I. THE Mosaic Jubilee. PREACHED ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE BRITISH JUBILEE, APPOINTED TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH YEAR OF THE KING'S REIGN. THE Mosaic Jubilee. LEV. c. XXV. v. 9. " Then shalt thou cause " the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound; " in the day of ATONEMENT shall ye make “ the trumpet sound throughout all your land; and ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout « all the land, unto all the inhabitants 16 thereof. It shall be a Jubilee unto you.” guage, signifies The word Jubilee, in the Hebrew lan “ the sounding of a trum. pet.” But it is restricted to a joyful sound. It is not used to denote the alarm of war, but to distinguish some occasion B of joy and festivity; as when “ Zádok, “ the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, “ anointed Solomon king over Israel; and they said, blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.” But the Jubilee of Israel had respect to a higher occasion than that of the accession or coronation of a king. The year of Jubilee was ordained to be a memorial of the redemption of Israel from the bondage of Egypt; and to be a type of the spiritual redemption of the human race by Jesus Christ. And the trumpet of the Jubilee was a significant emblem of the last GREAT TRUMPET, (“ for the trumpet shall sound”*) at the general release of the servants of the true God at the last day.t * 1 Cor. xv. 52. + This analogy is noticed by one of the Jewisk Rabbins. " It is appointed to blow the trumpet at the |