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4 § 9 JuJin Laey ' ti Pf&phcty of theFrench Revolution .
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ended long ago ; others are of opinion that it still exists , and appears on very important occasions . There have been some occurrences rt ^ specting the dreadful fate of France so accurately
foretold a century beforehand , that F myself have no doubt of the spirit of prophecy being still appointed , as a means of convincing man of the divine agency , as much as in the days of Musis , or of the idolatrous kings of Israel .
I am led to these observations at this time by having before me , a book printed in 1708 ,- entitled iC Warnings of the Eternal Spirit , by the mouth of his servant John , surnamed Lacy , * ' wherein I read — —
- m * of events so exactly fulfilled , and the horrors of the French revolution so Accurately described , that I cannot see how it can be accounted for , but by ad mi ting that the spirit of piophtcy has not yet failed .
Louis XIV . was at that time in all his glory , and every Frenchman was-proud of the greatness of 46 le grand monarque : " he iiad just finished that proud palace of Versailles , ( which is here denounced ) and adorned it with every splendor that riches , art , and genius could produce ; yet this warning of ihe spirit declares its
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downfal , that not one , of these proud trophies of his % me should remain likewise the fate of his family , the time when- / it should happen ; and the punishment of some of the cities of France , as the following extract will shetjr : " . Come forth Monsieur , Monsieur
Louis the blasphemer . I come to speak to thee , O great king . Who art thoupoltroon f Who art thou that thou hast boasted ; thyself after so haughty a manner ?¦ against me and against my children ? Those poor children whom thou thinkest to have destroyed throughout thy kingdom * . They shall rise up with great splendor , at my appointment . — Wretch ! thy subjects shall contemn thr
memoryr . —Yes , I will expose thee , I will make thee appear a weak worm . Thou art riot wortJiy to walk erect as a man , with tby face towards that heaven , against which thou hast fought . Wretch , thou shaft be cast down f , for I am rhc king of kings and not thou . Thy adversary shall torment thee , before thou diest * I will commission him to torment
thee in thy conscience ; yeL , with such horrors , that thy courtierjs shall observe it—For I will glorify myself » pon thee , and destroy all those images of thyself , which thou hast so proudly set up , and ail thy statues § . " Thy miserable courtiers , who adore thee , more than they do me , even all the court of France , I will make them feel their abomination in that kindfl . I will
bear with them no longer : yea , that Versailles which thou hast made for the glory of thy name , I will throw it to the ground ^ , and ail thy insolent inscriptions , thy figures , and thy abominable pictures of thy own glory .
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* The revocation of the edict of Nantz was a cruel measure , and banished 35 , 000 French from their family and country : many -were put to death , and many respectable men sent to the gallics for life , l . ouis thought he had destroyed the Protestants or Huguenots , and rooted them out of ? his kingdom . Within four-score years after tt U , the prime minister of France ( Neckar ) was a Protestant , called formerly , an Huguenot f h ' uch an event appeared almost impossible at that time , for the whole nation seemed enthusiasts when talking of the glory of their gruttd monarque . . \ It is remarkable that JLouis XIV . from this tiine never gained a . battle ; his country oppressed with war and Jarniue , implored him to seek a peace soon after ? at this time , he had formed many grea ^ schemes which were all blasted . § Every trace of the grandeur of L , ou ? s XIV . is now removed—every statue of nim is destroyed ; al . hough he then wa& > tdallxed almost by every Frenchman . ( j - «« In that kind , " I suppose , mean * , in the same kind of destruction , and'th ati ^ Jieir state would be destroyed like their master ' s . ., ¦ n ^ f Figuratively spoken ; for though not literally fulfilled , as to the walls , yet » U
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1808, page 468, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2396/page/12/
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