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isaiah_n 27._o 6._o in_o those_o day_n will_v the_o lord_n make_v a_o new_a covenant_n with_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o with_o the_o house_n of_o juda_n he_o will_v put_v his_o law_n into_o their_o inward_a part_n &_o write_v it_o in_o their_o heart_n and_o he_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o people_n yea_o he_o will_v forgive_v that_o iniquity_n and_o remember_v their_o sin_n no_o more_o though_o he_o have_v forsake_v they_o for_o a_o season_n 35._o yet_o in_o everlasting_a compassion_n will_v he_o gather_v they_o again_o isaiah_n 54._o 8._o do_v not_o the_o lord_n glorious_o figure_v out_o their_o return_n etc._n by_o their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o return_v out_o of_o the_o captiviof_n babylon_n so_o that_o though_o israel_n shall_v remain_v many_o day_n without_o a_o king_n and_o without_o a_o prince_n and_o without_o a_o offering_n and_o without_o a_o image_n and_o without_o a_o ephod_n and_o without_o a_o seraphin_n yet_o 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those_o gracious_a pledge_n of_o this_o undoubted_a blessing_n tremellius_n and_o many_o other_o comfort_v our_o other_o self_n that_o our_o posterity_n shall_v enjoy_v more_o glorious_a time_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o jew_n and_o gentile_n shall_v join_v together_o and_o worship_v the_o lord_n with_o one_o shoulder_n assure_v ourselves_o that_o this_o great_a come_n in_o of_o the_o jew_n can_v be_v far_o off_o see_v the_o fullness_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v well-near_a come_v in_o and_o prepare_v ourselves_o in_o this_o fullness_n of_o the_o gentile_n to_o great_a trouble_n which_o do_v and_o will_v certain_o arise_v by_o this_o apostasy_n of_o the_o gentile_a and_o yet_o in_o patience_n possess_v our_o soul_n see_v the_o end_n will_v not_o yet_o be_v