to come down. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision. Joel iii. 14.

(i) That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress.-I will bring distress upon men. My determination is to gather the nations, to assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation. Zeph. i. 15, 17, 8.

(k) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. Matt. xxiv. 30.

(2) Thus saith the Lord God, speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. Thus shall ye be filled-with mighty men, and with all the men of war, saith the Lord God. Ezek. xxxix. 17, 20. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floor, &c. It shall break in pieces all their kingdoms, &c. Dan. iii. 35, 40.

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a) And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. Rev. vi. 16.

(b) In righteousness doth He judge and make war.— -His eyes were as a flame of fire.-And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations, &c. Rev. xix. 11, 12. (d) Enter into the rock and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, 10. In that day shall a man cast his idols of gold and silver to the moles and to the bats; to go into the depths of the rock, and into the tops of the cragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Isa. ii. 20, 21. (f) The indignation of the Lord (Jehovah) is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies. He hath utterly destroyed them, He hath delivered them to the slaughter. Isa. xxxv. 2. (g) My fury shall come up in my face. Thus will I magnify myself -and they shall know that I am the Lord. Ezek. xxxviii. 18, 23. (i) Even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. Zeph. iii. 8.

(k) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things that are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken, and then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Luke xxi. 26, 27. (1) I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow.-His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth before HIM, &c. I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came in the clouds of heaven, &c. Dan. vii. 9, 10, 13.

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For the GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH IS COME. Rev. vi. 17. (b) The battle of THAT GREAT DAY of God Almighty.-And great E

Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Rev. xvi. 14, 19. (c) He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and WRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD. And He hath on his vesture, and on his thigh, a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Rev. xix. 15, 16. (d) The DAY OF THE LORD (Jehovah) OF HOSTS. The Lord (Jehovah) alone shall be exalted in that day. Isa. ii. 12, 17.

(e) Ánd it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD (Jehovah) shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. Isa. xxiv. 21.

(f) The sword of the Lord (Jehovah) is filled with blood. It is the day of the LORD's vengeance, &c. Isa. xxxiv. 6, 8.

(g) In my jealousy, and in the fire of my WRATH, have I spoken-I will be known in the eyes of many nations.-Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God, THIS IS THE DAY WHEREOF I HAVE SPOKEN. Ezek. xxxviii. 19, 23; xxxix. 8.

(h) The great and terrible day of the LORD.-He is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible. Joel ii. 31, 11.

(i) The GREAT DAY OF THE LORD.-That day is a DAY OF WRAth. -The day of the LORD'S WRATH. The day that I rise up to the prey. Zeph. i., iii. 8.

(k) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. Mark xiii. 26.

(1) The judgment was set, and the books were opened. Dan. vii. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it. Jer. xxx. 7.

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(a) And who shall be able to stand? Rev. vi. 17.

(g) All the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. Ezek. xxxix. 21. (h) And who can abide it? Joel ii. 11.

THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD is near-even the voice of the day of the Lord; the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. Zeph. i. 14. (1) Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still. When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Ps. lxxvi. 7, 8, 9.

CHAPTER V.

THE SOUNDING OF THE SEVENTH ANGEL, COMPARED WITH 2 TIM. IV. 1, 8, AND OTHER SCRIPTURES.

IN the first of the preceding chapters the harmony that subsists throughout the Scriptures touching the certainty of that event, which is momentous above all others, and above all measure-and which, paramount as it is, is primarily recorded in the book of Revelation has not been set forth by any imaginative assumption, or any words without knowledge, such as man's wisdom teacheth, which would only darken counsel on so sacred a subject; but exclusively in words, and therefore with a wisdom, which the Holy Ghost teacheth, as holy men of old spake by inspiration of the Spirit. That theme is the coming of the Lord, the seeing of him by every eye, and by them that pierced him; and the wailing of all kindreds of the earth because of him.

In the second, it is shown that, as he that hath an ear is called to hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, so he that hath an ear to hear may learn from the true and faithful sayings of the revelation of Jesus Christ, that these promises were separately seen to be realized in different subsequent visions, and are collectively combined in them all, though not in any one of them; and, moreover, that a comparison of these visions also demonstrates their identity. These things, however different in their nature, Scripture has assimilated as to the time when they must come to pass, the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

That the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness, when the Lord shall do his short work upon the earth; and that the judgment written in so many scriptures -which the world shall feel and all flesh experience-shall be followed by the restitution of all things, spoken of by all the prophets since the world began, and by all the apostles

of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Divine testimony expressly and uniformly shows

In looking farther, by the light of the word alone, to the day of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, when at the coming of the Lord all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him; and indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, shall be rendered unto every soul of man that doeth evil; and every promise to him that overcometh shall be fulfilled, and glory, and honor, peace and immortality shall be rendered to every one that worketh good-it may be seen that in the book of Revelation record is borne concerning both these things under the same trumpet, and also the same seal, and in other sayings of this book, that tell of the same glory as consequent on the same judgment, whether of the quick or of the dead.

It is written-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 to his servants the prophets. Rev. x. 7.

And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God, saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Rev. xi. 15, 19.

The blessing promised to him that readeth, and to them that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein, can not be experienced except it be believed that the sounding of the seventh angel expressly identifies the coming of the wrath of God, with the time of the judgment of the dead, of the giving of reward to the

saints, and of the destroying of the destroyers of the earth. The Sixth Seal includes, in like manner, the great day of the wrath of the Lamb, or the time when his wrath is come, and the destroyers of the earth are destroyed-and the sight of an innumerable company of the redeemed in glory, as in glorious apparel they stand before the throne, in the day of the manifestation of the sons of God, in numbers past human reckoning, when their reward is seen as given them. The reaping of the harvest of the earth; the treading of the wine-press (recorded both in the 14th and 19th chapters); the pouring out of the seventh vial into the air, on the gathering of the kings of the earth and of the whole world to the battle of that great day of God Almighty, and the consequent destruction of Babylon the Great, are accompanied or associated, in every instance, with announcements of the coming of the Lord and of the blessedness of his saints, as well as descriptive of the destruction of his enemies.

There are things which no believer questions; for confessedly that man would not be a believer in the plainest scriptures who did not hold them as articles of faith.

No testimony can be more explicit than that with which Paul, when ready to be offered, introduces his concluding charge to Timothy, and thereafter expresses the full assurance of his own faith. The whole passage teems with instruction, which can never be unsuitable, and can not here be either out of season or out of place :-This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, &c.— but thou hast fully known my doctrine. what persecutions I endured; but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned, and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. I charge thee, therefore, before God, and THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO