Included under the VII Seals, the VII Trumpets, and the VII Vials; divided into Three Grand Periods; and each Vision referred to certain Events which are respectively placed according to Time. First Seal. A. D. 1 to 70. THE WHITE HORSE. THE PALE HORSE. THE RED HORSE. THE BLACK HORSE. "And he that sat upon him had a "And power was given to him that "And he that sat on him had a pair bow, and a crown was given unto'sat thereon to take peace from the of balances in his hand.”—During this him." The victory of the Gospel over earth."-Dreadful persecutions under period an extraordinary dearth prethat system of Pagan Idolatry and Domitian, Adrian, and Antoninus, valent throughout the empire: parents Superstition which had heretofore en- Near a million Jews perish by sword; devoured their children, and millions slaved the world is here symbolized. 985of their towns burnt under this scal died and were sacrificed thro' famine Fourth Seal. A.D. 194 to 270. Fifth Seal. A. D. 271 to 304. | Sixth Seal. A. D. 305 to 325. The SOULS UNDER the ALTAR. THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE. "And his name that sat on him was "Of them that were slain for the "And the sun became black."Death, and Hell followed him:"-A word of God."-Terrible persecutions While Maxentius was carrying on pestilence the most destructive raged under Aurelian: but that called the his bloody persecutions a sudden rerofrom South to North throughout the tenth, under Dioclesian, in which two lution in the state of the empire was empire, with wars and persecutions millions were martyred, and the gos-produced by the supernatural conver also, the most merciless and cruel. pels burnt, exceeded all for ferocity. Ision of Constantine to Christianity, Here there appears a short respite, during which the true are distinguished from the false worshippers that are destined to undergo the calamities that are to follow the VII Trumpets, the sounding of which begin on the opening of The Seventh Seal, Under which the whole of them are included. THE HAIL STORM. Second Trumpet. A. D. 451 to 470. THE GREAT BURNING MOUNTAIN. The Goths, under Alaric, pouring down from the By the Vandals under Genseric, and hordes of other North in torrents, commit the most fatal desolation and savage enemies, the face of the fairest provinces is sudharoo wherever they go. The Arian, Pelagian, and denly converted to deserts, and cities the most magnifiother heresies begin also to occasion much affliction. cent and populous into smoking ruins. Third Trumpet. A. D. 471 to 500. Fourth Trumpet. A. D. 501 to 600. THE GREAT BLAZING STAR, WORMWOOD. THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS DARKENED. Attila, who styled himself The Scourge of God and Aristobulus the last Emperor deposed by the Heruli Terror of Men, with myriads of Huns and other savages under Odoazer, and thus the Caesars and Roman Princes. came upon the empire with the fury of a demon, and laid the Senators and Officers of every degree that had ruled in ashes cities and castles, devastating whole countries. in the Western Empire became totally extinguished. SECOND GRAND PERIOD. The III latter of the VII Trumpets are distinguished from the IV former by the peculiar woes which follow the sounding of them: and with the commencement of this second grand period a new era in religion takes place. Fifth Trumpet: First UUoe. A.D.601 to 750. Sixth Trumpet: Sec. Uoe. A.D. 1300 to 1453. THE FALLING STAR. THE FOUR ANGELS OF THE EUPHRATES. Mahomet, styling himself the Apostle of God, asserts The four Sultanies of Bagdad, Damascus, Aleppo. that he was required by Heaven to propagate his doc- and Iconium, by massacre reduced the Christians to the trines by fire and sword. Spiritual supremacy likewise lowest condition. Mahomet II. takes Constantinople; slays conferred on the Pope by Phocas the same year. Constantine, and puts a final period to the Empire. Between the sounding of the VIth and VIIth Trumpets the invention of Printing, with the propagation of Civil and Religious knowledge thereupon consequent, and by means of which the ultimate dispensations of Providence are most likely to be effected, was seemingly signified to St. John, by the, as it were, episodical vision of The Angel with the Little Book OPEN, THIRD GRAND PERIOD. This period comprehends the Harvest and Vintage during which the VII yials are poured. The pouring out o the VI first will be completed under the Harvest, and the VIIth under the Vintage. Another period here comf mences with the rising up of a new anti-christian power, emanating from the Dragon, the Beast, and the FalseProphet; and which is called The Spirit of Devils,' probably the same as Daniel's Infidel King. This whole period is under The Seventh Trumpet: Third Woe. A.D. 1789 et seq. THE HARVEST. First Vial. Second Vial. Third Vial. | Fourth Vial. | Fifth Vial. | Sixth Vial.