Wesley Corpus

The first shews duty, the latter brings the grace of regeneration, by which the heart is changed, and enabled for duty. All under the time of the law that came to salvation, were saved by this new covenant; but this was not evidently exhibited; neither was the regenerating grace of God so common under the time of the law, as it hath been under the gospel. I will forgive - God makes the root of all this grace to be the free pardon, and the remission of their sins. Those ordinances - The ordinances of nature, which are God's establishments for the working of natural causes in their order. I will cast off - That is, I will never cast off all the seed of Israel. The city - Shall be built round, as largely as ever. The line - That is, it shall be built round about upon its old foundations. The valley - A valley, so called from the multitude of Sennacherib's army slain there. Of the ashes - So called from the ashes of the sacrifices carried thither. Holy - All these places shall be parts of the holy city, and God's name shall be sanctified, and he shall be worshipped in them all. For ever - If we interpret the word for ever of a perpetuity, the church of God must here be understood, against which the gates of hell shall never prevail.