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be rccompocod gloriously in that Jerusalem, which is to bo metropolis of nutiofis; then shall the type Bphraira, the mighty man of war, and the fruitful father of nations, be ako reeomposed glorioualy in the lime when the Lord ft coming as a man of w shall break all bis enemies in piecea, and for a while compel ttic rcbelhouA earth, with a rod of iron, to the ackiwwkdgmeitt of his so\-ercigvly. VI.] on TIIC TEN Tnii»E«. 1M7 ^hcQ indeed shall the Hhcpherd of Israel lead t Joseph like a (lock ; then shall he Rhiae forth from (< betw«^en ()h; Cherubim; "then befove Ephrafm and BenjatniD, and Manavs^, ^hall be ttiir up hk strength, nod come and save w." That the Lonl id to make u^e of fiphraim m the'iedays for his battle-axe and weapons of war. > to break the natiom and destroy kingdoms, in fur- < ther fiianir»it from a very poculiar expression used of him, iu the xth chapterof Zechanah^at the .8ih vorse: ^"1 will hiRsfor them," (ihal is, for ihe children of Ephrairo). To underutand the mean- ing of this, you mu&t know that in Eastern coun* ■^ihe«, and I am told eren in Madrid, which halh ' thherited from the Mnor^ Komewhat of Eastern .^cufitomsp when they would call the attention of l^tbeir friend, and draw him to them, which we are wont to do with a ilem! they do it withaHiaal ao that yc will hear as yc pass Qlon<> the streets, ^ not the Hem but the ss, and the people will inatant- Uly turn round to the voice to »ee who it is that called, and for whom he called. With the eai^ with which a man Kummonn with a * hias' hifl friend clo&e at hand, the Lord dcclareth tliat the shall eummon Ephraim, and with the prompti- : tfidc with which that fnernl turiH to the familiar ' call, and flies to the side of his frieaid who called kim^ shall Rphraim turu in that day unto tho »'Lc^, and come to the place of his call-— Now there are only two other passages in which ihli form of exprcseion is u$ed ; and in both cases it is for warlike and destructiTc ends. The first is in the rth chapter of Isaiah, at the 36th verse: " And be will lift itp an ensign to the nationsfrom laXj^and will bias unto ^tiem from the <^ «>rjl)e THK WiiVQIt OF TH£ tJhfT, f-^^, caitb : aod, bebold, they flball come with speed awiftly." Then, to rcprcficiit the cxpcditiOA of fJii.i swift march. *'^onc rJiall be weary doc stumble among them ; uoiie »hall slumber nor sleep; ocUlicr sball tbe girdle uf their loins be loosed, nor the htchet of their shoes be broken/' 7bGQ, to represent