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Jews, in what manner it becomes one of the

plagues of popery. - The Valley of Decision,

- fatal to the antichristian powers. -Prophetic

picture of Christ, in his wars against the Beast.

-Hie conquers by sufferin s.-Savage procla-

mation for the extermination of the witnesses,

is reversed upon their enemies. – The seventh

viai – he B.AST and FALSE P OPHET broken,
mana snareu,-alid taken.- í heir tearfui end.

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SECTION XXV.

The consequences of the seventh vial. The

mystery of God is fiuished. The remaining

strength of the apostacy wasted by intestine

division and civil wars, which depopulate the

papal kingdoms. -Suppression of the popish

church dignities and authorities. Great inve-

teracy of that supe, stition, which even these

terrible and long continued judgments cannot

easily subdue.

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SECTION XXVI.

The church of Rome clearly pointed out by St

John as the object of the foregoing prophecies.

- Fxhibited as an adulteress, sorceress, and

murderess. — Wonderful coincidence of exist.

ing facts with this description.--Hymns to Ma-

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huzzim -St John's hieroglyphic explained by

circumstances of locality which the catholic

writers themselves admit.

170

SECTION XXVII.

The prophecies of the ancient prophets against

Egypt, Edom, and Babylon, applied to Rome

by St John, -particularly in allusion to her in-

toxicating cup, and dementation thereby,--her

cup of trembling, - her pride and false securty,

- her hypocrisy, and sorcery, and venality. -

Some of these prophecies less applicable to

Babylon than to Rome, and some applicable

to Rome only, as her destruction by volcanic

fire,- and the universal abhorrence in which

her memory shall be held.

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SECTION XXVIII.

The connection in prophecy between the fall of

Antichrist, and the restoration of Israel - Pro-

phetic illustrations of the harvest and vintage.

- They are destructive to popery but restora.

tive to Israel -Christ coming from Edom.--

The mystic Ephah, the original of St Paul's

man of Sin - Fruitless attempt at the restora-

tion of Popery.-It is the object of sacred ab-

horrence to God and man for ever. The har-

mony of prophecy.

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SECTION XXIX

The silence of our Lord upon the subject of Ana

tichrist accounted for –His allusions to antia

christianism being prophetic, were designed to

be explained by time and events. -- l'he solu.

tion of some peculiarities in our Lord's con-

duct, upon the supposition of an intended

allusion to the MARIAN IDOLATRY.-And of

some difficulties in his preceptive discourses,

by a reference to the superstitious abuses of

Popery

244

SECTION XXX.

Our Saviour's notice of phylacteries allusive to

future ahuses of greater importance.-False

ideas of relative holiness, applied by the Jews

to the temple of God, by Papists to idol tem-

ples, the shrines of the Saints, their reliques

and images.-Our Lord's picture of pharisai-

cal religion the true type of Popery --Tradi-

tion abused more by Papists than by the

Scribes.-The taking away the sacramental

cup -Many of Christ's parables allude to Po.

pery ;- particularly the evil eye--and the evil

servant.

272

SECTION XXXI,

Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's

dream of the great image, the type of the

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four great universal monarchies. The lasť

of them, or the Roman empire, of great

importance in a prophetical view. Some

of its distinguishing peculiarrities concisely

noticed.

297

SECTION XXXII.

great de

Daniel's brief sketch of the Roman empire un-

der the emblem of the legs of a great image,

in chap. second, illustrated by himself in three

following visions.-In chap. seventh, by the

fourth beast and his little horn - In chap.

eighth, by the king of fierce countenance.-

In chap. eleventh, by the king, the

fender of Mahuzzim. --The substance of these

four representations given collectively by St

John in his two beasts and their image. The

false miracle of commanding fire to come

down from heaven, compared with a true one

of the witnesses. The character of the same

antichristian chief, as drawn by David, con-

formably to the prophecies which followed

after, and to historical truth.

317

SECTION XXXIII.

The Roman empire divided, or the origin of the

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church hierarchy and papacy engrafted upon it.

A further division into ten kingdoms in ca.

tholic obedience to the pope – The union be-

tween them co npared to iron mixed with miry

clay -The ill union of the popish errors with

the gospel truth - l'he papal militia. 352

SECTION XXXIV.

The kingdom of Christ announced as commenc-

ing in the days of the fourth universal mon.

archy, or the ROM AN EMPIRE -But not es-

tablished in the fulness of its power and glory

until that shall be totally removed.-False

apprehensions of the MILLENNIUM as past

already.--Christ's reign on earth of slow pro-

gress. -Antichrist not the only obstruction to

the kingdom of heaven on earth - Both the

past and present state of the christian world

inconsistent with it - Superstition and fanati-

cal enthusiasm in different ways tend to the

same end, in defeating the due influence of

the gospel. -False measures of holiness and

spiritual pride, still obtrude themselves upon

the votaries of delusion for christian humility

and operative faith.

371

SECTION XXXV.

Supercilious and counterfeit humility a badge of

false religion.-Shews itself in different ways,