
RICHARD BROTHERS, A MADMAN nor an IMPOSTOR; POSSIBILITYOI:HISBEI,NCTItE PRO P H E T 0 F GOD. HowEveR contemptible the opinions of all unknown and obfcure individual may appear ill the eyes of thofe, whom affluence and prefent fituation have rendered callous to the whifper­ ings of rearon, and eminently regardlefs of thl: tellimonies of revealed inowluIte, offered to them, by a fellow creature, tl$>ugh prophecy, by permiffion of the Almighty, yet the internal conviaion of their efficacy and truth, obliges me ·to make known my humble tefiimony and belief of Mr. Brothers's Pamphlets, entitled "A re­ vealed Knowledge of the Prophecies, and Times."-But to me, themalice of thore, and the pointed fuafts of envenomed fare arm, that fucb will level againll me will be of little ccnre- quencc; ( 2 ) ( 3 ) canprefume to warn mankind of their errors and ~u~lnec::oa~:g:i~e:a~l~a;e: 7~~in~~;~eadffut~:d~ tbe inevitable dellruElion hovering on their de­ thatintheChriflian and true BdiC1Jer, I /hall find voted heads-fince he is ridiculed, and even thatcandour and encouragement tbat ever dif­ ahufed; if he has the good fortune, (if I may tinguilhestbefoulofthe Man oj God. be permitted to ufe the expreffion) to ef~ape im­ Let not tbe political Zealot, nor the enthu­ prifonment, and fuffering an ignominious trial? liallicaland religious Bigot,accufe me of fana­ Has not this happened? Have we not had recent ticirmand apo!lacy, before they inve!ligatewith infiances of men having been cOt:llinedancl fur..; coolners and deliberation the truth of the ob­ fering hardlhips and all the impunities, that cri­ fervations that will occur in the courfe of this minals conviEled of the bafe!l crimes, have only Effayo Then, if with a /hadow of reafon they undergone_c1ofe confinement-fcanty provi­ can offer a decifion again!l me, I will abide it in fion-guardedbythecreaturesofdefpOlifm, and the fpi;it of meeknefs, relling fatisf1ed in my own fuffering every indignity that the tyranny of mindofthepurityofmyintentioll,andthelince­ power could invent, or tbatthemaliceofanen­ rilyofmyfentimentso ..aged government could poflibly i"niEl? Yet Thai the judgements of God arejull and irre­ thefe virtuous and immaculate men, after hav­ vocable none will furely deny, though few are ing experienced an unparalleled feries of op­ fo wife as tD perceive the time of their execution prelIion, when brought 10 the bar ofjullice, and is at hand. As the firllprincipal llep towards their crimes committed to the invelligalion of their completion, let us only review the calami. men, unhi'!ffid by imerell and authority-thoir ties that have arifen from theprefent dellruElive .innocence was proved" as clear as the noon andunproncipledwar,andthofe that mull jullly day,'1 to the falisfaElion of every honcll and and ne'celfarily follow; yettbough they are every principled heart, and to the Uller confufion of way evident to the calm obferver, and mui!: in­ their malignant oppreffors?_Are fuch then the evitably happen, IElI our wife and prudent hleffings-the boafled blefl/ngs of the Englifll (may I not add fool-bardy) Leginators, are Conllilution, which the venal champions in it determined to purfue it, till its ultimatum is uure, fo glaringly laud to the !kies, and call finallyelofed, by the certain dellruElion of its glorious ?-Poor /hon-fighted Sophills! Ye can­ abettors, alJdthe ruin, fubverlion, and overthrow not fee the venality that fupports it-nor the tot_ of Our deluded and unhappy countr)O-ilut who u:ring con<lition in which it !lands-it already call droops (4 ) ( 5 ) droops its head, and /hortly will it fall. Caf\ power? And do not our biOtops, in ordainingmen~ iniquity fJourilh for ever-' No I-the mafier piecoe for the facred purpofe of preaching tbe word of of wickednefs-popery-tbat heinous profana­ God, fay, as Qn their knees th~y bend before tionofthefacred Godisrrearly at-ail end. Ai-; them-" Receive the HolY GhoJl Jor the office and ready hasfuperfiiliousidoiatry receivedapower-; :work oJ a Priejl in 1M Churcb, 1WW cOtlllllitted unJ.a ful check-its diabolical progrefs is fioppedl tlxe by the itnprifititm oj Ollr "ands: whoJeJins tholl and its entire annihilation is at hand, when the do.ft Jorgive, theJ are flWgiven., 8;:c. &c. &c." Is faints andfervatltsof the Lord fhallrejoice, and not then the office of a billiop el(aaly fimilar to pralfe the molt high God, that this helliih malk that of -a Pope? none I believe poffeffed of the of falfehood, hypocriry, and deceit, is fallen; -leaft grain of fenfe, can for a moment hcfitate «Babyl!>n the Great, the Mother ofHarlots, and anfwering in the affirmative-And is not this pro_ lhe abominationsoflheeanhnabylonis fallen." - phane faying, "Receive the ~oly Ghr!fl.," an in­ The profeffors ofChrillianity will here exclaim, dignity offered to God, and a violated and irre­ what has our Church and Religion to do wit~ verent 1nfringement on the Divine Power and Popery, are we not Ihe children of God and £01_ authority, to the laltdegreewickedprcfumption, low~rs ofhis blefTed Gofpel ?