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and to the Roman tees of iron, the kings of the earth, which now are in being. And this state which belongeth unto them it w%s prupcrr to bestow upon tliein under this sixth vial, wbtch i9 preparing for the destruction of aoa 1132 THE KIMCS OF TMC KaST, [. the ten kingfdomA, wilh all [k>wct and dominioj under the whole ticaveos. When the posfteasoi is notified as abont to be removed, it was pn (ler fnr the King of kings to notify also tlioi into whose hands the poi;sessioa wag about come. When the kings of the earth and of tl whole world arc preparing to be destroyed^ it proper to prepare the way for the kings who to Inbe the government of the woHd in hani Andp to guard against misiake, they are not call kin^ of any place or with any possession, Dor» as tbink .kings from &nyplacc,but deriving their ongti from an crcnr, '* the riaing of Ihc sun/' which throughout Scripture is assigned both tu the cam and the consequence of liieir coming to ihcir uni- versal and everlasting kingdom. For all tbes^i rea«0Ds 1 see no impropriety, but rather, on tl other hand, much beauty oi^d [iropricty^in lakti this symbol. ** kin^s from the risings of the sun^^^l to represent the Jewish people, who in that da; Rhali be it&ed by the l^rd to tmmpW upon au trtf^ad dowr many kings as heretofore ibey did ii the days of Joslma, wtien they came up to pn<-j sess the land of promise. Tliey are kings of ll earth by the monrt ancient constitution of Gi wbo, speaking of Abraham and the nation wi these words, in the xlist chapter of Uaiah;^ ** Who raiaed up the rigbteouH man from tlw Easi called him lo hift foot, gar^* the nations bc^fore biiD#i and made him riil« over kingiiT He gave thiMJ as dust to his sword, and as driTCD stubble to biti bow/' Which was fulfilled in the ovcrthrowofj Chedorlaomer and hU five kings by Abnibam ; t]ieii| in tlie overthrow of Ml many kings by Joshua; finally, is to be fulfilled in tlie destntci ion of all amf OR THE TKK THIUKH chmliiin thrones aa<l dominions, by Ihc restored fribcfl, or whom it U written in the same glorious prophecy (^ver. 15); "Behold ! will make thee a iKw gharp thras^inf; instrument haviug tc^tli : thou shall thrash the moiintains, and beat them imall, iLti<l tiLalt make the bills as chaflT. Tbon shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them awfiy, and the whirlwind Tihall scntterthem : and tbon shall rejoicu in the Lord, and »h;iU glory in the IlolyOoe of Israel/' Let these things suffice for shewing the propriety of the symbol which