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Gold, and purple Garments; and the Earth fhall be full of all Plenty, and the Sea furnish'd with all good things; and then Kings fhall begin to be angry with one another, contriving evil things in their Minds.

The Gentile

World.

Envy is not proper for miferable Mortals, Kings are they but the Kings of the Gentiles fhall again in- who will befiege vade that Land with great multitudes, the Millennium, Jerufalem atter bringing on themselves a fatal Deftruction; at the end of the for they defign'd to deftroy the Temple of the Great God, and the best Men, when they came into that Country. These defil'd Princes fhall facrifice round about the City, every one having his Jurifdiction apart, with his Infidels; and then God shall speak to all the unlearned and vain People with a loud Voice, and he who is the Great God fhall condemn them, and they shall all perish by the Hand of the Immortal, and fiery Swords fhall fall from Heaven upon the Earth, and great Lamps of Fire fhall come and shine amongst Men. The Earth alfo, which is the common Parent, fhall be fhaken in thofe Days by the Immortal Hand, and the Fish in the Sea, and all the wild Beafts on the Land, and infinite kinds of Birds; and all the Souls of Men, and all the Sea, fhall tremble at the Prefence of the Immortal, and be much afraid; He fhall break open the high Tops of the Mountains, and the waft Hills, and the darkish place of the Dead fhall appear to all, and the airy Caverns in the high Mountains fhall

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fhall appear fill'd with the Dead, and the Rocks fhall flow with Blood, and many Channels shall fill the Plains, and all wellbuilt Walls fhall fall down on the Earth, which wicked Men built, because they knew not the Law and Judgment of the Great God, but foolishly attack'd the Holy Place. And God fhall condemn them all to be destroy'd by War or Slaughter, and Fire and Rain in a Deluge; and Sulphur fhall defcend from Heaven, and Hailstones many and grievous; and the four-footed Beafts fhall dye: Then they fhall know the Eternal God, who does these things. The Lamentation and Cry of the Men that perifh fhall come upon all the Earth, and they fhall become mute, being wafh'd in their own Blood, and the Earth fhall drink the Blood of the flain; and wild Beafts fhall be fill'd with Flefh.

Note, This is like the War in the 11th Chapter of the Revelations; and the Earthquake there thention'd, or the Earthquake and Hail in the feventh Vial, or the Deftruction of Gog and Magog when they befieg'd the Holy City by Fire from Heaven: But it seems most likely to be the feventh Vial, because of the Thunders and Lightnings, Earthquake and Hail there describ'd.

The Great Eternal God himself commanded me to prophefie all these things, and they fhall not be in vain, nor imperfect; what the Spirit of God only puts into my Mind fhall infallibly come to pafs in the

World :

World: All the Sons of the Great God fhall live in Quiet about his Temple, and fhall rejoyce in all these things which the Creator gives, who is the righteous Judge and Monarch: He alone fhall protect them, and greatly affift them, as a Wall round them of flaming Fire: Their Cities fhall be without Walls, all their Countries fhall be free from the force of an evil War: He shall be their Defender, who is the Immortal, and the Hand of the Holy fhall protect them: And then all the Islands and Cities fhall fay how much the Immortal loves those Men, for all things fight for them, and help them; the Heavens, and the Sun moy'd by God, and the Moon, and the Earth, the Mother of all, fhall be mov'd in those Days, and they shall ing a pleasant Hymn.

Come, let us fall all on the Earth, and entreat the Immortal King, the Great God, and Eternal; let us fend Offerings into his Temple, for there he is the only Governour; and let us all declare the Law of the Supream God, which is most righteous of all in the Earth, but we erred from the Path of the Immortal, and thro' a foolish Mind we worship'd Statues made by Mens Hands, the carv'd Images of Mortal Men. Thefe things fhall the Souls of faithful Men fay:" Come let all the People of God fall on their Faces, let us please God the Father in every Houfe by our Hymns; let us throw away all Arms made for our Enemies in every Land, for the long fpace of feven Ages of

Years

A Defcription of the Millennium.

Years to come, and alfo the Shields, and
Breastplates, and Helmets, and all forts of
Arms, and Bows, and many Arrows, or
Darts, of a wicked Invention; neither
fhall Wood be cut off the Oaks to burn
Houfes in Sieges.

But thou, O miferable Greece! cease from proud Thoughts, and entreat the Immortal Conqueror, and fend into this City the People that want Wisdom, who belong to the Holy Land of the Most High. Do not move a Camarina, it is better let alone; nor move a Panther from his Den, left you fuffer Injury by it, but abstain; neither entertain in your Breaft proud Anger, which provokes you to quarrelling and fighting, but ferve the great God, that thou maift abftain from these things when the fatal Day shall have its end.

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Note, Ne Camarinam agita fignifies to procure Evil to themselves and the Panther here mention'd, is the Greeks Emperor, the Turk; fo that this is an Admonition to the Grecians, not to provoke him by a Rebellion to rid themselves from his Slavery, for this must come at the end from God, who will then destroy him in the beginning of the Millennium, which here follows: And 'tis above intimated, that Greece fhould remain in fubjection till this time, and then they should facrifice to God.

The Kingdom of God fhall come upon good Men; for the Earth, which is the producer of all things, fhall yield to Men the

best,

beft, and infinite Fruits; Corn, Wine, Oyl, and the sweet Honey, Drink from Heaven, the Fruits of Trees, and the Acorns; and fat Cattle, and Beafts, and Lambs from Lambs; and Kids from Goats, and sweet Fountains fhall flow with the whiteft Milk, and the Cities fhall be full of good Men, and the Fields fhall be fruitful, and there fhall be no War in the Earth, nor Tumult, nor fhall the Earth groan by an Earthquake; no Wars, nor Drought, or Famine; nor Hail to waste the Fruits; but there fhall be great Peace in all the Earth, and one King hall live in Friendship with the other, to the End of the Age; and the Immortal, who lives in the Heavens adorned with Stars, fhall give a common Law to all Men in all the Earth, and inftruct miferable Men what things must be done; for he is the only God, and there is no other; and he shall burn the great Strength of Men by Fire. But retain my Counsel in. your Minds, fly all unwarrantable Worship, and ferve the living God; avoid Adultery, and the Confufion of Sodomy, and nourish your Children, and do not kill them, for with fuch Offenders the Immortal is angry. Then he fhall raife a Kingdom for ever over all Men, when he hath given a Holy Law to the Righteous, to all whom he promis'd to open the Earth; and the World of the bleffed, and all Joys, and an immortal Mind, and Eternal chearfulness. Out of every Country they shall bring Frankincenfe,

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