Orac. lib. 3. Tears. Ver. 10. So that they shall take no Wood out of the Field, neither cut down any out of the Forrest. In this the Sibyls and Ezekiel agree, that they shall ufe no Wood for Fire but the Arms of their Enemies. Ezek. ch. 38, ver. 20. The Fishes of the Sea, the Fowls of the Heavens, and the Beasts of the Fields, and all creeping things, and all Men Shall Shake at my prefence; and the Mountains fhall be thrown down, and the Towers shall fall, and every Wall fhall fall to the Ground. At terra omniparens illis perçulfa diebus I have quoted this Defcription to fhew, that thefe Prophefies agree very much in the defcription of Gog's Overthrow; but the Sibyl's do not mention Gog, nor many circumstances in Ezekiel. As Chrift and his Apoftles permitted the ufe of the Jewish Ceremonies till the Deftruction of their Temple by the Romans, fo 'twill happen at laft, the Jews will return, build their Temple, and ufe their old Ceremonies, till this fignal coming of Christ to deftroy the Turks, and his appearing in the Air fhall convert 'em: No Preaching nor Miracles could formerly convince 'em, but this glorious fecond coming will prevail'; and this will require their being fettled in their own Country, that they may be all convinc'd at one time, and then the Fulnefs of the Gentiles fhall come in, they being all converted by this fecond coming of Chrift to conquer them; and then both Jews and Gentiles will be oblig'd to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, which the Jews did at their first return from Ægypt. The Defcription of the Millennium by the Old Prophets. Dan. Chap. 7, Ver. 18. Ut the Saints of the most High fhall take the BK Ver. 13. One like the Son of Man came with the Clouds of Heaven, and came to the ancient of days. Ver. 14. And there was given him Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all People, Nations, and Languages fhould ferve bim: his Dominion is an everlasting Dominion, which shall not pafs away, and his Kingdom that which fhall not be destroyed. Note, The Son of Man is Chrift, the Saints of the Most High are Believers in him, and all Dominions shall serve and obey him, and he shall then raife the Dead, Ch. 12, ver. 12. Bleffed is he that cometh to the 1335 days. [i.e. the beginning of the Millennium, from the taking of Jerufalem by the Nations, Zech. 14.] Ver. 2. And many of them that fleep in the • duft of the Earth fhall awake, fome to everlast ing ing life, and fome to fhame. Ver. 3. And they that be wife fhall fhine as the brightness of the Firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the Stars, for ever and ever. Ver. 13. But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt reft, and ftand in thy lot at the end of the days. i. e. Daniel fhall arife, and have fhare with his own Tribe, as Ezekiel has defcrib'd the divifion among the 12 Tribes.] Ifaiah, ch. 26, ver. 19. Thy dead Men fhall live, together with my dead body hall they arife: awake, and fing, ye that dwell in the Duft. Note, There will be a new Paradifiacal state of Men, and all other Creatures. Chap. 60, ver. 1. Arife, fhine, for thy light is come, and the Glory of the Lord is rifen on thee. Ver. 3. And the Gentiles fhall come to thy light, and Kings to the brightness of thy rifing. Ver. 11. Therefore thy Gates shall be open continually, they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring unto thee the Forces of the Gentiles, and that their Kings may be brought. Ver. 12. For the Nation and Kingdom that will not ferve thee fall perish. Ver. 19. The Sun Shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness fall the Moon give light to thee, but the Lord fhall be unto thee an everlasting Light, Ver. 21. Thy People alfo fhall all be righteous, and they fhall inherit the Land for ever. Chap. 65, ver. 17. Behold, I create a new Heaven, and a new Earth: and the former fhall not be remembred. Ver. 18. I create Jerufalem a rejoycing, and her People a joy. V.19. The voice of weeping fhall be no more heard in her, nor nor the voice of crying. V. 25. The Wolf and the Lamb fhall feed together, and the Lyon fhall eat Straw like the Bullock and Duft fhall be the Serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy Mountain. Chap. 66, Ver. 12. I will extend Peace to her like a River, and the Glory of the Gentiles like a flowing Stream. Ver. 23. All Flefh fhall come and worship before me, faith the Lord. Ezekiel, Ch. 47, Ver. 12. The Trees on the River fhall bring forth Fruit according to its months, and the Leaf fhall be for medicine, that there fhall be plenty and health. Joel, Ch. 3, Ver. 18. And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that the Mountains fhall drop down new Wine, [bring forth many Vines and the Hills fhall flow with Milk, [i.e. be fruitful Paftures and the Rivers of Judah fhall flow with Waters, and a Fountain fhall come forth of the Houfe of the Lord, and shall water the Valley of Shittim. Ver. 20. Judah fhall dwell for ever, and Jerufalem from generation to generation. Note, Thefe Waters are mention'd by Ezekiel and Zechariah, and may only fignifie Plenty, or be the cause of the fertility of the Land. Ifaiah, Ch. 24, Ver. 23. Then the Moon fhall be confounded, and the Sun afhamed, when the Lord of Hofts fhall reign in Mount Sion, and in Jerufalem. Chap. 25, Ver. 7. He fhall deftroy in this Mountain the face of the covering of all People, and the veil fpread over all Nations. [This is fome Ultima fanctorum funt tempora, namq; ea condit Altitonans, opifex templi super omnia magni. He that will read thefe Quotations from the old Prophets, Efdras, Revelations, and Sibyls, will acknowledg the Jews muft return into their Country to build their City and Temple, and then will be befieg'd by Gog, who will there be deftroy'd by Thunder: Then the Jews, and many Gentiles, fhall be converted to Christianity by this signal Judgment on Gog, and the appearance of Chrift crucified, but afterwards the Gentiles will again take Jerufalem, (as in Zech. ch.ult.) but shall at last be destroy'd by Chrift itanding in Mount Sion, by the Earthquake, by a Plague, and by the Sword; then shall Chrift come with all his Saints, be King over the Earth, and all Nations fhall come up to worship him. This is the Senfe of all the Prophets compar'd together, and they have been very little understood by those who fuppos'd they related only to the Times before Chrift; by what is quoted they have plainly defcrib'd the laft Times, fince Chrift, viz. the Return of the Jews, the Destruction of Antichrift, and State of the Millennium. That I may more fully prove this, I will give my Interpretation of Dan. 11, 12. which plainly relate to the Turk, as King of the North; and the Saracen, King of the South They at laft agreed in one false Religion and tyrannical Government, which is the Antichrift intimated by all the Prophets. No other Hiftory has yet happen'd agreeable with the Prophefies but that of the Saracens and Turks, Daniel's little Horn. And fince the Miseries of the Jews under the Mahometans have been greater and longer than those under Antiochus and the Romans, 'tis very probable Daniel spoke of thefe, to convince the Infidelity of this Age, that GOD governs the World; that He pre-ordain'd all Events, and by his infpired Prophets predicts 'em. FINIS. |