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But the merciful goodness of the Loud endureth for ever and ever upon 
them that fear him: and his righteousness upon children’s children; 
Even upon such as keep his covenant: and think upon his command¬ 
ments to do them. 
The Loud hath prepared his seat in heaven: and his kingdom ruleth 
over all. 
O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength: ye that 
fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his words. 
O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye servants of his that do his 
pleasure. 
O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his 
dominion: praise thou the Lord, O my soul.” 
Ezekiel, if any thing, speaks more explicit. “ At the word of the 
Lord,” says the prophet, “ in a valley filled with bones, the bones came 
together, bone to bone; the sinews and flesh came upon them, and the skin 
covered them above; and the breath came into the bodies, and they lived, 
and stood upon their feet, a great army!”— Ezek. ch. xxxvii. v. 5. 
Isaiah also speaks of the resurrection. “ Thy dead shall live; together 
with my dead body shall they arise: awake, and sing, ye that dwell in the 
dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the 
dead.”— Isaiah , ch. xxvi. v. 10. 
There is also a passage of Job pointing out the resurrection of the body. 
“ I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day 
upon the earth; and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in 
my flesh shall I see God.”— Job, ch. xix. v. 25. 
Whether these passages of scripture be fairly translated, or not, It Is not 
our business to inquire. It is sufficient for our purpose, that, at any rate, 
the Jews had sublime notions of God and of the Resurrection at the time 
of the appearance of Christ. For Martha, speaking of her brother Lazarus, 
says to our Lord, “ I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the 
last day.” This resurrection appears to have been an established opinion 
among the Pharisees; for although it was a notion of the sect of the Sad- 
ducees that there was no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit, yet the 
Pharisees, we are told, confessed both. And this assertion is completely 
confirmed by St. Paul himself, when his countrymen accused him before 
Felix. “ I confess unto thee (says this inspired apostle), that after the way 
which they call heresy, so worship 1 the God of my fathers, believing all 
