swer for me, O Lord my God,) xxxv. 12—14. As David thus mourned over the afflictions of Saul and of Israel, with fasting and prayer, so did Christ weep over Jerusalem, and fasted, prayed, and suffered for sinners, as for a friend, a brother, or a parent; and prayed for his crucifiers, when about to expire amidst their cruelty and contempt Matt. iv. 1, 2. Luke xix. 41 —44. xxiii. 33, 34, 42, 43. 1 Pet. ii. 23.

In spite of all the enmity, opposition, and treachery which David endured, his kingdom was firmly established according to the word of God: and this was strikingly typical of Christ and his kingdom, Ps. lxxxix. 19-27. 2 Sam. v. 10, 12. vii. 1. Ps. ii. xviii. xlvii. lxviii. In several instances, these Psalms are expressly applied in the New Testament to Christ and his kingdom, and in others are so exactly fulfilled in them, as to leave no room to doubt the correctness of the application.

Express quotations in the New Testament from passages originally referring to the establishment of David's kingdom, and typically to that of Christ, are contained in Acts iv. 25–28. Rom. xv. 9. Eph. iv. 7, 8. Ps. cx. 1, 2. Matt. xxii. 44. Luke xx. 42, 43. Matt. xxi. 42. Acts iv. I1. Eph. ii. 20.

Passages which describe the extension, establishment, and final triumph of Christ's kingdom, in defiance of all opposition; which was typified in that of David: John xi. 47, 48. xii. 19. Acts ii. 47. iv. 15—21, 24—33. v. 38, 39. ix. 31. xiii. 22, 23. xix. 20. xxviii. 30, 31. Rom. i. 14— 16. xv. 9-12. 1 Cor. xv. 25. Eph. i. 20-23. Phil. ii. 9, 10. Col. i. 15-29. 1 Pet. i. 11. Rev. xvii. 14. xix. 11–16. xx. 24. and many others.

8. David's government may be considered a type of that of Christ. David is called the "man after God's own heart,"* 1 Sam. xiii. 14. which ought to be understood, that in all his public official conduct he acted according to the divine mind, and fulfilled the will of his Maker, paying the strictest attention to the authority, law, and worship of God, and in no instance or degree attempting to alter the law, or change the Israelitish constitution, 2 Sam. xxiii. 3. Ps. lxxv. 1-4, 10. The following distinct prophecies mark the similar character of Christ's government. Ps. xlv. 6, 7. "Thy throne O God is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness." Ps. lxxii. 2, 7, 12. “He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. In his days shall the righteous flourish. He shall

* It is an improper application of this epithet to every particular instance of David's private and moral conduct, that has given occasion to infidel writers to reproach and ridicule the Scriptures, as tending to countenance adultery and murder.

deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor also, and him that hath no helper." Is. xxxii. 1. "Behold a king shall reign in righteousness.' The following passages from the New Testament may be taken as examples of the fulfilment of the types and prophecies: John xviii. 37. "Jesus an swered, Thou sayest that I am a king. For this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth." Rom. xiv. 17. "The kingdom of God is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."

9. God made a covenant with David, extend.. ing to his posterity; literally, to the establishment of his race on the throne of Israel, typically, to the establishment of Christ's spiritual kingdom: Jesus Christ being both the lineal descendant of David according to the flesh, and also his great antitype, Ps. lxxxix. 19–37. cx. 1-3. cxxxii. 11. In fulfilment of this covenant or decree, the establishment and extension of the Messiah's kingdom is predicted under the type of David long after his death, and in a way that never was fulfilled to any of his literal successors on the throne of Israel; the fulfilment therefore must be looked for in the spiritual reign of his great Antitype; and there accordingly we find it, Acts xiii. 22, 23. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. xxx. 9. Ezek. xxxiv. 23, 24. Amos ix. 11. evidently fulfilled in the New Testament, Luke i. 32, 33, 68-72. Matt. xxi. 9. Acts xv. 14—17.

The passages in Jeremiah, xxxiii. 17, 18, 2022. which connect the covenant of royalty made with David and his seed, and that of priesthood

made with Aaron and his seed and brethren, received their full completion in Jesus Christ, who is both the King and High Priest of his church, the efficacy of whose one oblation remains for ever, and whose spiritual seed is a royal priesthood unto the Lord, I Pet. ii. 9. Rev. i. 5, 6.

10. There is a very remarkable passage, 1 Chron. xxi. 14-27. in which David, interceding for Jerusalem, reminds us of the intercession of Christ for sinners. The fire from heaven (ver. 26.) consuming the sacrifices, and sparing the offenders who pleaded guilty, and sought mercy, was at once the highest token of the Lord's acceptance of the sacrifice, and a type of our salvation, by the propitiatory sufferings and prevailing intercession of Christ for us.

11. David, we are expressly informed, was a type of Christ in his love to God's house. Zion, where the ark was stationed, in which the presence of God dwelt, was typical of the true church of God on earth: and the Psalms which speak of its removal, its glory and security, the qualifications of true worshippers, and similar subjects, are justly applicable to the state of the spiritual church; as for example, Ps. xv. compared with John iv. 23, 24. Heb. xii. 22, 23. The triumphant Psalms designed for temple worship, such s xlvii. lxviii. xcv. xcvi. c. cxvii. cxxii. and thers, have evident reference to the state of the New Testament church, and some of them are so applied, see Heb. iii. 6-11. iv. 1-11, 14. David's personal attachment to the house and ordinances of God, manifested in his earnes' desire to

build the temple, 2 Sam. vii. 1--3. expressed also 2 Sam. xv. 25, 1 Chron. xxii. 1–7. xxviii. 11—— 21. xxix. 1-5. and in Psalms xxvii. xlii. Ixiii. lxxxiv. and others, was exemplified in our Lord's habitual conduct, Luke iv. 16.-the assertions, Ps. xl. 9, 10, verified when “ seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down his disciples came unto him, and he opened his mouth and taught them," Matt. v. 1, 2. xiii. 1, 2. and other passages:—and that remarkable expression, Ps. lxix. 9. "the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up," was remembered and applied by the disciples, when Jesus with divine authority corrected the abuse and profanation of his father's house, John ii. 17.

12. As under David's government, his willing subjects prospered and were protected, and rebels crushed and opposed; so is it with those who submit to the authority of the Redeemer, and those who reject him; all his enemies shall either be converted or conquered, Ps. ii. 6, 9—12. cx. 1—3, 5, 6. xlv. 3-5. Luke xix. 27. 2 Thess. i. 5-10. The imprecations we find in the Book of Psalms are by no means to be considered as the expressions of private resentment and malevolence against injurious individuals; but rather, as the enemies to David's government were typical of the enemies of Christ and his church, they are to be looked upon either as direct prophecies, or as divinely inspired declarations of the certain doom awaiting all the opposers of Christ and his cause; and these awful denunciations of vengeance are solemn warnings given to the oppressors