Your Description of the Water-
“Fall near Moffat makes one wish to see it. Is it far
“out of the road to your great City, if Fortune shdshould
“ever carry a Body that way? It is a melancholy Ac-
“count you give of bankruptcies &and the like. At Lon-
“don too, &and in many parts of this kingdom, there is
“a spirit of rebellion gone forth, that seems to
“threaten great things. You may live to see yethe
“doctrine of resistance, &and of the power of the
“people, brought to perfection. Perish with yethe
“Philistines, say you — be it so — but I
“doubt, it may be worse than that. Gebal, &and
“Ammon, &and Amalech may join with the Phi-
“listines, &and all against the poor Israelites.
“The last times draw on apace, &and such damna-
“ble Papers are printed against Religion, a-
“gainst God, &and that too unpunished, that we
“have reason to fear, he may draw the
“Sword against a Country, whose iniquity
“seems to be almost full. I grow old, &and
“have pretty well done with the World,
“but I feel for those who are to come af-
“ter me. They may see sad days. — I have
“been reading a new Book on the Prophecies, by
“one Mr Hardy, who says, the Millennium will
“not begin till 1971. It is a long time to wait.”