[50] I allude especially to the terrible castigation he has individually received at the hands of the Bishop of Exeter. See the Times, of March 4th, 1861.
[51] "And when the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord ... said to the Angel that destroyed the people," &c. "And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite."—2 Sam. xxiv. 16.
"The Angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the Angel of the Lord stand between the Earth and the Heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem."—1 Chron. xxi. 15, 16.
[52] Acts i. 20.
[53] On the Creed, Art. iv. p. 244, notes (u) and (x).
[54] "It would take no great space," (says Dr. Pusey,) "to shew that the rendering 'as a lion,' is unmeaning, without authority, against authority; while the rendering 'they pierced' is borne out alike by authority and language."
[55] Ver. 1,—St. John xii. 38. Rom. x. 16. Ver. 4,—St. Matth. viii. 17. Ver. 4 to 11,—1 St. Pet. ii. 24, 25. Ver. 7 and 8,—Acts viii. 32. Ver. 12,—St. Mark xv. 28. St. Luke xxii. 37.
[56] Mal. iv. 5.
[57] St. Luke i. 17.
[58] As the Fathers generally teach. See Brown's Ordo Sæclorum, pp. 702-3, &c., &c.