Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-09-01

tlrongeh JIG IS an the 50 N1iAP. ~
-" Behold the day is come faith the LORD
thar viii raife unto David righleous oTanes,
aud King fhall reign and PROPER, and hal
/ execute judgement and juaice 10 the ear'h-ln
bis DAYS Judas ihall hc faved and Hrael lhali
dwell fafelv, and this is his name whereby ne
| ball be called. the Lord our Righttouineis.
| Therefore before the day is come, faith the
Lord, that they nall no more fay, The Lord
| liveth, which brought up the children q lirae'
out of the land Of Egypt: but the Lord Nv
| eth which brought up, and which led the feed
Of the houle Of Ifrael out Of the north country,
! ard from all the countries whittier | had drlv-
en- them, and they fhall dwell in their own
| land" Thus, fir, all he Jews, all the belt
commentators, and will be bold to fay all the
ben informed Ch,itians, unite in the opinion,
that the Mef1iah is 70 come in power and glory,
and to be actually and 10 perlon, the King Of
the Kings Of the earth.
fhall now, Sir, briefly give You my reafons
for thinking the moment OF that aPpsaranoe
is at hand. The general texts certainly are,
that no man can tell tie day or hour, for il IS
faid, " that he lhall come as thief in the night
that as it was in the days of Noah 70 it lhal be
that we lhall be eating and drinking, and giving
in marriage, and occupied il or uina PVT
fuits.-Itis ALTO f4id, that The Sun ihal w1hhai
its light, then We mall Zee the Son Of Man com
ing in the clouds of Heaven, with power an
great glory. But though hits % be thus irdden
there are general fgns given, by which we may
know its near approach
The chief of thele are, the fall Of the PaPe
power, and very high degree OF inf ielity
r a. u. ct u w
is detcribed under the name Of little horn q "A
very extraordinary nature, that was 20 rne vp
amonga the ten horns Of The fourth beat. Sir
Ilaac and all the bet commentators agree, that
this little horn was 70 have power for I26o
years, apd then what is the language Of DaoieI
: But the judgment hfll tir, ard they all take
away bis dominion to conirmc and % deltroy
il under The end. And the kingdom, and 40
minon, and the greatnels ofthe Kingdom under
the whole Heaven--ihall be given % the people
Of he Saints Of the Mott High, Whole Kingdom
is an evsrl3Ging kingdom, & all domiEions
nall ferve and obey him " Thus the kingdom
ofthe Mefiah IS to RE AZ the fall OF the P4Pacy.
Now can any man doubt, that the 400 years
cfPapal power are long Gnce pat, and that .Ihs
Judgment i fitting that i to conlume ana df
troy il unto The end Look II what has hap
pcned To ~, particularly during the lat ten
years, and FAY if We are not TO expect The imme.
diate accomplishment Of what remains In re-
gard to the in6delity Of the times being warn
ing to US, Chrif himielf, in Ipeaking ofhis fec
ond coming, fays, " nevertheless ihall | 6nd
faith upon the EARTH" not meaning certainly
that there would be no faith, but that there
would be very high degree Of inhdeiity.-
Now look al France, one OF the greatea coun.
tries in Europe, opehly denying not only tbe
New but the Old Teaament, iubaiuting the
10th day inRead Of the 9TH, ard even attempt
ing to aboldh the memory Of Chrid, By chang
ing the ara that bears his name Inquire N
the rate OF faith n the fuuounding Chrtian
nations nay, inquire at home, and sni~er me,
does nota very high degree Of inhleli y eve
~ where Characterize this ldf year OF the 18th
century?
leone now, Sir, to the mott intereGing part
Of what have to FAY il IS 10 point out ny
reafons for thinking this is the difaguiihed
country in which the Mediah i now 10 appear.
The Gone that is ID be cut out Of the mountain
without hands, is 10 fall on the feet of the in
age, and 70 break the whole image to pieces
Now, that would not be true, if Chria and his
army were 70 appear in any country that is a
part of the image therefore all the countries
that were compriGed in the Babylonilh and At
iyrian Empire, il the Medo rerlisn Empire, il
the Greek Empire, and in the Roman Empire,
are poGtively precluded. There i another light
thrown on This que9ion, BY padige i'll the 4It
chapter Of I(aiah. have ra(ed up one from
the North, and be ihall come, from the riGng
of the fun lhail be cali upon my name, and be
ihall come upon PrinceR as UPON mortar, ami
as the potter treade;h clay" This i manifeR
~ the Mefiah, and We are therefore TO look for
a country north 81 Ju1ea, where the prophecy
was given. The new world IS Cut oftre quaf
ton, being no where fubjsd OF prophecy, and
as the Image is excluded, il can only be in The
Ruaian Empire, OF in the Kingdoms OF Den.
mark, Sweden, and Ireland
The army that follows the Metiah, VIC are
told amounts 10 $4,000, and there are a few