“4.  Besides all these difficulties, neither were the promises made to us by the prophets, concerning the things to come to pass at the coming of the Messiah, fulfilled in the time of Jesus.  For examples, take the following:—­’1.  In the time of the king Messiah, there was to be one kingdom only, and one only king upon earth, viz., the king Messiah—­see Daniel, ch. ii.; but behold, we see with our eyes, many independent kingdoms, distinct, and distinguished by different laws and customs, religious and political, which things being so, it follows, that the Messiah is not yet come.

“2.  In the time of the king Messiah, there was to be only one religion and one law throughout the world; for, it is written in Isaiah, ch. lii. and lxvi., that all nations shall come at stated times to worship the Eternal at Jerusalem.  See also Zechariah, ch. xiv. and ch. viii., and indeed throughout the writings of the prophets.

“3.  In the time of the king Messiah, idols were to be cut off, and utterly to perish from the earth; as it is said in Zechariah, ch. xiii., and so in Isaiah, ch. ii., it is written, ’And the glory of idols shall utterly pass away;’ and so in Zephaniah, ch. ii., ’The Lord shall be terrible among them, when he shall make lean (i. e., bring to nothing) all the gods of the earth; and all the countries of the nations shall bow themselves to Him, each out of his place.’

“4.  In the times of the Messiah, there shall obtain no more sins and crimes in the earth, especially among the children of Israel, as is affirmed in Deut. xxx., Zephaniah, ch. iii and in Jeremiah, ch. iii.  And l., and so in Ezekiel, ch. xxxvi. and xxxvii.

“5.  In the times of the Messiah, there shall be peace between man and beast, and between the tiger and the tame beast; and the little child shall stroke, with impunity, the variegated skin of the serpent, and,—­as one of our own poets has beautifully said,—­’and with his forked tongue shall innocently play.’  See in Isaiah, ch. xi. and lxv., the original from whence he derived his beautiful poem.

“6.  In the time of the king Messiah, there are to be no calamities, no afflictions, no lamentations throughout the world.  But the inhabitants thereof are to lead joyful lives in gratitude to the good God, and in the enjoyment of his bounties.  See Isaiah lxv.

“Lastly.  In the time of the king Messiah, the glory of God was again to return to Israel, and the spirit of the most High God was to be liberally poured out upon them, and they were to be endowed with the spirit of prophecy, and with wisdom, and knowledge, and understanding, and virtue; and God will no more hide his face from them; but will bless them, and give them a ready heart and a willing mind to obey his laws, and enjoy the felicities consequent thereupon.  And the Shechinah shall inhabit the temple for ever, and the glory of God shall never depart from Israel; but they shall walk amid the splendours of the glory of the Eternal, and all the earth shall resound with his praise, as is written in Ezekiel, ch. xxxvii., and xxxix., and xliii.; and in Joel, ch. ii., and in Zech., ch. ii., and Isaiah, ch. xi., and throughout the latter part of his prophecies, and in Jer. xxxi.”