and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall póssess Gilead.*

"20. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Zepharad, shall possess the

cities of the south.

"21. And Saviours shall come upon mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord's."

That this prophecy relates to the times after the future return of the Israelites, appears from its speaking of Ephraim's possessing the land.

The 19th verse is better rendered in the old translation, given in the note at the foot of the page, and removes the difficulty occasioned by our present version.

Daniel.

Daniel may be considered in some respects the greatest of all the prophets. For his prophecies not only relate to the affairs of Judah and Israel, but also to the several monarchies and kingdoms that should arise successively in the world from his time to the consummation of all things. True it is, we have some predictions relating to these in many of the preceding and cotemporary prophets; but none of them can be compared with

* The playne feldes shall Ephraim and Samaria possess; and the mountaynes of Galaad shall Benjamin have. TINDALE.

In the translation made in the time of queen Elizabeth, the verse is thus translated.

19. And they shall possess the south side of the mount of Esau, and the plain of the Philistines; and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall have Gilead.

those clear and circumstantial prophecies, concerning the future state of the several empires and kingdoms of the world, which are delivered in this most eminent prophet. If our subject had been that of prophecies in general, we should have found in them many remarkable predictions to expatiate upon; but as our design is only to point out such prophecies as have relation to the future return of the Jews, or events that shall be cotemporary therewith; we shall only select those passages in him which relate to that subject. And the first of them is chap. vii., where, after describing the four monarchies, the ten kingdoms which shall arise out of the fourth monarchy, and that other which shall arise after them, and speak great words against the Most High, the prophet adds:

"Dan. vii. 26. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and destroy it unto the end."

"27. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

Now the people of the saints of the Most High, in all the prophetic writings of the Old Testament, signifies the people of Israel; and therefore it is here plainly foretold, that they shall enjoy a kingdom and dominion under the heaven, i. e., upon earth, which shall be an everlasting kingdom, or which, as it is explained chap. ii. 44, shall NEVER be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people.

The next passage that relates to the restoration

of Israel, and the only one more which we shall mention out of this prophet, is,

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'Dan. xii. 1. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince that standeth for the children of thy people, and there shall be a time of trouble. such as never was since there was a nation, even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered," &c.

The time here spoken of is when the king of the north. mentioned ver. 40 of the preceding chapter, should come to his end, and none should help him. But if this king of the north be (in accordance with the views of the most judicious expositors) the Turkish empire, it is evident that the event here referred to is yet future; and that it relates to the Jews is plain from these words, at that time thy people shall be delivered. For who can suppose that the words, thy people, i.e., the people of Daniel, can signify any other than the nation of Israel or Judah. The Christian Church may, indeed, with propriety enough, be called the people of the Lord, or of Christ; but cannot, in any sense, be called the people of Daniel.

PAUL OF BURGOS AND HIS SONS.

(Continued from page 13.)

In a work on the whole Bible, which he dedicates to his son, Don Alphonso of Carthagena, the venerable Bishop affords us a better insight into his character and private feelings, than can be obtained from any other source. He thus writes: "What would you most wish, my dearly beloved son, that I should give you whilst I am alive,

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or leave as a legacy to you at my death? could he better, than to add to the knowledge you already possess of Holy Scripture, which will strengthen your feet in the path of a welldirected zeal for Christian truth? It is this which I bear in my heart, of which I make confession with my lips, and concerning which I understand the words of the prophet: "The father shall teach his children thy truth." (Isa. Xxxviii. 19.)

"I was not myself thus taught in the days of my youth, but was brought up in Jewish blindness and incredulity; while learning Holy Scripture from unsanctified teachers, I received erroneous opinions from erring men, who cloud the pure letter of Scripture by impure inventions, as such teachers have been wont to do. But when it pleased Him whose mercies are infinite, to call me from darkness to light, and from the depth of the pit to the open air of heaven, the scales seemed, as it were, to fall from the eyes of my understanding, and I began to read Holy Scripture with my mind in part released from the bonds of prejudice and unbelief. I began to seek for truth, no longer trusting to the power of my own intellect, but with a humbled spirit, praying to God from the heart to make known to me what might be for the salvation of my soul. Day and night I sought help from Him, and thus it came to pass that my love for the Christian faith was much increased, that at length I was able openly to confess the belief which my heart had already received. Having then attained the age at which you now are, my son, I received the sacrament of baptism, receiving, at the same time, the name of Paul.

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Afterwards, as time passed on, I devoted myself yet more to the study of Holy Scripture, reading both the Testaments, hearing the words of living teachers, and consulting the writings of holy men, our predecessors; thus I, who was formerly a teacher of error, became, by the grace of God, a learner of the truth, and have continued so to the great age I have now attained. I can say in truth that amid the pressure of wordly business, and the cares of my bishopric, which have occupied much of my time, there is no consolation to be compared to that which I have found in the contemplation of the Eternal God by the study of his holy and spotless Word. "I have also enjoyed what the world calls prosperity. In my utter unworthiness, God has raised me to high honours in his Church. Called first to the Bishopric of Carthagena, then raised to that of Burgos, I have been, so to speak, gifted with the choicest portions in the Church of God. To these have been also added other temporal advantages. With King Henry III., and with his illustrious son, our present monarch, I have been on terms of familiar intercourse while holding the office of Chancellor. How the goodness of God has also been manifest in his dealings with you and your elder brother, I need not recall to you. One circumstance, however, I cannot pass over in silence, -that to us, the descendants of Levi, have been fulfilled the promises written so many hundred years ago: 'Wherefore there shall not be for the Levite a portion or inheritance among his brethren; the Lord himself is his inheritance, as the Lord thy God hath said to him.' (Deut. x. 9.) Truly God himself is our inheritance: Christ is our portion, who had said of old time, that he