THE

WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REVEREND

GEORGE HORNE, D.D.

LATE

LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH;

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE, STUDIES,

AND

WRITINGS,

By WILLIAM JONES, M. A. F.R.S.

ONE OF HIS LORDSHIP'S CHAPLAINS,

AND LONG HIS MOST INTIMATE AND CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C, AND J. RIVINGTON; G. WILKIE; J. NUNN
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1818.

1874, May 30

Minot Fund.

HARVARD

COLLEGE

LIBRARY

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THEIR LITERAL OR HISTORICAL SENSE, AS THEY RELATE TO KING
DAVID AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, IS ILLUSTRATED;

AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MESSIAH, TO THE CHURCH, AND TO
INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS thereof, IS POINTED OUT;

WITH A VIEW TO RENDER THE USE OF THE PSALTER PLEASING AND
PROFITABLE TO ALL ORDERS AND DEGREES OF CHRISTIANS.

BY

GEORGE, LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH,

AND PRESIDENT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, oxford.

All things must be fulfilled which were written in the Psalms concerning me. Luke, xxiv. 44.
I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 1 Cor. xiv. 15.
They sing the song of Moses, and the song of the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3.

THE TENTH EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

PREFACE.

THE Psalms are an epitome of the Bible, adapted to the purposes of devotion. They treat occasionally of the creation and formation of the world; the dispensations of Providence, and the economy of grace; the transactions of the patriarchs; the exodus of the children of Israel; their journey through the wilderness, and settlement in Canaan; their law, priesthood, and ritual; the exploits of their great men, wrought through faith; their sins and captivities; their repentances and restorations; the sufferings and victories of David; the peaceful and happy reign of Solomon; the advent of Mcssiah, with its effects and consequences; his incarnation, birth, life, passion, death, resurrection, ascension, kingdom, and priesthood; the effusion of the Spirit; the conversion of the nations; the rejection of the Jews; the establishment, increase, and perpetuity of the Christian church; the end of the world; the general judgement; the condemnation of the wicked, and the final triumph of the righteous

VOL. I.

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