Essex Remembrancer Psalm 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. Contemplate Zion in regard to — I. HER CONVERTS. They are born, as it were, into a new world. The subjects of this change have new attachments and aversions; new joys and sorrows; new fears and hopes. They are actuated by new motives; and having experienced such a change in the inward man, they will manifest it in the whole of their deportment. II. HER PERPETUITY. III. HER FINAL TRIUMPH. We may infer this from — 1. The faithfulness of God to His promises. 2. The firm basis on which religious liberty rests in our day, and the growing intelligence of the age respecting the spiritual nature and the Scriptural means of supporting the Church of Christ. 3. The more abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit with which we believe God will bless His Church. 4. The prayers offered and the efforts made for the religious interests of the neighbourhood. (Essex Remembrancer.) Parallel Verses KJV: And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. |
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