| Certain Nations, formerly members of the Roman Empire are symbolically described as receiving the contents of the Vials, the 1st of which began to be poured out, if analogy be faithful, at the French Revolution in 1789, and, the II. III. IV. V. in the course of the late war. The pouring out of the VIth commenced in the present year, 1821, upon the Empire of the Othmans. The whole of the VI Vials are therefore supposed to be still running, and time only will enable us to decide when the wrath of them has been spent; and when it shall have been, then comes The Seventh Vial. THE VINTAGE. During which three great events are to happen- The Great Earthquake, or Revolution among Existing States- Will take place; when he will be permitted to ven and deceive all nations, but particularly the posterity of Gog World. When whosoever shall not be found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire F Nation. Russia Spain.. ...... Aug. 16. 5. ..1763 ..1765 ..1766 ...1768 Sovereign. Born. Reignbegan. King George IV. born Aug. 12......1762 England, &c. Geo. IV. Aug. 1762 Jan. 1820 Duke of York, France, &c... Lou.XVIII. Nov. 1755 May, 1814 Duke of Clarence, Alexander.. Dec. 1777 Mar. 1801 Queen of Wirtemberg, Sept. 29. Ferd. VII... Oct. 1784 Mar. 1898 Prs. Augusta Sophia, Nov. 8. John VI... May, 1767 Mar. 1816 Prs. Hesse Homberg, May 22.. Prussia.. Fred. III...Aug. 1770 Nov. 1797 Duke of Cumberland, June Netherlands.. William Aug. 1772 May, 1815 Duke of Sussex, Jan. 27. Denmark.. Fred. VI... Jan. 1768 Mar. 1808 Duke of Cambridge, Feb. 24.. Swed. & Norw. Chas. XIV. Jan. 1764 Feb. 1818 Duchess of Gloucester, April 25. Austria.... Francis II. Feb. 1768 Mar. 1792 Princess Sophia, Popedom Pius VII... Aug. 1742 Mar. 1800 Duchess of Clarence, Aug. 13.. Sardinia...... Vict. Eman. July, 1759 June, 1812 Duch. of Cumberland, Mar. 20. Ferd. IV... Jan. 1751 Rest. 1815 Duchess of Kent,.... Aug. 17. Mahmud ..July, 1785 July, 1808 Duch. of Cambridge, July 25. Naples .. Nov. 3.. ...1770 ...1771 .1773 ...1774 ...1776 .1777 .1792 .1778 .1786 .1797 TABLE OF DYNASTIES AND SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME. SINCE THE CONQUEST. .. Celtic Dynasty. Rend. Yrs. Brutus to Tudorbelin, including a period of 1094 Sovereigns. Born. Reign began. Ys. Mo since years, and a succession of 69 Potentates; whose Will. Conq. 1029 Oct. 14, 1066 20 11 735 origin may be dated in 1149 before Christ, or Will. Rufus 1057 Sept. 9, 1087 12 11 722 2970 years since. Henry I... 1068 Aug. 2, 110035 4 687 Roman Dynasty. Stephen 1105 Dec. 1, 1135 18 11 668 Julius Cæsar to Honorius, including from 55 Henry II... 1133 Oct. 25, 115434 8 633 B. C. to the year of our Lord 455, and a suc-Richard I.. 1156 July 6, 1189 9 9 623 cession of 47 Potentates: began 1876 years John..... 1165 April 6, 1199 17 6 606 Henry III. 1207 Oct. 19, 121656 1 550 Edward I.. 1239 Nov. 16, 127234 Edward II. 1284 July 7, 964 Henry VII. 1456 Aug. 22, 1485 23 TABLE OF JUDGES IN THE ENGLISH COURTS OF LAW. Eldon, Lord High Chancellor. Common Pleas. King's Bench. Plumer, Mast. of the Rolls. Exchequer. Richards, Ld. Ch. Baron. 8 313 9 275 5 269 4 264 4 219 0 197 Relative to Celestial and Terrestrial Prodigies; to Insurrections, Outrages, Pestilences, Inundations, and other unusual and notable Things. Liberal principles making successful progress against National Debt of Great Britain increased to power and bigotry in South America. FEBRUARY, 1821. Alarming overflow of the river Douro, in Portugal, from which the Vessels at anchor suffered incalculable damage; and the country injuries beyond description. MARCH, 1821. A Comet visible near the star Algenib in the constellation Pegasus for several evenings during this month. Violent Earthquake at Zante, by which 1,300 houses were destroyed, and 1,500 more so damaged as to be unfit for habitation. The churches, also, and the steeples, injured beyond repair. The town of Jala, in the Morea, totally destroyed, and more than 500 persons perished in the ruins, by the same Earthquake, which threw down also 300 houses in Pyrgra, and ruined several other towns and vil lages in Greece. Insurrection in Piedmont, and Abdication of the King. Revolution in Naples assumes a gallant aspect. APRIL, 1821. Spain and Portugal act with becoming decision, but exercise their new powers with moderation. Serious alarm excited by the unprecedented height to which the tides rose at Parkgate and Liverpool. News arrives of a formidable