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1 1 13 Ibc flockr *>T tower of Bdar, which, being close to Bethlehem, is here used a» a name of Messiah, *' the stronghold of the tlau^'hter of Zioi^, unto thee Hball it come, ' even Uie first dommion'; tlie kifij^dom shall come to U>e daughter of Jerusalem;" that i«, the dominion, such as it was at first, shall come to Meesiah, and to the dftughtcr of Jerusalem, the king und the queeii« in the day of their espousals. With the argtjment of ihiii comfortable prophecy^ he then proceedeth to red>uri with Ihi- daughter of Zion, under her Bore trials and griefs^ saying, " Why dost thou cr^' aloud! i« there no king in thee ? isthycotin- scllor perished ? for pangs have taken thee as a woman [i> travail. Be in pain and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in tra- vnil : for now shalt thoj go forth out of the city, and thou i^halt dwell in the livid; '* that \s, &be should have to go a second time out of human dwellini^H, and camp in the tented field, accord- ing a» it is said in lio&ea, " I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfort- ably unto her/' And what shall follow upon this second exixluit? Behold the myslpry tif whli^h we are in <|ue»t : " And thou ithalt go even to Ba- bylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies/" And then follows the gathering of the &aCion<( against her : " Now aUo many nations are gathered against thee, that %ay. Let her be defiU ed, and let our eye look upon Zion/' And what follows this their daring aiiempt to pollute and defile the betrothed wife of the Lord} " But thoy know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither under- stand they his counsel ; for he shall gather thee 4 c 114 THE Kiaot or TKft SAST, !the eheares into the Boor. Arise and thrash, 0 daughter of Zion ; for I will rnnke thine horn iron, and T will make thy hoofji brass, and thou slialt beat in pioceti muny fK^ople : and I will con- secrate their gain unto the Lord, and their ftut>* nance unto the Lord of the whole earth/" Swsh 1 conceive to be one of the fullest and clc&rail elucidatioHA of thii whole myHtery, in which I perct^ii-e that by rbc handft of tlie alrong nation that was cast ont, which i% Israel* the hiilling: one, which i^ Judnh, to whom the first dominion b promised, fihall be delivered out uf the thraldom of Babylon: after which these two united Qgoin in ^e, uiKler David their king, »hail be as a mighty ox, with hornaof iron and hnofs of hr.ifis, thrash- ing the sheare