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°LECTURE XV.LBV. xvl. 11.And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and therecame agreat voice out ofthe temple of heaven, from the throne,saying,t is done.Tms text is the account we have in the word of Godof the lastplague that will ever visit our world, or theinhabitants w hereaher will be to dwellpermittedthereon. That is evident, because it is the seventh ofthe last seven. For John says, Rev. xv. 1, " And I sawanother sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angelshaving the seven last plagues;for in them is filledup the wrath of God." And the wrath of God is filledu ,that is, the cup of God's wrath of which he will makeall nations drink; and he will give unto Babylon "theeu of the wine ofthe iierceness of his wrath.}i`hen it cannot beto those who wish orwho may desire to leam uninteresting where an when the last plagueshave been poured out, and how many yet remain for usto experience.These sevenhave had theirshadows in thelasgflagues sent on slave-holdingfrom theirplagues which GEgypt, when he de vered his people, the Jews,Egyptian bondage, the least of which plagues destroyedPharaoh and his host, just in the moment when Israelwere deliverance on the banks ofthe Red Sea.shoutingSo likewke, m the seven last plagues, theiylare pouredout upon:siritual Eglypt, slave-holding bylon, whohas enslav the of God for centuries, and hastradckedinths me'ss andsoulsofmen. She,1ike

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