The Restitution of All Things (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843. Excerpt: ... the ruins thereof, and set it up, which should be followed by the other, namely, the residue of men seeking after the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom his name is called. This latter part of the prophecy appears to harmonize with what St. Paul explains, Rom. xi. 12, 15; where he clearly reveals the purpose of God to be this, that after the restoration of his people, whom for a long season He would cast off, another great influx from among the Gentiles should follow, which is commonly described as their second call. St. Paul's address to the Athenians contains a reference to the day of the Lord,1 as that "in which God will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained: " beside this, we meet with no other reference to the day of Christ in this part of the sacred Scriptures. We now proceed to consider the epistles of St. Paul in order. CHAPTER II. Epistle To The Romans. Of the several passages in this letter, which refer to the return of the Lord in glory, those in the ivth, viiith, and xith chapters are the most interesting. In the iid, the apostle speaks of " the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ," but enters into no particulars which demand our notice. To the remarkable expressions, which he uses in the ivth chapter, respecting Abraham, let us, therefore, first attend. "For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith." ver. 13. 1 Acts xvil. 31. The righteousness of faith, therefore, which is the appointed mean of a sinner's justification in the sight of God, is the instrument of conveyance of this privilege, whatever it may be, "to Abraham" and " to his seed." That the privilege was future, when St. Paul wrot...