52 BERTHA'S VISIT TO HER 



throne is everlasting, arid as a Monarch whose 

 heart is set upon justice and righteousness. 



<c In the first dispensation of the law through 

 Moses, the perfumed garments of the priest were 

 typical of the graces and virtues of the Redeemer, 

 and of the excellence of his word ; so the Psalm- 

 ist describes the King, of whom the high priest 

 was the representative, as scented with myrrh^ 

 aloes, and cassia. 



" In the figurative language of scripture, 

 < king's daughters' express peoples and nations, 

 and here mean, that the empires converted to 

 the faith of Christ will shine in the beauty of 

 holiness, and will be united to the Messiah's 

 kingdom. 



" The ' Queen' evidently represents the He- 

 brew Church, re-united by conversion in the ful- 

 ness of time. The restoration of Israel to the 

 situation of consort in the Messiah's kingdom is 

 the constant strain of prophecy ; whole chap- 

 ters might be quoted ; but I think it will be 

 an interesting employment to some of you to 

 search for them yourselves. I will only remind 

 you of that passage in the epistle to the Romans, 

 where St. Paul says, that blindness is in part 

 only happened to Israel, till the time shall arrive 

 for the fulness of the Gentiles to come in ; and 

 then all Israel shall be saved. 



"The Queen's 'vesture of gold' denotes those 

 real treasures, of which the church is the depo- 



