standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders, and kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet.a

CHAP. XI.

Promises for the Saint's support in times of trouble and persecution.

That God hath freely loved his elect in
Christ Jesus.

"I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious: and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.b

"I even I, am he that blotted out thy transgressions for mine own sake.

"I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions.

"I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely."

That God hath given Christ to death for his elect.

"I will put enmity between thee and the woman: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.c

alsa. xlix, 22, 23. bExod. xxxiii, 19. Isa. xliii, 25, xliv, 22. Hos. xiv, 4. Gen. iii, 15. Isa. liii, 5, 10,12.

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"But he was wounded for our transgressions.

"When he shall make his soul an offering for sin.

"He was numbered with the transgressors, and he bear the sins of many.

"Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin. a"

That we are freely justified by Jesus Christ. "So by the obedience of one, many shall be made righteous.b

"And are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

"By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many."

That God hath made a covenant with his children to be their God.

"I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God unto thee and thy seed after thee. "I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

"With great and eternal mercies will I gather thee.

"I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

aDan. ix, 24. bRom. v, 19. iii, 24. Isa. liii, 11. c Gen. xvii, 7. Lev. xxvi, 12. Isa. liv, 7, 8. Jer. xxix, 33.

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"I will say unto them, Thou art my ple: and they shall say, Thou art my God.a" That God will call his children to the know

ledge of his truth,

"The meek will he teach his ways.b "I will instruct thee, and teach thee in all the way that thou shalt go.

"And thy children shall be taught of the Lord.

"For they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, saith the Lord. "I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, and leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go."

That God will give his Spirit unto his chil

dren.

"I will pour out my Spirit upon you. "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty. "I will put my Spirit within you.

"I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. "I will pour upon the house of David the

Spirit.

"I will pray unto the Father, and heshall give you even the Spirit of truth."

That God will cause his children to trust in him by faith.

aHos ii, 23. Psalm xxv, 9. xxxii, 8. Isa. liv, 13. Jer. xxxi, 34. Isa. xlviii, 17. Prov. i 23. Isa. xliv, 3. Ezek. xxxvi, 27. Joel ii, 28. Zach. xii, 10. John xiv, 16, 17.

"Many shall see it and fear, and shall

trust in the Lord.a

"Under his wings shalt thou trust.
"On my arms shall they trust.
"The just shall live by his faith.

"They shall trust in the name of the Lord.

"In his name shall the Gentiles trust." That God will give his children a humble and broken heart.

"I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them a heart of flesh.b

"I will pour on them the Spirit of supplication, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son.

"Every mountain and hill shall be brought low.

"The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart."

That God's children shall have power to mortify and overcome sin.

"For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.c

"I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all your filthiness.

"He will subdue our iniquities.

aPsalm xl, 3. xci, 4. Isa. li, 5. Hab. ii, 4. Zeph. ii, 12. Mat. xii, 21. bEzek. xi, 19 Zach. xii, 10. Luke iii, 5. Deut, xxx, 6. Rom. vi, 14. Ezek. xxxvi, 25. Mic. vii, 19. John xv, 2.

"Every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it."

That the children of God shall live a holy and sanctified life.

"He shall be like a tree that bringeth forth fruit in his season.a

"I will put my law into their inward parts. "The scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

"For their sakes sanctify I myself, that they may be sanctified through the truth. "In holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives.

"The Lord of peace sanctify you throughout.

"Faithful is he that hath promised you." That they love God.

"I will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. b"

That God will give his children hearts to delight in all his holy ordinances. "With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king's palace.c

apsalm i, 3. Jer. xxxi, 33. Hos. xiv, 7. John xxii. 19. Luke i, 75. Thes. v, 23, 24. bDeut. xxx. 6. cPsalm xlv. 15. Isa. xii. 3. xxv, 6. lvi. 7. lxxi. 12, 13, 14. Zach. xiii, 19.