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CALCULATION

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THE MILLENNIUM.

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CALCUL/VTION

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THE

MILLENNIUM.

Though there Ims been no age of the
Church in which ilie Millennium was not
admitted by individual divines of the firft
eminence, it is yet evident, from the writings
of Eufebius, Irenacus, Origen, and others
among the ancients, as well as from the
hiliories of Dupin, MoOieim, and all the
moderns, that it was never adopted by the
whole church, or made an article of the
eftablidied creed in any nation.

About the middle of the fourth century
the Millenarians held the following tenets :

ift. That the city of Jerufalem fhould be
rebuilt, and that th. 'and of Judea fhould

B be

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he tlic liahitation of \]uA'c v.Iio :
on earth one thoufaiHl yviwo.

iro to rciun

2(1. That thi- (irfl rcfiinvaioii was not t(i
be confined to tlu- martyrs, hut that after
the fall of Anticl-.rid all t]u> jufl ^u•vc to rile,
imd all (JKit v.i ic uii tjic earth were to con-
tinue fur that fpacc of time.

:j(1. That Chrifl fijall tiicn come down
from JIeav(n, and be feen on earth, and
reign there with his fervants.

[th. That the faints, dining this period,
fhall enjoy all the delights of a terreftrial
paradilc.

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Thcle opinions ^v'ere founded upon fevcral
paflages of Scripture, which the Millena-
rians, among the fathers, underflood in no
other tl:an a literal fenfe; but which the mo-
derns, who hold thatoi)inion, confider as part-
ly literal and partly metaphorical. Of thefe
paflages, that upon which the greateft ftrefs
4 has

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nrc- to icign

i> ^\■as not \(i

ui (hat alur

wc'.c to nl'c,

xvvv to con-

conic down
> eartli, and

this period,
a tcrreftripil

ipon fcvcral
ic Millcna-
bod in no
ich tlic mo-
idcr as part-
. Ofthclb
eateft ftrcfs

has

has hccn hiid is ihi- ibllowing : " And I law
anai\ml conic down from Ilcavtii, hasintr
the key ol' tlic bottonilcls pit and a great
ch.ain in 1 "s hand. And he hiid hold on the
dragon, that olil fervant, which is t!ie devil
and Satan, and hound him a tkoujaud years,
and call liini into the hottonilels pit, and
(liUt him up, and fet a leal upon him, tliat
he Ihould deceive tlic nations no more till
the tlioufand years Ihail he CuHillcd, and
after that lie mull be loofed a litdc lealon.
And 1 faw thrones, and they fat upon tliem,
and judgment was given unto them, and I
law the fouls of them that were beheaded
for the witnefs of Jefus, and for the word
of God, and which liad not worfliippcd the
beafl, neither his image, neither had re-
ceived his mark upon their foreheads, or in
their hands, and they lived and reigned with
Chrift a tlwiifand years. But tlie red of the
dead lived not again till the thou/and years
were finijhed. This is the firfl refarre^lion."
Rev. XX. 1 — 6.

This

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Thi<? paflage all ilie ancient Mlllcnanaris
took in a fenfc grofsly literal, and taught,
that (luring tlic Alillcnniuni, tlii^ laints on
earth were to enjoy every bodily delight.
The moderns, on the other hand, eonlider
the power and pleafure of this kingdom as
wholly fpiritual, and they reprefent them as
not to conmience till ailer the coidiagration
of the prefent earth. But that this laft
fuppofition is a niiRake the very next verfe
but one evinces; for it is there faid, that
*' when thedioufand years are expired Satan
fliali be loofed out of his prifon, and niall
go out to deceive tlie nations which are in
the four quarters oUhc earth-;' and tliere is
no reafon to believe that he will have fuch
power or fuch liberty in '•- the new heavens
and the new earth, wherein dweileth righte-
oufnefs."

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A CALCU

•w*

[llicnariatis
ind taught,
^ laints on
ly delight.
\, conlider
ingdom as
nt them as
t^flagration
L this lafl
next verfe

fa id, that
iired Satan

and fliall
ich are in
d there is
have fuch
V licavens
?th rio-hte-

CALCU

CALCULATION

ON THE

COMaIENXEMEXT

THE MILLENNIUM.

AIR. Brothers has taken much pains to
adjull and afcertain the Bible chronology.
He gives it in detail . the opening of his
firfl book,, and alludes to it in feveral parts
of the fecond, as holding out to men an
evident proof that tlie time for the comple-
tion of ancient prophecies, and the recorded
period for the execution of God's Judgments,
is really arrived. But the connection be-
tween the age of the world, viz. 5913 years,
in A. D. 1794, and this predetermined refo-

lution

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lutlon of the Almi^^rhty, is by no means appa-
rent at firft figlit, or to a curlbry obferver.
Something more is certainly necclTary to
develope the myflerv, and the followincr i-,
an attempt to elucidate it by computation.

