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tue, yet aware that Christianity would not be tolerated by the Government, have borrowed the fanctions of Revelation, but concealed the fource from whence they are derived, in order to avoid the combined perfecution of philofophy and terror;—or its founders have co-operated with the wishes and views of the ruling powers, and, perceiving that fome religion is indispensably neceffary to the feelings and wants of mankind, in order to prevent those wants from being relieved, and those feelings from being gratified by the effectual aid of Christianity, have formed a religious fyftem, from which the very idea of Revelation is excluded.

The directory, incenfed to defperation by the nearly total deftruction of their fleet in the Mediterranean, where the peculiar favour of Providence has added another victory to our naval glories of the present war, has recourfe to new requifitions to prop up the coloffus of its power, and strengthen its enormous domination".

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"A new requifition has been impofed throughout France, more fevere than any former one. Perfons evading it, are difqualified from the fucceffion to hereditary and other property. It is likewife decreed, that

time it is particularly to be remarked, that they continually furnifh a juftification of the sketch which we have endeavoured to draw, of the recent horrors of France ; for, during the celebration of a public festival, when the Directory are proclaiming the greatnefs and the fame of the Republic, they advert almost involuntarily to the crimes and miseries of the Revolution. "Let us leave to restlefs and discontented fpirits, the talk of throwing a little shade on the picture of our glory, by preferving in a few minds a hatred for the Revolu tion, by inceffantly holding up to our view the melancholy image of the calamities by which it has been accompanied; as if the enormities of guilt could difgrace the work of virtue". "

Such is the Infidel power that has arifen in France-fuch the conduct of the Philofophifts and their difciples, who, while they found their own praifes through the world,

no person can legally marry, without having previously served in the army during the term of four years." Sun Paper, Oct. 1, 1798.

This is part of the fpeech of Treilhard, Prefident of the Directory, on the Fête of the foundation of the Republic. Morning Chronicle, Oct. 5, 1798.

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cannot conceal their true nature, difpofition, and crimes, under the mask of Republican virtue P. Prefumptuous-felf-willed

-defpifing dominion-not ashamed to Speak evil of dignities-promifing men liberty, and being themfelves the fervants of corruptiondenying the Lord that bought them—bringing upon themselves Swift deftruction-beguiling unftable fouls-Speaking great fwelling words of vanity-turning the grace of our God into lafciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jefus Chrift-standing up against the prince of princes -following the SE COND BEAST, who has all the powers of the FIRST BEAST, and who has produced an IMAGE, to which all the world is called upon to bow down. Thus do the Revolu tionifts of France illuftrate the meaning of the Scriptures, and reflect the figures of Anarchy, Tyranny, Apoftafy, and Infidelity, which the Prophets have drawn-Thus do their VERY EFFORTS to deftroy Religion, when confidered as having been PREDICTED, establish it with INCREASING GLORY upon a ROCK, which will be found to brave the ftorm which now affails it.

Introductory Chapter, vol. i. p. 380, 381..
_Introductory Chapter, vol. i. p. 301, 302, 303.

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Conclufion of the Chapter on Infidelity.

I have now, I truft, convinced my Readers, that the opinions advanced respecting the Infidel Antichristian Power, are capable of being clearly proved. If what I have faid, upon a subject fraught with the deareft interefts of man, fhould awaken the attention of the public, more able Advocates for truth may fearch into the facred depths of Prophecy; and they, I doubt not, will confirm this plain interpretation, which Events have rendered obvious. But, in the mean time, I muft befeech the Reader to confider, whether the prefent state of the world does not tend to elucidate and ftrengthen this interpretation; and with it, the opinion of Sir Ifaac Newton, and fome other Commentators, that "the overbearing tyranny and perfecuting power of the Antichriftian party, which had fo long corrupted Christianity, and enslaved the Chriftian world, must be put a stop to and broken in pieces by the prevalence of Infidelity, for fome

some time before primitive Christianity would be restored "."

We have seen the progrefs of Infidelity accelerated with a force that is truly astonishing. No people has escaped a taint from its contagious breath.-Papists and Mahometans, Jews and Chriftians have felt its baneful influence. We have seen the Papal power, first weakened by the Reformation, shaken to its centre by the Revolutionary Infidels of France.-—We have feen the fame inftruments of Divine vengeance, attempt to difmember the most important part of the Turkish dominions *,

See Introductory Chapter.

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See David Levi on the Old Teftament. He laments the extraordinary fcepticism which has lately infected this people, but confiders it as a fign of the near approach of the time of their restoration to their own land; it having been predicted by their Prophets, that such a state of general unbelief fhould precede the accomplishment of the promises of God.

See alfo the very extraordinary Memorial of the Jews in Germany, denying the infpiration of the Scriptures, and offering to unite with the Proteftant Philofophers in their attempts to establish natural Religion and Morality. Mr. De Luc's excellent Answer to this Memorial will highly gratify the Reader who wishes for further information upon this fubject.

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