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"When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

So it is evident that at the fulness of times Israel will return unto him, and he will make a new covenant with them, which is in Jeremiah, 31st chap. 31st ver.---" Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and the house of Judah."

2nd Corinthians 1st chap. 22nd ver." Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts."

This also proves the text: those that seek to the law and the service of God will obtain the promises.

John, 3rd chap. 33rd ver." He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true." For the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy.

Revelation 7th chap. 3rd ver.---"Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.'

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This passage establishes and shews who are Israelites, and to whom pertaineth adoption, and the glory, and the covenant, and the giving of the law, which is wrote in the text.

Revelation, 5th chap. 9th ver.---" And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation."

This shews who are Israelites, and to whom pertaineth adoption, which is wrote in the text.

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Ezekiel 37th chap. 22nd ver." And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither

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shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all."

This passage proves that the bridegroom has obtained for the bride; and, at the fulness of times will descend with the life of the bride, which proves the text.

The king is the last Adam; and the queen is the last Eve, which is the bones of the whole house of Israel, dwelling in immortality. And they shall be the king and queen over those nations which are saved, of which the pruned fig tree stands a figure, which is spoken of by Jesus, in Luke, 13th chap. 8th and 9th verses,---" And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall

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9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then af ter that thou shalt cut it down."

They being the mount of Esau, the old world, dwelling in blood.

Revelation, 14th chapter, 3rd and 4th verses: "And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth."

This proves who is the bride, and who is the Lamb's wife; for they were redeemed from the blood, which is the earth. Being not defiled with women, means, being not defiled with that which the first Eve eat of, which is typical of the first death, which is the death of the body. And the transgression of the man was in eating the fruit that she handed to him, which is the second transgression, and is typical of the second death, having power over the soul, till the final resurrection.

John, 15th chap. 7th ver.-"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

This proves who is the vine, and who are the branches of the vine: these are they who are to be the true Israelites, in whom there is no guile; and pertaineth unto the adoption, and the covenant, and the fulness of the law, of which the fulfilling of righteousness is the end.

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Isaiah, 27th chap. 2nd and part of 3rd verses :--In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the Lord do keep it.

This shews that there is an appointed time which is the fulness of times, that those that ask for the Spirit shall obtain the glorious liberty of

the Lord.

Isaiah, 29th chap. 18th ver.---" And in that day, shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness."

Ephesians, 4th chapter, 13th verse:-"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.'

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And Jesus said in Mark, 13th chap. 20th ver.--"And except that the Lord had shortened those days no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened the days."

Hebrews, 4th chapter, 8th and 9th verses: ---“For if Jesus had given them rest then would he not afterwards have spoken of another day.

9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."

And then will be fulfilled the words of Isaiah, 4th chap. 2nd and 3rd verses :---" In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely, for them that are escaped of Israel.

3. And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem shall

be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem."

And the fulness of his Spirit is now gathering them out of many nations; and they that kept not the law are turning to the law and the gospel; and they that kept not the gospel are turning to the law and the testimony; and the uncircumcised has become circumcised; and the circumcised in flesh is becoming circumcised in heart; and the man and the woman that marred the temple is become not to mar it; and seeketh to the fulness of the same Spirit which rested on the body of Jeaus, that it may also rest on them; that the two covenants may be fulfilled in them; for they are become one covenant, and blood is not the life of it, but the Spirit; of which the vine-tree and the branches stood a figure, John, 15th chapter, 5th verse; which is Christ the bridegroom, and the house of Israel the bride.

G. MEREDITH, PRINTER, WAKEFIELD. (Price, Three Shillings and Three Pence.)

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