Bonaparte the Emperor of the Gauls, considered as the Lucifer and Gog of Isaiah and Ezekiel : and the issue of the present contest between Great Britain and France, represented according to divine revelation / [Lewis Mayer].
- Mayer, Lewis
- Date:
- 1804
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Bonaparte the Emperor of the Gauls, considered as the Lucifer and Gog of Isaiah and Ezekiel : and the issue of the present contest between Great Britain and France, represented according to divine revelation / [Lewis Mayer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![that the British nation is alluded to in its present situation, by the ajoove prophecy, under the deno- mination of a land of uiiwalled villages, having, ^vith but few exceptions, neither bars nor gates, as there is not any other nation or kingdom, or em- pire, excepting the states of America, that comes under this denomination ; and it is equally evident, that the inhabitants of the British isles have dwelt in safety, whilst surrounding nations have been involved in all the horrors of war, dearth and pes- itilence, the rumour thereof having only hitherto reached our shores, and though our internal enemies have plotted the destruction of our peace and hap- piness; and in conjunction with our inveterate foes have exerted evefy effort to cast down the ]fabric of our constitution, it has weathered out every storm, and still remains a monument of 'God’s providential care. Each individual may, in a .figurative point oP view, be said to be sitting, :iinder his vine, and Under his fig-tree, enjoying the jfruits of their labours. The British nation is also • described, ver. IQ. under the denomination of • desolate places, that are now inhabited, and the ipeople that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. It is notorious, that previous ;to the invasion of Julius Csesar, agriculture was Jlittle known in Britain ; and until after the tenth century, it could not be said to have been in a state of cultivation. It is also well known, that its present inhabitants are composed of a people that have been gathered Prom out of the nations ; and respecting its present state, it is justly esteemed for commerce, riches, and agriculture, the first ]nation in the world. The object of Bonaparte’s armament is recited,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22040389_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
