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the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Ephraim shall say, what have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and ̧ observed him. I am like a green fir-tree, from me is thy fruit found.

DANIEL ix. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him.

ISAIAH xl. 11. He shall feed his flock, like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom; and shall gently lead those that are with young. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel; my way hid from the Lord, and my judgment passed over from my God. Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might, he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

ISAIAH xlii. 24. Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers: did not the Lord? he, against whom we have sinned. For they would not walk in his way, neither were they obedient to his law: therefore, he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger; and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round about, and he knew it not, and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. But now, thus saith the Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, and that formed thee, O Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee;

way with me.

and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Saviour. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable; and I have loved thee. Yes, my God! I remember and am confounded! amazed at my ingratitude, amazed at thy Grace! I am thy witness, just so has been thy What can I say? Thou hast wrought with me for thy name's sake. I am dumb before thee, O I am vile-and yet I am thine! Thou hast redeemed me! it is thy good pleasure to save me. Glorify thy name. I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins. Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee. Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it. Shout, ye lower parts of the earth. Break forth into singing, ye mountains: O forest, and every green tree therein, for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

For if by one man's offence, death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Christ Jesus. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin has reigned unto death, so might Grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.

ISAIAH XlV. 22. Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return: that unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. Surely shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come, and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall

all the house of Israel be justified, and shall glory. Chapter xlvi. 3. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel: Even to your old age, 1 I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear, even I will carry, and I will

deliver you.

Ezek. xxxiv. 11. Thus saith the Lord God, 1, even 1, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered: so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. And I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away; and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick. He hath done it, I am his witness: I, the poor wanderer, the happy subject of this Grace. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, (my Jesus,) and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land; neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. Thus shall they know, that I, the Lord their God, am with them; and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God, and ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men: and I am your God, saith the Lord God. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and for ever. Psalm cxxv.

EZEK. XXXVI. When the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way, and by their doings. And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries; according to their ways, and according to their doings, I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, these are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen whither they went. Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ус went. And I will sanctify my great name which was profaned among the heathen, which ye had profaned in the midst of them. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified you before their For I will take you from among eyes.

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the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 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. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you; and I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings, which were

not good; and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities, and for your abominations. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God: be it known unto you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

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Not for your sakes; with heav'n in view,
For sin you sell your souls anew;

You barter for a gilded bait,

The joys of an eternal state.

Not for your sakes; for though you ey'd
The cross of Christ, on which he died;
You scorn his love for worldly ends,
And wound him in the house of friends.

Not for your sakes; with Jesus' name,
You put him to an open shame ;
And by your sins, consent again
To have the dear Redeemer slain.

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