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ougrht not to appear strauge ; bot mther the reverse of it should appear strangr* that Israel fthoulcl not have a distinct mcinifeslatioii of her Hededm^r* and n distinct [>urt to act in the «sta- bltshment of his kingdom. And to the dilTerent character of these two advents and aets of Christ, I believe the different character of the blessings upon Judah and Jo^^eph leferreth. The fcclini^of Eurpme at the mentton of ao mag^ nifieent a promise hcii^ removed, we pniceed (o search our prophet fvr further infDnitatiuii concern- HigUracl, which we find in tbe very next chapter; to the effect^ that, during the many days of her present concealment, she is looked npon by the Lord in the light nf an atdulteronn woman, pledged unto a man after marydays, during which sbe sShall wait for bim, and shall not play the harlot, nor be for another man, even as he aUo will remain fbr her " For/* saith the Lord, interpreiiap: hia ftvn emblem, " the children of Israel ahall abide tndny days without a kin^, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an imager and without an epiiod, And wiUiout teraphim.'^ It is rather difficult to knowwhat is meant by the trords translated " imagc"and *' tcraphim;" for It doth not consist with the g'cncral scop« of pro- phecy, that tho Israelites shall be preserved from idolatry : wherefore I incline to undcrHtand Qnder thexe names, the furniture of their temple, .ind their temple service ; and do take the whole ^lassage to roefin* that while Jndah pot9eB»* ed the ftccptre and the law, and the worahip also of God, in token of her union w:th him, laroel ^ould poK^ess none 6f all these during the many 1L-I0 TIIK KiKOfi OF TUE tA9T, [DtS. Ways' of her coiii:calment aud dUtaace frum' the l^rd ; that ibe should, as Moses twice declai'cth. '*• ten'e Kf«I*, the work of men's hsnc!», woik] antl Btone," which Jeremiah abo prcdicteih of Jtidufa. (xvt* 13p) And which Ezekiel predictetb of Israel, Mfrbo soy fttnong the henthcnt " We will be aa the Muthen, aathc families of the couDtncs. lo senre hirood ind slone." But into whatever excesAcs of Ftdolatry fhe may fall, itbe is not therefore released f'fmin the obligation under which God had put htv 'Of being his after many days ; which, beinj expir- Pcd. it is added. " Afterward shall the children of Mlsrael return, anH seek Ihf? Lord their God, and T>avid their kin^, itiirl »1it«U f^ar the Lord and hit goodness in lUc latt«*r days," In that royal line of David, against which they heretofore stood up, and wore in consequence rejected from