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Rh never to be obſerved again. Do we pray for victory over Moab, Edom, and Philiſtia, or for deliverance from Babylon? There are no ſuch nations, no ſuch places in the world. What then do we mean, when, taking ſuch expreſſions in our mouths, we utter them in our own perſons, as parts of our devotions before God? Aſſuredly we mean a ſpiritual Jeruſalem and Zion; a ſpiritual ark and temple; a ſpiritual law; ſpiritual ſacrifices; and ſpiritual victories over ſpiritual enemies; all deſcribed under the old names, which are ſtill retained, though “old things are paſſed away, and all things are become new.”— By ſubſtituting Meſſiah for David, the goſpel for the law, the church of Chriſt for that of Iſrael, and the enemies of the one for thoſe of the other, the pſalms are made our own.