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was life,was predictedin Habakkuk : " Now the justshall
liveby faithof me." 1 Hence Abraham, the fatherof the
nations,believed; in Genesis: " Abraham believedin God,
and itwas counted unto him for righteousness."*In like
manner, Paul to the Galatians: " Abraham believedin God,
and itwas counted unto him for righteousness.Ye know,
therefore,thatthey which are of faith,the same are children
of Abraham. But the Scripture,foreseeingthatGod justi-
fieththe heathens by faith,foretoldto Abraham that all
nationsshould be blessedin him. Therefore they who are
of faithare blessed8 with faithfulAbraham." 4
6. That theJews shouldloseJerusalem,and shouldleave
the landwhich they had received.
In Isaiah: " Your country is desolate,your citiesarc
burned with fire: your land, strangersshalldevour it in
your sight; and the daughter of Zion shallbe leftdeserted,
and overthrown by foreignpeoples,as a cottagein a vine
yard, and as a keeper'slodge in a garden of cucumbers,as
a citywhich is besieged. And unlessthe Lord of Sabaoth
had leftus a seed,we should have been as Sodoma, and we
should have been likeunto Gomorrah." s Also in the Gospel
the Lord says: " Jerusalem,Jerusalem,that killestthe pro
phets,and stonestthem that are sent unto thee,how often
would I have gathered thy childrenas a hen gatherethher
chickens under her wings,and thou wouldst not ! Behold,
your house shallbe leftunto you desolate."8
7. Also thatthey shouldlosethe lightof the Lord.
In Isaiah: " Come ye,and letus walk in the lightof the
Lord. For He hath sent away His people,the house of
Israel."7 In His Gospel also,accordingto John : " That
was the trnelightwhich lightethevery man thatcometh into
thisworld. He was in thisworld,and the world was made
by Him, and the world knew Him not."8 Moreover,in the
1 Hab.ii.4. * Gen.xv.6.
3 The Burgundiancodexreads," arejustified." 4 Gal.iii.6-9.
» Isa.i.7-9. 'Matt.xxiii.37,38. 7 Isa.ii.5,6. «Johni.9,10.