sent at Jerusalem their acknowledgment of allegiance to the exalted Jesus, the Great Supreme. From this obligation none will be exempted, and breach of the requirement will be visited with Heaven's chastisements of different kinds. This diversity of punishment also proves that the prophecy is to be literally interpreted. Such nations as refuse or neglect to come up to Jerusalem, " upon them sliali be no rain." But as this would not be a punishment to any country which does not enjoy or stand in need of the refreshing shower, so if "E°yptgo not up and come not, that have no rain, fbefng watered by the periodical overflowings of the JVile,] there shall" be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles." Here we find that literal punishment must be meant on literal countries, since it is thus adapted to the diversified circumstances of transgressors. In this then we have additional evidence of the fact that when in the land of Israel, the House of the Lord shall be built, men shall come thither from every clime to adore the blessed Saviour, the acknowledged "King of kings and Lord of lords."

SECTION XV.

REVIEW OF PROMISES OF THE PRESENCE OF
THE LORD ON EARTH.

In perusing the preceding pages, or reading generally the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Millen

the last few years have unfolded—some of which, at the time this work was penned, were very generally regarded, even by scientific men as utterly impracticable. We now see remote continents brought almost into close neighbourhood by the gigantic power of steam, a power to which no limits seem applicable, and which promises'at no distant day to bring the most distant countries, as to the means of intercourse, almost to each other's doors. Has not the unparalelled progress of our race, in this and other respects, a palpable reference to the events of the Latter Days ?—or rather, does it not strikingly indicate the nearness of their developement, when, as predicted by the prophet Daniel, "knowledge shall be greatly increased ?"-Vo.

nium, it is remarkable with what frequency the Messiah is introduced as David or The Beloved, the Root and Branch of Jesse, The Lord, The Lord our Righteousness, The Redeemer, The Lord of Hosts, The Prince, The King, and The King of Israel; of His being with and amongst His people—and of His reigning over and in the midst of them in Zion and in Jerusalem. And not only is His presence promised, but it is spoken of as being the highest glory and best enjoyment of that bliss •which are the peculiar characteristics of that era to which they refer. Indeed, from the circumstances with which they are connected, many of these predictions appear altogether incomprehensible, if the personal presence of the Redeemer is denied. Nor can any sufficient reason be assigned for substituting the presence of the Spirit as an equivalent for the promised presence of Emmanuel—" The King of Israel." The copious effusion of the influences of the Spirit, and the general holiness of men is, as we have already noticed, the subject of another gracious promise for " that day," and ought not to be confounded with, nor merged into, that which now forms the subject of more immediate investigation. To do so is not merely offering violence to the language of Scripture, but doing this without the shadow of necessity. The prophecies present a view of the Messiah's character and work, full, clear, and consistent; stated with so much plainness, and so often repeated, as to leave room for wonder that his personal presence ever could have been so explained away. The language, as left by the Holy Ghost, seems to stand in need of no amendment—no accommodation; nay, is quite irreconcileable with the accommodations usually made. A short review of some of these promises, given in few words, and arranged in order, will fully substantiate this statement,—a careful examination of their several contexts will prove the whole to be unfulfilled predictions. "When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory." Ps. cii. 16. "Behold the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt." Is. xix. 1. "The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man; he shall stir up jealousy as a man of war." Is. xlii. 13.

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"The Lord of hosts shall come down to fight fot Mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.... and passing over Jerusalem he will defend it." Is. xxxi. 4,5. "For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire." Is. Ixvi. 15. He is also seen, by the holy prophet, coming "from Edom, with dyed garments from bozrah, glorious in his apparel,travelling in the greatness of his strength," "treading down the people in his fury, and staining his raiment with their blood."* Is. Ixiii. 1, 6. "Yet," says tfce Lord, "have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." Ps. ii. 6. "And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob." Is. lix. 20. "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, lo! I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord." Zech. ii. 10. "The Lord shall arise upon theer and his glory shall be seen upon thee." Is. lx. 2. "The Lord will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended." Is. lx. 20. "And, behold, the Glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east', and His voice was like a noise of many waters, and the earth sMned with his glory." Ezefc. xliii» 2. "His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east.'* Zech. xiv. 4. In the days when "Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely," as King shall the Lord our Righteousness "reign and prosper, executing judgment and justice in the earth." Jer. xxiii. 5. "Behold a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment 1" for "the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee." Is. xxxii. 1. Zech. xiv. 5. He shall then be "Governor," not only over but "among the nations." Ps. xxii. 28. "The Lord shall be Kins over all the earth. In that day shall there be one Lord and his name One." Zech. xiv. 9. "Then the moon

* This passage lias sometimes been applied to the first advent of Christ, and the sufferings He himself endured. But this is an application which it does not admit. He treads his enemies in his anger —be tramples them in his/ury,—and his garments are sprinkled with their blood.

•shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously." Is. xxiv. 23. "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it to the Name of the Lord to Jerusalem." Jer. iii. 17. •" Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord." Zech. viii. 22.

SECTION XVI.

THE LITERAL FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY.

In preceding Sections, we have endeavoured to prove, from the very nature of most of the predictions adduced that they are only capable of a literal interpretation. Advancing in the argument, we now farther °^s that to explain away all the predictions concernin glory of Christ, is to justify his rejection by the notwithstanding of the plain declarations of bis and sufferings. For, if we are at liberty to aM the prophecies which foretell his reign, in can we blame them for adopting a similar \n terpreting other predictions not more clear numerous? Besides, this is a method, ot which seems not only repugnant to reason, inconsistent with that Literal Fulfilmen has hitherto received. If all past where figures are obviously used, filment literally, even when tHe mi •was extreme, on what principle of it* mode of fulfilment yet unprecedented pected? We can point to a long aer* which have been literally fulfilled, anA are being so at this very day, m the\r and can see no reason to suppose, that aught we caa tell, may relate to the e»

have been made, even if there had been no intimation to that effect. But not only are we informed that this mountain "shall cleave in the midst thereof," but that the rent made shall be in the very direction requisite for the course of the River above referred to. It shall "cleave in the midst thereof, toward the East and toward the West." By this, "a very great valley" shall be formed, a valley which " shall reach unto Azal;" for "half of the mountain shall remove toward the North, and half of it toward the South." Zech. xiv. 1—5. Were any thing farther requisite to confirm the correspondence noticed, it may be found in the fact that this very prediction of Zechariah is immediately followed by a similar declaration, containing the additional fact of these waters being divided, and forming two distinct rivers running in opposite directions, the second flowing into the Western Sea, or Mediterranean: "And it shall be in that day, that living waters, [waters always springing and running,] shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the former sea, [the eastern or Dead Sea,] and half of them toward the hinder sea [the western or Mediterrannean sea]: in summer and in winter shall it be." Zech. xiv. R. Of that which flows into the East or

V Dead Sea, it is here said "the fishers shall stand upon it,

from Engedi even unto Eneglaim. Ezek. xlviii. 9. The

, latter place is not elsewhere mentioned in Scripture;

V but Engedi is a well-known goj;t on the west side of the Dead Sea, in lat. 31 deg. 25 min. north; Ion. 35 deg. 40 min. east. (Josh. xv. 62.) This Eastern river, then, / having its source in Jerusalem, appears to flow through the desert of Tekoah, (lying directly in the river's: course,) till it diserndogues itself into the Dead? Sea, at Engedi.*

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