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:im to dia* course, that I may be at peacewitJun myself, vod filled with wifldom to instruct his church of tbal terrible day of his wrath, which is about to fall down upon iib, and to warn them against tboaa emiM&aries of Satan which are besiieging every man with his most appropriate temptation, if pos* I lible to withdraw the very elect from the promiso aiid expectation of HU comiiis. TbU GixtU via), noder which we shall &sxd that all the conspicuous events of the^e times, with the secret spiritual operations uoaccn but unirer- sally felt, will enftily anange thpiti.seWe»&, curifti^t- elhort<Hir|mrt». First, Thutwhteh uuucenwth the river Euphrates, where the wrath or indignation contained in the viat was poured out: '* And (ho sixth ungcl poured out. bisvialupon thc^catnvcr Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried op, that the way of the kitigsof thu cafit might be pro-* pared/' ver, !2.— Secondly, That which relatetb Uieprocevsiotioflhetlirei^uiiclejiD Spirltx ; " Aud I fiaw three uncleaQ i^piriis like fro;:fa come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the muuth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Forthcy are the spirits of dcTils, working miracles, which (,'o forth unto Uie kiugs of ihti earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that i^reat day of God Almighty/' ver. 13, 14.™ Thirdly, That which admonislieth the church of her lord's loDf; delayed coming; '* Behold, I come as a thief. Ble^cd i» be that watchcth. and kcep- cth his garments, lest he walk nakefl^aud Ihtysoe his shame." ver. 15.— Fourthly. The place and the fact of the eril con^regalion of the kin|^ of the esrih. and of the whole world : " And he tfuthoT'- ed them together into a place called in tl)e He- brew tongue Armageddon. " ver. Iti.-^ln order to understand the three ttut of these subjects, and especially to fix their time, it is most ne- cessary for a clear and accuraLe defiiiitrun of them, as well as for the complete exposition of the whole paasage, to attend most carefully 968 THt DKTiNG UP or TBfi EurnftATEs. [JDnr. to the 6rslaUo; which gives the Tisiblchiatorical event, to mark out the time, «l which thU invU tible operatioD of the three evil Gpiritj^, and Iho solicitous iDTocatiOD of the Head of the church take place For M-ithout Uua contcmporaDeou hiatorical event ofthewaatii^ away of the waters (^ the Euphrates, thmagh the activity of the evil Jtpi- ritato mislvadt and the earnest warniog of Cfariat to' prepare for his cocmng, might have beeu felt, as every ooe must leel them at