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*salm, to which we would next direct out attention. You will rcmemhcr that it isi written in the blessing of Qod upon Jo^epli, " hence is Ibc Shepherd atnl the stone of Israel," which we interpreted as :ibout to have a li- teral aocomphshment when Christ shall become the ay « nft4 THE KIS08 or THE EAST, [Dki Shepherd of Urftel^ to gather them, and lo atani ami fvtd theni in the sitre.nglh of the Lord; vrhei he shall become the stone of Israel, to break ih^ fourfold Coloftf^ua of their oppre>;sor& in pieces, and when as the breaker be ^hall come up bef< his floek. (Micah ii. 13.) Indeed I give the 12i and 13th verges of ihe iid chapter of Micah a full and sufficient comment upon the words Jacob s ble»»ir^ upon Joseph, *' hence is the She| herd and the stone of Israel," Now the \xxxi\ Psalm opens with this very name, " Give ean O Shepherd of Israel:" and it continues by pTioj him a special guardianship over Joseph : yea, in this capacity he belonged to Joseph as singular); as in the cai>acrly of the Shiloh he belongcth unti Judah, "thou thai lewdest Joseph like a flock.' This is a very remarkable eoincideucc indeed will Jacobs ble&iiin^, and not to be otherwise explaini than by the supposition that it |Krrtain&th Christ when he appeareth as the Shepherd King of Israel first unto Joseph : and th it proceeds, " Thou that dwelle^t btlwcai tli cherubim, shine forth. Before EphTuim, andBen* jamin, and Mana^oh, stir up thy strength lAi come and f^ave us/' This hath a reference lo order of march, in wluch the array of the Ihl vrere wont la proceed through the desert, camp of Fphraim, which conMKted of Ephraii and Benjamin, and Manasseh, following imi dtately behind tlie ark of the covenant and tiii tabernacle which, encompassed with iho Levii moved n^t onward in their van ; and the mt ing of the supphcation is, that the Lord wotil slifoe forth tis in tlie times of utd, and stir up hi ^rengih before these liiree tribes, which togetfai VI.] Oli THE T£N TRIBES. 1105 did compose the cam[> of Bphraira. And it is remarkable tlmt nuiic of the other four campn of Judah, Reuben, and Dan are meatiooed. The Psalm do^riboth the Lord 6 bmgiog up of the goodly vine out of Eg)*pt, and planting it m his land; its desolataoo and w&stcnes» by the iavasjoa of cTcrywild beast of the fore&t^and mightily prays him to return and visit this vine, and " Let tliy band be u|>un the Mau of tliy right liquid, upon tbe Son of mmn wbom thou bast oiade strong for thyself/' Now when 1 compare Uie