divine essence. Christ, in his incarnate state, is 'personated sometimes as a Priest, sometimes as a King, sometimes as a Conqueror; and in those Psalms, in which he is introduced as a Conqueror, ' the resemblance is very remarkable between this Conqueror in the book of Psalms and the Warrior on the white horse in the book of Revelations, 'who goes forth with a crown on his head, and a

bow in his hand, conquering and to conquer. And 'the conquest in the Psalms is followed, like the conquest in the Revelations, by the marriage of 'the Conqueror. These are circumstances of simili'tude which, to any one versed in the prophetic style, prove beyond a doubt that the Mystical Con

queror is the same personage in both. It is no objection to this notion of Psalms in dialogue, that 'none of them are distinguished into the parts of 'the different speakers. In the works of any pro'fane writer, the parts that belong to different persons in a scene are usually distinguished by prefixing, to the beginning of each speech, the initials ' of the name of the person to which the speech belongs; but this is a modern practice. In the

' oldest MSS. of the ancient Greek plays, the per

sons of the drama are not so distinguished any

'more than the persons in the Psalms; but these ' distinctions have been supplied by Editors. But "in publishing the sacred text it was justly thought, 'that it would be too great a liberty if the Editor

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were to insert marks of his own, which the Holy • Penmen had not thought necessary. It would be

useful, however, if a paraphrase were given with ⚫ these distinctions in the proper places, and yet the ' want of them is not very great; for I will venture 'to say that a reader of ordinary penetration, who has once had the hint that he is reading a dialogue, ' will easily perceive to what speakers the different parts of the dialogue belong. The part of Jehovah is sometimes indeed supplied (but this will ' never make difficulties) by an Oracular Voice, suddenly breaking out from the Sanctuary.

'It is not a bad general notion of the book of Psalms, which is given by a considerable though neglected critic; it is a notion which, if kept in 'view, would conduce much to the right understand'ing of them, that the whole collection forms a sort ' of Heroic Tragedy. The redemption of man, and 'the destruction of Satan is the plot. The persons. ' of the drama are the Persons of the Godhead,• Christ united to one of them,-Satan, Judas, the

apostate Jews, the heathen persecutors, the apos'tates of latter times;-the attendants, believers, 'unbelievers, angels;-the scenes, heaven, earth, 'hell;-the time of the action, from the fall to the ' final overthrow of the apostate faction, and the ge'neral judgement.'

Dundee, Feb. 13th 1815.

H. HORSLEY.

PSALMS

CLASSED ACCORDING TO THE SUBJECTS.

SERVICES of the Festivals of the Jewish Church.

Ps. xix, civ, cxlviii, Sabbath.

lxxviii, cv, cxiv, Passover.

cxi, cxxxv, cxxxvi, Pentecost.

lxxxi, Feast of Trumpets.

lxv, lxvii, Feast of Tabernacles.

A War Song, cxlix.

Thanksgiving for National Deliverance, or successful War,

xlviii, lxvi, lxxvi, cxv, cxxiv, cxxv, cxliv.

Thanksgiving after a Storm, Hurricane, or Earthquake, xxix, xlvi.

Upon placing the Ark in Solomon's Temple, cxxxii,
Prayers in seasons of National Calamity, lxxxix.
for help in War, xliv, lx, lxi.

Thanksgivings for Hezekiah's Recovery, xxx, cxvi.
Prayers in the time of Manassah's Captivity, lxxix, lxxx.
Thanksgiving for Manassah's Return, lxxxv.

Prayers, Lamentations, and Confessions, of the Captives, lxxiv, lxxvii, cii, cvi, cxxxvii.

Songs of Triumph and Thanksgivings of the returned Captives, cvii, cxxvi, cxlvi, cxlvii.

A King of Judah's Inauguration Vow, ci.

Grand Chorus, for all the Voices, and all the Instruments, cl. The Blessedness of the Righteous, and final Perdition of the opposite Faction, i, xxxvi, xxxvii, cxii.

The Extermination of the Irreligious Faction, xiv, liii.
True Godliness described as distinct from the Ritual, xv, 1.
The Believer's Scruples, arising from the Prosperity of the
Wicked, removed by Revealed Religion and the Consider-
ation of their latter end, lxxiii.

The Pleasures of Devotion, lxxxiv.

Divine Ænigmata. The subject, The Redeemer's Divinity, the Immortality of the Soul, a future Retribution, xlix. A Mystical Prayer of David, in the character of the High Priest, xvi.

Prayers of Believers for protection against the Atheistical Conspiracy, iii, iv, x, xii, xiii, xvii, xlii, xliii, liv, cxx, cxxiii, cxl.

The Believer's Penitential Confessions and Deprecations, vi. xxxii, xxxviii, xxxix, li.

Believer's Prayer for the promised Redemption, cxxx,

cxliii.

Believers lament their afflicted State in this short and evil

Life, and prayer for the Resurrection, xc.

Prayers for Grace and Mercy, v, xxv, xxvi, cxxxi.