. The astrologer of the nineteenth century . have not yet been witnessed; for thewriter says that the ruin of ecclesiastical predominance shall bewrought by those who will not hear anything that the clergy preach ;and this is the strong feature of the prediction, as it regards the pre-sent sie;ns of the times. Every reader will be aware of the daily augmentation which thearmy of infidelity is acquiring, and of the disgrace which is constantlybeing brought upon religion by the administration of it beingintrusted to depraved and worthless characters. Every one knowsthat this sorrowful truth is n
. The astrologer of the nineteenth century . have not yet been witnessed; for thewriter says that the ruin of ecclesiastical predominance shall bewrought by those who will not hear anything that the clergy preach ;and this is the strong feature of the prediction, as it regards the pre-sent sie;ns of the times. Every reader will be aware of the daily augmentation which thearmy of infidelity is acquiring, and of the disgrace which is constantlybeing brought upon religion by the administration of it beingintrusted to depraved and worthless characters. Every one knowsthat this sorrowful truth is not confined to one church, nor even to onecountry, but that, on the contrary, it is extending itself throughoutwhat is commonly termed all Christendom. Every eye must foreseethat awful consequences will necessarily result; and, when the com-parison of the present aspects is made with the words of Nostradamus,every one will be looking forward with apprehension to the dismaltimes which lie has predicted. Mercurius. 395ILLUSTRATION, No. A SPECIALPrediction in the Prophetic Almanack, 1824, Literally accomplished in the Breaking out ofTHE WAR WITH THE BIRMANESE NATION. On coming to notice this fulfilment of a direct and special predic-tion, it requires to be said, that it was made at least six months beforethe unexpected blow was struck by the sovereign of the following extracts contain the words of the prophecy:— * Our eastern possessions are not, as it seems, free from commo-tion ; and I am mistaken if a more troublesome revolt is not breakingout than we have ever had to quell in that quarter.—And in thesubsequent part of the work, laying still greater stress upon the sub-ject, the author says, I have before had occasion to observe some-thing about a refractory spirit having manifested itself in the countryof the Nabobs ; and in this month (that is, November) there are signswhich seem to bear a similar construction. If we could import as 396 THE ASTROLOGER O
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