Southcott: three years to convince the nation

But to come to the type of the bells ringing in different hours in different parishes, so is the different calling of the nations, and the type of the seven and eight days. The seven o’clock bell denotes the Lord’s finishing all for man in seven days; at eight days old Christ was made known in the temple by Simeon; now reflect on his words, “A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of his people Israel.” But what followed Israel then? Now, as the bells stand for types and shadows, consider, as the seven days were ended, the decree for man, which is one thousand years. The eight denotes the eight hundred; then the nine are to call back the leprous men, who are to be brought back again and joined to the ten, which denotes, that some of different nations were convinced at that time, but did not abide in the gospel of Christ. The stranger was the Gentiles. Now all these men must be joined together by the ten and eleven o’clock bells, for then goeth in all churches. In the afternoon, the one o’clock bell in all parishes. So in the end all nations will come to the Three One God. Now the one thousand denotes the Lord’s finishing for man, and the eight hundred Christ’s second coming. Then now judge for yourselves; as it is said to me, the Lord will begin his strange works with a new century, and go on in such a manner to fulfil my prophecies, that in three years the major part of our land will be convinced the Lord hath spoken by me, and the Bible will be revealed very clearly unto men.