Rev.xiv.

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the Cloud, Thruft in thy Sickle, and Reap, "for the Time is come for thee to Reap, for the "Harvest of the Earth is Ripe.

"And he that fate on the Cloud, thruft in "his Sickle on the Earth, and the Earth was “Reaped.

"And another Angel came out of the Temple,, "which is in Heaven, he alfo having a fharp "Sickle.

"And another Angel came out from the Altar, "which had Power over Fire, and cryed with

a loud Cry to him that had the sharp Sickle "faying, Thrust in thy fharp Sickle, and gather "the Clufters of the Vine of the Earth, for "her Grapes are fully Ripe.

"And the Angel thrust in his Sickle into the "Earth, and gathered the Vine of the Earth, “and cast it into the great Wine-prefs of the "Wrath of God.

"And the Wine-prefs was trodden without "the City, and Blood came out of the Wine"prefs even unto the Horfe Bridles, by the space ss of a Thousand and Six Hundred Furlongs.

Here

Here is the Coming of Chrift to his Harvest, with his Crown of Gold, to fet up his Reign, which was fixt by the compleat Destruction of the Anti-Chriftian Power.

The like Defcription is at the End of the Vifion of the Seven Vials, which are exactly parallel both as to their Matter, and their Time, to that of the Trumpets, both in their Introduction, their Continuance and their Clofe.

Rev.

After that, in this Vifion of the Vials, the Angel had cryed mightily, Babylon is fallen, xviii 2. upon which Destruction her Smoke rose up for XIX. 3. ever and ever, it is foon after faid by St. John,

"And I faw Heaven opened, and behold a 11% White Horfe, and he that fate upon him was "called Faithful and True, and in Righteouf"nefs he doth Judge and make War.

"His Eyes were as a Flame of Fire, and on

his Head were many Crowns, and he had a

"Name written that no Man knew but he him

" felf.

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"And he was Cloathed with a Vefture dipt 13. in Blood, and his Name is called the Word

of God.

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" And

Revoix,

"And the Armies which were in Heaven-fol14. "lowed him upon White Horfes, Cloathed in "Fine Linnen, White and Clean.

"And out of his Mouth goeth a sharp Sword, "that with it he should Smite the Nations, and "he fhill Rule them with a Rod.of Iron, and "he treadeth the Wine-prefs of the Fierceness " and Wrath of Almighty God.".

"And he hath on his Vefture, and on his Thigh a Name written, King of Kings, and "Lord of Lords. “.

“And I faw an Angel standing in the Sun, "and he cried with a loud Voice, faying to all-· "the Fowls that fly in the midst of Heaven, "Come and gather your felves together unto the Supper of the great God.

"That ye may eat the Flesh of Kings and "the Flesh of Captains, and the Flesh of Mighty "Men, and the Flesh of Horses, and of them "that fit on them, and the Flesh of all Men both Free and Bond, both Small and Great. "And I faw the Beast and the Kings of the Earth, and their Armies gathered together to

make

"make War againft Him that fate on the Horfe,

and against his Army.

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"And the Beast was taken, and with him Rev.xix "the false Prophet that wrought Miracles before "him, with which he Deceived them that had re"ceived the Mark of the Beast, and them thatWor"shipped his Image; thefe both were caft alive "into a Lake of Fire Burning with Brimftone.

"And the Remnant were Slain with the Sword "of him that fate upon the Horfe, which Sword proceeded out of his Mouth, and all the Fowls"were filled with their Flefh."

Where it ends as the Description in the XIV. Chap. and just after he sees the Millenium begin,

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"And I saw a great Angel come down from Rev. xx? "Heaven, having the Key of the Bottomlefs 1 "Pit, and a great Chain in his Hand.

"And he laid hold on the Dragon, that Old

Serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and "bound him a Thousand Years.

"And caft him into the Bottomless Pit, and «hut him up, and fet a Seal upon him, that he Should deceive the Nations no more, till the

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Rev. xx.

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Thoufand Tears fhould be fullfilled, and after "that he must be loofed a little Seafon.

"And I faw Thrones, and they fate upon "them, and Judgment was given unto them, &c. Here St. John brings it to the Thousand Years, of which he fays, Bleffed and Holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection. Which I Dan. xii, obferved before, agreed with Daniel's, Bleffed is be that waiteth and cometh to the One Thorfand Three Hundred Thirty Five Days, in the XII. VII. 26. and to the Kingdom of the Samts, in the VII. Chapter.

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XXI. 28.

And thus I have gone through the Three Periods, and given my Reafons Why the First may be reckoned to have expired in the Year 1715. The Second to be expected to expire in 1745, and the Laft in 1790.

And that this may not feem Prefumptuous, tho' in General it is not fafe to Guefs at what is yet to come, We may remember that our Saviour allows and commands us, in St. Luke, When these things begin to come to pass, then look

up,