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, tiler tlir Lord bad sufficietitty described tho tiortheni nutioas which M-ere to be the instrumeats of the destrticiion of the literal Babylon, and »ex fonli her utter ruin for all her evil dccds^ ho proccedctb, in the latter of these to touch an higher stnUD, and fetch a further compass into the deep and veiled myfiterie^ of ftitiire times; shewing iik the roysticai B:ibylan of the Apocalyp«e, with her g:olden cup (ver 7), even she that dwell- cth upon many waters [ver. i3), and thus dc- Bcribcth Uic instrumcnlfl of her dostruction: " The Portion of Jacob is not like them ; for he i« the rormef of all thjng:s; and Israel is the rod of his inheritauce; the Lord of hosts is hisuame. Thou an my battle-axe and weapons of war : for mth ihce will I break in piccee the itations: and with thee will [ destroy kingdoms ; and with theo will J break in pieces the horse and his rider ; and wth thee will I break iu piecea the chariot and bis rider: with thee al«o will 1 bre»k in ptecea man and woman ; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young ; and with thee will 1 break in ptecea the young man and the maid ; 1 will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock ; and with ihee will I break in pieces the bnithandman and his yoke of oxen ; and with thee will 1 break in pieces captains and rulers. And 1 a-ill render unto Babylon, and to all the inha- bitants of Chaldca, all their evil that tboy have done in Zion in your sight, saith the l^rd," (rer. 10^-24.) Than which passage nothing can be VI.] OR THK T£K TBCBEfl, 111! more demonstrative of the uize which the Lord shall make of "Jacob, his portion, and Israel, the rod of bis inheritance," in the overwhelming of tlic last kin^ of Babylan> and the rcderDption of his people troro her bondago. This shcwA iis ot'>vhom northern nations^ with CjTii!* ul ihcir head, typical; even of thtr tribes imder the leading r Him whose name it tho Lord of Hosts, The Batnc inference is to be derived from the xiiitb chapter of Isaiah, which consistcth of two partfl, the universal overthrow of nations in the day of the l/>rd, and the jKirticutar overthrow of Baby- lon Ij_v the Medt-s ; which yet are nal separate aubjecta, but one subject, tlie tiling typiiWd ^nd the type, the general rule and tho individual ex- ample. Now, thase ^bo are to do in the general what the Mcdes do in tlio particular arc thus de- scribed : "Lift yo up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice onto thcnip shake the hand, that they may go iato the gatf^ of