2. His future advent, to unite in one glorious Church the whole world, both of Jews and Gentiles —
[Of the conversion of the Gentiles the prophet speaks in the words before the text : " They shall fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun." And of the restoration of the Jews he speaks in the text itself. Of this we have no doubt : for the Apostle Paul, arguing expressly upon the subject of their future restoration, and shewing that it is not only possible but certain, adduces this very passage in proof of his assertions : " All Israel shall be saved ; as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the De- liverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob f." By a close comparison of the text with the words as cited by the Apostle, there will appear some remarkable points of dif- ference : but they are such as may be easily accounted for, and such as have a remarkable propriety in them. The prophet says, " The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from transgression in Jacob." The Apostle says, " He shall come out of Zion, to turn aivay ungodliness from Jacob." The Redeemer, in coming to the Jewish Church, has already come to Zion : and when he shall hereafter convert the Jews to the faith, he will come out of the Christian Church for that purpose. Moreover, when he first came, it was to take out from amongst the Jewish people those who were willing to embrace him, and to turn from their transgressions : but when he shall come at a future period, it will be to make them will- ing ; and, by the all-powerful operation of his grace, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God." It would be sufficient to account for the difference,
e Matt. i. 21. f Rom. xi. 26.
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