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230 A BGOK OF MIRACLES.<br />
Egypt: for their return from Babylon was nota per':'<br />
fect redemption. but only a slight visitation. Bnt<br />
the future redemption will be entirely comformabTe<br />
to that of Egypt in every respect, according to the<br />
prophecy of the prophets, &c.<br />
When the nation was brought out of Egypt, and<br />
had kings, they were (excepting Saul) of the tribe of<br />
Judah, as David and Solomon, and their posterity,<br />
but during the Temple there was no king of the tribe<br />
of Judah, or the house of David, &c., as we have.<br />
already mentioned; all of which is a manifest proof<br />
that the return from Babylon had not the least semblance<br />
to the redemption from Egypt. But the<br />
future redemption by the Messiah will fully resemb"1e<br />
it in every instance, for then aIl the tribes will be<br />
gathered together, and they will he entirely free<br />
from subjection; the spirit of prophecy and the ho1y<br />
things, will be restored to them; miracles will be<br />
again performed amongst them; and one from the<br />
posterity of David and the root of Jesse will reign<br />
over them. And as the future redemption will thus<br />
strictly resemble that of Egypt, the prophet ju'stly<br />
caUs it, "the second time," as the prophet says "that<br />
the Lord shaH again put Forth his handa second time<br />
to recover the remnant ofhis people," &c.<br />
It is plain, that those only who had been already<br />
once before redeemed by God, could be the subject<br />
of this prophecy. And who are they, but the temporal<br />
Israel, who have been carried into captivity,
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