will be seen of all ; because, the Jews being dispersed over all the world, and the motion amongst them being simultaneous throughout the earth, the attention of all will be fixed upon them, and the glory of God appear upon them. In that event shall all his perfections shine forth ; and especially his mercy and love, his truth and faithfulness. Greatly as he was mag- nified in their deliverance from Egypt, he will be far more exalted in that day; because the work will be infinitely more extensive, and the effects produced upon them be incom- parably more glorious. For in that day, " the people shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever; the branch of his planting, the work of his hands, that he may be glorified0." In a fore-cited chapter, this is very strongly and beautifully marked. Of all that a king possesses, there is nothing so dear to him, nothing with which his honour is so intimately connected, as his crown; yet such shall the Jewish people be, in the estimation of their God: " Thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy Godp." Yes, he will hold them forth before the whole world, as the dearest objects of his love, and the brightest monuments of his glory.]
2. The interest of the whole world involved in it —
[At this wonderful sight will all the nations of the earth " fear and tremble." At their coming out of Egypt, was some- what of this effect produced on the surrounding nations q: and amongst those who shall desire to retain them in bondage, will the same terror prevail, at the period that we are now contemplating. " According to the days of thy coining out of the land of Egypt," says God, " will I shew unto him mar- vellous things. The nations shall see, and be confounded at all their might : they shall lay their hand upon their mouth ; their ears shall be deaf: they shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear be- cause of theer." But on immense multitudes will a far different effect be produced : they, indeed, shall " fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that God hath pro- cured unto his people;" but it will be with a holy, reverential fear, such as that which is invariably signified by those words in the epistles of the New Testament, even such as is imported in that injunction, " Work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Yes, in every place will this effect be produced. It will not merely attract the attention of the whole world, but will create within them a desire to know and serve that
0 Isai. lx. 20, 21. and lxi. 1—3. p Isai. lxii. 3.
i Exod. xv. 15, 16. r Mic. vii. 15 — 17.