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great men, or pagan temple, by the name of the Pantheon; an avowed copy of the ancient Roman Panthe

on.

Hither the remains of Voltaire and Rousseau were conveyed in a magnificent procession; and the bones of Voltaire, that arch enemy of Christ, were placed on the high altar, and incense offered to them, Such have been the tutelary gods of the infidel king. Disregarding the god of his fathers and the Desire of women, he has revived the adoration of the Mahuzzim of Paganism; and though a professed atheist, has prostrated himself before a foreign god, whom his fathers never knew. Here then we behold the rise of Antichrist; the kingdom which denies the Father and the Son: a

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And accordingly wherever vailed, he has caused his strange the infidel tyrant has prehuzzim, to rule over many. Of this god, and the upholders of his Matruth Holland, Switzerland, Piedmont, Germany and some other States are witnesses.

power perfectly distinguishable from huzzim, together with his foreign 2. The king was to honor his Mathe papacy, which, though grossly god, with gold and silver, and preidolatrous and superstitious, never cious stones, and desirable things. denied either the Father or the Son. This part of the prophecy has been The universal Bishop, or man of accomplished by Infidel France sin, indeed, has been the precursor both at home and abroad. When of antichrist; but not antichrist Italy was plundered of the finest himself. To complete the character specimens of the arts, and these were of the infidel king the prophet adds transported to France, and declarthree further particulars, which cor-ed to be the sole property of the respond with the conduct of atheis- Sovereign People, Liberty was the tical France, no less than the bolder deity thus honored with desirable outlines of his picture. things; for liberty was that which 1. The king was to cause the uprights. When the ornaments of the sanctioned every violation of private holders of his tutelary deities toge-churches were either confiscated, or ther with the strange god, whom he acknowledged, to rule over many. The king was to cause liberty then and the supporters of the allegorical deities of the infidel republic, or in other words, the principles of the French revolution to rule over many. The avowed principle of France has been to extend the empire of the champions of her Mahuzzim, and to cause the whole world to bow down before the shrine of that imaginary deity, which they misname liberty. The established doctrine VOL. I. NO. 6.

carried off by the infuriated mob, Liberty, Reason and the Republican virtues were the Mahuzzim thus honored with gold and silver and precious stones. When the noble church of St. Genevieve was desecrated under the name of the Pantheon to the tutelary gods of infidelity, the foreign god and his Mahuzzim received the highest honors which the atheistical king could bestow.

3The king was likewise to divide the land for a price. He was to take it D d

porter of that superstition, which he had at first labored to destroy.

from its former possessors, and di- ing part of the destined period of vide it among his adherents, the 1260 years, had France persevered champions of his Mahuzzim, on in her profession of atheism; for, as being paid a certain price for it. the regions where its seat has been This never was done by the Pope, are little more than mere provinces or the Eastern emperor, or by any of France, trembling at her nod, and power since the reformation. Con- subservient to all her schemes of quered lands indeed have often aggrandizement, she was able to been divided by and among the vic- subvert it, and to all appearance tors, but this power was not merely must have done it, had she pursued to divide the land, but to divide it what was evidently her original plan for a price. Exactly such has been of extirpating Christianity in all its the conduct of the atheistical repub- forms. Thus it is that the infidel lic. The French revolution has pro-king has, by the overruling produced not only a change of govern-vidence of God, become the supment; but, what is altogether peculiar, a complete change of landed property. By a master stroke of policy, with a view to prevent for ever a counter revolution, the lands of the crown, the church and the nobility were taken from their lawful owners, and vested in the nation.gether it appears, that the war of This step being taken, the lands the infidel king in Palestine where were sold at a price, as is well he will perish between the two seas, known, to the partizans of anarchy must necessarily be the same as the and atheism, and thus it became the war of the beast in the same country, direct interest of every land-holder and at the same period, where he throughout France to prevent the also, with the false prophet and the return of the Bourbons. kings of the Roman earth will perish at the dreadful slaughter of Megiddo. This war will be a holy war for the prophet Joel, speaking of this time and event, says, war

