REVELATIONS XIV. 9, 10, 11,

And the third Angel followed them with a loud Voice: If any Man Worship the Beaft and his Image, and receive his Mark in bis Forehead, or in his Hand; The fame fhall drink of the Wine of the Wrath of God, which is poured out, without Mixture, into the Cup of his Indignation ; and be fhall be tormented with Fire and Brimftone, in the Prefence of the holy Angels, and in the Prefence of the Lamb:

And the Smoke of their Torment afcendeth up for ever and ever: And they have no reft Day nor Night, who worship the Beaft and his Image, and whofoever receiveth the Mark of his Name.

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N Order perfectly to comprehend the Force and Drift of thefe Words, it will be neceffary to caft our Eyes a little backwards. In the Verse immediately preceeding my Text, the Fate of a great City is declared, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; that great City: And why? Because he made all Nations drink of the Wine of the Wrath of her Fornication. Now the Word which the Tranflators have rendered

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