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Poems

By Francis Wrangham
 
 
 

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ARGUMENT.

Invocation:—History of the JEWS from the Exodus, under Moses; —and Joshua:—Their general depravation—followed by the Babylonish;—and the Crucifixion,—by the Roman Invasion:— Their sufferings during,—and after the siege of Jerusalem (by Titus);—and present condition.—Their fate different from that of Egypt,—Babylon,—Tyre,—and the four successive Monarchies— Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman.—The question examined— whether the prophecies, relating to their Restoration, are to be figuratively,—or literally understood;—and reasons assigned for adopting the strict interpretation.—Their return:—The distinction of tribes superseded by the coming of the MESSIAH.— Conclusion.