T O THE JEWISH ,NATION.

Descndcrrr of

lk

Ycnerobk Abruham,

THE
great Apoalk of the Oeadlw who was e. " Hebrew of
the Hebrews," and whom b u t &hetiom were ever exercised on t b e h h a l f of bL o m natkn, dray. inculaled
od the mindr of the Gentilr disciples, who had embnged
h e faith of Christ, a .imilw disposidon t o a d the seed
of Abraham, u an essential durp. For your d e s did he
declare hirmrelf'rilling to relinquish any sdsmugm which
he either possessed or expected, if such d m could
h e been thq rneana of wring " hie brethren, hie W e n
a m d i g to the flesh:" and 80 those who "were LneliLeS
did he ssse* when b e a d d r e d the Romw, tbat " pertained the adoption, and lk &y, and the cmnoatr, m d
the g i o k 4 the lam, md tbe , h c c of God, and lk
p r m i r M ; whose are the fdh&irr, and of whom, an con=&ing ;hefish (") CArirt, (or the Anointed One,) who
ir over dl, G a l bkrued f i r ever." Aninuted by a similar
regad to your nation, as WM
by rhis holy Apoatle.
I submit to ,,our attention many c l c u m s t ~ ~ f ewhich
a
concern your future welEw.
.
In enumerating these p t and e m l d ~ r i & ~ of
s
yarr Nstion,Phieh ad very soon be prored to ~ p p r &
LO you, .s your real wi mubsuntial inberillace; your diat i n g " h d Countryman, who w u bmugha up at the k t 01"
Gnnuliel,
of your m e t cebbntad RPbbiea, m d who
wes
hm~aad
in yo- Iaw, and in dl the pmmise. of

DEDICATION.

you M a people, lad who pbiniy

which. according to the mi=,
nsraions of Pmvidonce, we= at
upon you; &at intelligent man
be'wrs then witbg, that IIM

.u

rum b.Lho voisa of Mercy &Uki

o ~ r a n L ~ v ~ n o O o Amonposit&
~."

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IX

r d w t b

your oppemm, io v e W m ofrb.

rhrt the Kingdm dd %avert," or t

b6 c d w o o l ,
1. i s oigh st hand,"
nnd thrr your " DeLlomr, who ir to '
a m e cut of Ziw," rapdly

thu the iq'ul%

, w CmCitp*ay;&

4.

b n n c b h f ~

'I. A more pcdm pic(ura d r h e PBiicLioru

(PeradcB your Nati,.u .iooe rhe 6 z s d o o b i o n
w h c a i t . b m & a , a ths p k of Io
ba said to be wr away, could not bsre bkn
by -1 LQOLW nvutnly h.nd. The ruaa pmphet
rrpmwmt. yars Ltvra prosperity by r Lib flgurr 'tbe
tree lxtumth her h i t ; the rxmnjza .nd I& & 86
y k l d theu s t r e w : ii. eP. Then i. it t h t .U Lhe p r o
mi=
~ ~ f m bJOIY
, g N h n ue (9 bs v&
in
m&h whits."

Y W

Oyra$olofhJ~ri.htiogdmdid~

P..

C h h r 6,
when he prrdiewd hi& o m r.coad
c b d v w ofyour N h ; md,
#@.Ofit,
hold tbo W I O - ? ~d
~ , dl Ilb Irsc., when

O
I

.I&.

now

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tirim are drily prcrntad by y

t h e throne of Lbe Lord GCd of y
would .bower down his hssring

rho sow
in Lhe dumt 7 yet aem tbs f o d m t b o t . of
droerrs g w r cams among ahs foremat rn p a down rho
rtoof Zion, .od by rue her d r a l l i n g - w . CPn

(id,h r e each of them doclad, &I, a h yau reptrt

and c o h your AN, posn though you ?so urn1 out 60
Lhs moat h
t par@ of rbe d.
men In Ih M of
yolu enemlca, u w n g n rhcse by w b m you m y hs hdd
cap4iye. IOU Oh.U obtain kvour, nnd be .g.in @ml
h m nmong.~ them. T h e " bro-rak" oil Jud.h in Iho
now boating fonh, .od il ia a polidvs bok- (by a u
Ddireter rill speedily appear.
You k not i-ruible
that then bere ari.sn, in
'
r h e a latter day4 w y wcietia. who devote themwlvea
to Qrctlrrough dl ~ t i o n cbe
r =red recoda o m dcpodred in your truat; wd that t h y h v a .en& Brih m m
in mery diroctim ro rouw the attention of the worM to
Out Holy Volumw, end p m p g n c rbe mlh. which i t
1
=OR+
If LhB " I I M ~ P . " mp-a
y o u Nation,
rben do Ihe :
d4.w &re*" ~pokenof by Cbrisr qudy
6ymbol.b otbsr mtwm For a prod d th4 I W Q ~
mkr you to your QWR hophe\, &hid, r h o p r d h
th.C-rbsn rh d -pl
IL &kt &-h
g/. g l u
*qfLvbawn.h.U
k=~pls&npm cbe"high mcrun(da and -mi,"
even " upon Ihs raouobin 0 t h b a h t
IWI."
rad beumse a
md ~ v e - ~ p r u d j l rtm,
g
Ibsn."rh.ll dl r L r r ~ e ~ g / . r L e ~h h' r w
h s ~o.d
bu 4%
b diy ~ V C(of h
1
)
to &d."
E d .rr6.
L&-M liopfd a pkma hare
thrt rbe n ~ , b
'bfrhaar(baiJi ~ \ o m t & ~ * o t h l ~ , . n d ~ ,
h n g c r c w h h u a b r u i b l c lo tba .yc& t n ~ t b - d i a
JoUr dv o l U r ~ ;eqd h Out book, dm, rbifb hd,
m n of. y w rution have minen
. :
, the a m ' u ?cur
~ ~
tab$ of pur rptodaa
ate Ma ah*
fa&
rbcir

'rhe b s , l n u r g tk OnJih.: duril~grhlchJ e n d m

Ir robe tmdden down of the Gentiles, u d e e m by Christ,
.nd by the ~ p s t l ePaul, as w e l l u by the h e o p k ~ J o b ~
in his vision of rhs two aitru.urs, are cbembre w u e *
tionably the '"ii~11, lime#, a d 5 iblL''p r e d i c a by h e
pmphet Dmiel, when yotu desolation b to eeore; md he
define#thesetimes to be ~ w k o
A r d c d o l d rirry Joy# or
wrr. The kingdom of the Kvmana, which a- IIX
fourth kingdam predicted by Daniel, M "the feet and tool iron .nd.
of the tyrnnniul inloge, ud a.the
fouah be-8, "dredfuil a r d terribk opd dr0.g c r o e e k ,
;.gly,'. ia certainly atill in existonce. About cighreen
hundred y u r s since, it proved iwY u dreadful emmy of
your Nation, m d -pled
your Kingdom under fmt ; but.
bad the twelve h h o d d snd sixty or twelve baDdred md
nioe* y m of Dlniel referred ro &at hihgdpm in partic&. as " the a b o m i ~ t i c nwhich d e t h desobk." then
wMJd t l p e times hn;e l q rince efpired.--yo~lr dipp n i o n would hare r r d , - y o u would W W be ~ s t o d
in your o m lu!d,*
Lhe 1icb .nd
and plLOtCd
m d e g d to
s b d m r p r y - of God would h r e
dkpe.-d.
d q e ; F e d of the
you. But you we
'on of your ~ i o City;
~ g and, no
c;nnO9 doubt s
that the p t p h of God rill be lulhllld, the Rormru
c a m h th-in,
+ i of, "ss,'rbe pbolninrtion
which m&th dembte imn co.the # of twelve hund d and sixty, or of twelve hu@& ard ninety,y u n h r e

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be

o f &%

'"UIQ-TUE,"

mi 01

tbai.lmvaumsmdrbcumolina~

LbrC lbe '

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*&.mc d OF cBe Y

d k .b-

-.

h.l been

E O W ~ ~

mainrjocd

by I b m rod by L I ~ prcL

dkascn, mbo wem adhenmu of thc @umi m p b r ,

rp

mwd. d-&edlsar;
a d , iElbs''nurlu." by
which thy eompute their nrcpdz., M to Bedde Lhe Jurmkr
gn of b&l, b y ue now in rhs
thirtgaghth y c u of lba4 ; ~ r u m y .
crpaci tha deliverance of your N+n
Lorn
a d bondap, a d the m&ornQo
thL p w t ib
of y w Peopb 0 h. A
t tberitwm, is
&I.edto ~ ~ & e n tiDm, urd co excite, in every h
,
ulAmu inqnirier w
murg the r e r d dl of Ood.
When &
M
as m Pmphet, and odoorced
hi l y i q impcdhus, imp*
it u a yoke upon the n
&
of tha ruribnr, be oommenecd I& damldoor by tha
daughtsr ot y w ~ b k ulderteminared
,
a~ rirhi hi

3La

Thin mbjM b impnror, ard w u b l y daonw your

*&on.
h ~s Q p~ h,.nd by 7r-9,
M
y the writing. of &as
embnosd mnd paothe Cluidm reli&n, &at io v n i g m 1 ~ 4ba

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;I L%7L

Mi,r
n h lr Lu
which wage to a r t i mi duoktc
no Jew w n d L

oF"hlior,pndofIhebcor,d ofthckp~d,dndof
t k d d &a&;" yet it ia at ibs e l m of t b e a m
~
c
it
b
o
o
r
t b u tha Lord add-a
Lhsm. ,' 0 L ~ e Lhou
l Imst Be&mytd&jnelf;bat in me h Iby help. I WILL BB r a t
K~uo." Ilij. 7-10.
Then a b . when hhnigh* Chd inb a r p o u m thnir W,doen be declare-" I I
rillrrsuob
m trb pm.r of IleU; I aiD rodeno (hrm froma
OD&Idlbat.pl.guer;
OHuULI*iDba
%hgdamction;"r. 14: b u t d m , "IwiD be sr L b d m ,
unro I m l : be nh.U gmr u the lib, ro8 u s t for& hlr
mta M hhnon. Ifis bnmcha, rh.U . p d , d'
hla
b y .hJI be sr the oli*ruee, sod ht 4 a~ Eab-".
rin. 5,6. Such ue the b L i which aba\od
to knd upon !he dsELNction of tbe4.c irrplblieol e
D d n d H s U , f o r t h e o d t h a L o r d h L F b a "K&T
in Innel 1" s dahracion which coo&
tk svbrrrrion of
e r q c-y,
dt
b f d h e n t of ever), prumlr : d it
b m d a t th.1 theas sneaie~are to be d s r q e d at Ibc
rev b e when tha Kingdom of l r d ir O be -hod,
snd i. to prasper.
Tbc g c w of rhe hi.tory of L h a c d n m t i m Iba ,
;h
t
pm*e'ic
&IaJf
aea o f t h a i I ~ ~ t , i 4
IthoNmTes-L
Thed 1 k m o s a n " o f t h 4 ~
dom o f Inid. rile ma of a m b no more to go d a m , nor

.
sa. The voice of prop of tbe cimem, ull

,mays,' and diligentli to cxapline.that w

e d -do.

It u mt hprpb.bh (Bot many of tbe JsaLb Nstion

m a y ha inclined to L u b t dhether .my w m r i o n rub~iau
M e e n W prophsdes vhIch concern their future kingwbieh ssCIcr tbe Papal apo~tn.y,and the
have c o w long wnlinwd to

prerd in the w o r ~ . %

L)LDICATION.

XIV

&+

sol

rirhdrsr its=& ia p m e d in

h a t vdyme u,

& ~ d . . t b c d d + & & u ~ ~ a ~ l ~ ,

u~urpad
by rhs t y m m m d - d i e . ,
sway; and when tbe h a t
eos*
" Dauh and HoU, u+ clut imo the M e of Rm."
Tbeae melurorabk evmlr, rra m v d d by St. J o b , r h o
eqdy d&k
thue de~lntors, on their f l r s l going
lo& upon b f-A
Roman home, o> during .the rlmn

Prophet Holeq rim. by " DdA .nd Hell," and whom

find jvJgmsoi composdc rilh the h e a of Daniel, ri..
Ihe helve hundred and ndixty, or lwclve h u w and
*,
y w , &odd be brought under review. If che

mrrhburbj6drilleumineforahePlsh
d b b B R 1 h g a o f S~John,.ndother p l ~ o f t h h e e w
T a w &M well u (he m r d n of lboi o m propheb.
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Wiht
them ta rady rhs Chris& Ycriptures
im a
t of vier, it u euentisl to lhe attain-

&*

m ~ t d right
a
oftheiI o m ly~pbec'io
, +at chey meditab on L h a e mpk ud lucid rsrskDion

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OodofLnol;.ndtotke~~yoP~boacridcca&a
srcobof mr). day bau the r a ~ adccidtd
l
-my.
Tme it b, Ihy u Chhtrima. we have hitkern .
I
Bordad you %& ccauDn to I+&&
reU, of rbe
Ifpselrgo.bcrercrrdLo,theRiL
aan . ~ D D R B . ( U . ~ V C ~yon@
HJFa,.ndLbo r~6.w
ar kdWd upon ~oln
Mtlga.testify +r
u@.
Ja, we bare pmksed b

br

by the

dictatea of

your sacred volume, il har,

k n too long Lhe p r d c a to interpet. u e r c b i * d y aur

bhDhrcrr pmm4 lo 70% M yrmr
p u in
on$ of the dme i d o r u of m t h , ml tbc . c c u m u l l c J . ,hagun
of eternity.
BFclsrprineiph.,howarc., now begin to ~ r ~ unor
l ;
ia it to be daubted that you are fuily entitkd to tbe a m p k t
LIBbent 'of dl rbe p m k made to you u a mliun;

lgd (h.5
n f ~ t w
d q , at the s w m a c o ~ r ~ofnthe
Yemi&, your kingdom will bo er&d .bare all Ibc kingdew of the world, like the goodly c e d u of Lebanon,
planted rlpon the "high munuin und eminent." moagnt
the bumbb treu of the Beld. Thun will those wba rned
t h m l v a of you, mom bowing d o m befon you at che
tev w b of ywt fee5 ~d mckw~wledgeyou M a peo&
whom Ibs Lad h c h b l e a d . Yen, " that b g d m .rd
" u yo? dminble propbst &&I
deelu+m,
t rene you, dull &."
T o bbs *cry awm
eIFEcr d o n our o m h v i volume ~ t i f y .urdLl tha
B v of be "great a d bly n'ly, l k ncw J e u s a m ;"
into which. it i dmlued. " d l k n&nu drb #&A &all
hiw r b i r h m a d r k p . g b r y . "

TbLingdom, rhichn.tilltoba&uBpadbyLh
hj& " d r h s ~ n a o i ~ m r t h a r r ~
ba guided mnd d i i by chF '' Ban of
r of the ewcrknting ing.g~:' "of rhs ioc-

XVJ

DIIDICITIOM.

