A KEY TO THE LANGUAGE OF PROPHESY. THE HEAVENS AND ELEMENTS. HEAVENS or Firmament. The Divine Power ruling over the World.. Dan. iv. 26. The Sun. The Lord God. Psal. Ixxxiv. 11. 1 John i. 5. The Light of the World. Christ. John viii. 12. The Sun of Righteousness. Christ. Mal. iv. 2. Air, Wind, or Breath. The Holy Ghost, Burning Fire. The Divine Wrath. Ezek. xxii. 31. Sun and Moon. the Giver of Acts ii. 2. Deut. ii. 24. The Powers of Government in the World. Psal. lxxxix. 36. Joel ii. 10. Acts ií. 20. Moon. The Church. Cant. vi. 10. Col. ii. 16. Stars. The Rulers and Lights of the Church. Rev. i. 20. The glorified Saints. 1 Cor. xv. 41. . Wandering Stars, or Comets. Wicked Apostates that go from Light into outer Darkness. Jude 13. Scorching Heat. Trouble and Persecution. Matth. xiii. 6. 21. The Day, in Opposition to the Night. A State of Truth, and Hope, and Knowledge. 8. 1 Thess. v. 5. Darkness. Sin and Ignorance. Rom. xiii. 12. Water, Purifying Grace of the Divine Spirit, 2 Kings v. 10. Word of the Gospel. John iv. 10, Living Water, Waves of the Sea. The rebellious Force and Turbus lence of the People. Psal. lxv. 7. Jude 13. Earth. The Natural Man, 1 Cor. xv. 47, Gen, xviii. 27. THE THREE NATURAL KINGDOMS; OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND MINERALS. 1. PLANTS, TREES, Men fruitful, and unfruitful. Psal, i. 3, Matth. iii. 10. Vine. The Church. Psal. lxxx. 8. 14. Christ, the Head and Root of the Church. John xv. 1. Hos. xiv. 7. Growth of Plants. Resurrection and Glorification. John xii. 24. 1 Cor. xv. 36, &c. Isai. lxvi. 14. Growth in Grace. Isai. lv. 10. Planting. Placing in the Church, to be nourished with Grace. Psal. xcii. 13. Matth. xv. 13. 1 Cor. iii. 6. 1 Cor. iii. 8. Isai. xli. 19. Cedars. Great Men. Zech. xi. 2. Thorns and Briars The Wicked, Perverse, and Untractable.. Numb. xxxiii. 55. 2 Sam. xxiii. 6. Ezech. ii. 6. Luke vi. 44. Fruit. Good Works. Matth. iii. 8. Jam. iii. 17. Flower. An Emblem of Mortal Man. Jam. i. 10, 11: Seed. Posterity. Gen. xvii. 7, 8. Job xiv. 2. Wild Olive. Man in a State of Nature. Rom. xi. 17. Cultivated Olive. Church of God. Rom. ii. 24. Oil. The Spirit of God, giving Power to Kings and Priests, and Health to the Sick. Acts x. 38. Psal. 1xxxix. 20. Jam. v. 14. Wine. Blood. Isai. Ixiii. 1, &c. Rev. xxiv. 20. Luke xxii. 20. Gen. xlix. 11. Grapes. Fruits of Righteousness. Isai. v. 2. Leaves. Words, the Service of the Lips, as distinguished from the Fruits of Good Works. Matth. xxi. 19. See and consider. Psal. i. 3. Chaff. Unprofitable worthless Men, to be driven away with the Wind, or burned in the Fire. Psal. i. 4. Matth. iii. 12. Wormwood. A bitter evil-minded Person. Deut. xxix. 18. Heb. xii. 15. BEAST. 2. ANIMALS. An evil brutish Man. 1 Cor. xv. 32. 2 Pet. ii. 12. A Great Beast, An Heathen Kingdom, or Power of the Earth. Dan. vii. 17. Lion. The Royal Character in the Messiah. Rev. v. Prov. xx. 2. 5. Lion. A Persecutor, whether heathenish or diaboli cal. 1 Tim. iv. 17. 1 Pet. v. 8. Ox, treading out Corn. A Minister of the Word. 1 Cor. ix. 9. 1 Tiin. v. 18. Dog. For his Vigilance, means a Watchman, to give Notice of approaching Danger. Isa. Ivi. 10. Dogs. Unclean impudent Persons. Deut. xxiii. 18. Rev. xxii. 15. Matth. vii. 6.、 Wolf. A Thief, or religious Impostor, a Devourer of the Church. Luke x. 3. John x. 12. Sheep under a Shepherd. The People under a King. Zech. xiii. 7. The Congregation under Christ. Psal. c. 3. Matth. xv. 24. Serpent. The Devil. Rev. xii. 9. 2 Cor xi. 3. Vipers. The Children of the Devil. 12. 34. Birds of the Air. pare with 19. Evil Spirits. Matth. iii. 7. Evil Spirits. Matth. xiii. 4, comRev. xviii. 2. Fox. A cunning deceitful Person. Luke xiii. 32. Animals in the Cherubim. The Powers of God, and Attributes of Christ. Ezech. i. 28. Heb. ix. 5. The Lamb. The Messiah, suffering for the Sins of the World. Gen. xxii. 8. John i. 29. Rev. v. 12. Swine. Unclean" ungodly People. 2 Pet. ii. 22. Matth. vii. 6. Deut. xiv. 8. Matth. viii. 31. 3. MINERALS. STONES. People of an hard heart; the unbelieving Gentiles. Ezek. xxxvi. 26. Isai. v. 2. Matth. iii. Clay in the Hands of the Potter. of his Creator. Rom. ix. 21. Earthen Vessel. Dust and Ashes. Man's Body. Man in the Hands Isai. lxiv. 8. 2 Cor. iv. 7. Mortal sinful Man, under Death and Condemnation, as a Burnt Sacrifice. Gen. 'xviii. 27. Gen. iii. 19. Job xlii. 6. Mal. iv. 3. Salt. Such Doctrine as preserves the World from Corruption. Matth. v. 13. Col. iv. 6. Tit. ii. 7. Gold. Good Men bearing Trouble as Gold bears the Fire. Job xxiii. 10. 1 Pet. i. 7. Ezek. xiii. 9. Wise and pure Doctrine. Prov. xvi. 16. 18. Image of Gold, Silver, Brass, and Iron. Monarchies or Kingdoms of the World. 31-45. Rev. iii. The four Riches and Talents. Gifts and Graces from God. Matth. xxv. 15. Luke xvi. 11. Rock. A Defence, a Place of Refuge. Isai. xvii. 10. Rock giving Water. Christ giving Grace to a thirsty World. 1 Cor. x. 4. DIFFERENT STATES OF MEN. KING. God the King of Kings, and Qrigin of all Authority and Power. Matth. xxii. 2. Rev, xvii. 4, 1 Tim. i. 17. Psal. xxiv. 8. Master or Teacher. xiii. 13. Christ. Matth. xxiii. 8. John Servants. Christians who give themselves up to the 4 |