-I will here arrfwer, and nothing lefs than blafphemy againll: the OlU­ no! ye lire indeed blind prorerror~ but not doer~ nipotent Almighty, who is Lord of all, both in of his word. I would here alk, What are the idle Heaven and on Earth, and in 'Whom relts alone ~nd[uperficial ceremonies at Ihis day obferved all power, might,majefiy, and dominion, for ever III the efiablinled Church of England? me-rely andever,toalleternity? Yet,lliallmanprcCume emblematical types of idolatrous ordinances an.d arrogate to himfelf the power which alone Again, Are not our billiops, who are called is ofGod, the remiffion and forgivenefs of Ens? "~ords fpiritual," nothing mOre than figu_ May I not here quote the words of a man, whofe ratn'eand typicalofa Pope-onlyofthofe there writings in every line, breathe the genuine lan­ are a number felea and chofen, and feldoll\ guage of Divine infpiration, that" ph 4 fa!ft I believe for their eminent piety and virtue. "form o/ordination, is flDt O1Ily dijhonorable to 1M tboughfaying nOlhingof that fubjecr, is not thei; .. King, Parliament, and P~C'Ple 0/ Engla1Ul, but -p~ofellional office thatlhe Popehimfelfprofeffes: , a!fo afhomifvl reproach to tire ByllOPS to lltltmpt f~rgiving VIZ••the of ems, and the appointment " 0 givr., ana to the Ckrgy to kned d«Jm,to T(­ ofpnefis, 10 whom he IIffumeuo invelt the fame (C"uivr.". power? Laying ( 6 ) ( 7 ) Layingafide for the prefent, the convincing cedented in the annals of hillory. After bavill& proofs the Serif 'ure affords ofthe certain downfall giving us a chronological account of J~rufal~m, of Popery, from he evolution of occurrences that and the difperlion of the Jews from therr otIttve have taken place in many parts of Europe, and land, accuralely founded on Scriptural authority; more particularly the recent crifis in neighbour_ be then proceeds to relate the rdurn iftke Jews ing countries, it mull appear to the man of com­ to tluir own land, as recorded by Mtfes and the other monunderftanding, ifhe is theleaft converfant Proplias. in the political hillory of modern events, with­ Nothing is more common in the ancient and out boallingan)' confiderableenthufiallic alfeR­ biographical hillory of nations, tban to find them ation or forefight, that it is drawing very near change their manners and language, nay, even its final clore. Theendeavoursot the learned their rtligio1t and places of habitation, fo that have beenindefatigableinpointiQgouttheAnti fometimes it is a matter ofdifficulty to mark, with Chrijl, fpoken of in the Sacred Writings, to he precifion, from whence they {irIt. fprung. As pow­ Yopery; and the confirmation oftruth, has amply erful armies overcome weak ones, fo are weak rewarded the Expofitor's pains -Nor fhould itbeunnoticedinthisplace,thateveryadver_ ::~~~~~~gdedO~~~i:i;s t~tt~~:::;t;:: ~:~ fary to the Divine Being, who rejeEls the prieftly -pofei:! upon them, and the barbarous ferocity of office of theblelfed Redeemer, is to all intents their baughty conquerors, to leave their native andpurpofes an Antichrij/; and there are at the 'Country, and· to tcaverfe, and fettle in parts Jlrefent day charaElers and feEls, whofe f)'ftem of barren and uncultivated, nay, perhaps, even be­ faith is little other than a coLleElion of herpes. fore unknown. But to return from this apparent digrelIion to Tben, £hall we wonder, after tbe judgement Ihemain purpofeofthis Elfay-to inveftigate the the Almighty bad pronounced by the mouth of truth of Mr. Brothers's pamphlets: The lidi, Mofes, Deuteronomy 28, which in this place .. which COntains among other great and remark_ will not be improper for the reader to perure able things, not revealed to any other perfon on with attention. earlh, the reftoration of the Hebrews to ]erufa­ 64th verfe, And the La d fhall fcaller thee, un~er lem, their revealed Prince and Prophet," (meaning the JtTPl,J among all nations, from the ?pens with the" Trw Age if the World," which, one end of the earth to the otber; and there i~ In pOllltof arrangement and exaditude, unpre- thou fhalt ferve otller Gods, which neither thou cedented ( 8 , ( 9 , nor thy fathets have known C'!IetI wood and people are derided, infulted and abufed. Even fione. to England, if we conline ourfelves alone, a 65. And among thefe i1atlOJI& tnou fhalt find Country profeffing the greateft humanity to no cafe, neither £hall the fole of tby feet find reft : {hangers arid foreigners-we fee them wander­ but the'Lord fhall give thee there a trembling ing about theftreets, particularly in the metropolis heart, and failing ofeyes, and forrow of mind. of London; in the moll menial occupation, that 66.
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