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Isa_26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Ver. 2. Open ye the gates.] Room for the righteous, for such only are freemen of this city; {Rev_22:14} such only are written among the living in Jerusalem. {Isa_4:3-4 Psa_118:19} And this seemeth spoken to those doorkeepers, the ministers, to whom God hath committed the keys of his kingdom, setting them as upon a watch tower to keep out enemies, and to let in the true citizens.
That the righteous nation which keepeth the truth.] Heb., The truths, or faiths, as Peter hath "godliness," {2Pe_3:11} that both observeth Christ’s law and preserveth it; "striving together for the faith of the gospel," {Php_1:27} and accounting every particle of truth precious. {Jdg_1:3} And here we have a true definition of a right Church member. Civil righteousness is but a beautiful abomination. If men lay not faith for a foundation to their virtue, {2Pe_1:5} it is no better than a glistering sin.