minion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Matth. xxviii. 20. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

X. Promises of the CONVERSION and RESTORATION of the JEWS.

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Jer. xxx. 9. They shall serve the LORD their GOD, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

Ver. 10. Therefore fear not thou, O my fervant Jacob, faith the LORD, neither be thou dismayed, O Ifrael; for lo, I will fave thee from afar, and thy feed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest and quiet, and none shall make him afraid. See to the end of the Chapter.

Jer. xxxi. 1. At the fame time, faith the LORD, will I be the GOD of all the families of Ifrael, and they shall be my people.

Ver. 4. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Ifrael; thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Ver. 10. Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the ifles afar off, and fay, He that scattered Ifrael will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Ver. 17. There is hope in thine end, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Ver. 31. Behold, the days come, faith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Ifrael, and with the house of Judah:

Ver. 32. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, &c.

Ver. 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Ifrael: After those days, faith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts: and I will be their GOD, and they shall be my people.

Ver. 38. Behold the days come, faith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD, from the tower of Hananiel, unto the gate of the corner. the whole chapter.

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Jer. xxxii. 41. Yea, I will rejoice over them, to do them good, and I will plant them in this land affuredly, with my whole heart, and with my whole foul. See from ver. 37. to the end.

Jer. xxxiii. 7. And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Ifrael to return, and will build them as at the first.

Ver. 8. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, &c.

Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth which shall hear of all the good I do unto them, ४८.

Ver. 15. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment and justice in

the land.

Ver. 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerufalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our rightcousness.

Ver. 24. Confiderest thou not, what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chofen, he will cast them off; &c.

Ver. 25. Thus faith the LORD, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth :

Ver. 26. Then will I cast away the feed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his feed to be rulers over the feed of Abraham, Ifaac,

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and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy upon them. To the same purpose fee the whole chapter. See also chap. 1. 4, 5, 19, 20.

Ezek. xvi. 60. Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

Ver. 61. Thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger (Sodom and Samaria, ver. 55.) and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. Ver. 62, 63.

Ezek. xx. 34. I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand

Ver. 35. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

Ver. 37. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the cove

nant.

Ver. 38. And will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that tranfgrefs against me.

Ver. 40. In my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Ifrael, faith the LORD GOD, there shall all the house of Ifrael, all of them in the land, serve me; there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. See also ver..

41, 44.

Ezek. xxxiv. 23. And I will fet one shepherd over them, and he fhall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and be their shepherd.

Ver. 24. And I the LORD will be their GOD, and my fervant David a prince among them. I the LORD have spoken it.

Ver. 28. And they shall no more be a prey among

the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land devour

them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make. them afraid.

Ver. 29. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown. See also ver. 11, 16. and from ver. 22. to the end of the chapter..

Ezek. xxxvi. II. I will multiply upon you [the mountains of Ifrael] man and beast, and they shall encrease, and bring fruit ; and I will fettle you after your old estates, and I will do better unto you than at your beginnings, and ye shall know that I am the

LORD.

Ver. 24. I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ver. 26. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

Ver. 27. A new heart also will I give you, &c. Ver. 33. In the day that I shall have cleanfed you from all your iniquities, I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. See the whole chapter; as also chap. xxxvii.

Ezek. xxxvii. 25. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever, and my fervant David shall be their prince for ever.

Hof. i. 10. Yet the number of the children of Ifrael shall be as the fand of the fea, which cannot be meafured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was faid unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be faid unto them, Ye are the fons of the living GOD.

Ver. 11. Then shall the children of Judah, and the children of Ifrael, be gathered together, and appoint themselves

themselves one head, and they shall come up out of
the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Hof. ii. 14. Behold, I will allure her, and bring
her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto
her.

Ver. 15. And I will give her vineyards from
thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope;
and she shall fing there, as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of the land
of Egypt.

Ver. 19. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever,
&c. See from ver. 16, to the end.

Hof. iii. 4. The children of Ifrael shall abide many
days without a king, and without a prince, and with-
out a facrifice, and without an image, and without an
ephod, and without teraphim.

Ver. 5. Afterward shall the children of Ifrael re-
turn, and seek the LORD their GOD, and David
their king, and shall fear the LORD and his good-
ness in the latter days. See also chap. xiv.

Joel iii. 1. Behold, in those days, and in that time,
when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah, and
of Jerufalem:

Ver. 2. I will also gather all nations, and will
bring them down into the valley of Jehofhaphat, and
will plead with them for my people, &c.

Ver. 17. So fhall ye know that I am the LORD
your GOD, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain :
Then shall Jerufalem be holy, and there shall no more
strangers pass through her any more.

Ver. 20. Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerufalem,
from generation to generation. See also ver. 7, 14,
16, 18, 21.

Amos ix. 14. And I will bring again the captivity
of my people Ifrael, and they shall build the waste
cities, and inhabit them

Ver. 15. And I will plant them upon their land,

and