To rb. Joalb P i h i o n ,Imm

w h w forehhn the

PREFACE.
/

tjmnaid epeira, fmm cbe riroa ot Nebaehdnscur

to

thapamcd~~,riiobpmnu~aotim
prrdi&dby~l
RA "rbs Kingdom ol tb. &in@,"
ar " Bmpk ef pbe H d y
Onoq"in6nitely~blasirillbe~ourirr
adu&g-aLba&m.
Iernn~SLbsrsTorr,
kut bob Potward dL Dpturr ud exuluricn to &a day
d e n tb. Iard Ood of 1-1
wiO rsornnber hi. w-6
.pdc&iw&Situte you b N ~ ~ O R ;andwhen, e a ( o t e n

m i q g Bvour, yw till b again &.red b j hla04 rod p l n a ed

,W w. suah
meat rill k cbo preltda of&l day of rW rbs Prophet
L.i.h hu apokm, wban " rhe tad rill k your mrbe
k W k rad y a u u,
your g h . "
Thrr Iba Ood of Lnel will # b o d y m m i k hia
fivour,-rbk, before n very far y e a n .aa prred away,
.wcm dedrirs t n h of m g d rill be dimrerad b w d n

surbrill.rabah.rdsnrobjeatdc+Vdrilyp.gsrs,
b&bhgnrdLrraulrh, bsagreerbktoehs D i v i n s d l .

4. A. B.
I)

TO THE CHRISTIAN R E A D E R .

Tas invatigotioo

of scriptural aubjwb is a t all

&imm masorable; bur, i n s d a y like the prerenh

when, co use &a lnoguap o f e n ingenious a n d
tempereta intarpreter of proplrecy. " IAe #mu?n w l d h s l m n ahahen. ibp

the rea qf

fhr0101 i d o Y + C T E ~ ~I d t ,
men arc mwcd by o &mot
d e f y sad dread of the t h i n g s which a r e iiaS Lo
cons mpn the earth." a n inquiry in
&N

a n d r8c kart, of

such infinite q o m e n k prewit11 i

Nor can thaw ponnta,
" p a t b s i o ~ l l i l p n mind.
t
which concern the future welfare o f the human
ram, srld I d to a n anticipation of the early iulfilmant of thoso g ~ p even&
t
which a r e upotCu
of i n tbe Scripturw of T r u t h , by t h e " Wooderful Numbewr," wbao "the sorclrary a k d bc
Where, however, a m t
h k e n who sigh nad cry
.for the a h m n i n s t i o n ~o f the earth, ur wbo joyfully
hail &a p a m n i d eigon o f tbe predicted
.dvsnt oE\&e Maainb, o r t h o or8eblirl1mer1t o f hia
kinadon, above the kiogdoma of the world? T h e
I1

lnsdons of r l ~ eearth, and allnoat cvrry individual

o f the human mq ,,are p,cting
bad,po
7 nrfch!ms@m. i fI tthey
i s @m
. tiue.
\ ecpgunt - ~ ,*ire
a
b
that, whilst men am cryiug, " Pc~ceand eahty,
than sudden destruetio;;^eometh u p n them;"
and, as i n @a dPy8.4NNOQ11,p h i b t <$w mxpleilude
ass eagerly pursuing the t h i n k of this life, and
gRsping s W r ito w*
; irs &.
thdi piety and dlsippsien, &"the&y o P 9 e M
will coma" umxp%ccedkg qsop tbsm. " as a thid
i n rbe oigbt:
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Hogy One nl
IlsneE dmw urer end come, that we ltnr kstrrv IL "
They w$ll erssnd ~n
mewages of Iln. to rnen who
ras Ir, and let the counsel o f the

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pm@s.y dense, and saw plBowa under dl amth o l n ," nDd yet ~Ttheyspak'not a m d i n g (o the
mlm, 11 1(1 b e c a d h o r n w w I~ylrltn
t k m t bu' from m y
nmpt ta rnvarrpta
mtb, ortha 1,rrdmtionu oftbe proplvb, they turn
way, nod i n reality exdalrn, *'Wemill R O ~h ~ e
eRir man to r d g n met w.'"
If lbq subjscta were n M mattela oP revelation.
upon wh~chlearned h h (and p n n i ~ u l d d yof lab
7-1
b e p~cecntsdeo public attention the m u l t
d absir k
mpch*
lndiRbren would
Liadmpea@g.
Bat if-Uldflh
Lord'' ha npidl) appmrching.-if the *Ldd
cbrth'' are p i n g away,--ad

d o
," then
as s t e point of ri&m, es well ur o f dmy, & be
d l l i p h '' that w e m y be b a n d o f Him i n
psaoc."
bs corbaai~tin~
mny r r n r h od tbir subject, they
oo~lictioathat 'I Lhe dog o f
i g b , L " t b t it mi-,
even
at tka dean,"-&at
I * u s s n s m it shall w
e on
41tbesb w drrala
rbe ~ a of
a
:* b u i
&,isA D I tajoiocd
~
d p b ol losL
m h u@dPRY,
aot mpoa ua -rnsn;"and
.c tn
d k , ' k t " w e msy be mebunted aorZhy lo

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w
c
a
p J1 tbos &in@ w h ~ c sb8I1
l~

tn pea,

and b &nod tdhm the Sco &an."

Me bimwlf
b u & c L d tbe &gm which shall precede bis
comcog: and " ohall we," M an admired w n b r
very ju(~tIyo h m a ,
while the world i*crumbliot away arouod us. bs mtieficd with d n w i ~ g
i n our h g h b wirbio rhe circuit o f our own
&om, sad, lib Ihe blind b l a n c h o f rha Pacific
h n , contract our view. $11 our island beoonm
our world ? It i s not by cootmztmn, but by expoCiop of though^, :&a6 wc%- map the genema!
doom wbich overbanga the porld."

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h u ' b e n made

phdiee ; since,

.<

ib

bring into view the propbetial

thew depend. a rigbt estimate
portions o f pmpbecy. Muah
ikewiw @:en ta colhtenl p m
pscbrtainingone point, rbe slbok

beoring &an i r n i ~ o m apsdenlpe,

t
otl,erwiaeobroure.
may ha cliutinctlb u n d e m d . \Il~elharin this. or

xtr

i n any other ma)*)rt, the object huu k n strsind.

im I& tn Lhe j d v t o f the candid d r .
bm been coenidcred of infinits mornent, by
n-denn commentators. to adduce proof that L ~ I W .
ofthe prophetical periods terwinnre at one and the'
mne p i n t o f ti?$ ; but to bkng htron8 oonfirmation fmm theother propl~elicperiod*, ip cormboration o f their p i l i o n s , hrra nevar beell atknlpcal.
T o me i t appeam that tha grounds upon wllirh
they have endenvoud to ntabliah al~eirp m m i w
may lw ahown ko be ermnroua. Ror in this 911
opinion hm)ily formed, b u l e r p d s e d on r e p u l e d
occasions, many yearn sinoe. If, however, i t br a

A d e m o i m p r e ~ ~ i oonf @re rrotb o f prophecy;

nod ib susceptibility of di~fa@ary eqlarution,
hrs,pfuriog my whole life, led me UJ peg attention

1,

Q)IM

wnf3rmarion o f be truth o f any expoeition. then:

of the r~aQer
will be submitted to the ;ttentio;
foor &moological ,periods. fouodd on p:&*
iodepodent data, and, by what i s mnccivrd ta ba
an abeolucaly nq.Eessary combinrtim d evidence,
all termi@ing in the same yew. nu well Y five
other periods, all b r ~ n on
g given yoin@ o f t h e ,
sevemlly iillustmling the cdrrectnm of the
argument, and which am alm cquallplrxsential to
be considered i s an enlsrgnl view of pmgheticnl
hlany p m n s have objected to a detiuire interpretation of tba terms of prophecy. and tcs P prr
bkeos o f presumption ; vrhernenllJ mainiainiog
the absurd p m p i t i o n , that the Holy Spirit intended that nothing should ba understood, till

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V l K Y A l L-

XLLII
s

p a m i o w wp. b u d , a
t r b p ~ q l l 4 ~ 1 ewnu
L w d i o o a b l y , tlaair wriw d o ~ r eu,
& a d ' s Cbri.1 r i a aroilsll Cr01rl .a @na1&5nlion in .&el of &a p+g,ofiLk\nml
;:ul&lruuglr
&A
fmmwb4a o p l a
h r a r of: bra, m lrLe

ved i~ &a rime o i hlozm,

doubted mbelbar ib
dage bad any p i r i v e
would probably beve
acle

U)

bt# rlwbr .nub, W u e

ia #lb#wHe,
in erder

mosinea chela

m. ~ ; I ~ I ~ I R ~
of u I I

nrm wpa 11 Iland; y e

~ I whieb
I
(be 430 yeom

hiln ,rho aa Lu b rsiad,\up!,ue..us "lbarn of

l k ~ t i o bin Iha hwur of him .enant Jacob;"
~ ; r d i l a .*no . T B B
m r l m + to li+er
(;LO*T

O V 8 I I PDOPLB

I~uEL-"

yeab (p.Dnos may wall es&map a diligenr

to #he pmpbaicsb
yea
rn b EdBlled; -hi& will dab- tbe,aawmplirhd db a(& ox-.
mud u r l . i m l p l , a d
. h . m c dnri of tbya & -1 b m y .inw
&jat(iku..ahicL bn wast.mJy m v m 4 1 q p k t
aoab d & g t h ,
m,if no&hia$ c%?#
hv,kmwn
mrroamingk : .If Lt' be!pmbla, m .ia .brmer
'

-,

so rt.bti&

oni

wsd &-b mid. &?arc. bl)

f Irwl;" bul h i r udael ar-

m r a ' i b e bad

+pb.

h d iw i t L 4 h 1

har

aaIv

o f (b. kvasd Fiber, who b u c ~ n h am

d In&
oicdy Lmpwmrn benefit on al
lbs mbJ& o f pmpbscJ, bg rbs
bkm bshaaa Mobammcdiam
adopt web an uxpraaion, pmra, at I-%
ckdy
that cba iolnate then m b r n i t d wea net qoisrd.
and m+t i o d d h r e been ~psrsd. b r i n g tn
rha m p e t . b l c writera from w h a e r o r l u it b e
bwn chisfly compiled co epeak tbr t b e m d r a ;
for, i n fict, trotli~gnm" hru bean .&and by
lbat e x p i c o r , on the sabjsel; and noa at o f baP
Qaludonu an, erroneoun, am muat nmeemrily ba

rhe cane wheh the pralnincs are not well founded.

A very disba t b a t e o f the 11remmt
oh
p r o p b t i a l m x p i h n has basn h m e d , by @.p.
one o f th moat m a r k and
~ -bar-dlindd w+
tbst boa! ever r p p a n d ; and I perfamily jaih !n
tba antitaent raain(.inrdhy Rrobdmaon W&
h o w , tb.1 we am M yet on bhe v e r y thnahald a4
m o d inwrprdarioo. " From ahe ia&rpael.t'ooa
mat annmonly laoaivd." be obserse~. *'man ot'
the learn& p . e d i t h l a l a n their
doubW bave been e x p d wlwahef we am yet i n
pouassioo of the fortupace clam go be d a ~ v e dffroco
humap u g w i l y , or Divine iompimeion, or o f aha nc-

r b b~
u m spirlied rbs pnrpenis of ScriFore, iodicarive of better Gonos

ohiofly .&Ling

bxz%uasihey have diangardd

Pmtmmnt mminunitkm i anal

the mom bornble
aboolimtioru of M o b m a d i m , and last tbe Keg.
o f pmphecy, r b i c h would Lava gone Tpr b dovebp tlra Mys(erie ef I h n i d and of SL John. by
mntarnp-mly
dcapiaing tbb p p l e of .I+
u a d u u W l y rrrmkd M tbm g w d a d sublime
obj& o f t h e pen o f impindon.
fbe uvls elcmsou of lb. p
h& of Iba .OM sad of tha New
ba r ~ s o l v e di n b the pmybrliwl birmrp of. the
Jarlds lution. rTbaa ~ m p l r 'waa
bvnP.

r
ymtdn.

