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Babylon^ and therein holdeUi Judabaod Benjamin opprevtcd ; and break in ptocos the powers of tb4 wnrld, on the day of the l>attle of Uod Alfnightjr, and become the shcpht^rd of tbo whole eartb; fulfilling ID the purpose and end of God what <\vni»fultillcd in thcfi^re. who id also calk-d the shepherd of the Lord: '^Cynis my shepherd;" perhaps that ho might bo the more emitieot aath trpo of the Shepherd of Israel, who ia to proceed frnm IW^njnmin in hiiL triumph, ii^ in h'tn Ttitmility he proceodeth from Juduh. This I give u the iDterpfvtatton of a tcit -which hath always seemed to me a shrouded myiitGry until I wait led into the idea which 1 ntn now endeavouring: to unfold, tjiat 1ha<<e kings from the sun-rising arc the Ten Tribes of Israel gathered under Mrtsiah their Prince. Some such high and enduring destination of Joseph isevi- dcRtly shewn in the verses which follow. Gen. xUx- 25, 2C : '* Even by ^c God of thy fatbur, who shall help thee ; and by the Almighty, who shall blew thcc with the blcMings of licavcu above, blessings of the deeptbat licth under, blessings ot the brea&ts and of the wnmb. The ble^ningH of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors, unto ^e utmost bound of theeverlastinghitls: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on tlic crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren." Taking in the wImIc of this blessing ii|M>n Jowph, and comparing its ralues.^ with iJie k n 1134 1ll£ ktNO* OF TKK EAST, [Dii^ iUdc^ of those Upon all the rcfit, except Judab^ 1 cannot beip being; comviiiced that he b bletdcii here ati iJiehead of tilt.' Tern Tribcfi, JQ»itax Judah' U blesj^Ked as (he heafl of the Two; and that as tbe^ coming of Sbilob n the prcroijative of the lattery so the coming of the Shepherd and the etune Israel 15 the prcrogntivc of the lormer; and that hercinconsutcth the double bicfsmgof Joseph, yea, and theivhole mystery ofJofteph'sbiinnliation to the dungeon and txaltutiDh to the right hand of Pharuah king of Egypt, and his salvntion of bU fatber'a bouee, yea, and of the whole world from death. Let us now come to the blessings of Moses upon the tribes, and hear what he aaith of Joseph, which fur surpasseth all the rest, and is writtco in the xxxiud chapter of Deutronomy in thes^ words (ver. 13 — 15): " And of Jowph he saud, Bleseed of the Lord be bis land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucfacth bcacotb, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things pnl forth