...efficacy of his death, by no means depended on man's obedience or belief, as the prophet says — He has trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with him : His own arm brought him salvation, and his fury, it upheld him : He shall see of the travail of his...

...work of Christ : it was finished by himself; and is properly his own. He had no coadjutor. He trod the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with him. Nevertheless, it becomes ours, by the gracious act of God imputing it to us. Faith, according to the...

...hour,! -without gaining what my soul longed for, these words opened livingly in my mind, " He trod the. " wine-press alone, and of the people there was. " none with him," which tendered me exceedingly:. and the language of my soul was, that I might not. be like those formerly...

...engaged in battle with his enemies and ours. But the battle was the Lord's. Therefore, though he " trod the wine-press alone, and " of the people there was none with him;};," his own arm brought him salvation. He is conqueror of sin, Satan, and death. We were nnder the power...

...obedience, nor enduring any part of his torments, according to our sensation. In this sense, He trod the wine.press alone,. and of the People there was none with him. . And where the scriptures speak of our being in him, of being crucified with Him, raised with Him,...

...their salvation with fear and trembling. || It was the exclusive work of the one personal God : He trod the winepress alone, and of the people there was none with him. IT It was by this work that Christianity was introduced to the world ; that the invisible God became...

...is remarkable, too, that in the corresponding prophecy of Isa. Ixiii. 1 — 15. he is said to have ' trodden the wine-press' ALONE, and of the people THERE WAS NONE WITH HIM.' " These remarks may suffice for the general meaning of the prophecy. Let us now attend to a few of...

...Christ has a portion divided to him with the great, or a spoil divided to him with the strong. He trod the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with him. Nor is there any one to share with him the reward of his sufferings : but he was alone in the sufferings,...

...blood." It is also observable, that, in the correspondent prophecy referred to before, he is Said to have trodden the winepress alone, and of the people there was none with him. To illustrate the nature of his conquests more fully, " out of his mouth went a sharp sword, that "...

...his garments, and tumbled down unto the ground. Now he came from Bozra with his garments died red ; he had trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with him. And now behold and see, if there was any sorrow like unto his sorrow. But now he awaketh his drowsy...