![]() ![]() ![]() But this is to he understood of the people of the ten tribes of Israel, who were nationally and nominally the people of God, were so by profession they called themselves the people of God and though they were idolaters, yet they professed to worship God in their idols and as yet God's "loammi" had not taken place upon them he still sent his prophets among them, to reprove and reform them, and they were not as yet finally rejected by him, and cast out of their land. This is not to be understood of those who are the Lord's people by special grace for they cannot he destroyed, at least with everlasting destruction God's love to them, his choice of them, covenant with them, the redemption of them by Christ, and the grace of God in them, secure them from such destruction: nor can they perish through want of knowledge for though they are by nature as ignorant as others, yet it is the determinate will of God to bring them to the knowledge of the truth, in order to salvation and that same decree which fixes salvation as the end, secures the belief of the truth as the means and the covenant of grace provides for their knowledge of spiritual things, as well as other spiritual blessings in consequence of which their minds are enlightened by the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, and they have the knowledge of God and Christ given them, which is life eternal. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ![]()
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