"  I  have  laid  help  on  one  that  is  mighty."     Ps.  xlv.  3.   "  Gird  on
thy  sword  on  thy  thigh,  O  most  mighty,  in  thy  glory  and  in  thy
majesty."     Isai.  Ixiii.  1.   "  Who  is  this — travelling  in  the  great-
ness of  hisstrength  V^      When  Samson  was  going  to   take   his
wife,  a  young  lion  roared  against  him.      So  the  enemies  of  the
Messiah  and  his  people  are  compared  to  a  lion  roaring  upon  him,
gaping  with  his  mouth  ready  to  devour  him.  Ps.  xxii.  13.   "  They
gaped  upon  me  with  their  mouths,  as  a  ravening  and  a  roaring
lion."      Ver.  21.  "  Save  me  from  the  lion's  mouth."     Samson
rent  the  lion  as  the  lion  would  have  rent  the  kid ;  which  is  agreea-
ble to  the  prophecies  which  represent  the  Messiah  destroying  his
enemies  as  a  strong  lion  devouring  his  prey.  Gen,  xlix.   9,  &,c.,
and  the  many  prophecies  that  speak  of  his  punishing  leviathan
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^b  TYPES    OF    THE    MESSIAH.