To this scheme of interpretation the author supposes the following objection. The infidel king cannot be revolutionary France because the French people have, at present,

thrown aside their atheistical hatred to Christianity, and have once more avowed themselves papists. To which he answers,

1. That Popery, though once more established in France, is evidently a mere political puppet; as little regarded by the people as by their rulers; and the principles of atheism are as predominant as ever. Nor can we expect, that the task of converting a nation can succeed, when undertaken by one who has alternately professed himself an atheist, a Mohammedan and a papist.

2. Humanly speaking popery could not exist, through the remain

3. The fact objected affords an ar gument for, and not against the present mode of interpretation. Comparing the different prophecies to

shall be sanctified; and at this very time, the restoration of the Jews will commence; hence it is evident, that a coalition between the infidel king and the false prophet at the time of the end must exist, in order to constitute the war he will carry on in Palestine a holy war; and therefore this coalition, must, at

some time before this, have been formed. The existence therefore of this coalition instead of opposing, really confirms the interpretation contended for. The king then is

motley monster, inwardly an atheist and outwardly a papist: still doing according to his will; and still scourging the members of that

apostacy which he now professes to

venerate.

The remainder of the prophecy relative to the king brings against him an opponent in a mighty king of the North and a less powerful king of the South. Not indeed those kings of the North and the South mentioned at the beginning of this prophecy which were the kings of Syria and Egypt, and whose power has long since been broken; but entirely different potentates. These will successively attack the atheistical king, who notwithstanding shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over; and shall enter into the glorious land, and seize upon the land of Egypt. Who these kings of the North and the South are, the revolution of events will best discover. From a view however of the existing, and firobably future, state of the great European commonwealth, we can scarrely doubt but that the king of the North is the colossal monarchy of Russia. What state is meant by the king of the South is not quite so

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HE Egyptians abound ed with emblematical deities, tached to them; and their learn and were beyond measure ating, as well as their outward sanctity,made their religion very specious, and captivating to those who were witnesses of their rites. This people were likescrupulous observers of

easy to determine. These wars are
yet future, for they are to exist at
the time of the end, or, after the
expiration of the 1260 years. As-wise
suredly, however, will antichrist
hereafter invade Palestine, in con-
junction with the false prophet, and
the kings of the Latin earth;
and will succeed in planting the
tabernacles of his palaces between
the seas in the glorious holy moun-
tain; yet, notwithstanding his tem-
porary success, he shall come to his
end, and none shall stay him. Aw-
ful as the scenes have been which
we have seen, yet a more dreadful
prospect extends before us, ere the
blessed reign of Christ upon earth
shall commence for at the time
when the atheistical tyrant is de-
stroyed, "there shall be a time of

If such then

signs and omens.
I was their disposition, and they
were, out of a superstitious fear,
continually attending to por
tents and presages, and making
false inferences, to the great
abuse of their own reason, and
the seduction of others, we see a
further analogy and propriety
in God's judgments. He with
great wisdom as well as justice
exhibited before their
eyes
some real prodigies, which
could not be mistaken; and
punished them in their own
way for their credulity and su-

perstition. It was not the oc- | are drawn. Many prohibitions in cultation of a luminary, the the law directly point this way.

