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hich we have derived from the Holy Scriptures concerning Ephraim and the Ten Tribes, whoin we believe to be signified by these kin^ from the nun-rising, whoae wny iapre* pared by the dr>-ing up of Euphratca, as hcreto- fbre the way of Cyrua and his many Icingsi waa |>repared; ami for the same end ofdeiitroyingtbe last king of th? mystical Babylon, and setting free the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, wluch bave now for many centuries been locked np in the captivity of that fourth monarchy over which 4he niletli, is that, before the gri-ut day of the Lord they shall he called by the Lord, and t>e ^dy to Corns at his call in order to tnaintain the glory and the power of his royal prerogative, when it shall be called in question, and cotifedc- rntcd against by Ih^ kitigA of the earth and their fieople; an herf^tofore at his fumiirr advent the tribes of Judah and of Benjamin did furnish forth the men and the means whereby the consistency Itf his incarnation and resurrection was planted in the nations and kingdoms of the earth: and as these iwo tribes were honoured to furntBh the founda- tion, yen, and the chief corner-stone of the church that DOW id, so shalL these Ten Tribes furniAh forth the battle-axe and the weapons of war^ whereby thL' kjngdunk that is yet to be sliall be iijunded in the destruccioti of the kingdoms which now are, and of all who shall cleave unto their sinking; state. Having obtained the hold of this great principle by n careful and patient examination of various Scriptures; I would now once more, before icay- ing thiA part of my nubject, Ity the soundne&s, and eultirge iU evidence by an esainiii^^lioii of other passages which cont^un any notices concern* ing the future destruction <^ Epbraim and his out- cast brethren, i\nd tirat, let us consider what is said of Kphraim inlhclxth Psalm, which, both by the occasion of triumph upon which it was composed, and by the language of the first fire verses, doth manifestly refer to the time when God tumelh again unto his scattered and ancient people ; and when con- troversies for their sakea make the whole earth to tremble, and be broken : whert also he lighteth up that banner which isspokenof m the Prophets, from the first prophecy of the Shiloh, to whom the gathering of the people is to be, down to this vial vhea the way is prepared to the great battle of the Lord. (Isaiah xi- 15—12; xviii. 3: Jer. iv. 5, fi.) In ttu^ time of the deliverance of hift beloved it is said. Psalm Ix, 0; " God hath spoken in hin holiness; I will rejoice: I will