Yea; but let us inquire whether he hath given the covenant that he swear unto the fathers that he would give unto the people. Verily he hath given it; but they were not worthy to receive it on account of their sins.
For the prophet saith, And Moses was fasting in Mount Sinai forty days and forty nights, that he might receive the covenant which the Lord hath made with his people. And he received from the Lord the two tables that were written in the spirit with the finger of the hand of the Lord. And Moses, when he had received them, was bringing them down to the people for to give them.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Moses, Moses, get thee down quickly, for thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have done unlawfully. And Moses perceived that they had again made molten images, and he cast the tables from his hands, and the tables of the covenant of the Lord were broken.
Moses indeed received them, but the people were not worthy. Hearken ye, therefore, how we have received them. Moses received them being a servant, but the Lord himself gave unto us to be a people of inheritance, having suffered for our sake.
And he was made manifest, that both they might be made perfect in their sins, and that we, through him that inherited, might receive the covenant of the Lord Jesus, For; for this purpose was prepared, that by appearing himself and redeeming from darkness our hearts, which were already consumed by death, and given over to the iniquity of deceit, he might place in us the covenant of his people.
For it is written how the Father giveth commandment unto him, that having redeemed us from darkness, he should prepare for himself a holy people.
Therefore the prophet saith, I, the Lord thy God, have called thee in righteousness, and I will hold thy hand and make thee strong; and I have given thee for a covenant to the nation, for a light unto the Gentiles, to open the eyes of the blind, and to bring out of chains them that are bound, and from the house of prison them that sit in darkness. Learn, therefore from whence we were redeemed.
And again, the prophet saith, Behold, I have placed thee for a light unto the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for a salvation even unto the end of the earth; thus saith the Lord God who hath redeemed thee.
And again, the prophet saith, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed; he hath sent me to preach the gospel unto the poor, to heal those that are broken in heart, to preach deliverance to the captives, and the recovery of sight to the blind, to tell of the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense, to comfort all that mourn.