therefore he will be called the conqueror of the world. This is also confirmed by the gospel: "That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, &c. And on this account he hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David." Luke i. 71, 74, 69. From all these things it may be learned that the Messiah is to come on account of Israel; to deliver them from the hand of their enemies, but to be of no benefit to the gentiles: * and this is also confirmed by the translators of the English Bible. See the title of Ezekiel xxxvi: "The land of Israel is comforted by the heathen's destruction, and God's blessing of Israel.'

13. * QUESTION.-What shall the Messiah do for the gentiles? Shall he gather them? they are not dispersed. Shall he give them kings? they have kings. Shall he give them lands? they have lands. Shall he give them nobles? they have nobles. Shall he give them riches? they have riches. Shall he give them glory? they have glory. But Israel has lost all these things, and therefore they have need of the Messiah.

*THE PUNISHMENT OF ALL THOSE NATIONS THAT SHALL MEDDLE WITH ISRAEL, FORETOLD By MOSES."Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people, saved by the Lord; the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency? and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee, and thou shalt tread upon their high places." Deut. xxxiii. 29.-By DAVID.-" Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee. For

they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place." Psalm lxxix. 6.-The very same in Jeremiah x. 25.-By ISAIAH." For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing." xxxiv. 2. xlix. 26. xli. 11, 12.-BY JEREMIAH." Israel is holy unto the Lord, and the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord. Therefore all they that devour, they shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. Fear thou not, O Jacob, my servant, saith the Lord, for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. ii. 3. xxx. 16. xlvi. 28.-By JOEL."For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land,

iii. 1, 2.-By ZECHARIAH.-For he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all nations round about." ii. 8. xii. 2.-By MICAH."Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thine hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many nations." iv. 12.-By Zephaniah." Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy." iii. 8.* By EZEKIEL. In the xxxii. chapter, from the 17th to the 32d verse, all nations are mentioned, and also the end of them. The prophet took notice, in the beginning of this chapter, of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and declared unto him that he should fall into the hands of Babylon. But in the 17th verse he makes no more mention of Pharaoh, or of the king of Egypt, but, in ver. 18, says thus, "Son of man, wait for the multitude of Egypt," &c. This prophecy should be understood well: in the first part he calls him Pharaoh king of Egypt, for so he was in the time of Babylon. The second part will shew that there should come a time when the name of Pharaoh would be no more, and Egypt should become a province to some other power. In the end of this chapter the prophet calls him again Pharaoh, but calls him no more a king. Here we observe, first, Pharaoh king of Egypt; secondly, the multitude of Egypt; thirdly, only Pharaoh. It is already mentioned,

that in the last sixteen verses is determined the fate of all nations, which shall come to pass in the latter days: considering this event, the prophet calls upon Pharaoh, who was cotemporary with Nebuchadnezzar; saying, Pharaoh, arise from thy grave; thou thoughtest thy fall was great; be now comforted; see this day the fall of Egypt, and then wilt thou say, that thy trouble was nothing to be equalled with the present state of Egypt.

14. * Just a little before the restoration of Israel, some of the European powers will declare war against Turkey; they will prosper, and take Constantinople; the Turks will fly to Egypt; the Europeans will follow them even into Egypt; there all the Turks will assemble to give battle; the contest will be dreadful, the Europeans will gain the victory; but those that will be slain on both sides will be innumerable. From thence the Europeans will march into the Holy Land, which they will also take without opposition. The great success of the Europeans in Africa and Asia, will make a great noise in all parts of Asia. The nations in the east of Asia, will assemble like one man, as well as the nations in the north; and both armies will appoint Gog to be the head and leader of them all. They will all be of the Mahometan religion, and one motive of their coming will be to relieve their brethren the Turks; the second motive, the fear of the European powers, lest they should subdue all Asia; their march is described in Ezekiel xxxviii. The march of Gog and his army will spread abroad, and the report of it will come to the ears of the Europeans. Of this march the prophet Daniel also took notice, as it is writ

"But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him;" that is meant the head of the Europeans: "therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many;" that is, he shall go forth to fight Gog and his army. "And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palaces between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him." Dan. xi. 44, 45. Further we remark, that in the above sixteen verses it is mentioned that some of those nations shall be * circumcised, and some uncircumcised, and those nations of circumcision we know are all Mahometans. And this battle must be considered as the battle of the whole world, i. e. of the end of the four empires.

It is said by the prophet Zechariah, that " Jerusalem shall be a cup of trembling to all nations;" ch. xii. 2. which means this battle of Gog: and so in Zephaniah, that "the Lord will gather all nations before Jerusalem;" ch. iii. 8.

The same is described in Isaiah: "Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people : let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter," &c. xxxiv. 1, 2. And all these prophets meant the battle of Gog.

At that very time the ten tribes will be brought home by their leader, who will be called the Messiah, Son of Joseph, and this is foretold by the prophet Hosea: "Then shall the children of Judah,