For he said ... —The words throw us back to the starting-point of God’s covenant with His people, based, so to speak, on the assum…

For He said,

In ancient times, when God called His people out of Egypt, He said this.

Surely they are my people, children …

For He said, Surely they are My people. He mentions the election of the people and represents God as speaking of it, so that we may keep i…

For he said, surely they are my people
Not in common with the rest of mankind, being his creatures, and the care of …

The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews concerning their manner of life. They acknowled…

1. Who is this. Here he begins to addre the separation of the wicked from the good in the execution of the promised salvatio…