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of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he shall 

 come in his own glory r and in his Father's, and with the holy 

 angels." 



In discussing the important subject contained in this chapter, 

 I shall avail myself of every assistance from the various sources 

 of information which have been lately opened, and now flow in 

 copious streams through this highly favoured island: which seems 

 to be selected by Infinite Wisdom and Goodness for the preser- 

 vation of liberty in Europe, and the diffusion of truth and know- 

 ledge throughout the dark regions of the earth. 



It is now one of those predicted periods when there should be 

 Avars and rumours of wars, when nation should rise up against 

 nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there should be 

 famine, and pestilence, and earthquakes, in divers places. In 

 the arcana of Infinite Goodness and Infinite Power, much good 

 may be ordained to spring up from the unparalleled events and 

 calamities now overwhelming the continent of Europe, which are 

 felt in a greater or less degree throughout the British empire. 

 " Dulce mihi nomen pacis !" May the blessings of peace, of an 

 honourable and lasting peace, be restored! May my native 

 country be providentially the means of restoring that choicest 

 o-ood to exhausted Europe! May England rise in triumph, to 

 promote the glory of God, and the happiness of man; to dispel 

 the mists of ignorance, superstition, and idolatry, and diffuse the 

 licrht of Revelation to the remotest comers of the earth. If I may 

 be deemed the humblest instrument in promoting this great design, 

 by any thing which may be offered in the ensuing pages, it will 

 afford me a heartfelt satisfaction, which language could ill express, 



