The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-09-10
for the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.

IN the nth chapter Of the Revelations,
II az the. 9th verfe, it is laid, Thai tbf dad
5sdiss sftbs soitne6s' j6aN lie IN fbs pref 81
The great eity,subifb JpirifnAlly q called S'don
and Egypt, wbns 0l}o err Lord Vas f,nqfsd,
i. c. Ieruialem tor would read the after
caule Of the verle thus, and the city fO6F'f
ols, &c. Now though our Lord wal not
cruci6ed in the city Of Jerufalem, yet 4 was
10 nigh il, that it might be called, in large
fenfe. the city.where our Lord was cr'cltlsd
From this text we learn that the church OF
Rome, in It's papal fate, is, in the mythical
lenfe, called Sodom, Egypt and JeTuiaem 5.
but where is il 70 called does not oAn here
refer to fome of the arcent prophecies, and
70 give us a key whsrcbyAto unlock inem
for my past think TO; and therefore, tor
nyftical Sodom, read the 10Th chapter OF
Ezekiel, from the .46th TO the OFT ve,ie
where Samaria is faid TO be the eldeit litter
of IeruGlem, and Sodom the younger.
Now muf not this be undelfood miitIcailyf
can il be true in the literal (enfe, tina, Sodom
was the younger GAer, when twas dettroy-
ed ages before either SamsrIa OF Jeruia'em
were inhabited by the feed of lirael ano-
1her argument that proves to me, that 80
dom mutt be undeIfood in the mythical
len(e, is, that there is in this chapter pro-
miCe that Sodom lhould return to its former
eaate, and be brought back from captivity,
as well as Ssmaria and Jerulalem but can
any one imagine this to be undsTitood in
literal (en(e /? but the difficulties attending
the literal fenfe, will entirely vanlih upon
admitting the myaIc fenie for truth, Il c.
iupoofing Sodom to mean the papal church
of Rome, we can Immediately fee the pro
priety of its being called the younger hitter,
tn, Papifts being of much later date than
the Jewilh or Samaritan church: We are
alto taught an important truth, VIZ the rel
tora,ion of the Jews, and of the ten tribes,
and The referring the pure worihiP OF God,
by the total abohlhing of popery, ae events
that are all to happen at the lame time. For
myfiic Ierufalem, fee the third and fourIh
chapter Of liaiah for myfiic Egypt, lee
Ifaiah 90. v. a3,25. and c. a7.v. g. Zych.
t 70 veF,cxo-Il. BY Ahyria, which IS men
toned yAh Egypt, in ,heie Taft cited texts,
| / undereind Turkey; fee Micah S yer. S
I-b.9.!.--Which prophecy plainly reipect'ne
gofpel times, who can, with 10 much pro
pre,y, be underaood by the AlIyrlan as th'
Turk, who is now in poiIefion of what wa
| the ancient Afyria . The dying up the Il
YER Euphraies, and bringing down the PI'd'
of AAyria, in Zech. 10. yer. IL. ieeGs c
mean the fame thing, and reiPect the iam'
event, with Rev. 10. ver. II. which Mr.
iMede understands of the removal OF TN
| Turks fee ALTO Rev. g. YER. IA which
generally underRood OF the Turks Nov
il lhele psaages in Revelation do plainly al
lude 70, and other mean the fame with Zech
! 10 YER. IL. il will follow that il the Turk
aretobe undernoodby thefe texts lnReve. att
on, then Turkey is to beunderttood byAiiyIIa
in Zech. 10. yer. II. and fome other place
in the prophets. Now according to Dan
H.. "A. il leems that the Turks ihal' feeeIv
a paItial overthrow from the Rufians, whlcl
ihall caule him to go forth with great fur.
to deilroy and utterly to make away many
and according to Eek. SO. yer. S. 3. II
| mall 0lfmb!s many nOfiens and peepIsf' g
Nth BIN ogainf tie land of JAds0 ans
comparing the 3Sth and 39'h chapters Q
Ezekiel, with the sth yer. ot ihe nth chap
ter of Daniel, and with ZSch. IA yer. LIS
il feems that he fhall t4ke Jerulalem, AM
| carry half the people into captivity, and the
ihali be deRroyed in wonderful manner
/ by very amazing interpoii,ion Of diHn
providence and that they fhall be unde
tome fuch infatuation as the MidianItes WEI
in Gideon's time, when every mans fwou
wa, fet againft his fellow, Judges 7. yer "a
| So that they ihall mutually defroy each
Their after which deRruction 1t leems,fron
the aforelaid prophets, that the glorious fate