Allufions to tlie Millcmiium areto be found
m all parts of Scripture ; and the doclrine
generally received is, that the Mofliic account
of the creation of the world is a proplictical
type of its duration : takinr^ (according to
St. Peter, 2d Eph. chap. iii. vcr. 8.) one
thoufand years /(;r one day. So that we arc
to underfland the world to have been dcllined
to laft 6000 years under the yoke of labour
and tribulation, (metaphorically figniiied by
the labours of God in they/v days of cre-
ation) and one ihovfand years under that
difpenfation which is t)pified by God's
reding on the Sabbath-day, and which is
called Chrifl's Kingdom, or the Kingdom of
Heaven, or the dominion of the Saints &c.
&c. when it is cxprcfsly faid, that the Saints
lliould enter into the njl of God, and e con^

veifo

■ans appa-
obfcrver.
:efrary to
lowin<x is
utation.

) be found
(ioclrine
c account
oplictical
)rJing to
8.) one
It we are
ulcllined
3f labour
niiicd by
of ore-
dcr that
Y Gods
u'hich is

gdom of
ints &c.
Q. Saints
id e con-
vcrjo

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rcrfo of the wicked, it is faid, '•' unto whom
I fware in my wrath that ihcyjhould not enter
into my rcJlT

Nov,', i e fuppofe the 5913 years, above-
mentioned by Mr. Brothers, to be common
years of folar time, we find 87 years flill
wanting to arrive at the clo(c of die fix fym-
bohcal days of Libour, and confequently we
are too rcn:;ote from the period of the Millen-
nium to have any thing either to hope or
fear perfonally from its approach. But if
we advert to that mode of calculation univer-
fally adopted, both by Daniel and St. John
in their prophecies : where not only a day is
taken for a year, but a month invariably made
to contain 30 fuch days, and 42 months to
comprehend 1260 fuch days, and thefe 1260
days to form exaftly 3 years and a half, and
therefore every fuch year to confifl of 360
fuch days. We may very well adopt this
method of computation in our endeavours to
explain any prophetical chronology, and
may very fairly call thofe Divmc years, by

which,

'St

HMMHtM^iart^i.

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v/hicli, as Mr. Brothers (.•xprefTcs, it "' God
JiUjlUfusrccordcd judgments:' Kowadmiiting-
the common (blar year to confift o'l i]Gj days
.5 li'^i'J'"^ ■i''> iiHiiLites 51 i|: feconds, and multi-
plying /^(^i3 years into quarters of feconds
\ve fhall find, on dividing this quotient by
360, a produce amounting to 5999 fucli
divine )-cars and a fraclion; which Iraciion,
dedacled from tiie fum total of one year,
leaves a deficiency, at tb.e end of the year of
our Lord 1794, cijual to 322 days 6 hours
40 minutes 23 .} fecorids, being fo much
wanting, at the opening of the prefent year,
to the full completion of 6000 divine or pro ^
phdical years : and fliewing that the Millen-
nium Vr ill commence, on die 19th of Novem-
ber next, at or about fun-rife, in the latitude
of Tcrufalem.

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If this calculation be true, it follows that
the time during which "' the Saints fliall live
*' and reign with Chrifl,*' which according to
St. Jolm, in Rev. chap. xx. ver. 4, is one

thuufand years, mufl be in fad 360,000

years.

■MHRk,.

It '•' God
diuiiiing-
365 days
(1 iiiulti-
ftconds,
licnt by
r;9 fuch
fraclion,
le year,
year of
6 hours
) much
tit year,
' or pro ^
Millcn>
\^ovcni-
latitude

C 13 3

years. So that the Millennium will bear the
fame analogical proportion to the previous
duration of tlie world as that very previous
duration itfelf holds to the fix original days
of the creation.

Nathaniel Brassey Halmed.

Pall Mall,

ws that

lall live

ding to

is one

; 60. 000
years.

A SHORT

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SHORT REPLY

TO -li.Mf. or TIIK .\S?rRIIONS I.V

DR. IIORNE's PAMPHLET,

INTITULED,

*' SOUND ARGUMENT, DICTATED BY
COMMON SENSE.'*

1 HAVE endeavoured to perufe, without
prejudiee, every tiling that has been written
m avfcccr to, or rather againji my book : and
if I had in any of the pubHcations met witli
a fmgle paragraph worthy of an anfwer, it
{hould have been anfwered. The felf-fuffi-
cient and abufive Dr. Home of Oxford, has
not one word of truth, or argument, or
common lenfe, in his whole pamphlet ; nor
would it have niifbecome a Dotlor of Divi-
nity who, by his own pen, confeflbs he can
2 neither

