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four winds, shall relax that hold, and the judgments of an offended God shall with an overwhelming fury burst upon the world, but one way of safety appears; and that is, being found in the ark Christ; and by repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, turning from every evil way. "Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them" (Joel ii. 17).

V. The last reason which has induced me to consider this term of "seven times" as chronological is, that its termination synchronizes with those of the other unfulfilled prophecies.

This will immediately appear by the most superficial reference to the Chronological Chart, where it will be perceived that the year 1843 is equally the termination of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Periods.

These five reasons carry with them, to my mind, a strong presumptive evidence that the hypothesis I have advanced is correct; and that the probability is very great that the long period of Israel's and Judah's captivity and dispersion is nearly at an end; and that this termination will correspond to the two thousand

in indescribable majesty, Mount Tabor, which is among, yet still separate from, other mountains, and one of them is the lofty Hermon... In all ages it appears to have been distinguished as a theatre for local war. The sacred historian recounts that it was on this spot the hosts of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword before Barak, who came down upon them like a torrent from Tabor with an overwhelming army. Here also the memorable contest took place which occasioned such scenes of national mourning; and here also Nebuchadnezzar encamped with his overwhelming force, when waging dreadful warfare against the nations in revenge for their having resolutely refused to idolize him... In the course of my travels in Europe, I have walked over Leipsic, Racknitz, Botzun, Vittoria, Waterloo, and other fields where sanguinary contests have been waged, but I am persuaded the great plain of Esdraelon exceeds any one of them in extent."

I would only add further, with regard to this site, that it perfectly agrees with the description assigned to it by Daniel, chap. xi. 45: “And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas, in the glorious holy mountain ; " the plain of Megiddo being situate between the Galilean and Mediterranean Seas.

But to return from this digression. In the mean time it would appear, from other pas

when every opposing barrier must prove, in an equal degree, utterly powerless.

I have before observed that every prophetical era is marked in an especial manner by CHANGE. Considering prophecy as extending over the great calendar of 2520 years, it may be further observed, that there has been no decided and permanent change from the common or existing state of things during this long and very interesting space of time, but what has been the subject of a particular prediction. The change of monarchy from Babylon to Persia, from Persia to Greece, and from Greece to Rome; the change from the Jewish to the Christian dispensation by the death of Christ; the apostasy of that dispensation to Popery and Mohammedanism; the change of the governments and inhabitants of both the eastern and western empires by the successive invasions of the Goths, Vandals, Huns, and Heruli, by the Saracens and Turks; and, finally, the appearance of modern infidelity;-all demonstrate the truth and correctness of this assertion. And if such changes as these changes so extensive, so momentous, and attended with such awful wars -have characterized the INTERVENING epocha of this great almanack of prophecy, of what nature may we suppose THAT CHANGE Will be, which CLOSES IT? We may amuse ourselves

ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast.... these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire;"-perhaps by a similar, though more summary, fatal, and extensive, process or mode of proceeding to that which was displayed at the early period of the French Revolution, and which may have been a faint rehearsal of what is again to take place.

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Before proceeding, I would direct particular attention to the interesting fact above noticedthat the ten horns in this Infidel state are represented as uncrowned; whereas of the Papal nations it is said (chap. xiii. 1)" they had on their horns ten crowns." I would likewise observe, that it is probable it will be about the time immediately preceding this state of things that Infidelity will perform the dreadful work assigned to it for three and a half prophetic days, or three years and a half, named in Rev. xi. 7-10, which, according to ver. 13, is to be attended by a "great earthquake," or revolution; towards which, in pursuance with the wish of many, and the expectation and dread of others, it is a lamentable and awful fact we appear to be fast verging.

It would appear, secondly, that as Infidelity is thus destined to destroy Popery, so, on the other hand, is Despotism destined to triumph over Infidelity. This I infer more particularly

from the historical notices given in the 11th of Daniel, from the 40th verse to the end of the chapter; and from the symbolical language of the seventh trumpet and the seventh vial; all of which will be found enlarged upon in their proper places; the two latter in the Introduction, and that of Daniel's prophecy in the consideration of the Seventh Period.

The other particular to which the attention is directed in this vial, besides the drying up of the Euphrates, and the existence of three unclean spirits, is the SUDDEN NESS with which its SILENCE shall be broken, expressed by the words,

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Behold, I come as a thief," and the BLESSEDNESS of those who shall be found on their WATCH. I would especially notice this particular, from the countenance which it unquestionably gives to the study of unfulfilled prophecy; for how can any one be on the watch which is here intended, unless he see the danger approaching? and how can he with certainty see approaching danger, but from the roll of prophecy? It is true that the believer in Jesus is always safe come what will; but it is equally true, that in seasons of great public commotion, in seasons of great political conflicting opinions and excitement, his path is much clearer, his actions more consistent, and his mind more fixed, who has the compass of Prophecy to direct him, than it can possibly be when, in the course he pur

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