remnant of Israel, I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise, by reason of the multitude of men. Ver. 13. The breaker is come up before them; they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone on by it; and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

Mich. v. 3. Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth, hath brought forth; then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. Ver. 4. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord his God, and they shall abide, for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. Ver. 7. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. Ver. 13. Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hand. See the whole chapter, and chapter iv. and chapter vii. 14, 17. See also, Zeph. iii. 9. to the end.

Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughters of Zion; for lo, I come, I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. Ver. 12. And the Lord shall inherit Judah, his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Zech. x. 6. And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; For I have mercy upon them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off; for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

Zech. xii. 6. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like, a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand, and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again, in her own place, even in Jerusalem. Ver. 10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications; and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced, &c.

whole chapter.

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Zech. xiv. 11. And men shall dwell in it, [i. e. all the land] and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. See the whole chapter. Luke, xxi. 24 Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the gentiles. until the times of the gentiles be fulfilled.

2 Cor. iii. 15. Even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. Ver. 16. Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Ver. 12. If the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the

diminishing of them the riches of the gentiles; how much more their fulness? Ver. 15. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? Ver. 23. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. Ver. 24. How much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted in their own olive tree? Ver. 25. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery (lest ye should be wise in your own conceit) that blindness in part is happened unto Israel, until the fulness of the gentiles be come in. Ver. 26. Then all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the deliverer, and shall turn away the ungodliness from Jacob. Ver. 27. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. Ver. 28. As concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake. Ver. 29. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. See also ver. 30, 31. Ver. 32. God hath conclud ed them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Ver. 33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding

That God will perform all his Promises.

DEUTERONOMY, vii. 9. Know, that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

Numb. xxiii. 9. God is not man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it! Or hath he spoken, and shall not he

make it good?

Josh. xxiii. 14. Ye know in all your hearts, and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed, of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 1 Kings, viii. 56.

Ps. xviii. 30. The word of the Lord is tried. Ps. lxxxix. 34. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. cv. 8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, which he commanded to a thousand generations. Ps. cxix. 89. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Ver. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. Ver. 160. Thy word is true from the beginning.

Is. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Is. xlvi. 11. I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass: I have proposed it, I will also do it.

Heb. vi. 18. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge, to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that promised.

FINIS.