HLET,

\ATED BY

iFc, without
)een written
{ book : and
IS met witli
n anfwer, it
lie felf-fuffi.
Oxford, has
gument, or
iphlet; nor
br of Divi-
^fTcs he can
neither

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neither undcrfland Greek, nor read the
Gofpel in Knglilh — to have endeavoured at
lead to give liis jargon fonuihing, ifpodibke,
of the Gentleman. That he does riot under-
lland Greek, is clear (Voiii his doubtin^'- whe-
tlier the Holy Ghod appeared in ///r//r of a
dove, when St. Luke exprcfsly fays, rmr^T^v^w
f/Jf/ wc-fi TTf^/jf^av : and that he cannot read, or
has not read, even the ilrd chapter of St.
Matthew, mufl be evident to iIiok; wh.o |)er-
ceive him denying diat Chrid had Brothers ;
and who fliall, at die fame time, ha\e ob-
fcrved that the Evangehit, writing after
Chrill's deatli and relinreftion, calls him, in
the iafl verfe of his firll chapter, his mother's
firjl-born fon, ergo, /he miijt have had afccond
at leajl. If die old mifcrable expohtion of
Daniel's four beads, which 1 knew before he
took up his pen about as well as Dr. Home,
can by any rcalbna!>le pcrion (tfter njuture
deiiberaLionj be deemed betttu' than that fur-
niRicd by Mr. Broil -■rs,-~he :\. fb— opinion
is free — but I dec'me beijig of ihc party.
And as for the phrale cyi JcUlrq my foul,

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•which feems to have given fiich alarm, and
furnifhed fo much matter for flilfe wit, I now
think that every man who enters into Parha-
ment zcifh any perfonal view whatever, and
not wholly and exclufivcly for the fervice of
his country, mufl be deemed bond fide to
have fold his foul — let him be of what party
he will ; and alfo that every man who joins
any parly to vote on all occafions for the
purpolc of promoting or fupporting that
party at all events, is perpetually guilty of
the fame a6l o{ fcllin^^ his foul. I deny
having ever fold my foul in any other man-
ner than this : — and if any one think or fay
otherwife, on him be the onus probandi.

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I take this opportunity of renewing my
exprefTions of perfe61; conviftion in the pro-
phefics and miffion of Mr. Brothers, and my
increafing reliance (founded on hourly expe-
rience) on the completion of every one of
his prediftions.

Nathaniel Brassey Haliied.

Pall Mall,
March XI, 1 791;.

K alarm, and
Ife wit, I nozo
s into Parlia-
chatever, and
:he fervicc of
bond fide to
»f what parry
an who joins
fions for the
porting that
lly guilty of
nd. I deny
r other man-
think or fay
robandi.

•cnewing my
n in the pro-
hers, and mv
hourly expe-
tvtxy one of

.Y Haliiejd.

CURSORY REMARKS

ON TMl PAMPtlLlT iNllltLlD,

" THE AGE OF CREDULITY:

A H E anonymous Author of a pamphlet,
intituled, " The Age of Credulity," was fo
obliging as to fend the book yellerday to
me; with an opinion, I prefume, that I
fhould find its arguments incontrovertible,
and the pofitions I have affumed in my own
publication totally untenable. I (hould be
forry to interrupt the gentleman's triumph
by any unfeafonable feverity, and I am
utterly averfe to all argument for argu-
ment's fake.

. I {hall,

Id.

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I nml!, tlKTcforc, u. :y |)c^r iH-.n to take in

good part the few hints wh;.. U h,rc liallilv
throw GUI {'or hh cor.lujcration.

CO,

If he had turnc'I toCruden's Conrordan

anidc '^Wiu^/'hcwouMl: . loundCith
figmfication) - il. i; pnt ^ .. .-, ,:„j.^ ^^j- ^

fliip." mia:i x.i.i. ,. .. j..^, ^, ^^^ ^^^^^

which abounded witli Ihlps, « whole >z7i
were Hkc wings tliat fhadow the Tea."

So much for liis piihy objcaion in the
i;3Lh page. I'he grand c/icval de battaiUc
of all my doughty opponents has been Da-
niel's X ifion, as explained by certain lornier
clear-figlited expofitors, to mean four Tuc-
ccirive monarchies ; viz. tlic Babylonian,

Mede-Pcrhan, Grecian, and Roman. I

have been To battered and annoyed with this
ridiculous phantom, that I (hall here de-
molidi it altogether, at once, (or the peace of
the public, as well as my own.

