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everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear into their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

So you that had the covenant given to your fathers when they came out of the land of Egypt, stood against his covenant, though it was witnessed by Moses and the prophets, which you read; so you stand against the promise of God to you, which now thousands of the Gentiles do witness, the covenant of light, which to them was promised, with which they knew God, and so are come unto the life of the law, and covenant of God which reconciles Jews and Gentiles together; which brings to see that he is God of both, and brings them to one; so that which doth convert, brings into the life that the prophet spoke of, and Moses spoke of, which God to them did let see, and the promise, which things is come to pass, and the life of the law and the prophets is witnessed, and he that sits on the throne of David now reigns.

And again, thus saith the Lord, if you can break my covenant of the day, [take notice] and my covenant of the light, that there should not be day and night in their season. Mark, this covenant which orders day and night in their season, then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and this is the covenant, and this is the king of the Jews, whom they would not have to reign. And this is he who bears his Government upon his shoulders, which is without end; and this is the heir, and this is he that is come for judgment into the world, to make them blind that say they see, and to make them see, that see not.

And this is the question that lies upon you to answer, if he was David's son, how did he call him Lord? Now as you come to the light, you will see it, and him that shall, and doth reign on the throne of David, with the priests, Levites and ministers; as the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, saith the Lord.

Now he that sits on the throne of David, his seed witness him Lord and king, who is the prince of life, that hath dominion over death, and through death has destroyed him that hath the power of death; and repentance is preached, and remission of sins through faith in him, from whom comes the refreshing into the soul, who is the bishop of it; and as they cannot break the covenant that keepeth day and night in its season (for they was made by him who was the covenant) so they cannot break this covenant with David, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne; if they can break that covenant that orders day and night, then they may break this covenant with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne. They shall set their faces towards Zion, saying come let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual cove

nant that shall not be forgotten.* Now the everlasting covenant written in the heart, by which you need not say, know the Lord, brings from among the heathen, separates from among the strangers and aliens from the life of God, as the Gentiles were.

Though the Lord by his spirit in the prophets spoke of the promise, that he should be a light to the Gentiles, and that they should see his glory, which many now do enjoy, and embrace and see him who sits on the throne of David, him whom Abraham, David, and Isaiah saw, and Jeremiah saw, and the prophets gave testimony of, and Moses, who said, God would raise up, and the people should hear him, and the people doth hear him; yet they which had the words, being strangers from the life of God, knew him not when he was come, and God had raised him up, but denied the resurrection of the just one.

And Jesus Christ, the Emanuel that Moses spoke of, the prophet which God raised up, said, "Think not I am come to destroy the law, but to fulfil it; (whom your fathers thought was out of the life of it,) saith he, it was said in old time, thou shalt not commit adultery;" [mark] commit it: but I say unto you, he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath in his heart committed adultery already. Now mark, here is the law written in the heart, here is the new covenant that the prophet speaks of, which is agreeable to Moses, and to them all, that which fulfils the law, not breaks it.

And the law saith, "Thou shalt do no murder;" but your fathers which had garnished the sepulchres of the prophets which their fathers had killed, desired a murderer before the just one, the Emanuel, the Saviour, him whom Moses, the prophets, and Abraham did give testimony of; and they said, "His blood be upon us ;" and Christ said, "All the righteous blood from Abel to Zacharias, should be required of this generation." So have you not been driven into other nations, and your houses been desolate since, and Jerusalem trodden under foot, where the prophets perished that shewed the coming of the just one; and at last the Son was cast out by you, upon whom the Gentiles hath trodden.

But now is the Lord gathering to himself, and his name is great among the Gentiles, and the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, (which now is witnessed, and his tent is known,) as the dew from the Lord, as the showers on the grass, that tarries not for man, [take notice,] nor waits for the son of man; and the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the sheep, whom if he goes through, he tears down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver; now this is seen among many people.

* Jer. 33.

And in that day saith the Lord, there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people, to it the Gentiles shall seek, and his rest shall be glorious. Now the Gentiles have found this glorious rest, and to this ensign, this root of Jesse they do seek, which this day is fulfilled among them, and witnessed; glory to the Lord God the highest for ever: and he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth.

Now this ensign is set up for the outcasts of Israel, for nations, and to the gathering of the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth; now you owning the light, you own this ensign, (and this ensign now is witnessed,) and we see it, and have that set upon the throne of David; for the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left from Assyria, [take notice,] like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of Egypt.t

And where this covenant, (that is everlasting,) of light is received, with it the first is seen that doth decay; and thus saith the Lord, I will hold thy hand, I will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, and a light to the Gentiles, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners out of the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house. I am the Lord, that is my name, and my glory I will not give to another; behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things I tell you of, before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

Now, when these things were sprung up among you, and come to pass, that had the first covenant given to you, when you came out of Egypt; these new things, this new covenant you received not, though to you it was declared by the prophet before they did spring forth; and this covenant of the people, the light of the Gentiles, opens the blind eyes, brings out the prisoners out of the prison-house, and this is he that preaches unto the spirits in prison: now you and your fathers that have rested in the former things, not beholding nor seeing the new things that are come to pass, and declared to your fathers before they came to pass, shews how you have refused the corner-stone, (which have been builders of the words without life,) the covenant of light, the prince of peace, the Lord of glory, he that sits on David's throne, that comes, (as it is written in the volume of the book,) to do the will of God.

