Nothing less than Almighty God can accomplish such miracles.

God has manifested about 4174 years' mercy over the world and all his works, since the Deluge; but the world obstinately remains full of unbelievers and hypocrites.

Let us search the scriptures, as Christ commands, and pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit to understand them, and lead us into ALL truth and comfort.

There is far less hope left now than when Noah entered the ark, if we do not hearken and obey the proclamations of God, like the Ninevites, in true repentance.

The world is, however, in the deep sleep of sin, in spite of all the awful signs surrounding us, in which it will surely be caught as a snare: the snare is satan, who changes colour like cameleons. Devils are transformed into angels, and can assume all shapes.

He is no longer BLACK, but YELLOW; he has spread golden traps every where; the whole world is in full chase of GOLD, setting their hearts upon it, above all things, vainly dreaming that GOLD commands every thing else.

The few who overtake the golden idol find it does not exempt them one day from disease and death!!! Many die daily in the chase; others find gold takes wings.

The population of the world is generally supposed to be,

The devil reigns nearly over the whole earth; no man is able to dethrone him.

Here we find a melancholy matter, that not one eighth

* Some authors report there are 1000 millions.

of the inhabitants of the world acknowledge the gospel purely. No Christians desire the world to continue in such deep sin and unbelief; but all Christians rejoice to know, that the devil is to be cast out of the earth by Christ, who is descending, as the Conqueror, to liberate the world; his angels will consume all traitors and rebels, and none can escape, except in the Ark of faith !!!

This great proclamation is the great mystery concealed from high and low priests, although expressly revealed to the humble and meek.

The world is led to expect no more prophets or judgments till the end of the world. This book is simply intended to illustrate that THE MILLENIUM is at hand, and HOW God has declared he will accomplish it, even by a universal deluge of death to all sinners, except, perhaps, a second Adam and Eve. The number of the elect (believers) to be saved is not revealed in Scripture, and it is not intended to advance one word contrary to the doctrine the Bible contains.

Let scoffers read the last chapter of the last prophet, Malachi, and let all ponder upon the following text: "Ye are cursed with a curse even this whole nation, for ye have robbed God of tithes," &c." There shall be fearful sights and signs in the sun, moon, and stars, and distress of nations."

"For some days there has been a cluster of spots on the sun, so unusually large as to be visible to the naked eye, if guarded by a very dark-coloured glass, or during a fog. These solar spots can now be distinctly seen on the western side, rather above the centre. Through a good magnifying telescope, above forty spots may be counted: the largest opening appears to have a division of luminous clouds across it. Through any telescope of modern power, with a dark or smoked glass, the spots appear interesting, and may be visible for four or five days; there are two smaller clusters entering, and one departing."*

Star, 22 Dec. 1829.

There was an extraordinary vision of the moon, reported by the York Herald, to have been seen by several men, about midnight, 20 August, 1829, near York. I cannot undertake to answer for the truth or falsehood of this report, of which I never heard a word till I accidentally purchased in the street, 17 December, 1829, an almanack, by Maria Von Hylder.

I am well aware numberless lies appear in newspapers, and how corrupted the press is. Nevertheless, I cannot resist the impulse to name this report, hoping the inhabitants of York will contradict the matter, or deem it absolutely worthy of serious examination and reflection.

God says, "I will show signs and wonders in the sun, and in the moon, and in the earth DISTRESS OF NATIONS."

Now, if this vision actually happened, nobody can deny that it exactly accords with repeated prophecies.

The world now, as formerly, expects a UNIVERSAL sign or wonder, like the Jews, who desired Christ to work a MIRACLE, visible to the eyes of ALL FLESH; but God has never PROMISED this, consequently, there is no reason to expect God will depart from his usual ways, "as high above man's ways as the heavens are above the earth.”

When Christ was born, angels singing "Glory to God, on earth peace, and good will to men," appeared to some few poor shepherds, by night, who were led to the stable, and saw Christ in the manger: the wise men, led by the star in the east, also saw Christ, but warned in a dream from God, returned not to tell Herod; yet the Jews blasphemed it, and found Christ a stumbling block. Christ selected twelve disciples as special witnesses and messengers, who declare, "all scripture written for our learning." Thus, God selects POOR witnesses to confound the rich; the humble and weak to confound the proud and mighty.

The signs over all CHRISTENDOM are utterly scorned; the division of the moon is deemed too preposterous to en

gage attention, notwithstanding God says, "Behold I work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though a man declare it unto you."-A Scotch paper states, that "Mr. Edward Caird of Arbroath, has publicly announced that the millenium is to take place on 29 February, 1832, about five o'clock in the evening."

It is certainly blasphemous to predict the day and hour. The world is so sunk in unbelief, that if kings, cabinets, princes, or parsons, declared they saw spotted suns, double moons, or stars divided, the people would laugh, and consider them dreamers or madmen, unworthy and unable to rule or reign.

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Therefore, THE DEAD LEVEL" is at hand, for God declares, "his spirit shall not always strive with man ;" when his spirit departs, the evil spirit arrives, and lets loose all the hellhounds, so that every man shall dread another, and many shall die blaspheming God, under the last seven plagues, instead of repenting.

The Courier at Paris states, "nothing has been talked of for some days but a plot at Rome against the life of the pope and cardinals. According to the society of Ignatius, a wish exists at Rome to act the gunpowder plot of England, and launch the pope and cardinals into eternity, by the Carbonari, many of whom have been arrested."

Navarino was suddenly destroyed, 18 November, 1829; Gibraltar has been threatened; Holland and Germany inundated: but man continues treason against his Almighty Sovereign, in spite of all his love and merciful warnings; wherefore, God's decrees are at hand to send his four sore judgments to cut off man and beast, the same as at the deluge.

Is it not more merciful to punish man upon earth temporally, than eternally?

It is not revealed what became of the souls who sunk in the deluge, for it is a mystery above human sagacity; nor can any man know how God may dispose of the millions of souls who expire under his wrath or next tribulation.

EARTHQUAKES.

Behold, famine, plague, and tribulation are sent as scourges for amendment." Esdras xvi.

“There was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth; so mighty an earthquake, and so great."-" Every island fled away." Rev. xvi. 18.

There appear no records of any earthquakes before Christ's death (except Korah, Dathan, and Abiram's * Jericho's walls; and one in Asia, which overturned twelve cities, A. D. 17.), who said, "There shall be Earthquakes, famine, and pestilence, in divers places, and these are the beginning of sorrows."

Christ, who refused a sign to the Jews (except that of the prophet Jonas), has stamped his divine power, by the most extraordinary and terrible earthquakes, which have continually happened, since his resurrection, upon heathens and heretics, to punish misers and idolators, who reject the gospel.

Earthquakes are awful signs over all the world, speaking, and serving to show that Christ is God, and God is Christ; confirming the gospel so clearly, that it is madness to doubt one word that Christ has uttered: yet Christendom is fallen asleep, more heedless of all his threats and promises than the Jews, for they profess still to expect Christ.

I have extracted, from chronological history, accounts of the principal, the earliest, and latest earthquakes, because they prove that Christ holds all power in heaven and earth, and will surely perform all his promises and threats, though utterly unheeded, scorned, and derided, or misunderstood, and unbelieved.

"If these men, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and their congregation, die the common death of all men, the Lord hath not sent me; but if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit, then ye shall understand that they have provoked the Lord.--The earth clave asunder, and opened her mouth and swallowed them all up, their houses and all their goods; they went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished.-All Israel fled at their cry, saying, Lest the earth swallow us up also." Numbers, xvi.