That the old things will be forgotten. Isaiah xliii. 18, 19; lxv. 17, 18.
That the Ark will no longer be remembered. Jer. iii. 15.
That the temple should be rejected. Jer. vii. 12, 13, 14.
That the sacrifices should be rejected, and other pure sacrifices established. Malachi i. 11.
That the order of Aaron's priesthood should be rejected, and that of Melchizedek introduced by the Messiah. Ps. Dixit Dominus.
That this priesthood should be eternal. Ibid.
That Jerusalem should be rejected, and Rome admitted. Ps. Dixit Dominus.
That the name of the Jews should be rejected, and a new name given. Isaiah lxv. 15.
That this last name should be more excellent than that of the Jews, and eternal. Isaiah lvi. 5.
That the Jews should be without prophets (Amos), without a king, without princes, without sacrifice, without an idol.
That the Jews should nevertheless always remain a people. Jer. xxxi. 36.
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Republic.—The Christian republic—and even the Jewish—has only had God for ruler, as Philo the Jew notices, On Monarchy.
When they fought, it was for God only; their chief hope was in God only; they considered their towns as belonging to God only, and kept them for God. 1 Chron. xix. 13.
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Gen. xvii. 7. Statuam pactum meum inter me et te fœdere sempiterno ut sim Deus tuus.
9. Et tu ergo custodies pactum meum.
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Perpetuity.—That religion has always existed on earth, which consists in believing that man has fallen from a state of glory and of communion with God into a state of