So the new things which were declared by the prophet before they sprang forth, you that remain in the old have rejected, and have you not been rejected, [mark] and provoked by a people that were not a people? Have not the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness,

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obtained the righteousness, even the righteousness of faith in Christ Jesus, the covenant of light, the light of the Gentiles, among whom his name is great,* and their eyes are opened, and the prisoners come out of the prison-house, and in him do the Gentiles trust. And thus saith the Lord, in an acceptable time have I heard thee, in a day of salvation have I helped thee, I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant to the people, to establish the earth: I will give thee (saith the Lord) a light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation to the end of the earth. Now he that establisheth the earth, the covenant witnessed, by whom all things were made; what? is he salvation to the end of the earth, the covenant of light? yea, who enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world, which Isaiah spoke of, which your fathers had their will on. And thus saith the Lord, I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant to the people, to establish the earth, to obtain the inheritance of the desolate heritage; [mark] this covenant of the people to establish the earth, which obtains the inheritance of the desolate heritages, and says to the prisoners, go forth, and to them that are in darkness, shew yourselves; which is now fulfilled, and fulfilling; they shall feed in the way, and their pasture shall be on the tops of the hills, and these witness the fresh springs of water, and this is witnessed among them that witness his covenant,† and are converted to God, to serve the living God in righteousness, who are come to the life of the prophets, and possess that which they spoke of; therefore did David give thanks to the Lord among the heathen, and sing praises to his name; great deliverance gives he to his king, to David and his seed, (whose seed we are for evermore;) and Moses that received the covenant from the Lord, when your fathers came out of Egypt, said, “Like unto me will the Lord thy God raise thee up a prophet from the midst of thy brethren, him shall ye hearken unto :" now this prophet did Stephen witness and hold forth, when he was brought before the council, whom they cast out and stoned. Your fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion which he had seen, which also the fathers that came after brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David, who found favour before God, and desired to build a tabernacle for the God of Jacob; but Solomon built him a house, howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my foot-stool, what house will ye build me, saith the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Now your fathers that held up these outward things, being not in the life that saw beyond them, the end of them, the things † Psal. 18.

* Rom. 10.

Deut. 18.

Acts 7.

which Stephen here witnessed, whom your fathers that had the law and not the life, put to death, which had persecuted the prophets that shewed the coming of the just one, of whom they had been the betrayers, and murderers, and that stoned Stephen; these knew not that new thing that must come to pass, before declared, which the Lord by his prophets spoke of, but were disobedient and rebellious against the Lord, and cast his law behind their backs, and slew his prophets which testified against them, to turn them to the Lord, and they wrought great provocations; therefore the Lord delivered them to their enemies, and vexed them in the time of their troubles; and when they cried to him he heard them, and according to his manifold mercies he gave them a Saviour, who saved them from the hand of their enemies: now you may see the cause why his hand was against them, being rebellious and disobedient, casting the law behind their backs, being out of the life of it; here is the cause of slaying the prophets who witnessed the life of his law, and yet many years did the Lord forbear them; and testify against them that had the words by the spirit in his prophets: therefore now you having the prophets' words, have built their sepulchres; were you in the prophets' life, you would see that which the prophets gave testimony of, and Moses, him by whom the world was made, the glory of Israel, the light of the Gentiles, the leader of the people; [take notice,] the light is to lead, yea, the light is the leader of the people.

Now you being out of the life of the prophets and Moses, having their words, thinking to have life in the scriptures, searching them which do testify of Christ, but not coming to the prophets' life, you know not the voice of the prophets, though they be read among you every sabbath-day, nor Christ the end of them; so coming not to the prophets' life, you come not to Christ the life, whom the prophets testified of, who said unto your fathers, ye will not come to me that ye might have life, who had that which testified of him; so he now is witnessed that the scriptures testifies of, who is the light and life, which light is the life of man, he by whom the world was made.

And your fathers which had the prophets' words, and Moses's words, being strangers from the life, were them that said, they saw, but were them that were blind, and saw not Christ the just one, that the prophets shewed the coming of, and Moses spoke of, whom you had your law from, who said, like to him God would raise up a prophet, him you should hear, whom you did not hear but put him away from you, who were out of the life of the prophets, and would not hear him that was the life of them, and said, as for this man you know not whence he was, and would not have him to rule over you.

Therefore consider ye this; your fathers nor you ever came to see this prophet which Moses spoke of, and the prophets testified of; your fathers

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