Excerpt from Illustration of Prophecy, in the Course of Which Are Elucidated Many Predictions, Which Occur in Isaiah, or Daniel, in the Writings of the Evangelists, or the Book of Revelation, Vol. 1: And Which Are Thought to Foretell, Among Other Great Events, a Revolution in France, Favourable to the Interests of Mankind, the Overthrow of the Papal Power, and of Ecclesiastical Tyranny Nified his'intention' oi infli ling on them the molt fignal punilhment2. Regretting that foch an op1n1on lhould be in any degree prevalent; perfuaded that the words of this writer, when examined, would admit of no fuch interpretation; convinced that too great a diverfity of methods had already been em ployed to inflame the pallions of men againll the people of France; I thought that to print the words of Mr. Fleming at fome length, and to comment upon their genume import, might be attended with falutary eileels. The freedom and independence'of the French nation, I be lieved to be intimately connected with the liberty of mankind, and all their moil valuable interells. Impreflions, unfavourable to this caufe, had been made on the minds of many. This particular impreflion, to the di'fadvantage of the French revolulion, drawn from the contemplation of prophecy, I hoped to be able altogether to craie; whilll at the Tame t1me lavas'happy being able to circulate ideas of an oppofite ftendency. Theic, then, were the reafons, which led me to commence this work; and I thought it improbable, that any other publication, fimi lar to my own, wo ould illue from the preis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.