insurrection of the Greeks, conducted by Prince Ypsilanti, against the Turks, in which merciless massacres are perpetrated on both sides. Neapolitan and Piedmontese Revolutions fail chiefly through treachery amongst the insurgents. MAY, 1821. Gold Sovereigns issued in payment for Bank Notes. Ecclesiastical and Aristocratical bigots attempt conspiracies against the new Constitution of Spain, but are arrested and banished to the Balearic Islands. Buonaparte died at St. Helena with a disease of the liver, as the authorised report states. £.845,100,931. Unprecedented motion of a tract of bog in Ireland, estimated at more than 2,500 acres, which, after overwheling every thing in its way for several miles, and destroying a vast extent of country, was arrested in its progress by the abilitics of an Engi neer, who, by means of ingenious drainings, left it from 20 to 60 feet deep on a valley where it still remains, several miles distant from its original seat. New religions society, composed of persons of high distinction in France, the object of which is to revive the Spirit of Christian Charity, and to esta blish Universal Peace on Earth. The Cholera Morbus rages throughout Siam, to which disease more than half a million of persons, in a short time, had fallen victims. AUGUST, 1821. Queen Caroline, on the 7th, died suddenly, which untimely event spread deep sorrow through the whole land. Fatal attack of the Military on the people at her funeral. The King, with a vast retinue, pays a visit to Ireland. SEPTEMBER, 1821. A remarkably splendid meteor appeared on the 8th. Return of the King from Ireland on the 15th, and departure for Hanover and other parts of the Continent on the 23rd. Sir R. Wilson, after a gallant military career, dismissed from the service without any alleged offence or reason. Drought at Jamaica for 15 months; not even a shower of any continuance for 7; the Earth being dried to a cinder. OCTOBER, 1821. Terrible pestilence at Barcelona, by which 10,000 persons have been carried off within the last month. Tumults and assassinations in the county of Limerick, in Ireland, owing to the oppression of land-agents. Earthquakes, with subterranean thunders, shake the Isle of Bute and other parts of Scotland; but no serious damages have, at present, been heard of. year IN tracing the general consequences with which any approaching year is pregnant, the mutual positions of the siderial spheres at the moment of the Vernal Equinox are taken for the Radix of the whole term; and each particular aspect is consulted with regard to the chastisements or auspices which it is deemed, upon analogical principles, to presage. But there are also Special Omens which do not admit of being classed with the ordinary phenomena of the Horoscope; yet which, perhaps, still more strongly remind us that the invisible hand of contain many; Power Transcendant is not idle! Of such extra tokens the foregoing Memorials for the but of these, for want of room, I select, for illustration, only Earthquakes and Comets. Earthquakes are of the most terrible of those convulsions which disturb and paralyse Nature, and no less than four of these phenomena have happened in divers parts of the Earth, and one of them in our own Isle, within the last twelve months. To convince ourselves of their ominous portent we have only to appeal to the Holy Scriptures. Speaking to his disciples of the several signs that were to precede the destruction of the Jewish Temple, our Saviour says, "And there shall be Earthquakes in divers places." Can then the incredulous even continue unaffected in the face of the fact, that the Isles of Crete, Miletus, Chios, and Samos; the regions of Campania and Judea; and the Cities of Smyrna and Rome, were all awfully shivered, whilst the superb piles of Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Colosse, in Lesser Asia, were overturned and buried by a series of Earthquakes a few years prior to the literal and decisive fulfilment of the prophecy? Can the most dense of human beings remember, unappalled, that stroke of Omnipotence which, as the Saviour was expiring, rent the rocks in a way so sudden-so preternatural-by a shock said to have been felt over the whole world? On Comets, as lessons of destiny, the remarks I have to make, although confined to an individual case, must, I anticipate, educe as well the acquiescence as the surprise of every sensible mind, though it will not be possible to do justice to my subject in the narrow limits that remain open.If we turn to look at those mighty heroes of former ages, suffixed to whose names we behold these imposing words, "THE GREAT," let us at the same time recollect