But, perhaps, you are sometimes fearful that God may yet leave you to perish. Dismiss the unworthy suspicion. God will not despise the work of his own hand, neither will he leave it unfinished. His kindly regards for his people are permanent and unalterable. Hear how he speaks in the conclusion of our text: "These things will I do unto them and not forsake them." He may, indeed, seem to forsake them for a season; but he will never utterly abandon them. He says, "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee; saith the Lord, thy Redeemer." Isa. liv. 7, 8. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to perish.

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