For examples, take the following:--'1.

In the time of the king Messiah, there was to be one kingdom only, and one only king upon earth, viz., the king Messiah--see Daniel, ch.

ii.; but behold, we see with our eyes, many independent kingdoms, distinct, and distinguished by different laws and customs, religious and political, which things being so, it follows, that the Messiah is not yet come.
"2.

In the time of the king Messiah, there was to be only one religion and one law throughout the world; for, it is written in Isaiah, ch.lii.and lxvi., that all nations shall come at stated times to worship the Eternal at Jerusalem.

See also Zechariah, ch.