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and warlike glory, a 0 t 1020 Tlir DRYrKG Uf OF TIte EUPllltATEft. [£Xr, who might scourge her not a little; the fifth, coveriDg him aiid his mynnidons, and all who looked to biin» witli darkne&s and with fear. And thus having chastened, in five socccsmtc vroys, and, 1 may say also, tn five sticceuivc degree*, all the Pu|>al nalioiut, excepting tliat solitary one n-hich sittvih upoii ihc sea, all the while the wii- [icfi^< and the applauderof their judgments. He staycth bid hand a little, and suffcrcth them to have a recess from suflcnngp a pcnod of peaoe» vrherem to reflect ufion what hath passed over tbdr headii in rapid buccession, a» it were ia whirling evolution- Aad now he proceedeth to the East, which all Uiifi while hath bien hold in silent and qtiicl observation of all these things, and there being nothing here to stay or to restrain hifi band, he accompUshcth his judgment in one single act, single in iu character, and tminterruptecl in iu continuance, which for thi-se last M^vrn year* hat been under our eye^ the only thing I may say of a warlike kind M)ltciting tbeatt«:ntionof the world; in which the world hath sought to take an inten: which many uaUou:< have iMiught to interrupt i itaprogre^; bat which, behold, is going un %u and within thei«e few days hath received a ra acceleration: for» rest assured, now that Uie Sultan of the&e hordes has been Ufted up with aa advantage gained by his newly organized troopit he will gather vain conceit, and reject all the terma of accommodation, aud all the threats wbick they say have been lately held over his head. The bea$t was held at bay, and s^eemed di«p<ised to submit, bis hopes have been fre^liLDod. aud hisd^ sire of blood quickened with a morsel of prospe- L 4 .^ IV.] TH« DRYING l!l* OP THK £UPHHATE«. 1021 rity ; at which he will awaken himself, and a^ii contiDuc the Mt'ork of his own destruction. Thus he sparcth not. There is no taking off hJH hand from this to lay it on again. And dej>end upon it, if we arc ri)jhl In Ix-licving that thii» vJal is poured out, and working its effects, it will not cease until it hath done its work of drying up the waters of Euphrates ; that is, abolishing the Turk- ish power, until it shall be able to offer no Tcsied- ancc to tbcsc king7« who are about to come rrom the rising of the win. Then conu^Ui the ending vial, under which Babylon is destroyed for ever, tlie beast and the false prophet, and ihc kings of the earth overthrown by the Lamb and hi» faith- ful ones, with whom llicy w