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nft which Ephraim ft^m his two hidiEtg-j |tt;tce.ft Uirtll gladly hear, and readily obey; and being mustered by the Lord, and fathered untoi a nation, aa is fiaid above, " tbeir shepherd th»t gathered tbcm. ahall lead thcm> nnd break As^yriao, when he TUiall come into our land, oin Iread ia our palacen." (Amoa v. 60 Which ll ntonurch of Babylon being brokeiK ihechildrei who trembled from the West at the lionvroarioj fihali come out of their prison, and be joined ujiti their brcihrcsin There is another pasaage of tlie prophet Hi which cajtts a ?^teady li^ht upon the mystery inttfj which wc inquire, contained in the xiitth chapter; of which and ihe two preceding; chaptera I woul rifniark, that they are a etrikinc^ example of tin brief and starting style for which this Prophet remarkable; and which contums under itniattei very deep, beyond the apparent aurfaee : lij the words which come forth at long ii from u strm^g aiid di^eply agilat«l l>G»om; whii are aa it were but the f;leam« and f^wlings of tl volcano, that tell the beholdera of a fearful com* motion within, and an imminent danger \tithoiit But thou£:;h 1 have not been able yet. to myaatia- faction, to unravel the >iprret un<l inviaible linki vbich connect lhe«e motions of the Propbetv Spirit with one another, I have no difficdiy whal ever in that which follow*;, from vcr. 9th of chai xiiith to the end of the Prophecy: to which VI.] on THE TKN THIBKE. 1147 do DOW request your common attendon. '* O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but m mc IS thine help. [ will be thy King: where is any other thTtt may save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges of whom thou ftaidst. Give me a king and princes? I gave thee a kin% in mine anger, and look him away in my wrath/' The Lordher© toucheth upon the deep root of the controversy which he had with the whole house of Jacob, over whom he dc&ireJ to he the Kiug, but which he had especiwHy with the house of Israel, who stood up af^inst the line of David, in which he had .appointed that the true King of Israel should come. And lie fiays> though by their bitter revolt they had undone themaclvce, be would be their help, and himself become their King, and save and deliver theui. Therefore in the greatness of hia grace he addelh, " The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his tin is hid." This is the act of God's forgiveness, and the turning away of iniquity from Jacob ; when all hrael Ahall be saved, as it is written in the Prophet Jeremiah (1,20), ■• In those day», and in that time, saith the Lord, th