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muft begin with this: but the time is not yet come for understanding them perfectly, because the main revolution, predicted in them, is not yet come to pafs. 'In the days of the voice of the feventh angel, when he fhall begin to found, the mystery of God fhall be finished, as he hath declared unto his fervants the Prophets,' and then the kingdoms of this world fhall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever.' There is already fo much of the Propheey fulfilled, that as many as will take pains in this study may fee fufficient inftances of God's Providence. But then the fignal revolutions predicted by all the holy Prophets, will at once both turn men's eyes upon confidering the predictions, and plainly interpret them."

The restoration of the Jews to their own land, and their converfion to the church of Christ—the triumph of our Lord over all his enemies, and the univerfal happiness of his glorious reign, are the fignal revolutions to which this truly great Chriftian Philofopher alludes. All thefe awful and interefting fubjects appear to be fo blended in the Prophetic writings, and fo connected in

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point of time, that they ought to be confidered together; but the predictions are far too numerous to be inferted in this work, already fwelled fo much beyond the Author's original defign. Having selected more than would fill a hundred pages; as the beft fecurity against the wanderings of imagination, I must reluctantly confine myfelf to references to the principal of them. But I intreat the Reader to confult his Bible, that he may judge how far the obfervations, which are offered for his confideration, are founded on Scripture and probability for be it ever remembered, that the most perfect confidence that such events are clearly predicted, and will certainly happen, is perfectly confiftent with doubt and uncertainty relative to the circumftances at tending their accomplishment.

Prophecies to be confidered together.

Zephaniah iii. ii. 2, 3. Haggai ii. 21, 22. Zechariah ii. 10-13. xiv. 1—21, Micah vii. 15—20. Amos ix. 11-15. Zechariah

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viii. 20-23. ix. 8-17. xii. 6-14. Zephaniah ii. 1-3. Malachi i. 11. iii. iv. I -3. [Compare Daniel and the Revelations] Ifaiah ii. 1—5. 10—22. v. 20—30. viii. 9 18. xi. xii. xiv. After the deftruction of Babylon, it is written, v. 29. Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that fmote thee is broken: for out of the Serpent's root fhall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit fhall be a fiery flying ferpent. Ifaiah xxiv. xxvi. 11—21. xxvii. 1. xxv. 6—8. xxix. 17-24. xxx. 18-33. xxxiv. xxxv. [compare Rev. and our Lord's Prophecy concerning the end of the world] Ifaiah xliii. 1 -21. xliv. 1—8. xlv. 17-25. xlix. li. lii. liv. lv. lx. lxi. lxii. lxiii. lxiv. lxv. lxvi. [compare Rev. and Daniel] Joel ii. iii. [compare Daniel and the Rev.] Jeremiah iii, 12 —19. xii. 14-17. xxiii. 1—20. xxv. 8 -38. xxx. xxxi. xxxiii. Ezekiel ix. 4—10. xi. 15-25. xvi. 60—63. xx. 33—44. xxxiv. 11—31.xxxvi.xxxvii.xxxviii.xxxix. Compare the last ten chapters with the Revelations. Deuteronomy xxxii. 41-43. Pfalm ii. Daniel xii. Matthew xxiv. Mark xiii. Luke xxi. Rev. xiv. 13-20. xvi. 13-21. xix. xx. xxi. xxii. xi. Philippians iii. 20, 21, Romans ii. 5-11. xi. 12—36. 1 Corinthians xv, 2 Corinthians iv. 11-18. V. I—II.

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Ephefians i. 20-23. Philippians ii. 5—11.
Coloffians i. 12-20. iii. 3, 4. 1 Theffaloni
ans i. 10. ii. 19, 20. iv. 13—18. v. 2-
11. 2 Theffalonians i. 5—12. ii. 1 Timothy
iv. 1-10. 2 Timothy iii. iv. 1-8. Titus
ii. 13, 14. Hebrews i. ii. iii. iv. vii. viii.
ix. x. xi. xii. 1 Peter iv. 17-19. 2 Peter
i. ii. iii. 1 John iii. 2. St. Matthew xiii. 30,
37-43, 49, 50. xvi. 27, 28. xvii. 2. xix.
28-30. xxii. 29-32. xxiii. 39. xxv. 31
-34, 46. St. Mark xii. 24-27. xvi. 19.
St. Luke i. 30-33. ix. 25, 26, 29-36.
xi. 29-32. xii. 4-10. xiii. 28—30, 34,
35. xiv. 14. xviii. 8. xx. 34-38. St. John
V. 21—29. vi. 39, 40, 44—51. viii. 44.
xi. 23—27. xii. 31-34, 47, 48. xiv. I-
4, 30. xvii. 1-3, 19-26. Acts i. 6—11.
ii. 36. iii. 19—26. vii. 55, 56. xxvi. 22, 23.

It is fcarcely poffible to view this collected light of Prophecy, and doubt the reftoration of the antient chofen people of God to the land which he gave to their fathers for an everlasting inheritance. Their converfion to the church of Chrift feems to be predicted with equal clearness. But these are diftinct events, which the darknefs and bigotry of former ages have confidered as neceffarily infeparable; or rather,

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they have prefumed it certain, that their converfion must precede their return to Jerufalem.

From this idea originated the Apostate Julian's attempt to rebuild the Templethe negotiation of the Infidel Confpirators with the Ottoman Court, and the defign, profeffed by the formidable power which aims its frantic efforts against the truth of all Revelation, to re-establish the Jews in their own land, as a direct contradiction to the Prophecies concerning them. Let it however be understood, that fome of the ableft Commentators of the Protestant

church have lifted up their voice against this opinion, and have maintained, that the restoration of the Jewish people will precede their converfion. Granting therefore, that

See Barruel, vol. i. p. 185.

See the project for the reftoration of the Jews by the French, in the St. James's Chronicle, July 14, 1798.

• In support of what I conceive to be the right interpretation of Scripture, it may be obferved, that the Jews are more likely to return to their own land previous to their converfion; becaufe, when they become Chriftians, they will no longer be confidered as a diftinct people. The Jewish Chriftians in the firft ages

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