In this prophecy, we

leaft grain fall upon the earth.” are told that the houfe of Ifrael, fhall be fifted among all nations, and yet not one of them loft, fo as not to be gathered with Judah at the laft day.

I will mention only one prophecy more, which fpeaks of the return of the house of Ifrael, with the house of Judah, Hofea iii. 4, 5, "For the children of Ifrael fhall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a facrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without a teraphim; afterward shall the children of Ifrael return,and feek the Lord their God, and David their king; and fhall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days." A people in such a fituation as this must be unknown to any other people, so are the ten tribes at this day, called the house of Ifrael; but the Lord fays they fhall return in the latter days, and feek the Lord, and we may rest affured that the Lord will haften it in his time.

Second. In addition to all this, at the time when the city and houfe is built, and the twelve tribes are brought back, there will be a new divifion of the land of Canaan, different from what it was when Joshua divided it to them.

This is an additional proof of the return of the twelve tribes to the promised land.

Before the new divifion of the promised land is men'tioned, the Lord told Ezekiel, where the bounds of the land is; he mentions the North, Eaft, South, and West bounds of the land, which fhall be divided hereafter by lot, this is the fame as is mentioned in Numbers, but the divifion of the land is different, so that we are certain that these things will be at a future day, and have not reference to any thing past.

The boundaries of this land are mentioned in Ezekiel xlvii. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, "Thus faith the Lord God, this fhall be the border whereby ye fhall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Ifrael; Jofeph fhall have two portions And ye fhall inherit it, one as well as another; concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers, and this land fhall fall unto you for inheritance.

And this fhall be the border of the land towards the north fide, from the great fea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damafcus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the coaft of Hauran. And the border from the fea fhall be Hazar-enan,, the border of Damafcus, and north northward, and the border of Hamath; and this is the north fide.

And the east fide ye fhall measure from Hauran, and from Damafcus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Ifrael by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea; and · this is the east side.

And the fouth fide fouthward, from Tamar, even' to the waters of ftrife in Kadefh, the river to the great fea ; and this is the fouth fide fouthward.

The weft fide fhall be the great fea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath, this is the welt fide; fo fhall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Ifrael."

This description of the boundaries of the land of Ca*: naan agrees with that mentioned in Numbers xxxiv. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

The next thing which follows, is the new divifion which will be made of this land, to the Ifraelites when Christ reigns there a thousand years; this is mentioned in Ezekiel xlviii. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,—23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, "Now these are the names of the tribes; from the north end to the coafts of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damafcus northward, to the coaft of Hamath, (for thefe are his fides eaft and weft) a portion for Dan. And by the border of Dan, from the eaft fide unto the weft fide, a portion for Afher. And by the border of Afher, from the eaft fide unto the weft fide, a portion for Naphtali. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east fide unto the weft fide, a portion for Manaffeh. And by the border of Manaffeh, from the eaft fide unto the weft fide, a portion for Ephraim. And by the border of Ephraim, from the eaft fide even to the weft fide, a portion for

Reuben. And by the border of Reuben, from the east fide even unto the weft fide, a portion for Judah.”

Here is the lot of feven of the tribes in the new divifion. The portion of each tribe is to run from east to weft across the whole land of Canaan. Dan is to have his portion on the north boundary of the land of Canaan, running from east to west, bounded east by the sea of Galilee, weft by the Mediterranean fea near Sidon. fher has his next from east to west, next Naphtali, next, Manaffeh, then Ephraim, and next Judah, running from eaft, weft, acrofs the whole land.

A.