1
'

.w=

=c.bluhed amonsat ttbol. Tl~ey

clre
kLolf One PE l a w ! , ~d &e pndieted t y w &
wow hid u p (a avespw bis m.8u Jio. lalrer
day they s n tu c m f w their i n i q u i h , and JW
w i n IO b recaircd im@ favour: k will tha
Divine prassom be i n lhe miduqf
i n IntioiW
efjulganw, pmbbly mom glvriwu~ollrp an '.be
d a y m ~A
f b m bafom him fall. and b y &all ba
a e k r r l s d d by rhe wdons of Om ouekh w a
vp1eV
Y tlas~Lord hu* b 0 4 . "
l'bis -ma
to bs Jl. ~ b v a r i o u aaubjeo1 ddl rbe propbroiea.
a l v i $be rqul\jaill be. Ibal, whun
W

..

mt

m i l k be @ v u n l . wby nuh
a atkaioad i n thia cbprtmeot cd D i i i m

I I

Kupg an ;LH)o;' s11d wbeu UI

mu

be

*un

t b d a m uf

hart ~f faraunk, 8wr r r r l ~ n r m nng (1.r.1 ad tl ex.

clodad from tlw d~ll@ul.W a d .
l l ~ mrha

(kmur

8
t
k bs& &all bnng
c s l Y I w at St .lobn, ~ t aw d l ul Lb ~ r r t l ~ l m -oi
y
a b w u r utEo Ihe New J s m
~ W Lb v. a beau " wkxd Iwr)rn," k% roue tw A.
mb." d " m m d w o n t u p r b I d uf h"--$lourcl:
i
end r h t few MI m y m m u r v u d s d a ~
7

"

or^ rd

I:
:

, ,{

powerful,.a nimpletnoing af tb'

euy wbeodiWou!tier h r e md,would,

in mamy .LUII,hW0 d ~ e h
d apparsnt my&ry,
Ia qmmmntr W e t k ; l ma
htliog under Lba.osooorld In&.
ArcWmooo b M [ j u d g e d aa tbeir p i i o n , who,
with r r b mipit.sep s.d with se&ruipltia visrr,
e o w npon,r crabjaa of suoh drep -mh:
I
will, bowmar, sbslca cnydlf under 911ar ahhld

..

tbcm,ir r Cnrb(orrnuturiouatohrdLBliinl: h u t 9 k
ba*.riffiu. not M, mcvh f m m l l l r n s ~ m d t h r u reonlanu, as f m n ~r Wept of utlan#ioo,bd u da6&0cy
of lbe labour mquisitctu aoguim s.knanlad+
tba r s c d xy~nboln. 'l'he.mur&t&bq and..-1
publicrrlions of d m . d ~ yhare uccupiat th.bia.3
hour, a d the m i d . tl~us.v&&
h~ h e mu&red ineapblu at' y u n u i w L*r ubjmru-ultially u e m r y lu b%a l r r i d . T&crwar& ,sIw
h a w c u d trw giraL a allare of ,tbs&ti.rr
;
mbilat rbs euroul Iluse uC Lbs.(;lrrld~me,&auld
have btron rha rupromv' sulrjm\ of w ~ a W , n .
Nod rba min~imend.Boum*&.hta.ompbytd

m i r n m o r d dasth~~y
a d .a W m f d . & e ~ . SUEIN
gamed l p r a u ~ a0 8 t(M m& i w ~ w n p
bin&
could not hnve axisled.
Air-h for snetay y & , L b n n baa &li+

PEgFACE.

many y a m u n a l l e d ; and, h.d 1 fdlowed the

w w l n d sensibb sod sas+
friends, ahould

&we aura fuHy d i w M rbem at an earlier pe=

dud. The wboh rendsnoy of r b e x p i t i o n now
rubil&d, is, in i t s -0ial
park, pwfearlg difh u n t fton th.r of 'any b m e r m u n o t a t o r ; a d
pretending b any otbar skill thPn what
h u bean acquired fmm a earcful perusal of the
best worts on the sabject, and fonniog my own
opon a diligsnt eompnriacn with Scripturn ;
p t ~ b l i a b e d as
, I axlaivr;i t to be. on the sacred
canon, Ifeel mntldent that tha inFrpremtion ir as
troe BB tba @pinionse x p m e d are differant from
tbaa pnemlly received. I n penning my obeweb,
Ibaretaidasiddalmos! every work i n which
Iformerly delighted, excepting> d r e n o e to them
aa mcaaion r e q l r i d . Hnd i t been deninble
bare e r p d a h a I ooocaive to be armneour.
or to h u e mrda
fmm them, to ahow their
m v m l di.~gwmentn,tbia work might have h e n
.greatly aalsrgcd; but the m & r would not have
been pru6le.l. If I base fail& in prebenting any
tbmg on this gaent a d intereating aubjmt worthy
0b.tbk3tio~, 1 #ball die content to bear the Ims;
rhs mrad pls~nurenurived i n thia panuit being
m amp* cornpenastion for any labour batowed :
on Ibs other hand, my conviction ir strung, that
them M much W esaourage the Chriutian mind,
a d , above all, the benrt of the afflicUd Jew ; and if
rhese obtain wnwlstion, ta God be all the glory.

IXlI

It may he further ulnawed, rhat althoual~mu*t

of the expmiriona are " new." and the wholo marter original, except i n mme quobtio~~s
lmln Elom,
to irnprerson the n!ind of the d s r tbedrmdfulda
voat&ionsrornroitceJ. by rhat la.~t~rauuicsll
lmwer.
the 'l'urkiah, wlllch ir to be deatm>yd. and which
i s dntined ere long (o drink to the vary drfga the
cop of :wrath yet i L i s by no roans dtwired that
such circumatnncra bhould ba\e tbn alighted influence on the n1111dof the render. Llet the h . f p

tLpreeented ta l ~ i vatle~~tion
br aittPll by the
most critical ncunben, and deckled by Scripburr
w t i n r n ~ ~ mud,
y.
i f found b Im wrntiuv, let thela
t~ mjecred.
I n m mucb diacuasion, i t i s not irnprnbnblo tlmt
there may bt! mme cause for censum; and a p o l w
may bt: due ta the public i n thin a(;.?of ~ntebligencq
for poa*ibly a deficiency in atyk, m i t mrtpeou
the phras;eulogy ut' mnny of its l w t * :
i a-oulcl,
however, deprecnk !he wrnll of &a m d e r and
of the critic, n ~ u lexcite their attantion UI the
~ n n r ~ n ~Aqvilu
.
non cnpit mwcas."
Of the or,grecl#teru of the geurnd prirriplw of

inlerpntuLlon, s u p p r h l iu h e y am, or st Icmt

aa they nppenr to m e to be, by numemau ohn,nu
logical p e r i d , ell bearing tn &heir reqwtiwcr

p i n u . atrd ~nurunllyconfiro~ingaucl illustratin~

each nther, I canrwt permit 1nyw1F to cluubL I T
rofrliru~new" wuld L*l n c l r u n d on t l l i a ~ m n d
anel inbre.ttng ruhject. cryahle i l l < l r n l irs k t is d

)'

erhrudlng rLe in~olleotmd powen, of ~lk'hi*

arcLaqpg61, t&se velumm should m& b e bsRl
pmentad: to,&i publio I bat eominrsd h a t atb a r n i d in v~ndimtion
, Id m&mit. them rmpcob
folly, Lrr w i U ~perfed confide-,
ta &I andid
aidh
8
l
.nine.
The d
r -Id
&bnbly
have deenled it
EQR aurrpnieml, bad the arnngeroeht u6uall.T
-by other m h h a , blbwul i n the
dwebproent d the mpsltniea of h n i d and of
St. Joba, which is now presentsd to his attention.
It has, boaever, b e w conni&rod mefe expedient
tn fix the prophetical ~wriodsas the tmsa of the
work ; and, when oceasiyn required, to enter -11
the mmiderdliw oE rbe other .pans of prophecp
whioh & k t i h e mbject, PI the rnys!erloma tlrnus
coev m d r r di-uio~.
4u punning a more qvsbmalic plan, cli*putd
p t n t n m k h t Lerebaxt r e ~ ~ d e rmore
al ~ntrlli~ibk;
but rh. chmnobqial pwinis, w111cb arr the olrj&
of inquiry, m o l d not have o+aiot.tl s f a m
w u~g*.
In i t s yrcxnLaW&, the o p r a r i i n a of
rbe writat's miad map be t d ; and. aq.rhis
~ n & of p r s s i f b e r h i n b t h a t a brtler knowkdp
o
m nrysteriwa has been ~ t t n i o s d ,than w o d d
othemihu have k e n aoquired. T o tlloae d e s i ~ w a
eE i~Jimnatidn,the author reoomnetdn pWrwtlp
to lnvrstipta the i n ~ e r r d i npot111a
~
in tha dnbr
wtbr.

I k ~ u p p l y however,
.
a rreore t~~@WicaI
arrow
~ n e q kawl facilitate Lbe inquirer b cihs p&suit&"
truth, aa weU an to put him in
leading i c t a embraced i a t h e d i o 9 u ~ i o ~it, may
be uselul to slrr(lB,,in a auccinciform, what may be
deemed ra be tbe outline of the Apmdypw ; from
the contidentioa of u,l~ichthe. wtbgr has ari.wn
with (enfold o w v i c t i m , th* tBe propsiliooa
which he has endevoured Lo elucidak are ersentially Lrue.
8CVEN O O L V E N CAN,OCEBTICK6.

the tripartite d k l i o n o f f the 8rs.0

eiy,

which takes p h a t Ib,

b a u h . e 6 Ama@&u,
when ampami w i L the propheoy oC hU&*1.
m,it would appear that the * e p h l k a l
earth, occupied a* it has ~ Iby IIbe foqr tyrannical monarchies, r i l l be again robdivided into
&en p a r t s , &' pmrinab, ahdH-Ume M i n d and
sepasata governmenla. .. THa e v e n .audlmnicks
referring, id tile fin~hUmna,t ' l h t a sereh prcc o ~ u l e dr i h of Ais, a ~ ~ e r o d"loymy~0c$r:"
are detkarad b r e l a +e the things wbieh &dl
bs hmafbr ;"a d am deetaed to be s p h l i c a l af
tb- sree Bitirionsof&oni&kal empi&. They
cxhiMd the spiritmi c o n d k f &e kingdoma
& h g the reign of tbe tyrannical sovemgntid';
h d wM& ere, in he labc days, to compdse the
f M h mommby, or kingdem d tho asih*. udder
t& pverfinent of the
ChIld.born and the Solr

~
in t l l t ~~ I I I ( ~ ~ O I I I ~
Civm." 'I'lle ~ w o l l , i wIUIUIC
to ohair fi~rams w v of blanertlrbc~i Q O & ~
the crtunplrent r r i p 01' thv Ildmffler, by the
agency d hie nn&nt p p l r ; and am,
1. Y*
.u:
Wsbkm.
a, Rm?r~r+
- Mdo-Pernla.
3. P e p q o e ,
Mnmbnia.
4. t
i
Heme.
a. Sadin
-- Amyna.
6. L'hiledclphi~
Israel.
7. b d i c a
.Egypt.
Thebe ataten, therefon, are wnnidertxl as drvek~pingthe era? of tb? cl,umh in the p a s t , . r ~ ~ d
as they ate to exist in future eger i each one m p w
motiug &at pnrt of &heearth wbich ie.tsrri(orial
1
surface occupies.
4't.r

+.

T h e first openkg of ILe havemi @

Jokl
which 1 deem ta, be the Jewish heaven, tlra object
of all prophecy, iiomlucer Kiln to a,sceoe i n
which be finds the Lord of lhe w b l s 9rtb errayed in aymbola of jdmwt: rld, in @ e . I u t ~
yart of tho ueme vkiou, be u h r q e o t b . . , b m b
standing i n the zni&t,pf 1Re rhmne o f s r i w p 4 ihe
whole k t of heaven. and l
h
b l ~ o d ,bowing M o r e binl. q n d p G a g hie =we.
Tbundem. ligkningh +ud voiceq, ,tBa
oftb

I
1
I

i
i

vialun to be t l ~ neubon
r
of rbe lhivga whicla shall
Iw Iiureafbr," or .' u&mg these" &urcbai. ' I ' l ~ l s
scene corrmpundn will1 ttie judgturat of ljaniel'~
yrupllecy or1 t t ~
Ron~anb a t .
&'

B E V L N SEALS.

St. John t b r r t obarrtea a reuled h o k . containlug, nu ~t w ~ l lappear, r l ~ ehidmy of the claurcl

on earth dnrrng the rcngn of t h e y r q m i c a l morlarchieu , coal~prehendingthe wbole of tile m y s
erioua dispensation, from the l i n t abanrjaarnent
by Go11 of his ancient people, io tile moment of
their final and everlasting triu~npb. l b e aynibolic characters: of the b u r horse8 nad ridem,
wbich go fortfa an the opening uf tbe M four
seals, compared w i t l ~tbolre of &$fih b e e and
the n'der,who iti rha Son ou GOD,and
forth
to a r ~ ~ b l i shis
b ompire, determine their h i d ~ r yLu
be ~epre~enlative
of
I. 'I'he Babylonian tyranny.
2. The Mdc-Persian tyranny.
3. The rMzcedQnion tyranny.
4. The Hoerpr~yraaoy.
Tb & A U ~ IWJW hw hva riders, wbmB are
eonsklcdcdlo d . ~ *
DBAT~.-The Papal apostasy.

WL.-?'bei b l s b m d
5.

The ciple &aku.+ta

the L
W ywm.
C
1

%
.

IIRE~ACF.

