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age and thctr gifts at the feet of the new-born King of the Jcwk be repreftentative.s Irom (he*TenTnbca,(aiul I thin.^ ■ i)42 THE KINGS or THf NAfT, [XMT. it is the mcttt luUooal ftccoum that cai) be given, jliiber of tbe star'e appeanuice or of their long lourney of more than & ycur s dUtuocc,) then it gitcsno small continnatjon to the idea of Bphnuox> fiiture high vocation, that Uiey were fiT^I brought pntu tlic preKVnce uf Hcrott and his court, to be&r Tvitoe&s to them of their km^» -' Wh^rc U be that is bura King of th<^ Jews ? for we have seoa his star in the east, and arc come to worship him.'' Aod it is further to be observed, titatwhen Ilerod, by his acts, would have circiimve.alt^i tli^e ^vit• Qtt£se« to Ui« royal function of Christ, the Lord wag pleased to guide them by a dream, according to his will. And this is the only tcstimoEiy which I remember. suviLg that of Jesus hiraaeli, which wat made to Him as a Ki»g before kio^« But, without laying ttkitc stress upon this, lh»n barely to mecition it, I proceed with the further examJna* tion of the things coiitaiadd in tito Prophet Hoj coticeming this mystery. . The gathering of the tribes is thus dcsctil (xi.9): '' 1 will not execute the hcrceiiest of mine anger; I will not return U> destiuy Ephniitu : foe I) am God and not toan ; the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city/' Or (as It is xii. 9), " I will yet make ttiec to dweU in tabernacles, as in the days of tbe solemn feaftta." " Tbey shall walk aRer the Lord; be shall r«ttr Uksa tion : when be shall roar, the children sliaU tiemble from the west. They «hall tremble as a birdoutof £frypt^and aft a dove out of the land of Afidyria. And I will place them in their own houac. oaith the Lord/' Ucrc we have Ephraim viAtted by the Holy One m the midat of her ; bniughi out of the cities and nations uf her captivity by mighty IVit] I ORTKl T£M TRlBfia, 1143 detnAnstrhtioQ of the Dirine pow<^r, thiift cIcscribcKl by Ezekiel : " Aod I will bring you out fivni the people, aixl gather you out of the countries wherein ye ore ^ealtcrccl, vrith a mighty bard and with an outstretched arm. and with fury poured out/' Of iwhich acts. tJ»c terrible imprcftsioQ over all these lanrht fih&il be so great, and in the «ight of the children of Israel ihc m^Tiifcwtatiou i»u glorious,, th»t (Jer. xvi, 14) '* it shall no more be said, Th& !Lord Hrethi that brought up the children of Ismcl out of the land of E^pt: but^ The Lord livctb, that brought up the childron of l