From verfe 8 to the 22d, mention is made of a piece of ground between the portion of Judah and Benjamin, which is for the city, prince, and fanctuary, which lies not in either of the portions of the twelve tribes; but between them; having seven of them on the north of it, and five on the fouth. Judah's portions joins the north fide of the fquare, and Benjamin's the fouth fide. After this is described as you may fee, then the portion of other five tribes are mentioned, verfe 23, &c. "As for the reft of the tribes, from the east fide unto the weft fide, Benjamin fhall have a portion. And by the border of Benjamin, from the eaft fide unto the weft fide, Simeon fhall have a portion. And by the border of Simeon, from the east fide unto the weft fide, Iffachar a portion. And by the border of Iffachar from the east fide unto the west fide, Zebulun a portion. And by the border of Zebulun, from the eaft fide unto the weft fide, Gad a portion. And by the border of Gad, at the fouth fide, fouthward, the border fhall be even from Tamar even to the waters of ftrife in Kadefh, and to the river towards the great fea. This is the land which ye fhall divide by lot unto the tribes of Ifrael for inheritance, and these are there portions, faith the Lord God."

How.can any perfon doubt of the exact accomplishment of what is here declared? When it is laid down in fuch a particular manner, even the very places which Mofes mentions as the ancient boundaries are mentioned again; and that we may know that this has not reference to what is past.

Such a divifion of the promised land is mentioned, as proves that what is mentioned here has never yet been, but will be ere long, when Jefus takes to himself his great power and reigns before his ancients gloriously.

Third. At that time the land of Canaan will be in a remarkable flourishing ftate, as to the number of inhabitants, and the great plenty which the earth fhall yield.

At the prefent time the land of Canaan is in a barren fituation, and thinly inhabited, and to outward appearance, no one would think that it could ever be very fruitful; but whoever confiders the number of inhabitants which once dwelt there, and the abundance which the land produced, may be convinced that he whose power once caufed fuch an abundance, can do it again; and he who has promised to do it, will certainly fulfill his word, in the latter days.

I fhall mention only a few prophecies, which speak of the flourishing state of Canaan in the thousand years, as to the number of inhabitants, and the plenty which the earth shall produce. In the book of Ifaiah we are told of the numerous inhabitants, who fhall dwell' there, Ifaiah xlix. 18, 19, 20, "Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold, all thefe gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, faith the Lord, thou shalt furely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth; for thy waste and thy defolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reafon of the inhabitants, and they that fwallowed thee up fhall be far away. children which thou fhalt have, after thou haft loft the other, fhall fay again, in thine ears, the place is too strait for me; give place to me, that I may dwell. Then fhalt thou fay in thine heart, who hath begotten me these, feeing I have loft my children, and am defolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? And who hath brought up thefe Behold I was left alone; thefe, where had they been? Thus faith the Lord God, behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and fet up my handard to the people; and they fhall bring thy fons in their arms, thy daughters fhall be carried upon their fhoulders."

The

In former years, I have endeavoured to fpiritualize this prophecy; but it is plain that the prophet here refers to the ftate of the Jews and their land, in the latter days. In the verses before thefe, the prophet calls on the heav...ens, earth, and mountains, to rejoice in what God had done for his people, the Jews; and then mentions that those who destroyed them, and laid their land waste, fhould leave the land. This has reference to the time when the Turks fhall give up the land of Canaan to the Jews; it is then mentioned, that the now defolate land, where the Jews were deftroyed, as to being a nation, fhould be fo full of inhabitants, that there will not be room for them to dwell, and muft on that account, fpread out further. This will appear a matter of wonder to the Jews, to think of fuch an amazing increase of inhab itants in that land, after it has been fo long defolate.

.

The great plenty which fhall be in the land of Canaan, in the thousand years of Chrift's reign, is beautifully defcribed by Jeremiah; chap. xxxi. 10, 11, 12, "Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the Ifles afar off; and fay, he that fcattered Ifrael will gather him, and keep him, as a fhepherd doth his flock. For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was ftronger than he. Therefore, they shall come and fing in the height of Zion, and fhall flow together, to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock, and of the herd; and their foul fhall be as a watered garden; and they fhall not forrow any more at all. Then fhall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their forrow."

In this prophecy, the nations, and ifles afar off, are called upon to hear what God will do for Jacob; and that is, that he who fcattered Jacob, will gather him. After this, it is faid, that the Jews fhall come and fing in the height of Zion; and particular mention is made of a great plenty of wheat, wine, oil, young of the flock, &c. and that the virgins fhall rejoice in the dance, and that

N