1111v

r;~noies
-is

b tlrc

l ' l r e two n e x l trurnlwtri relate to t h r subversion

l i i t h m i g h l g horneman, w h o

o f tlle liasterrl Empire, a n d

nl' the nv~,rlcl.

s i n t h arid ,,rhtt-lrt.
and

cllemy

', Llr!l,"

under the reign

of

6th

the

n i l o overconles the last

(;OK

se,e,l

in

;,re

its

and Megog ;

its desolatino b y tire l m t l l e o f

braorlhes, a n d decide ILI rol;rl

,imc rour

,,

Lr,,rrll,,~tA

arrd

Fl:IIN

l a t ' l ' r u ~ n p e t , - - Inraarotr

2ct --

nd

I!%

\bestern

sot~vrrsion.
re,ata

--

ofOdoncer, t h e ( h t b i c
b y I k l i m r i o s , the lC&tern

l i v i n g God, that

by the
dis-

limr," o r the mysterious

p"~$ation,

" s l r a l l be

is p l a n t e d

011

n o longer."

the sea.

llin

H i s r i d 1 1 foot

on the

earth,

de-

is attended b y 3evrtl t l ~ u n d e r s , a c c n n l p l ~ i e db y
voices. h l e n t i o n is made of tlre heren voices

io othpr pnrta o f t h c A p o c a l y p s r : a n d w11at they

revealed.

uttered ~ w n to
a I ~ a vh
r e n oftemanls

- S u b i c ~ n ~ ohov Odoacer.

Iuly,

k i n g of

VISION

'I'Ilc great allgel desct:nds, a u d bwears

sera,,

by Alanc.
A

>EVEN

VOICES.

1. S o l i n ~ g o tf l ~ e144,000 o f t l l r t r i b r s o f Israel.

2. A l l g e l pnoclainring the everlasting (;osld,

4 t h T r u r n ) ~ ( . - A l r o l ~ l i o ~or f lhc Senate, prrd re-

due ti or^

o f tlrs a n c i r ~ ~i mt p e r i a l city, s u b

o n l i r ~ a t elu

~IIV
1,:xarclr o f Ilavenna.

'

C o g and

l l ~ t i l l tah a t tire sublrtnnce o f 'lie ro'e~nn'w'b a~~~

1mtB the East a n d the H e a t . 'This declaration

EMPIItE.

------Overthru*

the whole

Slagoh., and Hrr second j u d g ~ r ~ e l t t .

t r u r ~ s p e t synchrunisra w i t h t h e s e v e ~ ~ t l l

I'ltf:I'Al<Al'0lt\'

:I/

l ~t lfr r r m p i r e , a n 0 c a l l t t l r r o f t l l r c i t y o r Rome.
HEY

1
'I'his

,,uc~gmpllb on the

!:;ustern

subverting

o f rtie r y m n r t i c s l b y s t e ~ ~a~n,d conrpleting

'TRl.MPYIY.

tru,ll,,rt,

l l o ~ n a n Ilnlpin,,

- - - T h r T u r k i b h dominion, closing

711t, 'The great t r u m p t .

r i r l t r l l i c h the dr.crilrtior~ o f the serenth

rwl cln*s, h,v s ~ y ~ n b u l imcr t h q u a k e .
I ' h r a o r e r l t l ~arsl sy~~cl~rooi,t,a
wit11 the r e v r l r t i l

BBIEY

- --7

w i t h t h e battle o f Armageddon.

i n e secot~clb a t t l e s v i r l ~t l ~ r

I l o h n n ~ ~ o e d aIborsrrr,
n
or

,,,he

desaribr.

*' A I ~ c : 01' k i n g s a n d IX,HD o f lord$."

7 , 'Khe reat, o r l,c.ace or the u r ~ i v e n achurch,

l

,,,lII.

XXXV

I'BEPICL.

ti T h e ~ l r h l r u c t i o ,,i
~ r t l ~ cHonran a n d Papal l y -

b y k%iblcand M i r s i o n u r g Societies.

3. l k a o l n t i o n o f D a b v l o ~ ~ .
4. ( ' a l l t o t l ~ rJ c ~ a .
c '2

2. OII I i u r o p , or the Sea of Nuiona.

: I . 01)LIB@
armies of E u m p nnd Asia.

(;nllter~n[( ul'lhr . I c w ~ .
('t.~nnmndk, ~ ~ , <but
u r the Vials.
7. 'i'reudlll~of t h kb111n11H 1116pr21

5.
ti.

4, O n lbe l o ~ p r i a CLieC
l
a n d K i n k (pmhblg inu t i p t i n g their aaeent ageinat the w i t n e w ) .

L E V B ~I I I I ' N U P . ~ ~ ~

llm Auntriai~ (erritanen; or, pos*blg,

thruuyl~out the whola of rha Wentern Empin,'aa tba E a t of t h s b b .
8. O n the l'urkloh Empire.
7. O n all the oaemiem of the I ~ m in
b the E M ,
a n d i t , the Went.

5. 0 1 1

aavrli n;im, I , ~ r l Lllu,r L l z t l&ne

roar
1 s t ' tbc? augrl, rr lticll al1akt.h liar I k t , w h i c l ~is contirtlt,n,cl to b,! tlit! c o ~ r i l , i ~ ~war
r t l of Ituaain and
I)rillote

.Au.tria, w i t h ' l ' u r k s ~ .

'l'k sevell

W a r s are ~oollc.rietiwilh the sllakinK

tkte H.rstaul Iloopsn Llnlrirc? Lty tlte French
~ ~ e ~ o l u i i oTtle
t ~ . tert~~i~vdtion
,)I' t!ilc11 s o ~ l ~ d ~ l l g
IS ~ ~ ~ a r l tby
m iat* iutervnl o i ailcl~ce, or n dirti~lct
1rr;lty of peace.

!f

1. \Var wit11 Austria,-Pence

2.

3.
4.

5.
0.

7.

01'('arnp-Formio.
.4uslria,--Peace of 1.uneviOe.
12ngland, or Ha~rover,-Peace of
Atnienu.
Austria,--1'eace of Presburgb.
prussia,--Pace of 'l'ilsit
Austria,-Peace of Vienna.
Rumin, a n d nil t l ~ eFonem,-Pesce
of Paris.

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SEVEN

VIALBT

(or, probably, senen Lighinings,) are poured old,

1, O n tbc Enstern Empire a n d t h e pdhsrenta of

tbe *ester0 Beast, (poeoibly &us plagued

bp the cnptam of I d r u d s m . d t h e Rise
of 1J1e new Jewish Kingdom).

1
r

.l'~re r1ns.F J U ~ O Mqnehronisre

~ ~ T
with tbe
bablleofAro~ngeddonand with thedemlationoflbe
I i o t ~ ~ abemt
n of Ikniel ; c a m m e e m n t tba bottle
of Armageddon, a n d reaches lo lbe close of that
pmphel's 1 % years
~
; a n d is ~LI be considered as
the Judgment of tbe Weorern Empire only.
THEsaaono J u o o ~ e ,syncbronieea
n ~
with tbe
war of' Gog a n d Magog, a t tbe c l w of t b e 12W
years, and extends to Ibe claw o f the 1335 yesm
of Daniel. Thia is attcnded by the general j u d p
ment, by the ~ s u r r e c r i o nof all the dead, by the
descent of Chriat horn b q v e n , by Lhe mhbllhm n t of hi. kingdom in r i g h ~ u m m and
~ , by tbe
eternal exdtation of the kiegdom of l a d , o j m
b o l a by tbe New Jerumlcrn, or Bride of &I

Lamb.

L M B t : W J I W I SALEM.

Viadon o f t l i e Firal Beorl.

T h u qrerrl id holy Cit.y, the . V m J ~ r u s u i e m ,

is b y t n h l i c r l i n ih clrscent o i the rise o f the kill%t l o ~ e , a n d i n ~ t s~ I IgIl o r y IJC the e s t a b l i a l ~ n ~ c n t
o i ' t h e U@~>IW( t i Israel, under t h e i m n ~ e d i a t xl)r<+
t c c t . ~ o n04' heaben

. ;tnrl

th

tI,e ~ y ~ n h l i trride
c ~ l

of

t I l f ~ , ~ A tonr t 111~1
~ ~ hnine rlnpbrr u n d e r ('l~rimt t h a r
h i n g ant1 p r i v ~ t , I t s , v a c I ~ r u ~ ~ w
i ai ct h~ t l t r Tall

uf

brde lterlt rrvltle

I ~ r r h ~ ~ I l j c a dsncl
y , " r i w t i i n g l o r y f r o m Iht: t i n l e c ~ f
IIIVl ~ a l t l a *,)I' :\rtr~i~gedcIut~,
to t h e .secgnd ,judg,rwnl, nlurrt 1I1v " r l e w ~ ~ - ~ V I ~nn(1
I I
III~\I.rrrS11" are

t l ~ I'apal
t

harlot ; lor s l ~ r nthe "

i.rt;&te<l, or HI~~?II
Lltr lilt11 univerhnl

t '11r1hIor
IIIIIII:I~I.~IIP~.

I I lbr:tt.l,
~

VIIIOIW

OC

w i ~ i r h~tl~erstdcvi
t~
1111.t>r;~nnit-al

I * eklabli%ht.cl III till1 R I ~ ) r ~ .

T l ~ i sbeast occnpiew t h e aeat o f the clragon, a n d

refer. t o the d o m i n i o n o f the M'estem empemr.
a h r the i n u n d a t i o n o f the G o t h i c hordra ; a ~ n in
l

by his .' r i s i u ~o u t o f t h e sea." Ite

or impriak dynasties, ill like
manner w i t h t h e d r a g o n , . k i ~ ~ gill fact hia repr*
agmhlianl

rrrct.9 h i s \ever1 heads,

aa.ntalite

i n t.he W c e t ~ r nl e r r i b r ~
; rises o u t o f

tile Hea of r~ations. or i n l ~ l a c l a t i o to~f the G o t h i c

tribes ; rulm

by tha d c l e g a d power o f the dragon.

r n c l r,ifluslly occupiea h i s \ V a t e r n lilrone; nyn-

rhrnniws w i t h the p ~ r i o dof the n p h t e w o m a n ;

a l t d i s considered i n abeyance d u r i n g the she*
liver1 hend, w h i c h erccts a new state o f empirp,
as depictmi i r t the

l'wn-horned Beast.
' I his Ileaat r c l ) r r w t ~ W Imperiai Frnnce. or 1110
confedcraicd (Aernhnn empire under thc Nalwlmsic
d r n n s t y ; erecb a l l

ilnpgc o f

the r n c i r n t empire, i n
'

l i k e m e r t l w r ita the t y n n n i c a l kingdom..

rmc(rrl

n ~ y t n h > l i c ; u l image of' t h e Jawish k i n g d o m , o r i g i n n l l p d m t i n e d b y P n ~ v i d e n w tu v v e r n thr

w o r l d ; a a d is t h e i n e t r l ~ n ~ e n ti .n the h a n d of P m
vidcncr, o f i n f l i c t i n g the er.rrtl thunders o r judg-

m n b o n t h e nutlonu.

Scnrlel-colnuredBeant.
,l.llr -me

as the t i n t

beam5

h u t rxhibitecl w i t h

lllhridellthe s p r e t e w o m a n o f t h e w i l d r r m , or
B

whore
~ o f 0abylo11.
~
I
in
~

hia ~a n t a p n n l r i m s l e

FA$,,

VlJlON OF THB BBVBS W L U H N

CANDLEBTICKII

............ #ti,
&?so tkd1.r~ <'mmdlallc*. . . . . . . . .. r ...........-........ ern
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d ......... *%
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M d r i ........... 4ya
mu*

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of 11. Halaser c',lu*lard

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EVEN-TIDE.

AmIYR-L.. . . . . . . . . . E))
.......... -*I- %#,,. . . . . . . . . . . p(i)

.......... I'hhw

-,a.

Hum.

............... R U
........ w

C u n c l 4 q ( b d s r w m the B n r . ehurcba
3phk.l M u * d tbc U r n ( h m t o r ol rbr Chumha

TIlP LAhiB'J BIIIDE; OR, RENOVATED KINGDOM OF

I S M L
Inuoduny
.. y*
B,~bulisrlrir~dlh~'h~d%~l~*
JIJ
~ p Q c c l e r ~ ~ ~ t A s J l r l P i W a i u ~ s a i r dl7
d
~ ~ x ~ pauh
m d
d at. J a b
*I
BuUd', T u ~ p l rc o u d c n d
pg
Symbolid De&lipiuo
of Iba " O e w d Holy Cig". 331

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FRl% PhRAPHRABB d 87 JOAN, I& d I@ .~plboLd

lyes, and upkind-Inpm Ibr h g p n b u r . dlotruosd
l o e m p r r e e 8 q u ~:
283

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TBIB
pophetic

ClasbsOLuersariuor..

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.......................... 616

01 the Rneh!iom 01 st. John..

