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s of iRroel, thou and nil thy h^uds." Out, DO where is this la^t destruction of the enemies of the Lord, in languaige ao magnificent, as an the remainder of this prophecy of Zechariah. 7*ech. iic. 13: -' When Uuve btfiit Jodah forme, filkd the bow with Ephraim. and ruised up thy sons, O Zicn, a^inst thy sons, O Greece, and niade thee OK THS TEX THfBl^, 1177 ftft the. sword uf k mighty man. Ami Uie lj>r() sh<iH W iSL-eti OYcr them, awl his arrow sliull go fcrib Oit the Ught&m^: and ibe Lord God shall blow the trumpet^ and ^hall go with Trhirlvrind* of Ibe BOQtb< The Lord of hosts ehall defend them; aiid they shall devour, and stibJuc with stisg-stoDes ; and they sh^ll driutt^ and mnkc a Doise AS through wine; and they nhall be filled like bowim, and xs the comem of the all^r. And the Lord their God shall ^ve them in that day uft the flock of his people : for they &ba)l be as the stones of a crown, lifted up a» an ensign upoa his land* For how great is his ^oodiie»^. iind how great is bis beauty! Com shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the; rnakls." And here, brethren. 1 conclude my i,ectur4>ft upon this part of the sixth vial, the drying up of the river Euphrates, in order to prepare the way of the kings from the hsings of the sun. And. in reviewing what hath been set forth upon tUi«raTt- tery, I deinn; dcvotitly to thank ihc Ixird, that he hath not been inattentive to the prayers with which we reverently set out to inquire into it. For, whcilior we be right or not, with respect to the fading away of the resources of the Turkith empire, wliich is signified in the former, and the bringing up of the Ten Tribes, whioh is ftignifi^ ill the liitier ; we have been piously employed, and 1 trust not without fruits, in searching into the ways of God with the nation*, and the secret of his purposes towards his ancient people- We have been taking, as it wcre» our feral lessons as a church, tn the mystery of God's providence; and, if we have seemed rude or unskilful, it ought to be -i G 1178 THS KIKOS or TH£ tMT, [Clttr^ rcmcmbcr^dtttatitiaour&vtleewiim&n&rtwbiclL' hath been lost m the church. For Xht ^rtM am miglity works which (jod is worlung ovci the carti aie^ it would seeiUt no longer proper for Uie puU pit,— but ooly for the daily ptt%s, who seem U know Qo God hut their purse. And shall it coo- Unue that the naembcr^ of Christ, i^ho should n joice to interpret the mighty acts of the Prince the kinp of Uic earth, arc mIcqI when th« arm the Lord ih revealed? Hav