CHAP. LIII.
VVHo hath beleeved our report, &c. Here the Prophet further amplifieth * 1.1 the strange thing touching Christ before declared, chap. 52. 14, 15. that his visage was so marred, and yet he should so mightily prevail, that Kings should submit unto him. And he beginneth with the Jews infidelity touch∣ing the same, as if he had said, We the Prophets of God have sufficiently set forth Christ, the power and arm of God, to come, and by powerfull miracles shewing himself to be the Son of God, and an arm to save all that beleeve in him, but few of the Jews will beleeve this, and to few shall he be reveal∣ed to be such. Of the arm of the Lord spoken of in this sense, see before, Chap. 5. 9.
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and a root out of a dry ground. * 1.2 By this name of plant or branch, he was set forth before, chap. 11. 1. and he is here prophesied of as a root out of a dry ground, to intimate his coming forth out of the Virgin Mary, a Virgin, that knew no man, being like unto the dry and barren ground in respect of fruit-bearing. Of this he spake before more plainly, chap. 7 14. He hath no form nor comlinesse: of which chap. 52. 14. and it is chiefly to be understood of him being poor and despised, and hanging up∣on the Crosse. But how doth this agree with Psal. 45. Thou art fairer then the sons of men: and in Cantic. My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief of ten 〈2 pages missing〉〈2 pages missing〉