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Therefore I say, Whether God hath put away his people? God forbid [Far be it]. For [and] I am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the lineage of Benjamin.
2
God hath not put away his people, which he before-knew. Whether ye know not [Whether ye witen not], what the scripture saith in Elias? How he prayeth God against Israel,
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Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have under-delved thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
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But what saith God's answer to him? I have left to me seven thousands of men [I have left to me seven thousand of men], that have not bowed their knees before Baal.
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So therefore also in this time, the remnants [the reliefs] be made safe, by the choosing [after the choosing] of the grace of God.