termed Great, than it has ever yet been. The foundation-stone of this greatness, planted on a rock, is already laid: and at the time her rulers were priding themselves on their triumphs by land and by sea, their control over foreign cabinets, and the lead they were allowed to take in the affairs of the world, their false vanity was to work its own downfall, by the display of such gross imbecility, as will make them the laughing-stock of the world; and finally, by the exposure of the want of those resources, by which the system of false greatness was upheld, make way for that great and rational system of real glory, founded on the circulation of the Gospel, the general diffusion of knowledge, the overthrow of despotism, and destruction of bigotry, which England, and the world through her, have already commenced; and which I trust will be effected without the effusion of blood, except as far as regards the attempt to restore papacy. Twenty-eight years are still allowed to effect these great and mighty events, and the total destruction and burning of Rome, in a manner as complete as that of Jerusalem. Then shall the world enjoy uninterrupted peace and tranquillity for 500 years. Happy are those who may live to see these days! But still more happy those nations and those individuals, who have softened rather than increased the infliction of the divine wrath upon his elect people, the Jews! CONTENTS. True Causes of the decline of the French Empire, from the Complete Magazine, October, 1764 Prediction of St. Cesaire, Bishop of Arles, in 542, taken from a book entitled, Liber Marabilis, which has been verified at the King's Library at Paris, where Extracts from the celebrated prophetical Discourse on the rise and fall of Papacy. By Robert Fleming, The Visions and Predictions of J. Daut, delivered be- fore the Senate at Frankfort. Extracted from a copy translated from the Dutch, printed 1711. The learned Alstedius, his Speculum Mundi, and Chronology of the Prophetic Numbers.-Extracted from a work entitled "Catastrophe Mundi," printed 1683 The Cry of a Stone; or a relation of something servant of Jesus Christ. Printed 1654 Remarkable Prophecies of Michael Nostradamus. 41 Extracted from 43 43 44 4.4 45 50 Mr. Turien on Revelations, chap. xi. ver. 13. The Prophecy of John Lacy, 1707 Prophecy of the French Revolution, from a publication Extract from Bishop Newton's Dissertations on the Nixon's Cheshire Prophecy, at large; published from Extract from Tillotson's Sermons; edited by Doctor Note of the Original Editor, to Part the Second A remarkable Prophecy found in the Library of Page Salizarius of Heidelburgh. Extracted from Moore's Extracts from Doctor Hartley's Observations on Man. Extract from a Sermon preached in the Chapel of Prediction of the learned and pious Archbishop Usher. Mundi, page 86 Prophecy of Malachy, a popish saint, declaring the Extracts from a Work entitled A Cry from the Desert. 97 99 101 106 109 115 119 124 125 133 136 Visions of Christopher Kotterus, compiled by Johannes Daniel's description of the four monarchies, in four prophecies. |