...how God at the firsi did visit the Gentiles to take out of them a people for his name; and to this agree the words of the Prophets.: as it is written,...return and will build again the tabernacle of David that is fallen down, and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up; that the residue...

...residue of men (the remnant of Edom, one of the fiercest enemies of Israel, as it has been translated) might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord who doth all these things1." Let no man then think this a new invention ; for God, who knows all things,...

...the Gentiles to take out of them a people for his name; and to this agree the words of the Prophet*: as it is written, After this I will return and will build again the tabernacle of David that is fallen down, and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up; that the residue...

...(Acts xv. 13 — 17). In proof of Israel's subsequent restoration, he quotes the prophet Amos (ix. 11): "As it is written, After this I will return, and will...build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up;" — a prediction yet remaining to be verified, when the Lord shall gather his ancient people from all...

...for a city, whose builder and maker is God.'* And the apostle Paul says, speaking of God and Christ, 'After this I will return, and will build again the...; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I . ' Matt. xiii. 55. * Mark vi. 3. 3 1 Pet. ii. 5. ' Heb. iii. 4. * Ibid. 11. VOL. VI. 15 will set it...

...how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets ; as it is written,...whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things." The attentive reader of the Ol;l Testament prophecies will be at no loss to add...

...of all the heathen which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth thin. .'/»/. n. 11, 12. I will build again the tabernacle of David which is...whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Ac. xv. 17. Grow."] And God created great whales, and every living creature that...

...the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matt. xvi. 18.) And to this agree the words of all the prophets : " As it is written, After this I will...down ; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and will set it up. That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my...

...it in the fifteenth chapter of the Acts, where he quotes these words, After this I will return, B 4 and will build again the tabernacle of David, which...Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doth all these things. The end of the Booh of the Prophet Amos. THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET OBADIA H. ARGUMENT....

...that is, that the kingdom of Israel should not yet be restored by Christ. " After this," says he, " I will return, and will build again the tabernacle...residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the nations upon whom my name is called;" that is, that the rest of mankind, together with those nations...