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Daniel

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Daniel Hiw this vifion after Nchucliadncz-
zcr zcas dead, as is q\k\v\m from the firH:
\crfc of the feventh ch:M)tor. Aft( r this,
what does my anonymous author tliink of
the lupj'ohtion mentioned in his i.|ih page?
'1 he ibur beafis meant monarelis, and not
monarchies. See ilie 12th verle. " As con-
cerning tlie red of tlie beaHs, t]:ey had iheir
dominion taken away, )et their lixes were
prolonged for a R-afon and time." The
l!/f of a dominion I can conceive to be a
poetical phrafe, and aihnit its propriety ; but
10 take away the dominion from a domi-
nion, and yet prolong tlie life of that domi-
nion, is too much e\en for me, with all
my credulity, to comprehend.

Daniel faw this vifion in the firft )Tar of
the reign of Belfiiazzar, die very lalt king
of Babylon, who lofl his life at the lame
moment with his dominion, and therefore
his life certainly was not prolonged for 2l fca-
>;z,nora time. And in the 17th verfeofthis
fame fcvcuth chapter, the angel tells Daniel,

*'Thefe

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"Thefe great bcafls, which arc four, are
four kings, which jhail arifc out of the
earth.".--//'a//arifc— in the future tcnfc; not,

'i if:]iio}ih. I^om this vcrle nothiuT can
benu^re unduhilublc, than that tlic king or
kingdom of Babylon i -' illy out of the
qucdion ; ii 1 tluneforc ilic other du'cc mo-
narchies, in the romii^on interpretation, all
li. ffarily fall to the groinid, as reding on
diis bafc. I liopc I {hall never hear them
mentioned again. My author hampers him-
lelf again in his 21(1 page, on the hmihtude
and dilhmilitude b(Uvveen the fourth bead of
Daniel and the eagle of Efdras. If he will
cavil at nothing, or every thing, let him.
But if he ehofc to read and tliink ingmu-
oudy for himfelf, he might hnd, that Daniel
omits, in his fourtli bead, as in the other
three, to make any mention of die rile or
fplendour, or even exidence of monarchies:
Mis beads arc mecr perfonages, and his
fourth the Emperor of Germany ; fubditute
for, and danding avowedly and odentati-

oudy

t)\\{\y m tl'.c plan- of the aiicicn? rmpcron
ui Ronvc. Kidt;)'; .'hliivaus il:c :!U)naiihy
orkin,i»(!{)!nit(M{, of'svliich I;- cxpreCsly Tiv.,
in the 12th cluiptcr luu i..ih vcif- of vi-.;
fcfond l)0(»l<, that tlic Lord told hirn this
kin^^doin " was not c-^ 'youmL/l '< /r\

''■(9-

f/trr DcDiid, and tL.rclv-i^ ii ^^,;, v,,yx c\-
plained to Iiim. Kfdras faw ih > whole Inl-
tory in detail, and even what would eonic to
pafs after the death of the p.reioit i:inptror
of Grnnany, the prefent l\)i)e, and prcicnt
King of Prulha, the three h(\ids of hi,^ ea^lc :
whereas Daniel only beheld the prelent Em-
peror and eleaors of ilie Germanic body,
without a glimpfe of the Anticlnifl or of
the Pope.

By the///t' of fouls, pages 24 and 25, (for

I am not writing a regular anfwer to a

pamphlet, which is too infignificant to

defervc one ; but haftily running over a few

of its capital errors) is meant a confaous

fale of an article knozvn to be in ones ozon

poj/lffon, I'hofe who purchafe pardons and

indulgences

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indulgences of popes, arc not in this prccli'.
cament.

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or Mr. Brothcrs's prcfimpiion, icrnorance,
andarhJice,o[ wliicli lie is aceufed in the
27th, and fubfequcnt pages, I fhall take no
notice : my author may compare his own
pamphlet wiili the few remarks I have here
thrown together, and fit m judgment on him-
fdj, on the fame articles.

But I Thai] l)old!y, and authoritatively, re-
tort the cliarges o[ fd/e/iood, in every one of
die particulars by him enumerated, pages

Thefirftis, - the deiVat of the Emperors
army in the Nctlierland.." It hjcandulous
to term a predi.^ion falfe, becaufe it is not
yet fulfilled, ijay alfo, die En^peror's army
zall be defeated in tlie Netherlands : and if
there were no other predifpofrng caufe for
tins defeat, an attempt to raife the fiege of
Luxembourg, now ierioudy invelled, would

full ice

'--^ -ml

Ilis f3re(Ii-

(rnorance,
-d in the
i take no
his own
lave here
t on Jiim-

ivcJy, re*
y one of
ij pages

"Tiperors
mdiilous
t is r/^-'/f
r's army
: and il'
uife for
^ege of
, would
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Kiflice for the purpofc : and I add, there-
iore, that he iciU acknowledge tlie French
republic, and uv7/ make peace with it.

