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days come when the Most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth," 32nd verse. "And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, as the signs sha!! happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my SON be declared." 35th verse. "But he (my Son, in the 32d verse-See likewise the latter part of the 2d chapter,) shall stand upon the Mount Sion." 43d verse'.

And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow passages of the River. 49th and 50th verses. "Now when he destroyed the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, Le shall defend his people (no doubt meaning the Jews) that remain. And then shall be shew them great wonders." it must be remembered, that by the 18th verse, it is in the "latter days."

To the few verses given as a key to this 13th chapter, I subjoin the 10th and 11th that they may be compared with the 5th verse of the 11th chapter of the Revelations, and its explanation to be found in the 49th and 50th Pages Introduction.If the events are the same, how awfully astonishing fron Esdras.

But only I saw that he sent out of his mouth. as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast out sparks and tempests. And they were ali mixt together; the blast of fire the flaming breath, and the great tempest, and fell with violence upon the multitude which w.LSprepared to fight, and burnt them.up every cae,

so that upon a sudden, of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid. The 13th verse "where there came much people unto him," must be compared to part of the 10th verse, 7th chapter of Daniel, "where thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him."See the 9th and 10th pages Introduction.

The 40th and a few following verses of the 15th chapter of Esdras must be examined with care. "HORRIBLE STAR who besieges and overthrows BABYLON," (so says Frere 38th pageSee note 45th page Little Book) "And thou ASIA (or India, see the 45th page Introduction) that art partaker of the hope of Babylon ("Babylon the great the mother of harlots. Rev. 17-5) and art the glory of HER PERSON." Read the remainder of the chapter and the succeeding one which begins with. "Wo be unto thee, Babylon and Asia wo be unto thee Egypt and Syria, I quote the 21st verse, how far the former part of it is applicable to thisIsland at the present time (latter end of the year 1815), my readers must judge.

Behold victuals shall be so good, cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then (at the time) shall evils grow up on earth, swORD, FAMINE. AND GREAT CONFUSION, (applicable to the vials in the Little Book). Flour and oat meal is under one-third of the price of what they occasionaty have been, and the lower orders of peo-

ple in that respect greatly rejoice, and "think themselves to be in good case.'

As the 5th chapter begins the prophetic part of Esdras, every degree of attention must be given both to that, and the remainder of the "wonderfully sublime and beautiful; but: dreadfully terrific" prophecy.

In the first Supplement, I have mentioned "the awful and tremendous Comet," with various other alarming circumstances. I have now to remark, upon the very peculiar information inserted in the public prints, in a letter from the Rabbis' of Jerusalem to the Portugueze Rabbi in London, saying, "that there had been no darkness in the sacred city forthree days and three nights, in consequence of a cloud of fire which rested on a tree in the vicinity, and that the third day it vanished, to the general consternation of all the inhabitants. The tree it was observed, was not damaged by this miraculous and awful event." Granville Sharpe, the virtuous philanthropist, informs us, that the letter which contained this account was sent from Damascus to Dr. Meldoli, which letter he shewed to another learned Rabbi, Dr. Strasburg.

Granville Sharpe, says, that he has been acquainted with Doctor Strasburgh many years, and has not the least doubt of his veracity: he, he says informed me of this circumstance very soon after he received the letter from Rabbi Meldoli, and the friend of the Sable Race seems not to have any doubt of its truth; we therefore at this very awful period, cannot have a strong

er sign of the near approach to the thousand years of happiness: for which see the two last chapters of Revelations and various parts of former prophecies respecting the restoration of the Jews.

Was the "Astonishing Natural Phenomenon" seen in the eastern horizon by Captain Hayes of the Majestic and his ships crew, of about 200 men on the 20th of August 1814, a representation of A-bad-on ? as it assumed the perfect appearance of a man, dressed in a short jacket and half boots, with a staff in his hand, at the top of which was a colour hanging over his head marked with two lines perpendicularly drawn at equal distances, and strongly resembling the French Flag. The figure continued visible as long as the rays of the sun would permit it to be looked at. On the 28th the figure displayed itself in the same posture, but rather broken. On the following morning it seemed disjointed, and faded into shadow, until at last nothing more could be seen than three marks on the sun's disk." The account goes on to say, "In superstitious times, such a phenomenon would have been construed into a providential warning, or ominous tokenof some unexpected event." Jesus says there shall be signs in the sun, &c. The above appeared in the public newspapers in the middle of June 1815, immediately prior to the bloody contest.

NOTE. The storms and lamentable shipwrecks experienced by the last homeward-bound West India Fleet, with the subsequeut shipwrecks upon our own coast, both of them causing immense loss

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of property, have greatly added to " commercial distress," (see the first Supplement) which is, alas! too abundantly verified by the Gazette for the last month of November, and the present one of December, 1815.

NOTE. The Rev. Pye Smith's Letters to the Rev T. Belsham, being cast into my hands when superintending the Press at Sheffield 1 give is a note at the conclusion of the Supplement, two very liberal and crusty quotations. "Where shall we findthe Socinian or Unitarion that has devoted either his personal labours or a large portion of his property, to these works (preceding enumerated ones) of noblest benevolence? Alas! a gloomy negative must be the answer." "Unitarians, on the other hand, with all their boast of the suparior purity and efficacy of their opinions, with the fairest opportunities of making the experiment, without excuse for neg lect, and with every inducement from their principles, their professions, and their honour, have done NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL." My Readers must now judge.

NOTE. Present events have induced me to get four sheets of the Supplement struck off, as the remainder must have a quick dispatch in consequence of a peculiar circumstance being likely soon to occur; there will likewise probably require a few Notes as references to former parts of the elucidation. This being going to the Press I must remark, that the present winter has set in with high winds, snow, and keen frost, and remarkable for the season; with repeated thunder and lightning. "The lightning was uncommonly vivid. The beautiful Steeple of the PARISH CHURCH OF DRONFIELD, was struck by it, and about 3 yards of the Spire was carried away! The Tower was otherwise greatly damaged." Sheffield Iris, for Dec. 19, 1815.

"READ-THINK, AND UNDERSTAND.”

I repeat the hope that "the Reader will excuse some typographical
Errors."

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