...world, where in the Old-Testamenttimes there was no church of God's people. (Hos. i. 10.) Verse 27. " Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea," &c. only a small company shall be left remaining out of the great multitude that shall perish. This...

...though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return," Isaiah x. 22. " Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number...as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved,'' Rom. ix. 27. — " And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign...

...their character as stewards of the mysteries of God, and so degrading to the Holy Scriptures. V. 28 — For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness...because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. This refers to God's judgments poured out upon the Jews for their rejecting the Messiah. They were...

...children of the " living God :" 26 Isaiah, also, crieth concernii.i.ss. ing Israel, " Though the num" ber of the children of Israel " be as the sand of the sea, a " remnant shall be saved ; 27 " for, the Lord will finally, " and summarily, settle an ac" count with the land :" 28 and, as...

...children of the " living God :" 26 Isaiah, also, crieth concernis.x.s2. ing Israel, " Though the num" ber of the children of Israel "be as the sand of the sea, a " remnant shall be saved ; 27 " for, the Lord will finally, " and summarily, settle an ac" count with the land :" 28 and, as...

...them, " Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the children of the living God," Rom. ix. 26. Though the number of the children of Israel be as...because a short work "will the Lord make upon the earth. Not that all the Jews will be regenerated, or that it requires the personal appearance of Christ to...

...will call them my people, ehich were not my people; and her beloved, which was not be'vved. IX. 27. Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number...the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, S,c. See Isaiah x. 22, 23. As he saith also in the prophet Hosea. See Hosea, ii. 23, 20. IX. 29. And...

...beloved, which was not beloved. As he sail 1 1 also in the prophet Hosea. See Hosea, ii. 23, 20. IX. 27. Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number...the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, $c. See Isaiah x. 22, 23. IX. 29. And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us...

...before the wind in autumn. Many are the professors in a sun-shiny day, but few can abide in a storm. "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved," Rom. ix. 27. " All are not Israel, which are of Israel, ver. 6. These are compared to the gleaning...

...backward. This we find was the word put into the mouth of the prophet Esaias, when, in his day, he cried " though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, A REMNANT shall be saved : " which word and name Paul adopts in writing to the Romans, chap. ix. as applicable in his day. •...