There yet remaining some illustrious types unstated and uncommented, the questions involved in attempting their elucidation imposing the necessity of making them distinct objects of inquiry, to the high import of the Mosaic symbols we must again advert. For we find this truth most remarkably illustrated, by God himself a second time delineating their pattern, selecting his royal favourite, the man after his own heart, for the person to whom He entrusted them in charge. By that great and eminent patriarch having deferred the execution of his high commission until the awful juncture of his approaching dissolution, when the solemnity of his last and dying admonitions would give all possible weight to the affecting and impressive address of which they were principally the subject matter, and with which he accompanied their deliverance, (amidst every circumstance of external pomp, amidst every circumstance that could inspire reverential awe,) unto Solomon his son: but above all, by that most momentous and magnificent undertaking, the erection of the emblematic temple having been con exalted subject which now employs our pen and had we omitted the Scriptural insertions which were so intimately connected with it, it would have extremely debased and curtailed it. Future contemplations will necessitate us to recapitulate most, if not all, of the New Testament passages which have not been preceded by independent conclusions; and we shall then resume our primitive plan, by first inquiring whether there are any inferences pervious to the faculties which capacitate human research, that these wonderful revelations are calculated to support, and by then drawing, as heretofore, a comparative coincidence between them. signed over unto the greatest monarch who ever swayed a human sceptre, and the wisest of mankind. "And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course; and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. Then David the king stood up upon his feet and said: Hear me, my brethren and my people: as for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God,* and had made ready for the building but God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel, * Our readers will remember that from the view with which the elders were honoured on mount Sinai, as well as from the vision of Ezekiel, (see p. 175,) it was very clearly proved that the whole of these our nether heavens are denominated, by way of distinction, "footstool to Omnipotence." And this truth is again fully confirmed by the declaration of the Jewish monarch, who we find expressing his heartfelt hope that an emblematic house of rest might be erected for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the emblematic footstool of our God; most powerfully supporting the conclusion which assigned the whole of these our starry heavens to be the footstool to Omnipotence, and consequently that the whole of the first or outward sanctuary symbols the nether district of the boundless universe, an information which materially assists a right understanding of the sacred volume. for ever for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: and of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Israel. And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong and do it. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat, and the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about; of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord. He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. All this, said David, the Lord made me to understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God; and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy com mandment. Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom God alone hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold and the silver, the brass and the iron, and the wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly, and gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents, and ten thousand drams; and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of |