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[. I^d from evil. Therefore by the inroitDatloti tjf these wu^6 meDt who, arrivifl^ at the very time of the chUd*t> agc» Ht^rcKJ i« set upon the ^cent of royal jealousy, which he pursueiii by Mlsying the infants of Beujamin, which dwelt Id BothlehM) and Rairah, Now, the very mhumamty of this act doth flhcw mc its dcmonstmtivc and typical oharncter. Pot, you will oh-Herve, from the first pas&age of Honea. which we r|uote(K and which may be regarded a« the tiile of the whole pro- phecy, it is Kaid, " 1 will aveni^e the blood of JezreelupoD the house of Jehu," which thea reign- ed. Hqvt. what was the blood of Jczreef to be avenged on the hou^e of Jehu ? it was the blood of evnry living thiDf^ that breathed of tlie line of tlio former race of kings. And wh»t did Zimri, who introduoed that former race ? he did the same by every lmngM)tiU which had hi it the blood of Baasha, the father of the former dynasty. And dviiat did Kaaiihat He did the Mune by all the seed of Jeroboam, the father of the rebellion. So that royal jealousy wa§ the capital crime of th« house of Ephraim, in which the s^ceiuion begem, and in which it cofitinucd by inhuman maatacret until the house of Jehu waa cut otf before Sbear- jaahub could know good from cviL And, in th« next reign of Hoshea, who usurped the goveni* iiieul, they were n\\ carried away into Ansyria. Now, all this happt^ncd unto them because of their revolt ag:ainirt the line of Mefiaiah : and it was ne- cessary to shew this before the ChiTd whom the virgin brought forth, who was the true avenger; should be of age to know good from eviK Wbich^ was accnnlingly done by Herod^s act of royal jM' lousy, ami was so ordered as to fall upon the honso VI,^ OR THt rev Tnr»K4jf - M&i ofBenjamJii and not of Judab, because Be Djamirivrgig iho brolherof Jo«oi*h» whom Joseph loved sa hit <ywr\ soul, Bni iho blowwas struck atEpbraiin,^-^ had indeed becn$lruck seven hundred and twenty yemrs before; and this, which now occurred, was only the signification thai it was Messiah who sfri>clc at thorn in vindicutiun of hi;^ own ruyal ftjnoHon, a^inst which they had conspired. Which sym- boliccil event doth further ehew w, that all which Epbraim hath Buffered, he hath suffered in eon- aequence of that fearful revolt again^it hia royal tiffic^e :' joftt as all which Judkh liath suflered, she hath siiffer«?d for her fearful rejection of his claim to be the Messiah, And, therefope, Rachel's weep- ing in Ramah for their innocents, is an apt symbol of her weeping always,