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Show CHAPTER toa IL. pee THE DESTEVOTION OF JERUSALIY, < wr. om ¥ # oe The land of promise was long a land of wonders. “Lhe Hébrew nation there was for many cent uries the cradie of the true and only church of God on earth. There glor ious things were wrought for her Saivation. Patriarchs had there prayed, sacr ificed and praised. There Prophets had prophesied ; and the Almighty had often made bare his holy arm. There his people had _ too often apostatized; had been expelled from their Canaan; and again mercifully There the ten tribes of Israel had ren restored. oun ced the hous e of David, and their God ; and were hence banished to some unknown region of the world, to the present day ; while the Jews were still retained in the cove. nant cf theirGod. There God, manifest in the flesh, made his appearance on earth s—performed his publick ministry ;—atoned for the sins of the worid :-— and ascended to glory. There the first heralds of the gospel dispensation commen ced their ministry; and thence the wonderful scheme of grace was propavated through the nations. 7 Jerusalem was the capi Glorious things were spokental of this earthly Canaan, of this city of oy; God, |
