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evidently described. The precise extent of this, however, it is difficult to ascertain, as we nowhere else find mention made of either Gareb or Goath. But the line by which Jerusalem is measured going "forth over against" the one, and compassing "about unto" the other, it may be inferred they were at some distance from the city. But it shall include what evidently formed no part of the city formerly," the whole valley of the dead bodies, [near to Golgotha, and supposed by some to be so called from the bodies of malefactors being exposed or interred there,] and of the ashes [supposed to be named from the ashes of the sacrifices thrown there] and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron," or Cedron, which runs south-eastward, along the east side of Jerusalem, through the valley of Jehoshaphat, also called the valley of the son of Hinnom. Without pretending to determine its precise limits, it is sufficient to prove its future enlargement, that the city is then to embrace within its bounds what formerly were the adjoining "fields."

It shall then be remarkable, not merely for its enlarged accommodation, but eminent for its holiness: "Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called a City of Truth; and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, The Holy Mountain. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, there shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of Hosts." Zech. viii. 3--6. Some of these characteristics Jerusalem has never yet possessed, and the prediction has internal evidence of its referring to the holy and happy Millennial Day. It is evidently subsequent to the restoration of both "the house of Judah and the house of Israel;" (ver. 13.) and is after the Lord should have "scattered" the inhabitants of "Jerusalem" with

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a "whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not." (vii. 7, 14.)

In another prediction, universally referred to the Millennial period, the Lord thus promises: "Behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.... And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them." Is. lxv. 18-21. "And I will restore thy judges as at the first," saith the Lord, "and thy counsellors as at the beginning: Afterward thou shalt be called, The City of Righteousness, The faithful City." Is. i. 26.

SECTION 1X.

THE WHOLE EARTH BLESSED IN ISRAEL'S

RESTORATION.

IN again bringing His ancient people to the Land of Promise, the Lord will eminently promote his own glory, while their own restoration will be attended with the most blessed effects to all the earth. His promise is, "I will make them, and the places round about my hill a blessing, and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase; and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them." Ezek. xxxiv. 26, 27. This is so manifestly the literal Israel, that we deem it altogether unnecessary again to refer for proof to its context, formerly considered. Nor has the promise been yet fulfilled, for then they shall not "bear the shame of the heathen any more." ver. 29.

"And I will cause the captivity of Judah, and the

captivity of Israel to return, and will build them as at the first. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and an honour, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it." Jer. xxxiii. 7-9. And will it not excite a burst of surprise from those in the church, who ought from the word of God to be previously aware of the Lord's designs of "goodness" and "prosperity" to His ancient people? Why should that which God himself declares shall be to Him "a name of joy, a praise, and an honour," be so obstinately rejected or so reluctantly received by any of His chosen?

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I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: All that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.... For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all people." Is. Ixi. 8--11. This shall be when they "repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations;" when "they shall rejoice in their portion," and when, for the "shame" they have endured, "in their land they shall possess the double." ver. 4-7.

"And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing." Zech. viii. 13. This being subsequent to the restoration of both kingdoms from "among the heathen," proves clearly that it is yet unaccomplished." "But now, I will not be unto the residue of this people, as in the former days, saith the Lord of Hosts; for the seed shall be prosperous, and the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall

give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things." ver. 11, 12. "And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men." Micah v. 7. This shall be after their restoration, and when their last oppressor shall be destroyed; when the "Ruler in Israel" shall deliver them from "The Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders;" when they shall "raise against him seven shepherds and eight principal men, and they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword;" (ver. 2-6) which is generally acknowledged to be at the period of their future restoration.

SECTION X.

MILLENNIAL FELICITY OF THE INFERIOR CREATION.

UNDER every aspect in which it can be viewed, the coming Millennium forms matter of delightful anticipation. Uniting with its bright manifestation of the glory of God the general holiness and well-being of men, the heart which desires it not must be pronounced destitute alike of the principles of Piety and the feelings of Philanthropy. In considering some of the prophecies concerning its holiness and happiness, our views are at once carried back to the early scenes of Eden's bliss, and we recall the delightful remembrance of unfallen man surrounded by the various tribes of animate creation sporting in peace and undisturbed security. Who that witnesses from day to day the sufferings of useful animals, under man's oppressive toils and outrageous cruelty, desires not ardently the time of their release? The pangs they are made to endure from these and other causes have been entailed upon them by man's transgression. Until Paradise was defiled by sin, harmony and love universally prevailed. Before corruption en

tered the human heart, ere the Wicked One acquired his dire ascendancy over the lord of this lower creation, the inferior animals possessed not even their destructive and offensive tendencies. Till then, those which are now distinguished by untameable ferocity, without reluctance acknowledged man's supremacy, and submitted to his sway. But Sin wrought a woeful change. Man himself having rebelled against his bountiful Creator, Heaven made him read the reproof of his ingratitude in the dread, and insubordination, and fierce defiance, of animals which were wont to yield unto his will. And thus it has continued. Successive generations have passed away, and the same features of rebellion characterize man towards his Maker, and the lower tribes toward their lord. But thus it will not always be. Heaven hath decreed a better day as yet to dawn. Satan shall shortly be despoiled of his usurped dominion; and the blessing of the Lord shall again descend upon a regenerated earth. "Times of the Restitution of all things" He hath purposed from eternity, and announced to His church" by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." When man shall be brought into subjection to the blessed Saviour, the inferior animals shall also be restored to that state of submissive docility in which they originally were in Eden's garden, when, Heaven-directed, they came to Adam, each and all, to receive their names. Then shall their mutual antipathies be destroyed, and harmonious association with man be restored-a felicity which shall extend to the various tribes of beasts, birds, and creeping things.

This is represented to us by the prophet Hosea, as the result of a covenant" made by the Lord in favour of His people, when he shall have taken away their transgressions: "And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord," referring to the period of their restoration, "that thou shalt call me Ishi, [my man-husband ;] and shalt call me no more Baali, [my lordly husband,] for I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the

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