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Ver . 17 > describes the pouring out of this last phial , which is to complete the divine judgments upon the Antichristian powers , by pouring it on the heavens , or seat of political power ; and vers . 18 , 19 , declare the consequences , that the capitals of all the nations of the Western Roman
empire shall be destroyed , and every state overturned , and that empire which has for so many ages been divided into ten states , shall , by this political earthquake , be divided into three . Thus it would appear , that as it took about thirty years to unite the
ecclesiastical power of the bishop of Rome to the civil power of the Exarchate , and forty-five years more to complete its full establishment under Hildebrand , it will take thirty years , i . e . to A . D . 1821 , to dissolve the unnatural union of church and state
throughout Christendom , and by it open the temple of God , for all willing to enter in and worship , Forlyfive years farther leads to that grand period of A . D . 1866 , when the Jews shall be completely restored , and the
thousand years * reign of the saints begin . That these judgments of God upon Antichristiaaity are to be completed at the commencement of the sounding of the seventh trumpet , I refer to x ., 7 .
Chap . xvii . is the key given to the prophet to expound all that important part of this book wtiich regards the Roman empire , and sufficiently explains itself to the generality of readers . Chap , xviii . describes the
consequences of the pouring out of the phials in the complete destruction of the Western empire and all its trading policy , and it would appear that the only mourners on this occasion are its Icings , princes , military and naval officers , and mercantile interest . It is a
striking description of the Western empire and its feudal and mercantile policy . Its religion , its wars , its governments , its re venues , are all trading concerns . Vice and virtue , education and interest , birth and death , are all objects of traffic .
Chap . xix . I—10 , is the triumphant song- of the church at the destruction of Antichrist , in conformity with the exhortation given xviii . 2 O . Vers . 11—21 , have been before noticed as corresponding with the treading of the vintage and the threat battle of
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Armageddon . Here , then , I shall conclude with this observation , that Christians have done wrong in cen- ? suring the late Mr . Gibbon , for having ascribed the destruction of Rome to Christianity . It is to the honour
of Christianity that , though it is not a religion of treasons or of contention , yet it makes the mind of man independent of tyrants and tyranny , and by the Christian glorying more in his endurance for truth and virtue , than oppression dare boast of its inflictions ,
it overcomes its oppressors by its virtue . It has thus destro y ed Pagan Rome . It has nearly destroyed the beast , its successor , and its triumph will soon be complete , by its all-subduing principles rooting out oppression from mankind .
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Ithyd-y-Penna , near Cardiff , Sir , July I 1 , 1819-IT has often been a matter of regret to me , that I have not been able to reply to ' the friendly objections of L . J . J ., " as I expressed my hope of doing ; ' erelong-. ^ [ Man . Repos ^
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Epitaph on Mr . John Nedham . 419
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An Epitaph on Mr * John Nedham * written , by Charles Rozzil , a native Poet of Leicester *
Contemplative mortal , arrest thy step . And fix thine eye on this tablet ^ But first clear it from the Beam of prejudice . The grave beneath Contains the body of JOHN NEDHAM , A man whose brilliant genius And benevolent heart , Rendered him at once Admired and respected-He ever said to misery , 11 Share the gifts of Fortune ! ' * Which kindness of disposition sometimes drove him
Beyond the limits of prudence . Being- a strenuous advocate for civil And religious liberty , He frequently shook the shallow-built towers Of tyranny and persecution . His religious S 3 stem was Unitarian ^ Which he maintained tenaciously .
Tenets beyond his reason He neither assented to nor denied £ But trusting- in God , All-wise and beneficent , He expired April 18 , 1791 , Aged 32 , Calm and unshaken in His opinions .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1819, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1774/page/19/
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