A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…

It is promised, that Heathenism shall thus be destroyed in many places. God has said, That the gods that have not made these heavens and this earth, shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens, Jer. x.11. and that he will utterly abolish idols, Is. ii.18.— Then shall the many nations of Africa, the nations of negroes, and other Heathens who chiefly fill that quarter of the world, who now seem to be in a state but little above the beasts, and in many respects much below them, be enlightened with glorious light, and delivered from all their darkness, and shall become a civil, Christian, understanding, and holy people. Then shall the vast continent of America, which now in so great a part of it is covered with barbarous ignorance and cruelty, be every where covered with glorious gospel•light and Christian love; and instead of worshipping the devil, as now they do, they shall serve God, and praises shall be sung every where to the Lord Jesus Christ, the blessed Saviour of the world. So may we expect it will be in that ⟨p. 258⟩great and populous part of the world, the East-Indies, which are now mostly inhabited by the worshippers of the devil; and so throughout that vast country Great Tartary, and then the kingdom of Christ will be established in those continents which […] more lately discovered towards the north and south poles, […] now men differ very little from the wild beasts, except […] they worship the devil, and beasts do not. The […] be the case with respect to those countries which have never yet been discovered. Thus will be gloriously fulfilled that in Is. xxx•.1. "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad fo• […]: and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose." See also vers. 6.7.

It is promised, that Heathenism shall thus be destroyed in many places. God has said, That the gods that have not made these heavens and this earth, shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens, Jer. x.11. and that he will utterly abolish idols, Is. ii.18.— Then shall the many nations of Africa, the nations of negroes, and other Heathens who chiefly fill that quarter of the world, who now seem to be in a state but little above the beasts, and in many respects much below them, be enlightened with glorious light, and delivered from all their darkness, and shall become a civil, Christian, understanding, and holy people. Then shall the vast continent of America, which now in so great a part of it is covered with barbarous ignorance and cruelty, be every where covered with glorious gospellight and Christian love; and instead of worshipping the devil, as now they do, they shall serve God, and praises shall be sung every where to the Lord Jesus Christ, the blessed Saviour of the world. So may we expect it will be in that