hour of his judgment is come. It is asked by those who had gotten the victory, and who sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb, Who shall not glorify thy name? FOR all nations shall come and worship before thee; FOR thy judg ments are made manifest.-When Babylon is judged and fallen, the voice of much people in heaven is heard, saying, Alleluia, salvation, and glory, and honor, and power unto the Lord our God; FOR He hath judged the great whore, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And John heard also the voice of a great multitude-saying, Alleluia, FOR the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give honor unto him, FOR the marriage of the Lamb is come, &c. There is harmony in these heavenly voices; as then there is one song for all nations. The glory of God lightens the holy city. And the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. That the same harmony subsists throughout all the scriptural testimony concerning the judgment whether of the quick or of the dead, and the glory that shall follow-or that the same Spirit of truth, wherever there are words which the Holy Ghost teacheth, to be compared together, speaks of these things, as the Lord God of the holy prophets showed and signified them by his angel unto John-the testimony itself when looked at with the eye of faith, gives, as will be seen, by parallelisms as clear and far more copious, complete and ocular demonstration.' In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, AS HE HATH DECLARED UNTO HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS.' One of the angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, who showed unto John the bride, the Lamb's wife-the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God-said unto the apostle, "The Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto John the things that must shortly be done." Reserving the more full scriptural comparison of the things that must be done in the days of the seventh angelthe coming of the wrath and of the kingdom of God, the time for giving reward to the saints, and the destruction of the destroyers of the earth-for the testimony in its fullness which is borne to each of these things, and to the manner, as set forth in many scriptures, in which the judgment will be executed on the nations of the earth-some evidence may here be adduced from the sacred oracles, that God hath declared unto his servants the prophets the finishing of the mystery. The heavens must receive Christ until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his prophets since the world began. Of that restitution, and of the times of it, all the prophets have spoken. Nor were they silent concerning the comsumption, or consummating judgments, by which that restitution shall be ushered in. Hitherto is the end of the matter, said Daniel, in the last word he uttered after the truth was made known to him and recorded, of the fourth beast or kingdom, and of the ten horns, and of that horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking great things; and after he had beheld till the thrones were cast down, and he saw the Son of man come in the clouds of heaven, and a kingdom and dominion and glory given him, that all people and nations and languages should serve him" And the kingdom shall be given to the saints of the Most High, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Hitherto is the end of the matter." The mystery of God shall be finished-as he hath thus declared unto the prophet. -In his first vision he saw till the stone, interpreted as the kingdom of God, smote the image, and brake in pieces and subdued all these kingdoms, and became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. The last words of his book, as the things noted in the Scripture of truth were all written, are- -"Go thy way till the end: for thou shalt stand in thy lot in the end of THE DAYS." The mystery of God shall be finished in the days of the sounding of the seventh trumpet; and when it is sounded the time is come that the Lord shall give reward to his servants the prophets, as to all his saints. The Lord hath declared unto his servants the prophetsIt shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established upon the top of the mountains and all nations shall flow unto it-and He shall judge among the nations. The haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. In that day a man shall cast his idols to the moles and to the bats ;-to go into the clefts of the rocks-for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth.1 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold your God shall come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord will not return until He have executed, and till he hath performed the thoughts of his heart; in the latter days ye shall coNSIDER IT PER Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken. And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen SHALL SEE MY JUDGMENT that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. So the house of Israel SHALL KNOW that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.* Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings, &c. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, as He hath declared unto his servants the prophets. All nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. 1 Isa. ii. 2, 4. 11, 20, 21, &c. 3 Jer. xxiii. 19, 20. 4 Ezek. xxxix. 8, 21, 22. 2 Isa. xxxv. 4, 5. Ps. ii. 8-12 TABLE V.-THE SEVENTH TRUMPET COMPARED WITH THE SIXTH SEAL, THE HARVEST, THE SEVENTH VIAL, &C. [(a) The Seventh Trumpet.-(b) The Sixth Seal.-(c) The Harvest, etc.(d) The Seventh Vial.-(e) The Treading of the Wine-press, etc.-(f) The First Resurrection.-(g) The Judgment of the Dead.-(h) Rev. xxi. xxii.— (i) 2 Tim. iv. 1, 8.] Rev. xi. 14. A. (a) The second woe is past; behold the third woe COMETH QUICKLY. (b) And when he had opened the fifth Seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony (μaprvpíav) which they held; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord-dost Thou not judge and AVENGE OUR BLOOD on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them, and it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season, &c. Rev. vi. 9-11. And I saw another angel-having the everlasting gospel to preach to every nation, &c.-saying, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.-And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, &c. Rev. xiv. 6-8. Behold I COME AS A THIEF.-And He gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial in the air. Rev. xvi. 15-17. And he (one of the angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues) said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true; and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I COME QUICKLY. Rev. xxii. 6, 7. B. The nations were angry, and THY WRATH IS COME. Rev. xi. 18. -They are the spirits of devils-which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, 14. And he gathered them. And great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of HIS WRATH, 19. The ten horns-shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire. Rev. xvii. 16. -He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and WRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD. Rev. xix. 15. Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Rev. xx. 15. (i) -The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing. 2 Tim. iv. 1. C. (a) And THE TIME of the dead that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward-to the saints, &c.-and shouldest destroy them which destroy (marg. or corrupt) the earth. Rev. xi. 18. The GREAT DAY of his wrath is come. Rev. vi. 17. (b) (c) (d) (e) (h) (i) (a) (c) THE HOUR of his judgment is come.-The TIME IS COME for thee to reap; for THE HARVEST OF THE EARTH IS RIPE.Gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are FULLY RIPE. Rev. xiv. 15, 18. -The battle of that GREAT DAY of God Almighty.—And there came a great voice from the throne, saying, IT IS DONE. -Her plagues shall come in ONE DAY.-In ONE HOUR is thy judgment come. Rev. xvi. 17; xviii. 8, 10. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him.—In righteousness he doth judge and make war.-King of kings, and Lord of lords. Rev. xix. 11, 16. And he said unto me, IT IS DONE. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Rev. xxi. 6. -A crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous JUDGE, shall give me at THAT DAY. 2 Tim. iv. 8. D. And the time of THE DEAD that they should be judged. Rev. xi. 18. (f) (g) (h) (i) The hour of his JUDGMENT IS COME. If any man worship the beast and his image-he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. Rev. xiv. 9, 10. I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given them. Rev. xx. 4. -And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it. -And I saw THE DEAD, small and great, stand before God.— And THE DEAD WERE JUDGED.-And death and hades (the grave) gave up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every man according to their works. Rev. xx. 11-13. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he that is filthy let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still. Rev. xxii. 11. -The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall JUDGE the quick and THE DEAD. 2 Tim. iv. 1. E. (a) And that thou shouldest GIVE REWARD unto thy servants, the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small AND GREAT. Rev. xi. 18. (b) (c) Lo, a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations, &c. stood before the throne, and before the Lambclothed with white robes and palms in their hands, &c.—The Lamb-shall feed them, &c. Rev. vii. 9-17. Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from |