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prospect of the holy city, and house of God in 

 flames ; When thus it shall be in the midst of the 

 land, saith he, there shall be a remnant, and they 

 shall lift up their voice, and sing for the Majesty 

 of the Lord, sayings Glorify ye the Lord in the 

 fires, (verse 15.) And this is ^^pO ^''P a song of 

 praise. 



The second, is j"Iw? Tli^ a song of degrees or 

 ascensions, fitted to the time of their return, when 

 all shall be restored and rebuilt again ; and that 

 we have. Chap, xxvii. 2. * In that day sing ye 

 unto her ; A vineyard of red wine : I the Lord 

 do keep it: I will water it every moment; lest 

 any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.' 



The third, (of which my text is a principal 

 strain,) belongs to the whole middle interval be- 

 tween the ruin and the restoration, in this tweny- 

 sixth Chapter. ' In that day shall this Song be 

 sung in the land of Judali : We have a strong city; 

 Salvation will God appoint for walls and bul- 

 warks, &c.' As if he had said, though our city 

 be ruined, yet God is still our dwelling place ; 

 our fortresses dismantled, and thrown down, but 

 salvation will he appoint us for walls and bul- 

 warks ; our temples in the dust, but God will be 

 to us himself *as a little sanctuary. And this 

 is ^''^^? "J**^ a song to give instruction, teaching 

 them, and in them us, how to demean ourselves 

 while the calamity lies upon us ; sc. to make God 

 our Refuge, ver. 4 ; to wait for him in the way of his 



* Ezek. xi. 16. 