N~ontbeRnphrua(Inoe3)

p n ~ I s have Biren rise to m y able and

volutninuus disaertaliunr. F e w of the l e a d d l e n who
hare treated on h e subject, but have d e , a8 the wlebraced Sir 1Newton aharrves, some valuable dineo.cries.
The
of their ~ReUentaritinga hsa afforded to my o m mind the higheat artiafaction, am manifesting, hy th& i l l u ~ t i o n the
~ , risible Liplag of the
hmul of I'rovidence in the *tf& of men. T h e grand
event. of rtbc world hsving occtimd sewrding lo the predictions uf ancient b e , have proved heyond a doubt the
divine agency of Him who inspired the prophela. " Therc
tw, however, been so long a euaprnaiun of the viaible inrerpaitions of Providence," observes Mr. Fakr, '" a u .
pension oererthekesa foretold by I d , thnt we .re apt,
en the present day, to feel n s o n of hesitation in .adni;tting
t l u t they will ever be renewed. T h e Jews prrpetunll)
require4 a sign of the h r d a t she p e r i d af hi. Arsl advent : we, on the contmty, can.scarcely bring ourselves LO
interpret Litedg even the most express preclictions r o b
live to his ~ i r a c u l o u aand personal rnarufealation, s t the
jwrio~lof hm w ~ o n dadvent."
5

,, m
-i

T ~ d a Iluadved
c
and Strly I'mrr of the

T h e uptwity and desolation oC the Jews, sinre the

death of Christ, l a v e ever formed, in the eyes of men,.
stnking and perpetual mark of the juat displeasure of
Almighly God. Tbeir dispersion and bondage have no;
neuly filled up the era of those wrathful andl myseriow
times .poke" of by 1)sniel and the Evangelists. It wrs predieled by the Saviour, the1 " J e d e m rhould be trwldcn
dour) by the Gentilea, rill the times of the Gentilea be
CuMlld." O f the m e 'period, afrer the treadirlg under
foot of the sanctuary and the Itoat, doer Daniel declare,
,' T h e n shall the aoncruary
clesnwd." Their deliverance, therefore, will be that grand epoch which i. to usher
in the second glorious advent of the hlersiah, wlien 116
will again appear, not as an offering for sin, but to their
salvntion. T h e n will the Son of m a n be =en, ua he war
on his departure from earth, but conling at t l ~ a ttime in a
cluod, with power and great glory.
T h e principal cammentalors, however, of the Weskrn
Empire, galled with the ~ o k eof p o p r y , and but newly
emancipated from her bondage at the time of the R e f o m tion, ss well as others who have eonternplated s t a distance her e m m o w s~lprstitionsand degrading slaver),
treading fsithiui!y in the tracks of their predeee:.sors,
have assumed it as n fact, tlrat the propbets 1)aniul slad
St. .John had no othar enemy of t l ~ cSaviour in r i e r , in
t1,we infinitely important outlinea s h ~ r the)
l ~ Im\e +en
o u in !he prophetic pages, than tltr pal,nl. I t w a ~reserved
k, this latter age, and to an eminent clbeypiun of the inspired recorda, to point out the hrolulnnd illuminated lines
d t i c h diatinguirh papery from thst more I~orribleabominatiun, the imp08ture of Mohornmc,l. Deeply as the truly
Chriatisn mind will sympnthise in tile indignitiea poured
on the Saviour by a church wllich declare* irself " infallible," sntl *.hove chief patfinute sineth " ao God in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he 1s Ci<d." Yet
will not the true belicvcr craw to remernher thst the
church of Clirist once existed, in all ih. purity nud splendour, where W ,and for ages p s t , t l ~ cArabian impostor

',@ and hia bhd-thirsty auceeabors have "trampled under

7:

of God; hnve counted the blood of the coven m t an unholy thing. and have done dmpite to the Spirit
of w e : " where even now a Christian and a dog are
splonymaus terra; spd where Chrisfkm and Jews, once
rbe mole pseesaora oT the lioly h d , are only "permitred," as the Fi-un
erprewes it, " l a war &r h e a l
fm lAnr yew,'' by the w e n t of n cnpitation-tsx.
T h a t ralaable and eminent writer. Mr. Fnber. I
w
proved ro s demonetration. that the seventh chapter of
Daniel prophetically records the hiarory of the restern
beaet and pap$ Lirtle horn, M the eighth chapter erclu4 sivelr conrains that of the Mohammedan h w a t u r e . But.
by
singdur fatality, although the interpreting angel.
before he detailed
the evenu reoorded m the eleventh and
-~
twaltlh cltsptua, expressly declared to Daniel thnt he was
sent to make him understand wlratphould befall I& people,
the Jews, in the Letter days; this able commentator loses
sight of rhe obvious application of the revelation wade in
those chaplers to that despised and persecuted pmple,
and makre 9 their leuding pmticulera iUwuntive of the
'
weatmi Antichrist, and it8 late a t h e i s t i d monarchy; end,
consequently, ndjudgea the termination of the principal
proplletic periods of the twelfih chspter to the extinction
of the Antichristim bondage, in which the Wenurn Empire has been f i ~ rso many agea held. I t seem incredible
, that sueh rrrelations were intended to set forth the recorda
ofany other
thnn the Jews, except as other nations
? became the i n s m k e n t a of that indigmatiun, which it r m determined by Heaven should be p o u n d on the desolate, far
of cutting of, and rejection of the hlessish,
27. T h e profeswrs of Christianity, as well ss the
J e r s , hare been for ages depressed and overthat wide-spreading Mohammedan ahominn.?, tian. T h e possepaion of the Holy Land, still p r o m i d to
:, the seed of Abraltam, thougl, expelled from it for their
sitla,
beeq maintained by violence, and the hlohun~ n r d e ninqravture p r o p ~ g a t dhy lire and sword tl~roughout
foot the Son

1. a

.,I'

4
3

?4

laen e n , olrab on sl cordd.er.cianof the burllor Qq .ad

M q o s , that it i u to baa d u d decay, or wmumptioe
of dominiolt. dueh, 4.0, sesm to be, though mom mpid

TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND

TWENTY YEARS. OR DURAWQN OF
THE FOUR TYRANNICAL EMPIKES.

in -auteurion. .nad mnrkd b y

Divioa in~rpaitien.IIX mua qt
T h t it b m evonrful time, -1

atundd by m m d ' i
tingddiog m
u
,rill. f doubt not, be nud.-if&.
.

B.C. ~ 1 B I 1d,D.
*
.. --

--

..- ---rC

W l ' n orher

<

A ~ r a m a-y~ ~ r g s
~ ~ p m p h c t i w J
.ga; )at,
h u t to o&

mm

P P ~ .

have b a n

d
o of
which 1
remarhe, g
beuaod u p n bg UIJ

rrner e m u tha whjset, on

hr

Thaa rims of h e k.t j-n~vhsrr

the Petgo cb

L i a b O t h s t w J l p t h . d ' ~ ~ I b e ~
h w h d and fin.'+ tbiny drys," dl.1 % A p,

-%

.Af

ths
to j

b b . that

ju+t

,=la+

B N O y with

aLhr&mB(tbPbr

T h t d ofyerra,m"rpa.tiroq"iato bctMsdin
the vimiau of Nshrchsdnc9nr. the rbe
who
W m n n W over (Ise Perkb c h d rrrd pccph, Md in tb
h b t o r y d b L . u e c ~ ~ o nDu&l,intheim+erprstrtionof
the vimioo of the rymbolic inueo. nddrraea Ncbrrebd'rrrrurbul. "Thou urlhLhad ofgold." P t q *
, t h m i o a , tha( rhe t + i
e q p k m d v e then o ~ m m e w s i N e b u c h d m m r , hub
klt&.g
hia ~ucetlromin clie Bsbylonie d y q , WM a67*d. Ibe
80% bead of the i-e
; asd. B m4e it for w r e d , that
no rrPder requires it ta & pmvd that the image iuelf symb o l i the whuk of the tyaannkd m o n u c h i . I t r.a in
the yesr 606,that the de~rnMrnMon
or fin1 captivity of the
k w b h d o n took ~lnce.and in 606 A.C. thet Nehuchsdoe.aa~ kended ihe throne of Babylon, on the dm&
of his father or meadfither. N o mcrtd. unitmired b v s
8pMt of pyp$,
was ever u, hiihly & u a d df h i e n
r i t h an inslght lnto fu@rig i norm ever .o &ted
by
l
d
l the Divine % i , in h b pu&hthe ~ i g n a htefFerenee
ment ; rind none mer mkmWge4, in,probably more
. i n m e and d e c l i n g a e , the sovereian authority of
the .upreme Disposer o f ~ v e ~ utrh,m ~ e b ~ h s d n e z u u . ~
I t i. impomibk ta imam* but that the' interpretstion
of the fir; riaion, givm Ly Daniel ta ~ e b u c l h n e u a r ,
muat have left s deep and indelible impreamion on the
mind of 'he monnrch, d e constant aelue of the overd i n g providence of God; yet' r u h e (whether l i i H a
z k i i , moouentarily, or not. does not nppar) W vp in
pride,--of all evils, that-which cling. c h a t to n fdlen
and mined cramre. 8uppochg ruch a laan to have been
perpetwly revolving in thought the deetinies of that pmpire over which he rulrd, md with the. f e o k of n pareni
torarda a son, the & of' wbbse kingdom had, however,
been inhrpreted ta him by sn tvpired messenger; hit
improllable that the event foretold wan then the eubject
of hir midt~ightdreamm? or, that it r h d d become the
h ~ i of
s some further revelation? Pharaoh'. dream* were
doubled unto him, k t eo(ahlish the c&rt&ly of.the rerda:

,h;
.ndtbar&ynenwintheca~d
.Idfmro thaw m y it

b4.mdupiringtm
im@,.od

tbae

Drnpira

which

&h~.umuo~ing,hoisnr,~k-kdm,whobLbm~

*gitisl.re &vem&of tbs +ow;

'

--of

..

..

'

'

tps

the
earth being them c a n w a d " #hithe h f d IIwh n*14 tr
,&@doaq/.-od~~wlAid&dau~kPiU"
e w y i d e d the viaion ofthe "mmn
Thii, therdore,
k,"
or prid of the grand d&oy.of Lbo four d.=d
morur+hla. It L of impto awidu @t C O ~ S N C - '
ricn of
hesaicm, a. tending, equally with that 0f tb .@bolic image, to o m point; to&+
M th.L ridon drith
m k n r
c-tll
$ n i b h&nito t b abicb '
c*
the prophetic bbrory of tho
" a d fbreow - A i d dllOIe #As *logs
mkn#- o.d~5usdrb &Ac&7s4rt4"DM. ai. 80.
%pecting b e trpicai *turn of the u c d ~ t u d o n *
both- h e y c o t l i p m p n o l e d r h i it m y b o b r e ,
hy rlhieh
t b 4 they shador f&o;rlr tho16 eve& 8pd
~ CU~T
Ood, in hia inflnitomere~ judgment, d d g to
on hi. work, tin the whole world bs'auhmitted to &.
and till it be rn~toredto ita o r i g l r l a h a , shen, a. rt &L
he,pqnounced all which he h d made " verygood." 'hh
I &nceivc to be the predieled " rime of b"
r?sti@tim of
all thlngr;" and k t the' ptopheey cf Daniel will bheri
lrve h
e
n fulfilled,-sh shall
fmm the tpCd of the
e a n h ; and tlien rlll " !hm whole earth." M p - 4
by
IeaiaL. " be
with rha dory of ths Lod." Popa well as t&
i,?minuLw emtion, am t y p S t h v h o u t
the YaeqJI &rippurr@;nor
I conceive a more flt lubjeer 10 reprewnt the pocen(otes of cha e h , rhm ir b!
b huird in the hisrory ad p m n of N e h c l u d n a
even ot him "110 Brat aet up the t y W i I i 0 . ~imnge,
nk t h h prewn6 t h e , continua to lord it olcr Lho

rlx

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*'

w 5w&m

Wihoub derogating from the dignity of sorsr~ignr,or

of the p a t of honour which they are pnnittsd, doubtless
r eiae puqwsea, to occupy in the wlteme of Divine gont,
, 1 would enly erprear my wish, that the m l e n of
the honm aem sll auch as Nebuchadneszar k a m e at
h e close of life, and thut, iaught by the same ridom, they
e n t e r b i d h e ume hope of sharing irnmort.4 hanoun.
His LP.1bequest to the world i m to me a sufflcient pmof that
he attained at 1-6 to the posae@rianof true knowledge, a d
wan .ooeptsd of Qd:but, in hi Rrat efforts to t m p l e
under foot m d aubjset tilo church end people of the living
@ud,ha exemdified. undaubkdlv, that t v ~ n i c avrincble
l
vMch baa b&n plrdaolimnt inall 4 L q u e n t &en; be
liEa aod hppineas of mm reiphbg not sgrais in the a&
ofaauku ambition and worldly-minded w n d l e m e n t .
N e b u c h d n r s u a m a type, ps apP& to nr, of rhe
kiw of tbs trmnnical earth. and hb k h d o m of the t h m
mu&sr+e
&ommr which' wem to &ai uw which.
horensr, rbe Son of msn h~ d e w to by the Lunihtion
cw of t h e , to uubliah hi.
MY
w.s bqund mnd nRBkMd,
fort
ml ro rlle p c s y i q a of &rind e m p i , dyrine " uvm ti~,'' &at w, as h i e l in
eAbelrln*nsla
it, he 8buld bs prnLbed and dqflived of

t.,

'

fl,he

l8d

Fo*r T v o k o d Fapire..

the last. They & r e r e to be bound. and afflicp, dU they

at; rduc& ro h a t congenial miate .d&d which rill
induce them ro acknowledge t4e o v e d i w
of

God..and till they become submianive to rht: Divine d .

