Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (See to the end of the chapter.)

Rev. xix. 19. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together, to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Rev. xx. 7. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. 8. And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. See Ezek. xxxviii. and xxxix.

VII. Promises of the FAVOUR and SUBMISSION of KINGS to the KINGDOM of CHRIST.

Is. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 23. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth,

and lick up the dust of thy feet, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Isa. lii. 15. So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their months at him; for that which had not been told them, shall they see; and that which they had not heard, shall they consider.

Is. lx. 3. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 10. And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee; for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 11. Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 16. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breasts of kings, and shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

VIII. Promises of the SECURITY, TRANQUILLITY, and PROSPERITY of the CHURCH.

Is. iv. 5. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory shall be a defence. 6. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Is. xxvii. 2. In that day sing ye unto her, a vineyard of red wine. 3. I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Is. xxxiii. 20. Look upon Zion, the city of our

solemnities; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby 22. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver; the Lord is our King; he will save us.

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Is. liv. 14. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee. 15. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me whosoever shall gather together against thee, shall fall for thy sake. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Is. lxv. 18. Be ye glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Is. li. 3. The Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord: joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Ps. cii. 13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, yea, the set time is come: 14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

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When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

Is. lxvi. 10. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11. That ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. (See ver. 13, 14.)

Jer. xxxiii. 16. In those days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. Matt. xvi. 18. church, and the against it.

Upon this rock will I build my gates of hell shall not prevail

Dan. vii. 27. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. IX. Promises of the PERPETUAL CONTINUANCE of the CHURCH.

Isa. lix. 21. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put into thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

Isa. lxvi. 22. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

Jer. xxxi. 35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name; 36. If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37. Thus saith the Lord, If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath; I will also cast off all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord. See also chap. xxxiii. 20, 21, 25, 26.

Dan. vii. 14. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Matt. xxviii. 20. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

X. Promises of the CONVERSION and RESTORATION of the JEWS.

Jer. xxx. 9. They shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be thou dismayed, O Israel; for lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest and quiet, and none shall make him afraid. See to the end of the chapter.

Jer. xxxi. 1. At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 4. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel; thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. 10. Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel