Isaiah:56:1-8
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Thus saith the LORD , (
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God shows what he requires of them after he has delivered them :
that is ,
the works of charity by which true faith is declared .(:
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Keep ye judgment ,
and do justice :
for my salvation [
is ]
near to come ,
and my Which I will declare toward you ,
and pour into your hearts by my Spirit .
righteousness to be revealed .
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Blessed [
is ]
the man [
that ]
doeth this ,
and the son of man [
that ]
layeth hold on it ;
that keepeth the (
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Under the Sabbath he comprehends the whole service of God and true religion .(:
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sabbath from profaning it ,
and keepeth his hand from doing any evil .
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Neither let the son of the foreigner ,
that (
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Let no one think himself unfit to receive the graces of the Lord :
for the Lord will take away all impediments ,
and will forsake no one who will keep his true religion ,
and believe in him .(:
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hath joined himself to the LORD ,
speak ,
saying ,
The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people :
neither let the eunuch say ,
Behold ,
I [
am ]
a dry tree .
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For thus saith the Lord vnto the Eunuches ,
that keepe my Sabbaths ,
and chuse the thing that pleaseth me ,
and take holde of my couenant ,
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Even to them will I give in my (
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Meaning ,
in his Church .(:
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house and within my walls a place and a They will be called after my people ,
and be of the same religion :
yea ,
under Christ the dignity of the faithful will be greater than the Jews were at that time .
name better than of sons and of daughters :
I will give them an everlasting name ,
that shall not be cut off .
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Also the strangers that cleaue vnto the Lord ,
to serue him ,
and to loue the Name of the Lord ,
and to be his seruants :
euery one that keepeth the Sabbath ,
and polluteth it not and imbraceth my couenant ,
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Even them will I bring to my holy mountain ,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer :
their burnt (
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By this he means the spiritual service of God ,
to whom the faithful offer continual thanksgiving ,
yea themselves and all that they have ,
as a lively and acceptable sacrifice .(:
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offerings and their sacrifices [
shall be ]
accepted upon my altar ;
for my house shall be called an house of prayer for Not only for the Jews ,
but for all others , (
Mat_21
:13 ).
all people .
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The Lord God sayth ,
which gathereth the scattered of Israel ,
Yet wil I gather to them those that are to be gathered to them .
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