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fong of Mofes," and "the fong of the Lamb,” and that, though these songs were dictated by the Spirit of God many hundred years before, they were prepared for the very occafion in which the united church of Jews and Gentiles fhall praise God, for the final overthrow of Antichrift. The fong of Mofes is recorded at full length in Deut. xxxii. 1,—43, and that paffage has " the fong of "Mofes," prefixed to it as its title. It merits the ferious and attentive perufal of every reader. It predicts all the calamities which have befallen the Jews, and the caufe of them. It foretells the character, rife, height, and downfall of Antichrift; and clofes with the Jews and Gentiles united in. one church, finging in concert their triumph over their common enemy. How ftriking is the last verfe of that fong, "Rejoice O ye Gentiles, with "his people, for he will revenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his ad

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verfaries, and will be merciful unto his land and "to his people." The fame word, in the original, fignifies Gentiles and nations, and indeed these words are of the fame import in the English language. His people, in the old teftament, always fignifies the Jews, as diftinguished from all other nations. The fong of the Lamb is recorded in this book, chap. v. 8,-14.. How exactly does this fong celebrate the joyful occafion of the com

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mencement of the millennium, and reprefent both Jew and Gentile united in the fame triumphant victory over Antichrift? At that period, the predictions contained in both these songs fhall be fully accomplished.

The verfes now under our view contain a short compend of these two fongs. This compend, like the fongs themselves, has a particular reference to the time and occafion, on which it fhall be fung, even the final overthrow of Papal Rome, and the commencement of the millennium.

"Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord "God Almighty." In this part of the fong, the works of divine providence, and grace are celebrated. The events which fhall then take place, fhall illuftriously difplay the great and wonderful nature of the works of providence and grace, which brought about these events, and prepared the church and the world for them.

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height, declined and fell, are great and marvellous. The various ways, by which, in every age, even the darkest, a feed hath been preserved to ferve God; and by which, these few perfecuted Chriftians, called heretics by their enemies, fhall be rendered completely victorious over hell and Rome, without the use of fire, fword, or fighting on their part, are great and marvellous. The various ways by which the people of the Jews, for fo ma

ny hundred years, have been preferved diftinct from all nations, while they have been scattered through almost every nation of the earth; by which, at that period, they fhall be brought to lay afide their strong and inveterate prejudices against Christ and Christianity, and fhall embrace both at the very time when Meffiah's kingdom fhall become triumphant over the Roman empire, and all the kingdoms of the world, are great and marvellous: The minute exactness, with which all thefe events fhall correfpond to the early predictions of the prophets of God; the active hand, which men have had in bringing them about, whilft, unrestrained in their moral powers by the determinate purposes of heaven, they intended and acted freely as accountable creatures, are great and marvellous. The influence of divine providence and grace in gradually preparing, and at laft fully forming men's minds to that truth, righteousness, peace, and joy, which fhall characterize the age of the millennium, is great and marvellous. The extent and clearness of perception, the purity and height of joy, with which the faints of God, at that period, fhall contemplate thefe works of divine providence and grace; and, perhaps, many of the ways or circumftances of divine providence and grace, which, at prefent, entirely escape our notice, are great and marvelJous.

With refpect to his works of providence, God is adored as the Lord, the righteous and fupreme Lord and Governor of the univerfe. With refpect to his works of grace he is praised as God, the fole Object and Author of all religious worship. And with respect to both he is ftiled the Almighty, becaufe by the omnipotence of his power, he, with perfect ease, overcomes every obftacle, and açcomplishes all the purposes of his will; and, efpecially, because, at that period, the extent and omnipotence of his providence and grace fhall be illuftriously displayed in the state of the world and of the church.

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Juft and true are thy ways thou king of "faints." God is the king of faints. He hath put his law within them, and written it on their hearts, and thus they are his people. He is to them the only Lord over the confcience. In matters of religion, they call no man on earth mafter. He only prescribes to them the laws of their religion, he governs, protects, and conducts them; he reftrains, and, at the period referred to in this chap ter, shall conquer their enemies, and raise them to victory, when as foretold by Daniel, "he fhall "give the kingdom to the people of the faints " of the Moft High." His ways both to his faints his fubjects, and their enemies, are juft and true, and at that period fhall clearly appear to have been fo. The juftice of his ways to their enemies,

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fhall appear, in the feven great calamities which fhall be poured out of the feven vials on the Head of Papal Rome, for her cruelties to, and perfecutions of the faints. Thefe judgements fhall exactly correfpond to their iniquities, both in kind and degree. The ways of God fhall then evidently appear juft. All the toils, perfecutions, and contempt, to which his faints had been exposed in the preceding period, shall be abundantly compenfated in the purity, peace, profperity, and glory of the millennium ftate. It fhall then fully appear that his ways are not only juft, but also true. That during the whole of the preceding period, his ways both to his faints and their enemies exactly correfponded to the truth of things, and were the fitteft to perfons of their character, in their fituation, and in that stage of fociety and of religion in which they were in fact placed. Then their truth fhall appear in the exact correfpondence of his various ways to his faints and to their enemies, to the promises and threatenings predicted in his word. Of Papal Rome he said, chap. xiii. 10. "He that leadeth unto captivity shall go "untó captivity; he that killeth with the fword "fhall be killed with the fword." The final overthrow of Papal Rome fhall prove, that this threatening was true. God promised chap. v. 10. "that the faints fhould be made kings and priests "unto God, and fhould reign on the earth," and

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