he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children] His preaching shall be to bring back the children of Israel that are gone astray, to the true faith and piety of their forefathers: whereby Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who (as one may say) did not acknowledge them, Isa. 29. 22, 23. shall reaccept them for their lawfull posteritie: which thing fayling, I will finally and totally destroy the whole nation.