...upon his shoulder, and as the key of his convicting power exactly fits the wards of a sinner's heart, so " he shall open and none shall shut, and he shall shut and none shall open." And it must needs be so ; after Christ has effected the purchase, and paid the price, he must possess...

...the idea of official prerogative. A passage still more pertinent to our purpose occurs Is. 22: 22, ' And the key of the house of David will I lay upon...shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open ;' rendered in the Chaldee Targum, — " And I will deliver the key of the house of the sanctuary,...

...which he made use of in this place, were taken from Isaiah's prophecy, where there is this passage : " And the key of the house of David will I lay upon...shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open." The prophet speaks of Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who the Lord foretold should come to the kingdom...

...; the spirit of wisdom and understanding ; the spirit of counsel and might, &c. — Isa. xi. l, 2. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon...shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open. — Isa. xxii. 22 ; Rev. iii. 7. I lay in Zion, &c. a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone,...

...the idea of official prerogative. A passage still more pertinent to our purpose occurs Is. 22:22, ' And the key of the house of David will I lay upon...shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open;' rendered in the Chaldee Targum,—" And I will deliver the key of the house of the sanctuary, and the...

...into his hand : and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah, and the Key of the house of David will I lay upon...shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.''' This prophecy is thus applied to our Lord (Rev. iii. 7): "And to the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia...

...his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.' 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder : so he shall open and none shall вЬкц and he shall shut and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place,...

...Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah. 22 I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder ; He shall open and none shall shut, And he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place, And he shall be a glorious seat for his father's house....

...government, power, and authority. " The key of the house of Davic will I lay upon his shoulder; so lie shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.' (Isai. 22. 22.) (See DOOR.) The keys of the ancients •were very different from ours, because their...

...find them fit, or unfit for his master's service. Thus God tells Eliakim, 3 A 3 (Isaiah xxii. 22,) " The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder, so shall he open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open." The meaning whereof is,...