H.d the "mree timesN been designed exclu8irely M
a
uF p e ~ n s lend private judgment upon Nebuchdnssser fcr Ma pride, then ia it probable thsp the y e m
or m e t i o n would have been symbolically expsesed M P
pebod of seven day* for .even yem, ~greeably to che
w&l language of nymbob, and the conltmt pr&
of
.
the sac.&
historian; b u ~
ep it i. wid that during hi.
.&lion
hi hairs grew ss eaglee' fenttten, and his d
M bird.' chw,'' the decorurn of the symbol would neosr&ly require a longer period of natural for p r o p h e w
time for such m ,end to be dbtdained. But the7 I r i T
I' wven &ma,"
and, therefore, nmki be crken in (he m e
symbolical una, as other propbetkd period* aod M tb0
" time, times, m d r half;" and, if thL opinbn ba corn, .
than murt the b y of Nehchadnesmr b caLcn h ib
typicd Lnrporr. The " mreo timrs" would, therebra, bn
ronddaral u cgmnd reek of yern, w g a p i a d of
h o thousud Bve: hundmd d twenty yew#, mud emW i tbe durdon of the four r)R.~lwl
b m h i e a ;u '
rhe cloaa of which they are to kun,like Nebuehd-,
k
by the " w n ; n d b"
of the h o judgmatn, tM l
bf& H k h 4 6 t h in #ha kiddma of nm,d gicsfh id Co
Ds dU." Comn~encing,tbfdbre, rhe ah-

cbadnsesr, kc. &% wh

I S T w qiOor.ardfivi ~ u d ; e driid T w u y Vmra,

&

Wb.1 & the ridon of NebUchadnez.ar? Dma ir

.erne k~ cay. on the hmtory of Use pmphwy kom tllc .
m o e e m e n t of these t y m u ~ i u lt i m a t their c b a e ?
. I th@k thii
l b p l p r e n The viion $of ', @at
tRe, whbh grer a d waa W n g , 4 it. !wight r c n e l ~ d
unto b w * " or the t k a n h t i n g chi~rchof the living
God; .nd i@ wk,or " sigbt obit, usto tbe en& of all the
ennh." The heaven dm-ib muss be comidered M the
: Jewish L v e n and ennh, the mbject o f prophmy ; fur it is
ce&
the Babyloni~.cmpin ilid not extend i&f
but to a m d p r t of the llkrnl da+; m d dcnotes, t h e m
fore, Ule subversion of Ibat, kingdm which cmatituted
"the lleavcn and earth" ofllis
faroum\ onrl beloved
po+. .'The leaves were I5uTe in61 themof ntuclt,
M4in it wsa mcnt For all f" it had, &onfore, tltp d m b h
of pmaprity, a d h o n w , m d beautj, a@if it ye": b l e d
of beeven, Pnd aa.if b e netiona sere proteelcd, Fed, am1
p v c m e d b y i t " T h e beaata of the Reid," or kink of
the world, " ahadowed under it," or aubntitted to it ; and

or D~mfiom
qflllc Forr

T y r r m d E m p i r e ~ . 1s

leave the w m p of the tree-rook .behind him, eems to

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provide for its nubaiatrnce beyond the event of Bekhauais

T b e eycaboliul "tree" existed in full pmsperity alter @e remsery of Nebuchadmsaq, when his glor).
and honoyr mlumed unto hi; snd it is evident that his
peign only cnnnd be inteoded, for nothing ir mid of tbe
v i v d of the uee &I
being eutdorn. His W o r n h
t eqeforc lo be made aurc unto him,when convinced thnt
" t e !leavens do kle,",orwhen that people, specidly faby God, to whose diiolution the towering d Bony
uee pimd, do rule ; a d a spaciml prooliae is'gisen to,Nebucha neorar, alter the ex iration df the tymnniul lk.
Accordingly we find, from j a i a A , chap.xi, that the kiiogdom
uf Babylon ia m k o n e d a k i q d o m "pc~.#I," +er
Le
times which foUow the nelvemt uf the Son of roM, the
.triple division of the glorious universal kiegdom,.when
"nothing shsll hurt nor destmy in all the holy mountain of
IJIE Lord i..$r it in miJ I k tion shaltept 8 t r a a Like the
ox," ver. 7.
In the deacriptioo of the uni~erealkhgdom, exhibited
in viaion to Ncbuchodneza.~, there is particukr mention
made that the " b~nnches," or provinm of the empire,
fl were to be l o p l r d ' on;" ntxl "the h i t scatted,': the
" tree cut down,"-"
thi. beastaaF the field," or the
doms conquered by the ndhsmh of Dabylan, and the
fourla oFltesvett," ur thc Jewish qation, arc to be m y r e d
lrom it, or get rnrey from under ~tssuthority." but the d u ~ p
# h i . roda to bc Irjl ir Ike enrth? I t is rrrtein that, dun&
itbe mslndy of ?de&lchndnezzur, no such event occurred; bn
'the contrary, it ia attributed to the wisdom of Daniel, t b t ,
during that painful di~pnsetion.the monarchy was p m
w r r d entire. It is evident, therrfore, that the pmpbecg
has reference to lome more i n l ~ & t event, beyond Ihe
life-time ofNebuchadneuar. There eannot k p qumtioh
I think, that it designaten the sphvcrsion of the tlapirr
by the Medcs and .Pcraiapu, which atripped the D.Lmy
of ita fruit and hranehaa, m d cut d m the me; nor can
F the overthrow of a ponrful an11
there be a finer
decease.

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rul.9."

w a s to rurvivtj tllr P)eby!onic d y n ~ k y ,Ihc cmnand to

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Drl-aliou oJlhc I . l u r Pjrnr.wwul I<apirsr. I:)D

~ l w
viriu~tof IIIC~yrnbolici n s ~ r ,atxl o l the l~almytree.

gmeing ir the fl~ld,eneirckd wiqlt bsnda of'bra,,

~d there.is no event i n the lilt.(imc o l Ncbuchrdueszar whi It ngreea in m y rcspect ritlu the Bondn o f
b w a m d imn. %'bee prupl~ctiesltoketts l t n d nc;eriatcnec
nt thntzlmriml o l time, n ~ n drcbr to future uvrnte.
ddnm \r, thouglt ~kscribetlse the " lteocl or
nu( no
hut nr i t respclc~lI l i a L i n ~ . d m , a d t b g b d m m i m c ~ ~ I I ~ ~ ~Y ~~Iu ~ w r s e d e I
by thc M u Ic inn kingdom. I n like mmnncr, tl,yl#h
- he *m ' e a d p e r s u n d l y by judgmunl, ~IIF
.prealictios
of lopping r l ~ obranches and l e l l i t l ~the tree r r l e r l to
lo mm&

md imr

rn'pun wlticlt same <ohsvrvntiur!r Itnva!

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tingdmt Wh&

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end emhami," i n itp mad; iq 1817.
A v u b i of~s p h k id, to m j i n d , a k n p d r c i ~ i v e
:tbu,the a v e d pru+b in which they am f w d rek;
P48bB Ol(mlL Brea d imm, u d w b ( P d b ~
Wkd of cha Mmdo&,u*l Roman E m p i R q
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lokens t o , h lormd in e,=h o r b 6 phrrio. Tken.is,
r .
q p.rriwLr apbd%iieh
i m common to

s$unt+%

*%

1~8iudi n /hew cvernl ec~~a~natticatinm;

lor. DT tlw I r e
Npbuchitlncaeer u n d a ~ ~ l ~ cr ~
l l ~y r r c s c n t his
i ~ ~ kingdrtm,
g
aaul nclt Nrburlnatlw'zsr p~nl,rn~lly, ~lnra.t l t ~ trinptlarlrnrtaitiorr t s k ~~IIICC
in B J ~ ~ ( ~
rlle
)rIr Il P
l ~ cP
rnollsrcll
~
is
not ~ . v u sj,rrvinarly uanwcl, nor Inis I x r m n hilrtral 11: " l e t
Ilia lbr.nr\ 1): vltartyetl Irwln ~ ~ ~ n lortd
i n , 11.1n lnwar'm II(.HI~
Im ~ i v e nIIIIII."C:unn~ctittq tlti. with t11r rim*. o l the

u n i v a y s$~*hien. aa 6l1e r y m h l i c itnnga doea that of.

the h b y l o n b m ~ t u r c h ynnd h e ~ueorwivhtyrsnnicd
i1 the true, in ica lull va~duneand ample
c x p n a , hut the Babylmic rnu~mrcbyI the " alump ul tlar
trre-roots," but the Medo-Ccrsie? snd; "hat tlte barnla of
DRAW aml i n o ~slmn@hetaih~
,
and conRtrpl(( thp original
m t o f empin; hut the Y d n n i a n
llonan mu:
n u ~ h k u which
l
mt ia 60 aubqiat ao barnled, tal ihe ty.
nrmiolcmpircs know that Ls " Most High m b t h in thr
kingdom of Imn. ead givelh it to r l ~ o m w r e rhp riU."
The a v e n t h e n , thenlone, wh* arc to lmas over it, arp
1Ro g n n l prophetic r e & o f j e e p or p r i a l of %52n
y h n , w k n Ihe tymnical t n r b to @ m k d up, unl thc
"goodly &I
of L s b n o n " bs pbrted on r l ~ e" high

lrrcl, drundy m s ~ l r ,

Iu'.avr$ el.." its n*insrctiv~lvilli. I)ttnirJ.8 own "inion nf t h ~

lintr l,ew s, orul r'lgldly~ r l e r ~ d n rfhe
m unity d l h e 1)ivinr:

Hyst b.aat, when i t i o reltl. " A n d n junrim Iwsrt war e v e n

unto him,'.
i t r e m s 11, m ~ m s i t i v r to
l ~ clcnn(r .thmt, ;iu, all
tltr tllrer visiuns, IIIC vpty ~ a m cP Y C ~ ~ IRIP prmlickd.
And il' tlto "wvc.n ti,nre*" I*.~ ~ r n l n ~ l i eanti
a l , refw c the
palnly Inr, n* P ~ n o t i n ythr t#nivcr~nl
enlrirt., then may
dl~ryId w l r i n d vttlo cvloral groprirty to the vision of the !
ryml~~,lic!inw#r, and tile vi.lnu of tltr PBur h~snte, as the
dla.t\l;ar p nl.tl~eirernpirw olwi.
h la slur r r m s r k s l ~ ktlln/, r l w n Nt~b\alfia~lrwz.lsrdr-..
~ r r i l r p~ h jknlgrnmt
c
r , r b e e @ qion him, be marrt. tllsr
bv r m n i l r r v r n ~ i , u n RPI, mnd Qkl mi eras, nr v r r r ; and
Itia Imdy war net rill, llbu ( I c r of Irnvcn, till h i r h e i r .
w c m ~r~x+sn
like ~ , ~ ~ I ef m
- nf h c , ~ , a d bin mila lit= hrriw'
r,bw.." v. 33. Anal It is'" 01 the rnrl d l h c doyr *-tltal he,
iifird
a p Biu eyrs attlr, hnr.cn,, aMl his unrluraladin# rc-.
tt1111~dlmto I&,
mml that he b k m l t h r M a t , Itigh,
rar"i.da rnntl la-rrd
him tbnt livoth l.re r r ; r b m dnmhinn is an rverls.liw
dminion, earl his kit,)(rlm is
rmnt r(enermtion to gvneration.'
The td'rrenrr i r tri-

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dently to t h a kingdarn whieh *ll.dlfbc A d l y esuhlis18ptl;

. and
i t u very . m r k a W c thar l l m same' e l p e w i n n ia

adopted by

N e b \ ~ c h w l m r u r ,who

thus declares l1i3 l t o l r

bfslandiiog i n Lke bat day,^ ir u . d cottecrning I)arric,l,

he shvuWv
i n h i s l o t of (he err( a!/ alcd,a,yr."
*n err l l i v i l l a l i n ol,iriim a. t u tbc. turturr

hut

yzEy

w i t h r l t i c l ~N e h r - l l r d n e s z n r wan nmioc.al.

In
ro-er
v ~ a o nor N c l ~ u c l ~ d n e z r ~tlnc
r r . tymsnictll
image. untluratronnl,lyy dennrtml 1Iw , s n i v v r w l rrnlmirr,
a l l iul ramificntium.; era81 ibc ~ o l d c nirnnuv. wlnirlt h;. ;,Om
wards ML u p p r o h l ~ l yi n r r k r a n w to t h r flr,lgl<.~~I w a r l
or thh iki(c, Ilia okn tyrannical eml!n,,
v11ir.h ' l ~ e,,nn.
e
&\Id
Itis mhjcel? to xt,ilnip as ,tltt< rrnlrlrm! or Ihia
mverci~nty
; II pmrtiec which sl,lnin~vl nl., i n nlli,r-ages.
I n .n similar WIIBC. tnuy ll~r
11(11ly01 NI.I)IICI~~~~IIP.~~~~,
I!,,.
wh& history IwinK~yn~l,<,licaI,
t l w ~ ~ pCPIIIIIICII
l,
vn 0tr11,
cuoniderc~lon!hr t y l w o l ~ ~ ~ ~ i r e ~.~nf,irc,,
rw,l
in, its vilnl r,t sr. i
tun tin^ p r i n c i vle, wlnrs, nm v. 11;. 1I.v r.,nn~nsnd i r ~ O V C , ,
* t o take way
* l m s ~ h l ~ u n r rrurv
t * * Iminur,~~rn~l
tlmt6~l~a.~o*t.~
heart xhnuM h Kivcn birrr. I t is (.virI(.#st i l m t t t r xy~nln,rl
. rnphlly clwm~grn(rum n IWV, xl~ic.luw f ~ n111,. u11l4c.ct~,II,I.U.
I
phccy, tu n I r a ~ l ,nnd i- r l w ~ r l yrt.fi.nzl,lr, l r o t l w f i r v l rll.
9
h e four h a a l r o f I>t~hiel, tu w l ~ i r l t" 11 mwu'a Inrt~n
" va*
. . L o IBgiven n i a ' i u r i r to u m p i d . 'I'hi? wyn~l,<,lqtf "a
mnnb Itcan," we lilrve ~ w v c ! d , Icettrcivt*,tu rc1i.r 113 t l t ~ ,
&*i81rkirvg'm1
k i n ~ d o m , t l w n ~ i w ovvr,
n
nta IIIV
I Y ~ ,
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I aSuo ~.hn&amd bier

Jlu~drc~
awl
f .l'warg(

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Yeurr.

d r n ~ ~ k p i i w IiInIC
vcxn.in I,TIIII? lbc~~amr
~ , T l i ~ Il J, I , ~ .I v . 4,
It* "tllr ~ m l cl'~11l11,
r
u f a r f ~ v r ,r ~ f h r q r r ,en4 rrl'hrrr;' i,tacl
nIno " rtf as,ud, en!I rrf n~y.:." 'l'lnc ~ l c w r i ~ ~ l ~d
a ,tnl ~flrat
<
finrr 1cI1tIn y l ~ n r l ynlh~)lcn111 Ill<.
l i w r ~qo~~tur~.loi#+
I,(. *,!,4,
an11of hilvvr, c
a
u
d pi 'zuw, twd CJi r w ~ . N~l,~tcl~,,~t,,,.~~,,~
curnmr!~~lrd,811lg tlhd gr,laL~~ttna~r, llwt illlll (,r r,.llll..

i,, ,I,?