Secondly, The Dutch have acknowledged
the French Republic, and are making a
ludly peace with it. Mr. Biothers neVer
raid it would happen without a conquell, or
that they would treat on equal terms. For
the completion of his prophecy, it is
enough that diey fliould have atled as ihcv

are act in o-.

Mr. Brothers never fa id, our army would
be difl)anded and Ibnt liome, by the izcenly-
Jifth of March : our author, therefore, fiiouid
not have incurred the rifkofthe retort dif-
courteous, until our army was out of the
podibility of being fo treated at all. Nor
did he ever allbrt that the Duke of York would
be detained: he exprefsly fays " ih<, general"
of the Englifh forces. That is now Count
Walmoden : to-morrow it may be fomebody
ehe; but to do away all chance of verifica-

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tion, the army fliould be proved to have no
general at all.

In thefe three litilc articles, wherein our
anonymous author has attempted to Hx an
imputation of fulfehood on Mr. Brothers,
he has convitied himfelf of " prcfwmpLion,
— Ignorance — arhficc — and falfelwud ;" and
here I leave him.

Natiian'ihl Brassey Haliied.

Murrh 25, (795.

LETTER,

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LIIED.

LETTER,

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That Mr. BROTHERS in the year 1790
pfjf'jfid (and it is thought hy many that
his faculties at prefcnt are as pcrfcci as
ever) the poxeers of reafoning corretUy
logical, and of exprejjing his thoughts
in an eafy and elegant diclion, the foU
Loiving letter zcill unequivocally evince.

TTER,

Thursdav, Sept. g, 1790.

PHILIP STEPHENS, Esq. Admiralty Office.
SIR,

X O avoid the imputation of appearing-
troublefome, I waited a confiderable time
after the half-pay was advertifed, that a very
juft appHcatiorij tho' I beheve unprecedented,

fliould

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fhould not difplcafc the Admiralty. Go.
vcrnmcMit is in my debt to a much greater
amount tlian twelve montlis ; and ahho' I
liave not enjoyed any cmohnnc nt, jicrcjuifite,
or proht, from any bufincfs qr emplovmt iit
whaie\( r, the only reafon advanced for de-
taining my property, is tlie want of being
qualilied every fix months, by fwcaring tlie
contents of a certiiicate as the refuh of my
own pieafure and incHnation, wlien an order
of council commands me, and abfolutely
prohibits the payment initil I do.

A vohmtary act is an avowed freedom of
choice, and under that denomination cannot,
to fwear juftly, admit tlie influence of a
compuHbry order; but I am not allowed
any choice, fwear I mufi, and fwear tlie oath
I take is not enforced by order, compulfion,
or neceihty, but a voluntary a6l of my own,
received with, equal freedom as the air I
breathe ; and as an indemnification for iirpo-
frng an improper oath, I am obliged by the
fame rule to leave my fignature duly attefled

. Go-

grcatcr
litho' I
"(juifite,
Dynicnt
for clc-

ing th.e

of my

11 order

olutcly

lorn of
:annot,
of a
Jlovved
ic oatli
julfion,
y own,
; air I
irrpo-
by the
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by a magiflrate as a record, crr^iinly not of
lliperior wifdom. To fvvcar, then, agreeably
to the prefcribed forin laid down by the
privy council, is obvious to the plainc (l ca-
pacity a furreptitioas oath, concealing its
deformity under that mild appellation ? for
I hope no man is fo far lofl to all fcnfe of
virtue, as to prefer talsing an idle oath of
this kind, or any other deferipiion, when
permitted an option, by the very word vo-
limtarily, to decline it.

Indruaed from my infancy to guard

againfl falfehood, as the n-.oft poifonous evil

tb.at can podibly invade tlie human mind,

and to court truth as the mofl beautifid of all

moral virtues, I view an oatli as the moll

awful and folcmn appeal which a man can

pofhbly make : the prefent judges fay it

ihcudd be adminillered with caution, and

never repeated except when prelfmg neceffity

requires! for this reafon, an oath before

tliem is a public bond of true evidence; tear

away the folcmnity by liabitual pradife, the

facrcd

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facTcd barrier fails to llie ground, and'exery
man enters wild and lawlefs on die connnon
of perjury.

It was the language of Mr. Pitt, in the
Houfe of Commons, (I afk pardon for the
introdutlion of his name) when a ekiufe was
ofiercd for a certain bill late in the laft fef-
fion, recommending an annual oath, or there-
abouts, as neceflary for the better payment
of that part of the revenue it went to de-
Icribc, his anfwer was, fuch a muhiplieation
of oaths tended to dcRroy every public prin-
ciple, promote fraud and perjury, more than
anv immediate benefit to the Exchequer
could poflibly compenfate to fociety. I
lament, fenliments equally difcerning and
honourable do not adorn the heart of every
tuan.