that an individual of our own time, by an extraordinary course of adventures, without the stubborn force of prejudice, and the secret and powerful engine-work of state-craft to ply with, lifted himself from a station the most obscure and low to a pinnacle of glory the most gorgeous and exalted. Need it be said that the now harmless Napoleon is the object of these remarks? Without entering upon speculations concerning the application of such an instrument by the hand of Providence, and withont tracing his career of fame, to his forlorn end, be it, first of all, here remembered, that he was born in August, 1769; and, for several months immediately preceding his birth, the Northern regions of the heavens were visited by one of those signal messengers to which the attention of the reader is now expressly solicited. Secondly, Without following his steps to the summit of his fame, let us pause a moment to behold him upon it, surrounded by Majesty of his own creating-himself seated on the throne of the world! Spain, on his West, the allotted portion of one brother-Westphalia of another, on his Eastern Quarter-Holland, on his North, receives the third for her King-and with the Crown of Naples, on his South, he decks the husband of his sister! At every point that seemed to afford security to his Empire were his Military Dukes and minor relatives posted on high pedestals of honor; and thus may we say that he seemed to have stamped the validity of solid greatness by his marriage at this time with the illustrious Archduchess of Austria. Indeed, nothing human could appear inore stable than the Monarchy of France in 1811.-I have now reason to call again for calm and candid attention.-At the meridian of his glory, which I have just been describing, a Comet of prodigious character came to witness his eminent station. Returning from its perihelion, that magnificent luminary became faintly perceptible at the beginning of September, 1811, at which time it had acquired 26° of Celestial North Latitude, and was then vertical in the Latitude of Corsica, and the Southern Extremity of Natural France. Its splendour continued to increase until it had reached 48° of Celestial Latitude, at which time blazing with unspeakable splendour it stood upon the Zenith of Paris and its Latitude. Having traversed the heavens in such a track as to reign vertically over every point of Latitude from South to North of France, let it be, of all things, most strictly noticed, that is highest degree of lustre was at that particular time when it was on the Meridian and Zenith of Paris at Noon-day! After it had attained these limits northward in the heavens it retreated again towards the South, retracing back again the latitudes of France from North to South, until it vanished at that point of declination where it had first become visible, namely, over the latitude of Corsica!--Can any reflecting mind fail to associate the appearance of this illustrious messenger of the skies with the fate of that prodigy of men who then reigned over the world with a lustre, perhaps, unparalleled ?--But the victory of Death over this once controller of kings, and terror of nations, has been recently achieved: and during his few latter weeks, whilst the spirit of his mortal existence was gradually evaporating, did not the blazing star of Fate again appear as though it came, a bark launched on the calm, wide, azure sea of heaven to meet his soul expiring; and to bear it, hence departed, to its realm of rest!- -Its errand, be it what it might, these facts we know, that -once more it came to beam upon his at his birth it ministered-it came again and testified his famebier!--As it suits thyself, improve this lesson, reader, shall I say, whilst wishing for thy welfare and my country's weal, ny leave I, for this time take, and say, in heart, Farewell! FINIS, Herein the Aspects of the Heavens learn; ALMANACK Or, Annual Abstract of Celestial Lore : Calculated, from the Era of Human Redemption, for the Year 1823: THE THIRD AFTER LEAP YEAR; And the Fourth of the Reign of His Majesty GEORGE IV: THE PERIODICAL PHENOMENA OF THE HEAVENS, Particular Configurations of the Planets, Contains Salutary Precepts and Comments on the same; With Prognostications of the Weather throughout the whole Year: And an Allegorical Threnody on the Tragic Vicissitudes of Nations. Including also, besides All the Useful Tables and Memorandums of the Common Almanacks, Original Tables of the Geocentric Motions of the Old and New Planets; AND A Complete Set of Computations for Mariners; WITH, MOREOVER, A VERY CURIOUS SYNOPSIS OF THE VISIONS OF ST. 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