'r

mhw-r atnl Ibis k~rclx.. l l n d 1 k ~ l ~ l ~~

;~
t ,af r,ti,,:
~d
4 1 s of his ~ m ~ a l t l ! , c . r . Iuo rs?vt.r t:<ndl;l I,n~l:rvj,,rl,.,~
lhe wr4iwa a ~ V l h n i cj l h u t i t is ~ ' d c n ti l ~ a th,:
t
,,rcq,~,,,t
rs* a slr~trgrr10 !!im.
nml I l m i he - w n i tl'u
ill
~ R ( I T ' , IH d m d n ~ , a I e H ~ JI~SWPVV~,
w~~
,,F ill*
a;,*
did'hc slxo ~FIRII~t l ~ edew~ralhtnuf tlta I(pl,k.~ v ~ w ~ . ,
UF the tarnlL,_mJ rlore&m, by thin ~ i l r . ~ l Jbd,
~ i a
lo mntinuu t l w~~ r l r l i r n oh
t rttt!.dnmini~n~
of d m pr,&
of Ixnd, xhoac (Fm, e i eaygvhy war ouw en (Ile

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wy~+b,w~zurhi" tiqiron

y,,,lr or

,I, w#,f,t,

1" ..&<,atl

1:vw 'lbr,d~8nicul i<,dl#drea

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l,,,rali,,e

tl,ir,l

11;;

11u raw, u,,d

, W ~ ~ l , u ~ ~ ~ rI rwt cr ~ ~
~
<a, l,~ n

a,.,

t,f

viei,,n II,,,
, i I
I
i\r
I'.r,+,,i.I
lr,,l,(ll.qil.lJ
,,Is0 ~ L I I!II. ,smr (tns!. Ili*\i*w,n I~I'IIII.
~ l ~ ~ rvlri.~lr
~ J ~ur*l'*ir
i ~ . ~l~~u~r(!tl~-rtnv,t.
Isi:. Lvarr rorti judj:lDb,+mt-,
tji* by~g,~,,,lt,,t r w , n w k ~Iravc, giwga mvmv urr,
I
n
I
t
i
I
:w .
Wv
iOO<\clll, IIII.v i ~ i t ~I m
. ~ ~ );~1111t
~ 0I1 4C
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. ~Ir r ~ ! v ~ ~ (11'
~nli~ry
I)14,riel# r r u l lllx li Iltrv-cull~iu~~rl,il~
I r r , n h ~ q 1I s p(#xl~.rily.
I t ioa,l, Ill,r4.vl.r.
( O 11,. cul~~.t.iv(.li
Ithml, ~ n i l v l&~.iklli(.l
l
w e t will, (It,. I~rill<:l.h ,,I' I ~ ~ ~ l , lliv
y l ~~mlsit*itm*
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tlrnu
,,srlllar p i r l c 1zfwy,ynv4b
tllai tiu. .lea?llpavr ullnnitlrd man. ~ ~ m r ~ b 4l a ! t p mrr grirCtn&Jysuhjrrct--l, ill llu: .%

1, i. .,,.ll bMmtl
&ii,,mllp,

tire b

lrbs

of

hmm&rl

mka, than

i r k suy ~,tlrrr.

,Moti.t.*

/-

'9 il~trr!.at.

, Rare ll&v~llr id"&!

th~,rio, wltetlcrr s r l f i ~ Hor
~ nrA mrp
la crN,jl!ciu~~~,
to l,rl,fcu
I l w i r n l k u b 1s i l l u l'uhistt

h JWik kkadGi end

rr wn, am &arly mpmmRICh by

?i&eekiwt, v*ho worn w detuket dem
rha.
I t L h i g h l y pmM&tha( m& mom diiincl r h
b e o b t a b l sf. d w 811c~asiwt uf empires in ilhn' eadkrn
-4oa J t ' m c J~ e ~r a ~ d mM 8I.w JcwLh A, I
lhpn might )lave e n o u b l n , fmIhu s p W c ;of
&;
mow e s w y u, ie tlw AM y w

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LO 1111.S n r ~ ~ r ~ u i r r l *'l'l6n11
w ~ k , url my bllrrr,"
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sr,,+i?+~t
MI,,,,^, -.~'I,c,u I ~ ? I~V~~IICII
I
1x7"; tI111y
*ill, lr,lR ,a8~,.
asriI,L! ,,r (Iwir ~ l ~ . l i u q l a . n v i nn, ~ t di a llrv
~
l,,l;t
,,r fi,,.ir tr,,tll,b., ,-:tll f i q ~ mIINl.d b r ~ lin d k w wnrci*, .~
MA,;,
wavq:am.'' '!'lGv i~r~,*tirm*:d lay r.hap: it;. 4,
+;l..n ~ r c l , u r g i n # ikm, ar I w l ~ a v r, i b l f~l w i r ahelnr.ih:
,yH.,,~,,nb , , d , ~ ~ w ~I,,
l tlltvu, " Will dr,u no! I n ~ m
thimtimm:
sbyun~o

&l~l.Ui idcob nl w~rxl.a~nl

s h s t m u ? .~~: r k h n ~n&!r
l y tr,
ml ' l b r h b Kmlrimu; th,?&slurlk&hi&

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.Bkni+lhdh~v~&of~furu$fa~,an8

sntl)).rsccnit!

t#nlbnis.

%w
rornarhdrk.rtm: ill the hinbry n l &1*hmwr.

tti
b.n .
pp,-,d M'&*inn
&on. L
ha ~ l q - r n r dnf 1d*l ll*q
a e & K ? w t n Ji.1lanL'rina 'I'lrn. is u r m l y b Eonnmam, 8lWmini vxrrplcd, LIul&, ild 6ixlh l N m @ , b
h+ &&pirt:nf ahr 'I'larkiJh r o e ; I I ~ Idtat link w a . arek,,, j u ~ ~ (tt*.~<;wk
~ i # * n l i ~ . Uf111(the mBiti,,,, 4
it
':A& t h . R'LC q('& W ,
ahih

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i w T h d e d Piw ilmlrriind T T p Y-8,

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bhit i~ paliticd ror) hy rhese p&x$
m p n d mot af
the works of &ir h d s dl.1 dm).
-1 worahig
(nr ~!rn-)
u* k!al.ubd& oul*ii%old k-,
id Imc,md oC mod." L riil br a ~ l e e r v c J . wtnoa
only b a n i a in thh eaumwmliw : url if s$ ~ mntpuenpe
t
&a sbmrver, Jlnt iror b (he symhrl of dlu Roman.&
pLe. Tile judg&nf sbrnc rnenti&ml vp. itdiicurl
' h t vmpim in iaa emf*
or Qreck band!, in ahicl~prg
uh the rald he s k rhglhrm&% Are d i m & ? b c x m k
d+r of&;
the eonen~mulingsyAlwl, tllrr+m. in h
-tern bmCIh, &li&It i1,nfiwlr tln: rcstcm, b * ' r l m , m t ;
fi,r IIION is rhe typc oF La111 brnnchcr of tlbe 'cmpim, a d
" &wna " irn p m p r wljulrt ; lunl uudouCtdIy the umc.
pt-crled wntime~~ta
uf religious dk.l(ianec ~rmvnikal

de&.

Med+Pcidinn, Fred.ut, Ibn~an,Sarscenie, or Tttjkirll,

"om null a d o d , R I I ~11111ck wnuecj~entlycorn bitu
d&;nratiun. 'rhc cxeluslatlunia orLlsnlly tlu( ofaaqn;f;
on o h m i q g that thc asme principlca dill prevailed. , \
. ' By oh-wkiw d d y msdc, a d it, prophecice at*
Iunlhat ta qE e ~ u c i d ~ b dit,will a p p ~ a tillat h e limr m.
.@irrs,excluxively, s~pamtefmm Jm Sarudic or Turldrh
kin&q
will ba the site of &be kiqdom OF 'Lla
rink"
'd
bu porlkclly subanitled in lDtJIYtd wil) t" the &pram
Wwb. B is rrillenlly of tho latter day oE gbq, v i
.-hi&
r p k s , I.. 17-!El, w h m he ubpks illc
~ m b o l s ,a d d&rm thnr tlu Lord uhnU bp L- t
,LtanIp zml.nmnr of Ilia . p p h lemt; ur\ when the *m
a d m a ~ of
l the k
r sy&e,n slid pu, more be mw h ~aii r i. I* b o d mi01 the J&
;
* I I I biz* i
anLq krul kpr b a I will brhg r ~ F?.i
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Kwt, w l ~ c rtl~i.
~ 'Turhisl~ f i l o ~ ~ ~iql ~pht~ttctl.
~ l ~ ~ n 'Tlt~s,,
alu~. will Irc l'~~ltillrdtltc propl~uticrrlturtalion : " Looh
unto t h s (Furkial~)rwb w b e ~ ~ c e y u,',rc
u t ~ bnum, ulal to tile
hak
the (wcatcnp httomlcas) 9 ~ 1 1 wl~cncc you uwrc
cf~gc~l."--"F<brllac Lord aholl ~ o l l l ~ oZion
r l ; la will comfort oll hcr w w t e p k a , und he will make lrcr rilclcrnrua
like ISden, ulnl ltcr dcrml like t l ~ cgnrdcn uf tltc L o r d ;
joy nrnl g l u t l ~ ~
~lt?ll
a Ir round Il~crein, U t e ~ t k s ~ i v i nnnd
~,
tt!c vuiw uf lnuldy." Ian. li. 1. 3.
Most cornnnenbbra have irnagittcd tibat k l t e l ~Cllrixt
s p p a w d , 11s then cornalencrd thnl I.i,dplw~ vide 1 $a lo
s u w d e i ~ t cdominion or tho killb* c e rl,c
~
rhrtll. '1
ccive it. Iro&ver. to be uncpcatiomble, thut it is not nercly
6 apirltuol dominion which is 80 bc cxoreiaetl in tile htterc
b y , but lllat the Llcaainge o r Llbe .'mig" of Christ ulwn
earth" nm eawntLlly m n a e t c d will, o tcanlmrnl liin8dom
ia the fulkst exlmnt of all tho u~~iveraol
cmpits6. and diC
baing its influcncc to the mom Q i a m t r c ~ l m s o thc
f rliolc
glahe. Nor a m I lcar eonvincnl'tltot the kingdom ia to
arise 4$om the & y m r n ' d m o d c h i i s e m Anally aubvertnl ; ,for "in tlhe days of thmo kisga." typYed by the
tocs w d f ~ eof
t imennl of day, or, mnrgcU in tlm kingdom
thereof," or d u r b ~ gtbc tinae of the h t kingdom; a d ,them.
f a , nor wllhoul, but withid ita boundaries, and nlao during
i r s c o n t i ~ r u marvl
, witl~isthe uphen! a l i t s influence, "8h.U.
the Gcnl of heaven, or G d of larscl. aet 1111 a kingdom
r b k h almlf wcrr bc dcdmyed ;-bul shall b r d in I&'
nml ~ W I R U O I CaU thew kin(yJ011u.and it shrill s a d son
EVER." Dm. ii. M.
,
T h a t thc ay~nlulictrcc of Nebuehudncuar mprncnta
the univcml o n m ~ l j which
,
ia .$ae d u r e to tlr end of
tlle tymnienl cmpim8,thcm e ~ u u ~ o
bet a slor p i e o MI$
Jalemioarc propl8e~gtban tiut of Ercb1,$8,mitlg
thc e l y onlsr.' Jt is s subject o l much impcmnm,
a d , u 11oonnms a'jusl e x p W m n of the wcntiarq'.
by rhbb dw dun& oC the four wpim i ta be men-

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'I'llr. Lityt\onl vt Ixraol rl r.prrac.nu.d Isy Err l r . 1, c.ll:lll

rvil, 41" a crditr ol' I,E~IIIIIOII,
1m11111~
dc. olitlttm~of 111111
kiln6alolll,a. tlw l i t h t ~atway
~ ~ (11' ~ 1 1 1 ,I~I#III.?I>TUI)LI t w f 1411
cedar, nndua tl~eenq,pis&l,lroTal#young tfiyu by Unl,ylon
nrnd ligypt; vlu~clbIsre cxpreauly wacrtea to dunoLv 1lvr
cuptiriry o r 11% king nnd lirinew. li-u.1; of 1ls.w l r u
p w e n plunred, it 3s mid, loung twiy*, a d wnterrd ~llern.
that pln~ttcdby Did,ylon uely was 16, Ilourirl~,rud I,ccumr
a npmdinp vine of lo*. stature ; i t Iwnuglrt rortlb brnnclic~
sncl ahot lunlt aprip. The onc p(n~ttedIryl5gyW wn. 1 8 1
r i t l ~ r un#l
,
Ix l~luckecla p by Llbr: ti,olx.
:that lrmrl warn I& cxiat as o people *lurinUtltc alnul<.
r i m urtlte unirererrl mocturrlty, xyrnbliu:d aln,, nn i x pcco,
by n tree, and that it is it, the o l d to a v p l ~ l ~ uthe
~ t allies
mymLolic tree i s ils usiveraal dumit~ion,will I r npparcal.
from vcr. %--PC
I n thi. loel verw thu kingdom uf
lsrael in deaerilxd ih o four-fold #talc,-.lr a high f,.'*o; ;I
bp lrqe; b ~ r c m
Irce, and o r l y 1rr.c; vlnich hat dry free
i s to flouridt ; k-nusc, naitlt lllc Lonl, " I hnrc s$hctn
it, w l J t a v e donc it.", Two d tl~eactigur't~ arc rclcrrcd to
above; the high rednr of Irmwl, in $8 I,rqslwruua W ;
the he tree u d e r the ~ , r o m t i u na d nurrun: of Babylon.
C l t d hirnsell hna spoken of thc two u(11er exiainK s h t c a
In hi. memoral~ku l n r r v e t w ~conce
~
ning Lhe J c r i r h rrT&slol' him, during itis afepbt Lo L n l Colmry. " If
tley do t l l m t l l i ~ t gin the grcm ITCC; mid ille Saviour,
"bhot sholl be done i"6Bd dry??"L&L' xxiii; 31. 111 this

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a&

' n i the m i o n by (hc Romah m a ~ r c h y .

by heir MdtmRIEdrn~~
cmmics. T l r ; Iugh mdar

b d , t 1 r sovereign of &at mioll.

