TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 85 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.