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Having \Qx\QCi under three commanders,
not lefs amiable in private life than eminently
confpicuous (m the liil of profellional merit,
their parental precepts, their example of

rectitude

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rcclltuclc and manners^ remain fllll as an
admoniOiing klion of ad\'icc never to be
departed from. To drink from a foul dream,
in preference to a clear fountain, lor no
other reafon than a multitude being con-
flantly led by official peilliahon to do (o,
without once dei"nin<j to examine tlie con-
laminated refource it llowed from, or, as a
gentleman in tlu.; connnilhon of the peace
obferved to me witli e\ident marks of di(-
pleafure, what bufinefs have you to objecl;
againft it, when others do it? would be
treating every faculty widi ingratitude, and
manifeil an open indilierencc for the good
of knovvdedge.

I can pafs by the oadi ; it is frequently
done ; the terms are low, fafc, and ])raclica-
bly eafy ; for it is inconfdlent with common
fcnfe to take a vohmtary oath as an ati of
necelhty ; it is a bad doctrine diat goes to
obliterate the terror of iniquity by l)abitual
repetition, and aclually libels the propriety
of jullicc; but to be f(irccd in any nuinner,

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anrl fwcnr to the contrary! or if the fraud
M-as difcovered, I believe it would torture
ihc invention of the mod learned difquifitor
to frame a prol'eeution for counterfeiting a
forced, unjull, nominal vohintiiry oath. To
me, tlic evafion vrould be di(iif)nourable, and
amount to a crime of equal magnitude as
embracing the evil I complain 01.

Prof;mc fwearing, or any other defcription
of idle oaths, as a paliport to receive thofe
wages the h\w, reafon, and eq .ity, does not
allow the detention oi*, under any pretence,
in tlic mod uncivilized countries, is forcing
a man privately by die moil cruel of all tor-
lures, 10 die commillion of iiiiquity, without
bcinn- able to advance even a plaufible reafon
in its defence ; for I obferve, it is not for th.c
pi-cvention of fraud to tlie revenue, o* *o
prevent that h.ind (^f cmokMnent in futuu,
which it gees back to diicover, neither is it
to prohibit an officer from vrandering abroad,
.when liable to be called for ai home, but for
a purpoic which may be gueilcd at deli-
cacy will not allov.- me to mention.

HMH

[ 3' ]

At any rate, as men ol" tnf)rc liberal and
independent eliara6iers now fill the depart-
ments of State, than at die ])eri()d whieli
gave birth to tliis eiirious order, the intention
it Avas introdueed for is now done away,
conieqiiently a eontinnanee oF it is entirely
unneced'arv : notwithllandinq; the ronotc
period oi its Ibrmation, thofe who adviled it,
were in fonie de'^ree fenlildc tliat a pnblic
oath could not be inipoled on any jxirt oi the
community beyond the walls of the council
chamber, unlefs fpcTifieally introdueed and
authoriled by act of Parliament, or lo great
a people would never attempt to conceal the
imbecillity oi" a meallire, and fritter away
their own power, by retiring behind the fpe-
cious form of ' this deponent \oluntarily
makes oath,' wlien an ablblute order was in
force to carry it into execution, or Hup the
payment of wages until it was obeyed.

If I am to be precluded from all ufe of my
property, becaufe I do not implicitly Iwear
to error and contradittion, under the vain
idea of compulfion being an ample fhield

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agamf! tlic (lif^racc of fwcnring impropeily,
and that the enormity would revert on thole
who iinpofed it, Iweli hinguage is beneath
any man that had underlhinding to perceive,
tho' not forliliide to oppofe ; eloilied with
the benign hand of providence with heahh
and Pnvngtli, neecHity (hall never compel me
to h)ok ibr it by any way dilhonourable to
myfelf, or repugnant t(3 tlie nicell laws of
equity.

If it is true virtue animates the hero, and
emulation is meritorious in the youth, if
vice is ugly, and laHehood a deformit)' ; as a
fenator, and a man of ienfe, the good of the
Navy, tlie benefit of your country, call on
you to attempt tlie extirpation of a euILom
diflionourable to God, and reproachablc to
!nan.

I arxi, Sir, with great refp.xt,

Your very humble fervant,

R. BROTHERS.

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" Jf''J^"''''My 1 " This deponent, A. B. Li( Mfc

To II It. J ■ I • iv/r . n .

nam m his Majcllys navy,
" vuliuilarily mahcth oath,
" That he liaili not received
" the benefit of any pubhc
*' cnij)Ioynient, citlier at Tea
*•' or on (hore, between the
- 1(1 of July, 1789, and the
" 3 ifl of December, ijrjo.
(Signed) '•- A. B."'