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d that ahdl

gmw w t of hi meb s" of whom 1 4 declares, th.1 " hc

ahrll judge the vorkl in righteomneu, ud mpmve riUb
squity, for the m w k of the earth." A& they arc t l r
k t timen, vheli "the earth e b l l h fllkd wid1 the h o w o f ' ~ d as
, t h e r a t e r s cover the =;"to which the
p"9phet refers. " In the uowmtaim fl the height $Lnrd
rill I plant it:' luith the Lonl.. Ba many cxpresa predictions
eoneeming . t l r tenitmy where his empire in Po Lr
liahcd in full pmsprity, oughi to rcmove doubt froto the
mmt eeepticnl mind. '' And it ahall bring fu-h 6owRhr,
and lcnr f ~ r i land
,
h a goal11 ceclnr ; m d under it shull
dwell all farl o j c m y wiug; in the ~ltsdowof thb brancltea

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before ulvanoed, of t!w Jowish nntio; k i n g aymbalird

by h ~ e"juwlr d l h r Imam;'' d!et mation only: being I,ur
r a w & in the Babylonic day, of LCkrmwledyeaf the etcr.
nd G d . 'But, qnclcr the c n ~ p i wof larael, or Melsinl~'"
kingdom, "fowl4 @ m y wing," or of every nution, sltall
come to wordtip the Lord of l~ostsin M & ~ IZlon. Cod.

brolche?, tmagb.jrril,

whirl,
it.
and
- frrif,
,lendy dtnuie. the ~ l s ut n i v e d empire, with the
hk*,
d fowb o f Wehch.llr*.1~?1's t m ,

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of l l r l i o r r T y r n * ~ i a n ll4tnpir.r).

condiiion d the deriah w k n , a(rre &

of (he & b y b n u m n u c h y , uawem to the dewxipiion

orrer. @ 4S,and rh.t thq remain to be fulfilkd, and
t h l duympboliu the 8f\hu n i v n u l m o m h y , h -slightest
i , p p a i o n of k v e m , mmpucd with Neb
I
lofty hce, will latlk*orily clekmk. " T h u s ~ i t the
b
lad, I d U t a l c of the highert branch of the l i i h &,
.alr i l l UZI it ; I will crop 08hwn the top of ltia young
twig.D I&
o.c, ud mill p b n t it upon w bi&h nornloi*
a l r ( r r i u r 8 . " wet. $2. This surely mant refer to tlw
meed of Dnritl, ud prcdiN h t Ha wha d ~ o u l dn ~ k
in

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Tbit

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barer.
d l e ~

e-t
be a doubt, 1&ink, that the same thing b int-d.4 ;
t b one b e i a g y p of tltc fibrighlmua k i ~ ~ g d a m
a,d
tho other o f the tynnniea\ c m p i m T h a ie t b i ' diffcre-,
that .I1 ths & a i r , oj rk &Id dwc.ll umirr Neb t ~ c h a r ~ n r u n vfe
r * ~ ;-nml h
~ nf rIAC & l ~ l denote (Yrannicsl kingdom. In thc vision d EuGcl, no ~ c u L ~am
n l e n l i o ~ d ; bllt 8 mow c h a f e d symbol cr)brewa the
anroo thing, yct atlerka a t the same dlnc u rtribng cbaugr
of ch.r.ster.
T h e kiigdoo, of dnc McsaiJk is rc@lrscntd
by "@IB co&r '; tbc other kingdo- undcr hls reign.
by 6rcer also, (;at L a a l a of the ficld,) evidently denoting
that they now p + e
of the same character as that
p v r m m e n t which a q ~ l>re-cminent
x
m o n g s i tllem.
reprernts t i c k i n ~ d mqf
Thvr the "guorlly
f w d , is marked by the crpresiion that it ir the " k y
r I ~ r a e l ns
, existing s t the close of the timen, wlticll
aode to fi,urirh. Uaniel d E r k i e l Iulvr, tllerc-.
, .vidently drawn thew a y m h b from the same sourm,
cgunlly refer U, a'kilnr even&. T h e exlension uf
ine knorkdbw, m d the aubrnisaion of the nations tu
the Divine rill, is, I think, clcnrly e r p d , when it i~
mid, A d 011 the lrcus (not h a l t * ) of tha field rhaU
Cmon that I the Lord hnve brought down the high t m .
have crn!ted the low trrc, have d r k d up the g r w n tree,
run4 have mndo the d r y Ircc io flourish: I d ~ Idold
c
hsvc
.paken it, and have dane it:" and heincc ii ia c ~ i d c n 11181
t
it ia the -me tmo whirls was V n in rlre dnya of uur
Lorcl, nt~daltorwurda dviocl up, whir11 ir, n o r tu lvc made
to flouri.h. T h e n~gnarcltienare tltce "TO know fknt the
Imrrrur do rule."

Tla nymbal of a n e s ~ l cia btnnd h t l , in a~bcieritlrud

ntlorlern times as dencviptivc 16 univeranl monnrclry, or of
it^ lrlletct~aionsto it ; or, na in tho prewnt day, llcriving
authority from it, 41s the tnwk of uncicnt rml~iw.' n)'
Ilanisl, IILC ~nluitsr ~ t ~leathern
l
o ~ l p thr caglr arc *PC-

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M y of universal empirs ;a i t s %el extinctton. I n its
flnt rte, Esakiel rsp~eesntait M n parfect edglc, Longwi?@nl, and tLll of feathem; but by tho tltre.bned judgmpnt. BB a dcnuncintion of wmth fur agpavatit~gtlle inbdal punirhrnml of his people, m d M a mark that
its stwngth % m a Ilecnycd, ifa subatonce is supprcased;
ml ita lemblonoo is dewribell as uitll the pluqoge nncl
with the h l o m of M engk. T h a w w h o ~ e c o l k c t the
n m r i p l &grw bf the stales b a t i n g tho two-neck&
e w k , w u 4dib nppneci~ta the flgire, alhcp applied to
tho l h w n Empire, aa tY laat of the successive tyrannba.
It would be c h s to the inquiring mind, could all tlgc
#taka be wer(ained, which d o p t (hie h d g e of the
R o w Empire. Perhapa It would identify 111~.ten king%
who, in a hem day, will bs found Jc8gugl with the be.*
and h h h p h c t , pt tha b r i i of Amageddon.
T h e cano yenn of Emtiel'u. vialon speak the ume
hgwp1 the reapmu of t h e monarchies are to b gravs a liiersl inimpretation sn tho

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bl.~,,,,I,t down
curdo ins1il:nrl uf n I r l ~ , a a ~ctn
~ ~ Jg I lltc
lllltiona vhicl, inn; Ijcen guilty or t l ~ r i rblutd,--pcrllnl,l, I ,
.ry, during (Ite wholu a r tlbc times. I will not ullblld
filarrerrdir au much an w ofkr any hlrtllcr
the judgment
remsrk, i,, supllart of tl~iapolition, hut will laava it lo
w , , ~
to decfrnniot. tho I,roin!r m e ~ n i n gof thew r v C l l
rs comnarcd wit11 tllc aurcn mon!l~a' burial of
and Mhgog.
I f t l l u syrubolicnl nature of thc Moaaiutl in~titution
conBide&, n aur),riaing eorreaposdeecc rill) LH? found
in tho j.6;ks
or l s r w l ; tund that it rnr dc*iuncd 10
altvrlow forth
thingr to corn, r e hove the tratillloll~of
an A p 8 t l e well r e d in c l d r law, and brougltt
nt tlbc
feel qrtlleir chief rabbics, in his Epistle ddrc-d
(o tllc
Hebrews. T h r c cannot, I think, lx a daub1 tllet tlleir
jubilee year wna designed, exprcady b aymhdid t l ~ n tdclirerartce wllich w ~ to
s be elfcctcd in the lml~nlfof a sinful
and e ~ s l a v e dworld by t l ~ cI.ord Jeaun, in Inin auprelnc
snd righteous gbvenunent of it nt dte em1 of the dny*.
.
T h e y wem to number to thenlselves e v e n weeka of ycara.
and the Rnicth year a@ w be n year of relcaae. when lhc'u
I n d . and houses, if pledged or sold, were b IR reawrcd. ;
Lltcir goods bc r c r u r n d to Illern, their Ilebtr renutterl,anrl,
whst more filly symbolised the spiri(ual &livcrsncc, wm
that, lltcir d d s of prsannl l m & p were to be c n d l e d ;
w d avery mm was b be I. liberty to return and enjoy his
p k d inlarirnnce. Surely, the w e n wcekb, n wwk for
u time,.typikd to the Jewish vplioo tile wren times, or
week of yosra, of Ihe iy&l
empires, a year for a day
upon t h a m p r i t t e i ~ ~;ktbe resbntion a d enjoyment of
,
their land8 uul h o w a on the fifiieth par. the falure
. blrsaing~to b p w e d out on d l Bern, wlwn t h e n ~ h ,
delivered from die c u m , ahnll h o m e the pdiq oCGal,
na it w u in the day. uf the firat m ~ before
, l l ~ r f d l ;and
the reJmptiun of their permna hnm Ihone rlu, I~adcnsLvnl them, that glorious RA w h c ~S r h n dlell b foi Lvcr
cart into t l a bke of An., end 11m tyrmniad monarchBr ni
the rorkl, nctuncf~lby liw infcrrlnl d i c e , for crcr cease 80
exid. I rlslirr not Irc(ttr eridtner than thc srmd ~ r i w l

I M '~bo~ & mF i rie ~ ~ a n r larrcl ~T w & m r r ,

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~ I Yd n ,g d d y d i i
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From the ri.a of tbe four m o m m h h ~ ,cornmneingW A.C.. ta their Rnal dwaolution, lhcn
WIU I s a @and wmk of ycnra, or 2 W year
and will lcrmin.lc, January I , 1917.

'suy~rtnow a b u t tu be a u h i t t a l to attelltion, Ira*

lung oocuyW Ole Isiglwt apntnl pose- of angel8 'd
of
m n ;awl Itarr deroaodd, from thc i n h y of the world, md
Wrn JIE Rmt fall of mu,, chs u-t
inleilip-.
with whifh
mycmml being ru ever eodmred. I t rcll bcwnra us
to t r o d with u s t i a n the th&M
of the wctuaa, md
to bow with the pmfoundeml humility uul adurnlion before
tho Divine Ybcety. May dte eknul Spirit illumine our
m i d r with his eclearipl influence. and may evcry ll~uuglat
bur Irmrb be w p t n b 1 c in (Ite s k h 1 of C d our Saviour,
nh" is ever to be glorified.
The- ~ubjwli. of ~
p
himportance:
l
the r o d s ,
on which these obafrvstions .re to be pennecl, I rill trnn-b fur kriou. conuideralimn. We hnve ca&
on rhe
exp&ition o f h e vision to the priod of judgment on Ciug
ual Mqog. m d have t-d
the d u r d m ol.the t y m i c a l
rim.,. to Jte year 1917. 1t.i. during t l ~ kI M ~ periml of
ji-nc
eompri.ing (bc forty-five yoma of Daniel, that
h e inlornd spiril, who he, for a@ rctultnl Ow aoula
. hi w n o , rill twelve hi0 death-blow. T h a t .igmal
event im thuferprewd:+.
And t L devil that d e c e i v d them WM w t into rhc
asof RR and brimstone, whew llrc bewt nr~df n k
prophet am,'& shPllbe tormented dry md niwhtJor nm
,,ulqcr, &M
I saw
I a p a l whilsIhronr, and him that
'mt
b, fmo h foce I l s earth and lils heaocu&d
.dl;
AND rtirag WAS FOUND N O PLACE PO* THPH, And
I ur the d e d M l md grert, stand boforc 04;and
#he
re* opened: md mother lmgk waa npecll,