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e ini* quity of Israel shall be sought fnr, aiid there *<hM be none; and the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve/' To this raj-stery, Paul makcth allusion in the xith of the Romans; where, after the fulncss'of the Gentiles is comt; in, or the number of the elect is completed, he sailh, '* And so all Israel shall be saved ; a« it is written. There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodlinefis IVom Jacob ; for this is my co- venant unto Ihcm, when I shall take away their Ains/' In thexxxistchaptcrof Jeremiah, this new 4 Ei ni9 THE CJKCS or THE CAST, [£hs. covenant mto which Israel shall be introduced in the yrililemeAR (PjieV, x)c-37)ji9iwrittenn length, and U thi' sanie imp ibe {tmnnM' of which we fiT< brought by the Spirit - and to tho lull inhehtaDCO of which wc ^hall he raised up in the day of tbo cofning of the Lord : but previously to ihc solcm* nizing «/ this new covenant with the Iwuse Urai:l, Uicre is mcntiuned, lo the same chapter of Jeremtgilit 9 vroHc of great heart-searching and Qon^^rsion in the midst of Ephniim. Ver. 18: " I have Burely beard Ephraim bemoaninj* hloiMlf thus; Thou bast cha»tiKd me, and 1 was cbUK tiAedt fts A bullock unaccustomed to the yoke turn tliuu mc, and I ><lia7I Iir lumed \ for Ihrm art the Lord tny God. Surely aficr thai I wa» turn- ed, I repented ; and after that I was instructed^ I smote upon my thigh : I was ashamed, yea, eTCti confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth, U Kphrtiim my dear son? is he a pleasant ^JiildT lor since I spake against him, I do eamCKtJy reiuember bim still; therefore my bowels are troubled for bim : 1 will surely bavo mercy upon bimi ^aith the Lord. Set tbee up way-marks, make thcc high bcupa : set thine heart] toward tJie highway, even the way which thoa wentc^st : Itim u^<iiu, O vir^^in of Israel, turn agai^ tp the&e thy cities/' Thau this nothing can he vofiTC conclusive, both with respect to tho cour varsion and the return of Ephraim, And now» for the procuring cause of tM)th, observe what follows in ihc next verse, Vcn22; "■ Uow loo^ wilt thou go »hout, O thou backsliding daughtert for the l^rd hath created a new thing in the earth ^ A woman shall compass a man." Which is ex- E^tly paruUcl witli the famous prophecy given b; TLJ OH TU£ TEN TRIBES. Il49 Inmh to the bouse of David, as tbc tissurAnce of tbeir cttabli&hment lor erer upon the throne of Uriel : ** Rdiold & virgin Mlial) conceive, and bear u soa^aad shall call bis n