ON THE PROPHECIES RELATIVE TO ANTICHRIST AND THE LAST TIMES; EXHIBITING THE RISE, CHARACTER, AND OVERTHROW OF THAT TERRIBLE POWER: AND A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN APOCALYPTIC VIALS. BY ETHAN SMITH, A. M. SECOND EDITION. In the last days perilous times shall come....PAUL. BOSTON: No. 50, CORNHILL. 1814. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS-lo wit: District Clerk's Office. BEIT NEMEMBERED, that on the nineteeth day of February, A. D. 1814, and in the thirty-fifth year of the independence of the United States of America, SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor; in the words following, to wit: “A Dissertation on the Prophecics relative to Antichrist, and the Last Times; exhibiting the Rise, Character, and Overthrow of that Terrible Power: aud a Treatise on the seven apocalyptic Vials. By Ethan Smith, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Hopkinton, N. H. In the last days perilous times shall come....Paul. Ye have heard that Antichrist shall come....JOAN. The Beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit....ANGEL. The Lion hath roared, who shall not fear..... Amos. The destroyer of the gentiles is on bis way....JEREMIAH. Blow ye the trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm in my holy mountain....JOEL.”, In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled "An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act intitled, "An act supplementary to an act, intitled an aet for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and F.tching Historical and other Prints.” WILLIAM S. SHAW, Gift Page. We are taught, in the prophetic parts of the sacred Scriptures, to expect the rise of a terrible, atheistical Power, and a vast influence of Infidelity, in the last days, or just before the Millennium Preliminary remarks upon the xth and xith chapters of Daniel 'This Infidel Power predicted in Daniel xi, from verse 36, to the end Antichrist another Power beside the Hapal hierarchy Antichrist predicted by the Apostles Antichrist predicted in Revelation xiith chapter The Roman, Papal, and Antichristian Beasts The ten horns of the Antichristian Beast The ten horns of the ancient Roman Beast Antichrist predicted in Revelation xvüith chapter The closing part of the 1260 years occupied by Antichrist. Paul's Man The last days have arrived, and an inciplent fulfilment of the predictions con- cerning Antichrist, is now manifest before our eyes Enormities of the French revolution Doctor Robison and the Abbe Barruel Origin of the French revolution And a further description of that revolution The re-establishment of Popery by Bonaparte not inconsistent with Athe- ism's being the characteristic of the French Empire Antichristian influence in the United States of America Views and conduct of the French government Falsehood the basis of that government Other causes, which have facilitated the spread of Infidelity in our nation 206 |