not be the fame:

bim that is high.

exalt him that is low, and abaje I will overturn, overturn, overturn

it: ard it shall be no more, until he come whofe right it is; and I will give it him. Ezek. xxi. 26, 27.

It appears plain, from the word of God, that ten kings will be found in the Roman empire when Christ comes to fet up his own fpiritual and univerfal kingdom. This may be feen from the whole book of Daniel-the great image, or monarchal ftatue, fhewed to Nebuchadnezzar in his dream, iş plain upon this. The golden head was the Babylonian empire, and Nebuchadnezzar at the head of it; the filver arms and breasts were the Median and Perfian; the belly and thighs of brass, was the Grecian; the iron legs, the Roman; the ten toes, the ten kings in iɛ. The toes, part of iron and part of clay, fhews that the kingdom should be partly strong and partly broken; this is to be feen now. And their mingling the feed of men, is the family compacts; and the intermarriages of one crowned head with another, to ftrengthen alliances; but these shall not cleave together, even as iron is not mixed with miry clay (Dan ii. 43): this is now fulfilling plain enough, and may be feen between France and Spain, and between us and others. Now obferve, in the next verfe, these ten toes are called kings, and during their reign Christ comes; for fo it is written-And in the days of these kings fhall the God of heaven fet up a kingdom, which hall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not

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be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces, and confume all thefe kingdoms, and it fhall ftand for ever. Forafmuch as thou faweft that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the filver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof fure. Dan. ii. 44, 45.

Thus it is plain that, during the existence of these ten toes, or during the reign of these ten kings, Christ's kingdom is to be fet up, which is confirmed by John in his Revelation. Chrift ftyles himself the prince of the kings of the earth; Rev. i. 15. John is fhewn a dragon with ten horns, Rev. xii. 3. These ten horns are said to be ten kings, Rev. xvii. 12. And the ten horns which thou faweft are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet (that is, they had no kingdoms in John's time), but receive power as kings, one hour with the beast (that is, the pope and these ten kings fhall receive their power as kings all together, at the fame hour, or about one and the fame time; they fhall all rife up together). Thefe kings have one mind (that is, are of one religion, they were to be all papists together, as in former times they all have been), and fhall give their power and strength unto the beaft; fubmit their power to him, and engage their strength in behalf of him and his religion, as all of them have done, more or lefs. Thefe fhall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb fhall overcome them: they have all in times past perfecuted

And the woman which which reigneth over the

perfecuted the faints, but the faints ftill continue. And now mind what follows: For God hath put into their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beaft, until the words of God fhould be fulfilled. And then God will turn their hearts another way. And the ten horns which thou faweft upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and fhall make ber defolate, and naked, and shall eat her fiefb, and burn her with fire. thou faweft is that great city, kings of the earth. Read Rev. xvii. This is the word of the Lord; and as long as his word is true, fo fure fhall thefe kings and kingdoms ftand, till Babylon is no more. Nor fhall all the wifdom of this age of reason, falfely fo called, ever make void one jot or tittle of God's word: for this age of reafon is God's hour of temptation; and the wifeft men in their own conceit in this age are the fastest caught in the devil's trap: they aim at the deftruction of all the higher powers, but God aims at the destruction of rebels. We are not perfecuted for religion, nor yet for conscience fake. If any are buffetted, it is in ftrict justice, for their faults. Therefore, reader, ceafe to hear the inftruction that causeth thee to err from the words and ways of wifdom. Pay no regard to any preacher, either in church or meeting, who kindles the flames of rebellion, and breathes out rage, malice, and flaughter, against the civil rulers of the earth; for as fure as God communicates his fpirit-by the preaching of his gofpel, fo fure does the devil,

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that old rebel, traitor, and murderer, enter the hearts of men, by the reading of Tom Paine's books, and by the inflammatory difcourfes of fuch preachers. They know not the thoughts of the Lord, nor do they underftand his councils.

Befides: what good can be expected from perjured men? Men that can make oath to be true and faithful to their fovereign, and then rebel against him, are in the fame awful state of Zedekiah and. all his princes, his priests, and his falfe prophets. What! can they fwear in the presence of God that they will relinquish all claim upon the Bible, if they prove false or unfaithful? and can they challenge the omniscience of Heaven to find out the cheat, and defy him to avenge it? Can they bring themselves under every threatening, plague, and curfe; under all the wrath, judgments, and indignation of God,. and under the damnation of hell, and then ftand up: and preach, and call themselves the fervants of God? The hand of God hath been feen upon fome of thefe feducers already; and fo it is upon fome who are, and have been, feduced by them. You may rage and rail, and curfe me, as long as you please; and you may send me a few more anonymous scraps of fcurrility, rebukes, and blafphemy; but I ftill tell you, that you shall not escape the judgment of God: by these things: they that Chrift will keep from the hour of temptation, are thofe that keep the word of his patience. This is his promife; and we shall fee whofe word shall stand, yours or his. And why is it called:

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the word of bis patience? Because he exercised fo much patience in the preaching of it, under one of the vileft kings that ever reigned, namely Herod, who flew all the infants in Bethlehem, in hopes of killing him, by whom kings reign; and when the next monarch came to the throne, his enemies cried in ridicule, Go, get thee out, for Herod will kill thee; but he replied, Go tell that fox, that I do cures to-day, and to-morrow, &c. &c. And why did he call him a fox? Because of his cunning; and because of his unjust cruelty against the Lord's poultry. How often, faith Chrift, would I have gathered they children together, even as a hen doth gather her chicken under ber wings, but ye would not? Two thousand of these chicken the former fox, who was of the fame family, had killed, and now fought the life of the hen herfelf; nor could they reft till they had killed both the dam and its young. Deut. xxxii. 11; xxii. 6. It was Herod and his men of war who arrayed Chrift, mocked him, and fet him at nought; and to all this the Lord alludes, when he calls it the word of his patience, and cautions us against being entangled by Satan in this hour of temptation..

Women, too, young and old, are breathing out flaughter against the ruling powers. Tom Paine and Satan have stuffed their heads full of politics. I think these had better guide the house, teach their children to read, and take in a little plain work. And old men, alfo, half in the grave and half out, ean revile the gods, and speak evil of the rulers of the

people.