SvjM-n this day nf

« 7 btjlre

OP ■■ '• ''- • ■ .

SIR,

Admiralty Oj/ice, July ,0, 1790.

IN return to your three letters, dated 25th
of May, 29tli June, and the 8th inflant*, on
the fubjett of the oath required to be taken
for the payment of your half-pay, and re-
queiling, for the reafons mentioned in your
iaid letters, to be relieved therefrom, I am

commanded,

* 2ifl of April, 4th of May, omitted to acknowledge.

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cnmmaiidcd, 'ty my Lords Cominidioncrs fif
the Admiralty, to aciinaint you that the
order of rouiuil h)r t-Ilabhiiiing hali-pay
rrqu'urs that oath he taken, and tint dieir
Lordlhipsare not aulhoriled lo difpenle with
your not taking it.

I am, Sir,

Your very humble Servant,

rjiiLiPsriii'iiExXS,

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The Jotloxa)]^] Paper comes from a Ccntic'
man tec'' linoxon for his Jlravaous fub-
port , I Mr. Rrnh'rrs' Priaciplis, and
'alio i.) particularly mcnlioiicd h Ihe
Prophi'! ni his Books 'i I'tr \cdrairjl
'J • !'f Graliludi' niuJ F.pccm.

The

1 HE Prot)lKTics and revealed knowledire
comtnunieated to the world by Rieliard
BroiluTs, having generally altratlcd pub-
lie noliee, I think it my duty to Hate {onic
of them as ilicy have been already I'uirilk'd,
and K't tlu" world ]udi:e oi" them aecordin<J-
to their own knowledq-e and belitf. The
truth oi ilicm oughit to be carefullv exa-
mined. T]k:1 (iich a man will eome there
can be no dor.bt of, and is (■.\{)ref^lv menti-
oned, Jerem. x.w iii. 9. '• 1 he "ropht-t v.iiicli
propliefiedi oI' Pkace; wh.en the word of
the prophet Ihali conit to pal's, then (iiall

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the prophet be known, that the Lord hath
truly fent him."

Richard Brotlicrs prophtHedi of univerful
peace, that (liordy will be rcilored to all
kingdoms upon earth.

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Boo/: U. /.'a7<' zi. R'Kbarcl T!ic war enfued. On the
Brother's f:\y^ " Are you 21ft of January, 1793, the
William Fitt. to whom I v, rote king of Fianee was beheaded.
in May and June, 1792, in- 'I'his prophecy has been lal-
forming you o( the confe- filled,
quenecb of this war to your
country,//. 13. when the war
was not inten.ded, and of the
death of Louib the i6'li, vvliieh
was impoiiible to prevent, it
was recorded and could not be
avoided. »

//. 1 X. Rytlie fameerrample,
if the i-'reacli anny was to be
defeated, even v^^.aw and again,
it HiouLI recover aiul conijucr
likeuife.

//. 4 1 . At the time of niy \(rit-

to liu- Kin«^ of E;

ar.c. re

lative to the king cl I'.uilia, I
infornv.d liim, a-: 1 was coni-
nranded, of the certain lalluru
of tlie combined anaits of
Pruffia and Auibia.

On th.c ifl Oi'lober, 1792,
th.c Duke of Bruruuick re-
treated, after lie had been cx-
pefted at I'ari^ in two or three
duvs, but ever iinic t'.e allied
nnnitb ha. ei created, :.ndbei a
LcaUMi !;:yond any evam]-;e
in ti'.e annali of liifiory ; ai'.d
fc'.v will now, I believe, aiUrt
t'.-.at t'xy can ever repenetrate
France, and rtltore monar-
chy.

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Pa^e 17. Thekino ofpriif-
fia will ackno\vl(Hl;.re the

French republic, and alfo make all probubilit v he foon will.
peace with it.

It is reported he has alreacfy
made peace; if he ha.s not, iii

Pa-r

18. RuiVia. will nifo quarrel
with the Poles, and d.'vour
great nnmbers of them ; W'ar-
faw will be fet on fire, and tlie
government entirely chanc-
ed.

The above has been too
Ailly ami too finally fulfilled
hirely for any one to ucny.
Prnlila was not able tu con-
quer the Poles, but Ruilia, the
deftined power, foon cojiquer-
ed thtm.

