among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name;"[776] as prophetic, an apostle unfolds the exercise of Covenanting as incumbent till the latest times. Yea, as a fruit of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the service, in the loftiest terms, is foretold. "Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them."[777] Hence, in conclusion. How important to attend to such prophetic intimations! They are the word of God. They were indeed addressed through men, but their origin is Divine. They are addressed to us. In times past God spake unto the Fathers by the prophets; he still speaks to us in his word. By the authority of the Lord Jesus, we are commanded to search the Scriptures;--the Old Testament as dictated by his Spirit, and the New as also from Him. While we read his word, he speaks to us from heaven. Let us not be slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have written. FOOTNOTES: [762] Deut. xxxiii. 8-10. [763] Some of these are contained in Is. x. 22; xxviii. 15-22; Jer. l. 5. [764] Gen. xlix. 10. [765] See Jer. xxxi. 31-34, and Heb. viii. 8; Ezek. xxxiv. 25; xxxvii. 26; as instances. [766] Ps. cii. 18-22; Is. lxv. 16, 17. [767] Is. xlii. 6; xlix. 8. [768] Mal. i. 11. [769] Gen. ix. 27. [770] Rom. iii. 29. [771] Ps. xxii. 27; Is. lii. 15; Zech. ii. 14. [772] Rev. xi. 15; xv. 4. [773] Is. xix. 18-25. [774] Zech. xi. 10, 14. [775] Ezek. xxxvii. 15-28. [776] Ps. xviii. 49. [777] Ps. lxviii. 18; see also Zech. ii. 11. CHAPTER XIV. COVENANTING RECOMMENDED BY THE PRACTICE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH. The approved practice of the Church of God in Covenanting, is recommended to us by these two things,--that it displays a voluntary regard to his will, and that it exhibits his power accomplishing his purpose.