receiving, to an higher degree than what we got by their fall. It is observable, that the Gospel did in some sense, first goe out of _Sion_, for the Spirit who enabled the Disciples to preach and propagate it was there given; and _Micah_ speaking of the times yet looked for, saith in _Mic._ 4.2. _The Law shall goe forth out of_ Sion, _and the Word of the Lord out of Jerusalem_; that is, the fulnesse of the Spirit, and knowledge of Christ shall streame through the _Jewes_ to the _Gentiles_. So that as it was in the first giving of the holy Spirit, he was first given to the _Jewes_, then to the _Gentiles_; yea by the _Jewes_ to the _Gentiles_; so shall it be in the last dayes, fulfilling what _Paul_ saith in _Rom._ 2. to the _Jew_ first, and also to the _Gentile_, When God shall be reconciled to _Israel_, their condition wil be greatly changed; for they who are now actually the most accursed people, then as in _Mic._ 5.7. _The remnant of_ Jacob _shall be in the midst of many people as dew from the Lord; as the showres upon the grasse, that tarry not for man, nor waite for the sons of men_. Dew, and Showers in those hot Countries are Heavens bounty, a _cornucopia_ of all good things; such shall the _Jewes_ be to the places where they shall be, when they shall owne the Lord Jesus. _Sixthly_, They were Gods first Wife (as I may say); for a considerable time they were a faithfull people; and many of them have been Martyrs for God. And these things God will thinke on, though we may sleight them. They were Gods first Wife. Did God ever assay to take any Nation before them, to be his owne people? Yea, did he take any beside them, for two thousand yeares together? In _Isa._ 54.6. _I have called thee as a woman forsaken, and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith the Lord_; and what follows, vers. 7. _For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee._ And in verse 8. _With everlasting kindnesse will I have mercy upon thee._ We see God forgets not, though men may, and doe. They were a faithfull people. As great was their unfaithfulnesse; so there were times when great was their faithfulnesse. In _Jer._ 2.2. _I remember thee, the kindnesse of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, when thou wentest after me in the Wildernesse, in a Land that was not sowne._ It was something to follow God in such a Country forty years; and for so long a time to expose themselves, wives, and children daily to almost al sorts of deaths; and you see, God remembers it in after times; and if he did in _Jeremiahs_ time, when those who in person had been so faithfull, had been long dead; and that race of the _Jewes_ then were very provoking, and corrupt; why not also now, in this present succeeding generation of them: