Again in David; "A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up his enemies round about; the earth saw and trembled, the hills melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare his justice, and all the people see his glory." Psalm xcvii. 3-6. In this Psalm also the Lord and the same things are treated of. Again; "Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit Thou at my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool; rule Thou in the midst of thy enemies. The Lord at thy right hand did strike through kings in the day of his wrath: He filled the places with dead bodies, He wounded the heads over many countries." Psalm cx. 1—6. That these things were said concerning the Lord, is evident from the Lord's own words Matthew xxii. 44; Mark xii. 36; and Luke xx. 42. By sitting at the right hand, is signified omnipotence; by enemies are signified the hells; by kings, those who are in falses of evil; by making them a footstool, striking through them in the day of his wrath, and filling the places with dead bodies, is signified to destroy their power; and, by wounding the head over many countries, is signified to destroy all. Since the Lord alone conquered the hells, without the aid of any angel, therefore He is called A HERO and A MAN OF WAR. Isaiah xlii. 13. THE KING OF GLORY; JEHOVAH STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE HERO OF WAR. Psalm xxiv. 8. 10. THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB. Psalm cxxxii. 2; and in many places JEHOVAH OF HOSTS, that is, JEHOVAH OF THE ARMIES OF WAR. His com

ing also is called the day of Jehovah, terrible, cruel, of anger, wrath, revenge, of ruin, of war, of the trumpet and alarm, and of trouble; as may be seen in the passages cited above, n. 4. Since the last judgment was accomplished by the Lord, whilst He was in the world, by combats with the hells, and by their subjugation, therefore the judgment which He was to accomplish, is treated of in many passages, as in David; "Jehovah cometh to judge the earth; He shall judge the world in justice, and the people in truth." Psalm xcvi. 13; also in many other places. These are from the prophetical parts of the Word. But in the historical parts of the Word similar things were represented, by the wars of the children of Israel with various nations; for whatever is written, either in the prophetical or historical parts of the Word, is written concerning the Lord; thence the Word is divine. Many secrets of the Lord's glorification are contained in the rituals of the Israelitish

church, as in the burnt offerings and sacrifices, as also in its Sabbaths and feasts, and in the priesthood of Aaron and the Levites; likewise in the other things in Moses, which are called laws, judgments, and statutes; which also is meant by the words of the Lord to the disciples, "That He must fulfill all things which were written concerning Him in the Law of Moses." Luke xxiv. 44. As also to the Jews; "That Moses wrote of Him." John v. 46. From these now it is manifest, that the Lord came into the world that He might subjugate the hells, and glorify his Human; and that the passion of the cross was the last combat, by which He fully conquered the hells, and fully glorified his Human. But more on this subject may be seen in the treatise concerning THE SACRED SCRIPTURE, where are adduced all the passages in the prophetical part of the Word, which treat concerning the combats of the Lord with the hells and concerning his victories over them; or, what is the same thing, which treat concerning the last judgment executed by Him, while He was in the world, as also concerning the passion and the glorification of his Human; which are so numerous, that if they were all adduced, they would fill many pages

THAT THE LORD, BY THE PASSION OF THE CROSS, DID NOT TAKE AWAY SINS, BUT THAT HE BORE THEM.

15. THERE are some within the church, who believe that the Lord, by the passion of the cross, took away sins, and satisfied the Father, and so redeemed; some also believe that He transferred to Himself the sins of those who have faith in Him, and that He bore them, and cast them into the depth of the sea, that is, into hell. These things they confirm in themselves by the words of John concerning Jesus; "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world," John i. 29; and by the words of the Lord in Isaiah; "He hath borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows; He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with his stripes we are healed. Jehovah hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not his mouth; He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was He stricken. And He made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall He justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. He hath poured out his soul unto death, and He was num bered with transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and interceded for transgressors." liii. 4 to the end. These things are said concerning the temptations of the Lord, and concerning his passion; and by taking away sins and sicknesses, and by laying on Him the iniquities of all, is meant the same as by carrying sorrows and iniquities. First, therefore, it shall be told what is meant by carrying iniquities, and afterwards what by taking them away. By carrying iniquities, nothing else is meant, than to endure grievous temptations; and also, to suffer the Jews to do with Him as they had done with the Word, and to treat Him in the same manner, because He was the Word; for the church, which then was with the Jews, was utterly devastated, and it was devastated by this, that they perverted all things of the Word, so that there was no truth left; wherefore they did not acknowledge the Lord. This is meant and signified by all things of the Lord's passion. The

prophets were also treated in like manner, because they represented the Lord as to the Word, and thence as to the church; and the Lord was himself a Prophet. That the Lord was himself a Prophet, may appear from these passages in the Word; "Jesus said, a PROPHET is no where less honored, than in his own country and in his own house." Matthew xiii. 57. Mark vi. 4. Luke iv. 24. "Jesus said, It is not meet that a PROPHET should perish out of Jerusalem." Luke xiii. 33. 66 They said of Jesus, He is the PROPHET of Nazareth." Matthew xxi. 11. John vii. 40. "And there came fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great PROPHET is risen up amongst us." Luke vii. 16. "That a PROPHET should be raised up out of the midst of the brethren, whose words they should obey." Deut. xviii. 15—19.

That the like was done with the prophets, is evident from what now follows. It was commanded the prophet Isaiah, that he should represent the state of the church, by loosing the sackcloth from off his loins, and by putting off the shoe from his foot, and walking naked and barefoot three years, for a sign and a prodigy. Isaiah xx. 2, 3. It was commanded the prophet Jeremiah that he should represent the state of the church, by buying him a linen girdle, and putting it upon his loins, and not putting it in water, and that he should hide it in the hole of a rock near the river Euphrates; and after many days he found it rotten. Jeremiah xiii. 1-7. The same prophet also represented the state of the church by his not taking a wife, in that place, nor going into the house of mourning, nor going to lament, nor entering into the house of feasting. xvi. 2. 5. 8. It was commanded the prophet Ezekiel, that he should represent the state of the church, by drawing a barber's razor over his head, and over his beard; and afterwards should divide them, burn a third part in the midst of the city, smite a third part, and scatter a third part to the wind; and should bind a few of them in his skirts, then cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them. Ezek. v. 1-4. The same prophet was also commanded to represent the state of the church, by making vessels for removing, and removing to another place in the sight of the children of Israel; and that he should bring forth the vessels by day, and go forth in the evening through a hole made in the wall; that he should cover his face that he might not see the ground, and that thus he should be a prodigy to the house of Israel, and should say, lo, I am your prodigy; as

I nave done, so shall it be done to you." Ezek. xii. 3—7, and 11. It was commanded the prophet Hosea, that he should represent the state of the church, by taking “to himself a harlot to wife, and he also took one, and she bore him three sons, one of whom was called Jezreel, another, Not to be pitied, and the third, Not a people." Hosea i. 2-9. And again it was commanded him that he should go and love a woman beloved by her companion and an adulteress, whom also he bought for himself for fifteen pieces of silver. Hosea iii. 1, 2. It was commanded Ezekiel the prophet, that he should represent the state of the church, by taking "a tile, and engraving upon it Jerusalem, and should lay siege, and cast a trench and a mound against it, and should put an iron pan between himself and the city, and should lie on his left side, and afterwards on his right, three hundred and ninety days. Also, that he should take wheat, barley, lentiles, millet, and fitches, and make bread of them for himself, which he should then eat by measure. And also, that he should make for himself a cake of barley, with man's dung; and because he prayed that it might not be so, it was commanded that he should make it with cow's dung." Ezek. iv. 1-15. Other prophets also represented other things, as Zedekiah, by the horns of iron which he made. 1 Kings xxii. 11. And another prophet by his being smitten and wounded, and putting ashes over his eyes. Kings xx. 35-38. In general, the prophets represented the Word, in the ultimate sense, which is the sense of the letter, by a garment of hair; Zech. xiii. 4; wherefore Elijah was clothed with such a coat, and was girded with a leathern girdle about his loins. 2 Kings i. 8. Likewise John the Baptist, who "had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey." Matt. iii. 4. From these things it is manifest, tha! the prophets represented the state of the church, and the Word; for whosoever represents one, represents the other also, for the church is from the Word, according to its reception in life and faith. Wherefore also, by prophets, wherever they are named, in both Testaments, is signified the doctrine of the church from the Word; but by the Lord, as the greatest Prophet, is signified the church itself and the Word itself.

16. The state of the church from the Word, represented in the Prophets, was what is meant by bearing the iniquities and sins of the people. That it is so, is manifest from