nations with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel," has not yet appeared in the " clouds of heaven." lie raises up indeed, from time to time, in the midst...

...hill of Sion. 7 I will preach the law. whereof the Lord hath said unto me : Thou art my Son, tliis day have I begotten thee. 8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine mheritance : and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shall...

...apostles have preached, how much soever wickedness may there prevail. Verse 9- — Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Here again the vain dreams of the flesh are to be removed out of the way, that no one might imagine...

...period are also foretold in the second psalm, when it is said that Christ should " rule the nations " with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces " like a potter's vessel." — This period is also " referred to by Isaiah, when he speaks of the " day of vengeance" of Christ,...