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over all the mrcktf ii( bii eu«mte». Tlie horse is ibe etoblcai of itiipcriiil and sovcreigD dominion, whicb alvraya perUmeth QCtoJudab, " Outot him came fonh ibc corner," that is, the fouadaticD, the sure foundation, the tried stone, the preciotis corner-stone, tlie sure k foundation laid in Zion, ^hich the apostle Peter applioth UQlo Christ " Out of him the nail/' »« it - is written (laa. xxii, '23) in a prophecy which Christ applteth to himself, " And 1 will fasten . him as a nail in a ^ure place ; and he shall be for a glorioiu^ throne to hu Father ft house. And Ibcy ^ball bang upon him all the glory of hts Fatbera I huu»e, &c/' But na tlie hi>use cf Juduh sluiubletl * upon the foundation atone, and were broken, so did y thay cut down the nail fafntoned inaauro place, and I tbcburdenoftbeir royal giory which was hung upon it hath for a while boon cast off. " Out of him the battle bow.'^ 1 can nowhere tind thia n^^ as' an emblem of Christ, though in the xlr th P^alm and elsewhere be U represented aR castuig abroad " sharp arrows amoncrst bi« enemies. ' And in tlia preceding chapter he 19 said to bend Judah, and to fill the bow with Epbraim :" so that, if the battle bow come forth fmm Judah, the arrows which scatter death come forth from Ephr^m. " Out of him every oppri-ssion togetlwr/* or every ruler and governor, to fiignify that, with him regjdeth all government and dominion. Then it follows in a mighty style, *' And they shidl be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the alieetjt in the battle: and they ahall fight because the Lord is with them, and the rulers on hoises sbiiil be confounded ; and I vijl «^u«Hgiih!^ ^be I TJIE KINGS OF TfiC EAftT. [Dis. . Ikhikc of Judah." Such is tbe princely aodwar- like ()t:sliu%tion of Jiiilnh iiW in tluixe (]a)'«, of rvhich it lA saidof the^aiDU of God in tbo cxiucth 'PsaltD, " Let the high praises of God be Id their pmoath, and a two-cdgcd sword in ihcirhinde; to :ea:€cuie vengeapce upoD the heathen, and puDJsli* mcnt upon the people: to bind their kings with chaitts, and their noblefi with fetters of iron; 16 execute ibe judgment written: this faotiour have all his saints.** There is one other prophecy concerning the fu- ture destination o[ Judah and Kphraim, which I hare reserved unto the laBt, because it hath tbe appcarauce of being oni: of tJie most distinct, though it be also one of the most difficult. It is -icteninthe ixth chapter of Zechahah, from the 9th verse to the end. wc shall follow it in order. Ver, 0: