in the land of Canaan, in a great increase of their numbers and wealth, and the return of more captives from Chaldea and other countries, etc., yet the Spirit of God has doubtless respect to things far greater than these, and of which these were but faint resemblances. We find it common in the prophecies of the Old Testament, that when the prophets are speaking of the favors and blessings of God on the Jews, attending or following their return from the Babylonish captivity, the Spirit of God takes