In the Lcydi n Gazette, Dec.
26, i;94, it fays, in the ac-
coimts from VVarfaw, " Tlmt
the attack beo^an at five o'clock
in tiie morning; at nine the
enemy was in poirefiion of the
place. Five thoufand Poles
were flain in the aiTault, the
reir.aining 5000 were taken
priioneri or difpcrfed. After
tins \,-as over, and every thine
apj)eared to be quiet, ten hours
alter all refiftance had ccafed,
about nine oMock at niglit,
tluy fct fire to the town, and
bc-^an to bi:tc!;er the inhabi-
tants. The fitk a.nd uoundcd
jerifiicd in tlie fhunes ; the
I'eft, old men, women, and
cliildren, fell by tlie fword.
Nine thoufand ptrfouj of every
a:j;e and of both fexes, are com-
puted to have fallen in the maf-
f^;cre, and t';e whole of tl e
fubu.b, except a i\\v fcattered
houfc?, was icciuccd to aflies.

19. The SpaniOi movavr]-. l^nhi^d h crulrrlv conouer-

will ccail by this uar, .ml ,:,. ,,], ,,j ,1,, Sladthokler is'ncur
otadthoiuc.n.ip ol Ijolland •.vUl i„ tl,i . countrv.

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be r.ut oft tlcfc to the jmoiik!,
aecordiiv^to the vifioiis ui God
to inc in 1 792, :in;l which I
rommuiiicattd at th;;t tiiiv,
by his iacrt'd commaiKl^, to
the King and (-iut-en of Eng-
land.

On the 27rh of June, 179:!, Tlie Fieiuh ilbjKls luivr

1 wrote to the Fixr.ch amlnif- been conquered by the l-.n;;,-

fador, tiien in London, by lilb, according; to the iornicr

command of the l.onl (iod, ]-art of tUh pro-ph'^cy. 'I'lie

acquainting liim with tlie fu- latrer i->art remain., to be iul-

ture lofs of the French illands, hilcd.
and likcwile the fall of the
Entdilh.

Prioe 70. After this I was

The King of Sweden wa^.
in a vilion in the month of Hiot at a maf<iuerade, March
January, i 792, and was tarried 10, and died March 29, i 792,
away by the Spirit of Ciod to
Sweden, &c. The King of
Sweden is delivered over for
death, and that is the very man
that \sill flioot him.

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71. And when you write Richard Brothers was taken
hereafter of other things in up by government March 4,
this country you will be called 179,; that he has been rec-
an impoltor, a fool, and a koned an impoftor by many
liar. the world icfelf mull allow.

When 1 fee this it will make
me angry ; I'll then begin to
kill the people, and I fliall
furely dcib-oy this city.

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Pa-c ()2. Oc\. :6, 1794,
the Lord (iod commands nu-
to fay to you, William Bryan,
that you are apjioiiUed and
will l)f commandcil bv bin,
to tcftify jHiblicly to tiu' world
who 1 now am, and wliat my
future dclignation is. Ti;c
Lord (ioo will influence? and
command numbers of his peo-
ple, both men and women, to
give the fame public tcfrimo-
nies.

T02. 0(^. 26, 1794. He
Informed the iai^^Hfli [govern-
ment, indexes, &c. that ihe pri-
foners now in cf)nfiiunient,
and on trial for their livc^, &c.
are innocent.

Mr. [lallud publiflicd \\h
tciiiniony Jan. 29, i 795.

Mr. Bryan publidud hi. tef-
iimony Feb, to, 179; : wlitre-
in I'.t.' atkuov. ledges that he
wa.5 comjxlled bv tlie Spiiit
to write, bcin_^ aj;aiiiil hia na-
tural will. Several o'.iit i'^ b.ave
publilhtd and are publifliing
their tellimonits. Manv alfo
have criven their teltimonies by
letter. Joim Wrii;ht j)ublinied
his tellimcny v\ug. i, 1794.

Tlic prifoners were all tried
and acquitted.

Thcfe tilings having been already fulfilled,
oudit to be a caution to e\ery bodv liow
they deny Revelation and Prophecy, and it
behoves every perfun to examine into the
revealed prophecies very carefully, and judTC
impartially. Afts v. ;](). " But if thefe
things be of God, ye cannot overthrow
them."

Richard

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Richard Brotlicrs (lands in tlic Court Ca-
lender as a naval olnccr, Jan. 3, 1783. —
Surely then his character and behaviour
during his continuance in the navy arc very
calily to be enquired l)y tliofc that doubt his
fanity. Becaufe he quotes Scripture and
believes in God, is too ridiculous, one would
think, for any perfon to fet him down eidier
as an iinpollor or a madman. Ii he has not
wrote thofe letters to government, as he
aflerts, then he is a falie pro'pl^ct, and die
onus probandi la)'S with tlie miniilers, &c.
IF thofe letters arc ellabliihed, I diink liis
prophecies coming true, abfolutely prove
liini a true prophet. I have taken every
(lep to detect him in imporuion or madncfs,
but cannot in eitlicr.

FIMS,

.a-

)ur
^ry
his

nd
M

iier

ilOt

he
the
^c.
his
ove
cry
ids,

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