Thornton Abbey: A Series of Letters on Religious Subjects (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from Thornton Abbey: A Series of Letters on Religious Subjects The price of pardon was his blood, His pity ne'er withdrew. Yet this excellent personage was to be despised and per scented by his cotemporaries. He was to be despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief and after he had suffered every indignity and cru clty which the wickedness of men could devise, he was to be put to death. See Isai. Liii. - All this was accomplished in the person of the Saviour. But it was not for himself, ' Dan. Ix. 26. It was our griefs which he bore, and our sorrows which he carried. He was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we arahealed, ' Icai. Liii. 5. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |