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of war and judj^mcnt intervening between that of salvation tnd peace. 174 THH KiNGt OF TH£ KAfiT, [Db. er. lU 12: " As for tbcm abo^ tbftt ia. tfao daughters of Zion and Jerasalcm^ &lread;r sp<Aen to in the second prr^oiit by " the blood of tby cov«M]ant;'' that i«, the hlood of Christ, who died that the mitioo ebould not peritih ; and from who«t death the Je^^h people have their natioD&tity pra- nerved, as graciously tintil ihe lime of their rc- sloratioD, aA the church in kept by the power of God for that inheritance in the heavctnn which ift retdy to be revealed in the laiier times.—" 1 have sent forth thy prifioner^ out of tbe pit where is tko irater." TTiii*. I take it» represents the captivity of Judah under the emblem of Jeremiah's impri* •iinment in the dungeon of Malchiah, of which it iH lhiii( written (Jer. xxxviii, 0), " Tlien took tbey Jeremiah, and cai;t him into the dungeon of Malchiah, the son of llammelech, that was id the court of the prison : and they let down Jeremiah with cordft. And in the dungeon there was do water, but mire : m> Jeremiah »i)nk in tbe mire**^ To thiK, 1 think, thcro is a manifest &Uustoii in the text, for 1 do not find the same expreoioa QEed anywhere in Scripture, except in the case of Joseph, to which 1 have already alluded, as being typical of the captivity of Ephraim, and aojudge I that of Jeremiah to he here referred to, aa an emblem of Ihe captivity of Juduh, who is Rpokeo to in the passage before m. It is further mamfesl, that tlic captive here in the dungeon without water* is Judah, from her being told in the following verse, " to tarn to Ihe stronghold ;" which ia applied to the lower of Edar, in Micah. a figure of Christ, or of Jerusalem, the city of the great King, which, in Jeremiah, is called ihe habitation of the Mrong. If it t>e Christ, then it signifies their coDfcraioo .1' OH 7Ht TfiM TAIBtt. 1175 to him : if it be Jerusalcnip then it signifies their pcturn to their own land.— *' Even to-day do 1 declare that I will render double unto tbee;'* that is, double shall be the blessing, compared with the puoiabment, as the punishment had been ible. coni[>ared with the defterviug; accordinj^ ^S^l Es written ia Isaiah Ixi. 7, of the same period of their return, " Ye shall cat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast your* selres. For your Ahame ye Ahall hare double, and for confiiKion they shall rc-joice u\ their pnrlion ; therefore in their land shall they possess the double; everUftting joy shall be upon t