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 omites as them, but had no intention of restoring either. But let us see how the succeeding verses agree with this idea, The Lord says, " Nevertheless, I will remember my cov~ enant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will estab- lish unto thee an everlasting covenant. TJien, thoit shall remember thy ways and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, . . And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord > that thou mayest remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, SAITH THE LORD GOD/' When a promise is thus signed by the Great Je- hovah, all who have set to their seal that God is true may rejoice in its certainty with confidence j especially those who realize that these New Covenant blessings have been con- firmed of God in Christ, who hath sealed the covenant with his own precious blood.

To this Paul adds his testimony, saying, "And so all Israel [living and dead] shall be saved [recovered from blind- ness], as it is written, * There shall come out of Zion the De- liverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins./ o . . They are beloved for the fathers' sakes ; because the gracious gifts and callings of God are not things to be repented of. Rom.n : 26-29,

We need not wonder that Jews, Sodomites, Samaritans, and all mankind, will be ashamed and cpnfounded when in his own " due time ' * God shows forth the riches of his lavor. Yea, many of those who are now God's children will be confounded and amazed when they see how God so loved THE WORLD, and how much his thoughts and plans were above their own.

Christian people generally believe that God's blessings are all and only for the selected Church, but now TU; be^in to
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