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,(eD TIIE GOSTT.I MAOAZIIIE.<br />
ofa personal reign without attacbing thereto our gro6c and oarrial id,aal; and<br />
then it looks nlonstrous;-it looks superfluous!*it looks fanciiul! and lve treal<br />
the matter with conternpt, if nrit ridictrle ! But to be seett aright it mrrst lre by<br />
tlre Lord's glass, anrl-in hisligllt; for tlre carnal conceptions, everr of the<br />
'fherefore,<br />
ll'ightest sailrt throrv a mist over the dazzling scene i<br />
rvlten from<br />
tlre plairrs of Moab, rvhere tlre rvoman anrl her seetl nolv are, esposed t,r tlre<br />
ragi of Balak, antl ilre craft of the prophet, $e ascendto thetop of Fisgalr,letus<br />
waslr the dust flom our eves. autl leave our carnal reasonin.gs at the foot of the<br />
mount, and then shall ise be able to take a clearsurvev,'and perceive that as<br />
truly as Ctrrist is norc rvitlr the church in his spiritual I)rcsence as tyl)ified I)y<br />
Joslrua, so truly rlill he tlren persorrallv appcar to lris saints as the Captain of<br />
tlre Lord's host, anri with a drawu srvord iu-lris hand to slay tbe man of siu and<br />
nunish ' Leviathan !<br />
Another reason of obscurity is, because good rnen, and taught of the Spirit,<br />
have iuurrrl the prorrrises uf tlte personal adlcnt ful6lled in their experietrcel<br />
and this they think tlie final issue-tbe grand ultirnaie-antl hertce they teil us wg<br />
are now livingin the millenaiurn, and that Satan is ali'early trotrnd. And tlrese<br />
perhaps are the strongrst opponenls we have; but let theln kuorv that tbe<br />
iich*st lines in their experiCrice, and the frtllest draughts of tlreir joy, are bur<br />
&n earnest of thei inheritance uNTIL the red,empttion of Llte purchusetl, possessittn,<br />
ilnto the prai.e of Jehovah's glory.<br />
Again,'beL:ause Eome tie rtp'the sume promises to Israel afrer the flesh,.and to<br />
rhe i'edeurptionof tbe literal Canaan, noiv desolale ; arrrl exclude lsluel aftel tlre<br />
spilit, and'Gorl's grear gift of all the eutls of the earth to lris Sorr; otlters do<br />
aivay rvith the sul,ject altogether, and blot it from tlre page of truth. But then,<br />
rvhiie the forrner are in the rvrong, the latter canuot be in the right; because<br />
neither vierv will comport with tlle tenor of prophecy, nor barmonizerlith(iod's<br />
great plan: buc this arises fi'om nor cleariy discerninq' lretrveen the ilvo cove.<br />
irants, and their reslrective pronrises and people; for sut'r:ly the Lord rvill never<br />
raise aqain that parrition rvall he has thrown dorvn, uor estalrlish tltat covenarrt<br />
he has -abolished,<br />
arrd rvhich ltavitrg tvaxcn old is readv to vartish away \rith tlte<br />
present state oftiiugs to ri'hich it belongs. But ratiler, as the houie ol Saul<br />
ivilheled and vatrislre-tl before David, after he began to reigo at Hebron, so rtotv<br />
when the tirne David shall appear both as $lrepherd and Prince to feed his<br />
people -tre and govcrll tlte world, inill rhe present l,,g'al art'J professibrral I'ingdo-m<br />
Lbakert artd vanish airav. But rve ehall teceive a kingdonr rvlriclt cannot he<br />
shalen ; an
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