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but at last a Stone, cut out of the Mountains without Hands, smites the Image upon his Feet, which breaks the Iron, Clay, Brass, Silver and Gold in Pieces, that all becomes as the Chaff of the Summer threshing Floors, and the Wind carries them away, that no Place is found for them; but the Stone waxes great, becomes a great Mountain, and FILLS THE WHOLE EARTH: Signifying the Kingdom which the Lord God of Heaven should set up in the World, last of all, which should break in Pieces and consume all other Kingdoms. Surely this Representation leads us to suppose, that this last Kingdom shall be of vastly greater Extent than any of the preceding. The like Representation is made in the viith Chapter of Daniel; there the four Monarchies are represented by four great Beasts that arose successively, one conquering and subduing another; the fourth and last of these is said to be dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and to have great Iron Teeth, and to devour and break in Pieces, and s•amp the Residue with his Feet; yea it is said Ver. 23, that the Kingdom represented by this Beast shall devour the whole Earth; But last of all one like the Son of Man appears, coming to the ancient of Days, and being brought near before him, and receiving of him a Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, THAT ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS AND LANGUAGES should ⟨p. 30⟩serve him. This last Circumstance, of the vast Extent and Universality of his Dominion, is manifestly spoken of as one Thing greatly distinguishing this holy Kingdom from all the preceding Monarchies: Although' of one of the Former it was said, that it should devour the whole Earth, yet we are naturally led, both by the much greater Emphasis and Strength of the Expressions, as well as by the whole Connection and Tenor of the Prophecy, to understand the Universality here expressed in a much more extensive and absolute Sense: And the Terms used in the Interpretation of this Vision are such, that scarcely any can be devised more strong, to signify an absolute Universality of Dominion over the Inhabitants of the Face of the Earth; Ver. 27. And the Kingdom and Dominion, and the GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, shall be given to the People of the most high God. Agreeable to this, the Gospel is represented as preached unto them that dwell on the Earth, and to every Nation, and Tongue, and Kindred, and People; Rev. xiv.6.