The French Revolution Exhibited, in the Light of the Sacred Oracles; Or, a Series of Lectures on the Prophecies Now Fulfilling (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795. Excerpt: ... LECTURE XV. Rev. VIII. 13. And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midsl of heaven, saying with a hud voice, Wof wo, wo, to the inhabitants of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, which are yet to found. As the sixth and seventh-vials describe events, which have not yet appeared, it will be proper to delay their explanation till we come to discourse on the prophecks yet to be fulsilled. In this Lecture I propofe to compare these three woes, pronounced by this angel against the inhabitants of the earth, that.we may trace their analogy and difference, and then conclude with some general observations deducible from the subjects of the preceding Lectures. Of the third wo I have already spoken. "With regard to the two former, that the sirst was executed in the rife and progress of the Mahometan religion and empire, in the Saracen form; as the fe-cond was in the rife and progress of the fame government and superstition, in the Turkish form--I take at present for granted, as both these opinions have been so clearly proved by our best writers-T on on the subject. Now?.s both these calamitous events are called a wo, in common with the present evil, I have so largely described, we may expect to sind some striking features of similitude between each of the three, giving propriety to their common name. ist, The two sirst were grievous in their nature, far extended, reaching to the larger part of the Roman empire, and of long duration. These three characters seem to be essential to the constitution of a wo, as we have already seen. In all these they agree with the third, the present wo, which, although but begun, has already produced still more grievous effects, has extended far, and will extend itself to the whole...