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The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old

CHAPTER III
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That he was to be a just, beneficent, wise, and mighty monarch, raised up and upheld, and established by God, to be the means of promoting universal peace, and happiness.

That Israel should be gathered to him, and established in their own land; which was to be the seat of dominion, and the centre of union, and of worship to all the people, and nations of the earth; who were to live under the government, and receive, and obey the law of this beneficent prince; and enjoy unspeakable felicities on the earth, then changed to a universal paradise.

And for all this happiness, they were to worship, and glorify the true God only, and glorify the Eternal, and give thanks to Him "because He is good, and his mercy endureth forever." 2.

That this prince was to be of the line of David, and as it should seem, called by that name, and was to reign on his throne in Jerusalem.
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That according to Micah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, (see the quotations) his manifestation, and (and the restoration of Israel) were to be contemporaneous.


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