glancing of a meteor in the The second commandment in atmosphere, much less an usual the decalogue seems to have birth, or the fantastic flight of been framed with a view to the a bird, which now demanded worship of Egypt. To any their attention. Their sacred people, who had not been converriver was universally polluted sant in that country, it had been and turned to blood. The very sufficient to have said,-Thou dust of their sanctified soil was shalt make no graven image, nor `rendered infectious, and pro-frame any similitude of things. duced nauseous boils and blains. But the commandment is diTheir serene air became over- |lated, and the nature of the obcast; and rain and hail, light-jects pointed out, for the sake ning and thunder, with fire of the Israelites. They were mingled with rain, ensued not to make to themselves an imphenomena grievous to behold, age or likeness of any thing that and fatal in their consequences, is in heaven above; or that is in such as before were never known the earth beneath; or that is in the in Egypt. Further, the chil-water under the earth; nor dren of light, the offspring of were they to bow down or worthe sun, were condemned to a ship them, either real or reprepreternatural state of night. sented. By this is intimated, Their god, the luminary, rose at that they were not to make a his stated time, and performed likeness of the sun, or of the 'his function; yet could not dis-moon; of man, or of beast; of pel this painful, oppressive, and fly, or creeping thing; of fish, impenetrable darkness.. All or crocodile. How prone the these, as well as the other judg-Israelites were to this symboliments, were real prodigies, and, cal worship, and how necessary as I have before remarked, were it was to give them warning, pointed and significant. Their may be seen by the threat, and force and purport would have by the blessings, which immebeen in a great measure lost diately follow. For though upon any other people; but they are applicable to every one they were particularly applicable of these ordinances, yet they to the Egyptians, as they bore a are introduced here, and particu strict analogy with the supersti-larly subjoined to this second tions and idolatry of that nation. commandment, that it may be in the strongest manner enforced.

These judgments were stiled signs, as well as wonders; and very justly. For they were not introduced merely as arbitrary marks of power; but had a particular scope and meaning, as I have attempted to show. There are many passages in scripture which will show the antiquity of that idolatry, and of those customs, from which my arguments

The attachment of this people to the rites of Egypt may be further seen by the repeated admonitions of their great lawgiver; and particularly by the cautions, which he gives at large in the fourth chapter of Deute ronomy, verses 15-19. Whoever is at all acquainted with the

ancient religion of Egypt, will brought upon
see every article of their idola-
try included in this address.
He will likewise see the pro-
priety of these cautions to a peo-
ple who had so long sojourned
in that country.

I have mentioned that this worship was of very early date; for the Egyptians very soon gave into a dark and mystic mode of devotion; suitable to the gloom and melancholy of their tempers. To this they were invincibly attached, and consequently averse to any alteration. This is what I thought proper to offer concerning the wisdom and design, witnessed in these judgments upon the Egyptians; and concerning the analogy which they bore to the crimes and idolatry of that people.

the country miraculously, on account of the time of year. These insects breed chiefly in marshy places, when the waters decrease in summer and autumn, and where moisture still abounds. Now this season in Egypt was in September and October, after the subsiding of the river. Soon after the Equinox, and during the month of October, the ground began to appear; which being covered with slime and mud, produced flies and all kinds of insects. But the children of Israel took their journey from Egypt at a different time of the year. They set out upon the fifteenth of the month Abib, which answers to the first of April. The plagues brought upon the Egyptians were doubtless in a series antecedent to this They were ten in

As Egypt abounded with in-season. sects, some of the judgments number: consequently there which the people suffered might were nine intervals between be thought to have been brought them but of what duration about by natural means. For each of these judgments was, both the soil and climate were and what portion of time is to adapted to the production of be allotted to each interval is frogs, and flies, and other ver- uncertain. It is intimated that mine; and they certainly did there was a respite; and we are produce them in abundance. told, in the first instance, after All this may be granted; and the river had been turned to yet such is the texture of the blood, that this respite amounholy scriptures, and these great ted to a week. The duration of events were by divine appoint- each judgment must also be tament so circumstanced, that ken into the account. The the objection may be easily death of the first born, which shown to be idle; and that none wast the last, could not have taof these evils could have been ken up many hours. All was brought about by the ordinary well at even; and the cry was course ofthings. Whoever consi- at midnight. The darkness ders the history attentively, will which preceded lasted three be obliged to determine, as the days. And if we allow the same priests did, and say in every in- time for the other plagues, stance, this was the finger of one with another, the first opeGod. In respect to the flies in ration must have happened near particular, they must have been three months before the Exodus.

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