Behold, a king shall reign— The prophet sets forth the two consequences of this gracious and glorious benefit; namely,—in these verses,—the flourishing and prosperous reign of Hezekiah, to shew forth itself at this time in all the authority and beauty of virtue and holiness, as a type of Jesus Christ, the most perfect king, who was to spring from him; such as he should shew himself in his kingdom, after having avenged his church by the rulers of the Roman empire, from the tyranny of Satan, opposing and endeavouring to extirpate it: and in Isaiah 32:3 he sets forth the repentance and conversion of many. There is no doubt that these words have their most complete and full verification in the Messiah. In Isaiah 32:2 we might read, and that man, namely, the king, shall be as a protection against the wind, &c.

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