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on their heads as it were crowns like gold; p. 212, 213. The faces as the faces of men, and hair as the hair of women; p. 213. Their teeth as the teeth of lions, their breaft-plates as it were breaft-plates of iron, and the found of their wings as the found of chariots; p. 213, 214. Like unto fcorpions, p. 214. Their king called the deftroyer; ibid. Their hurting men five months, how to be understood; p. 215, &c. Fulfilled in every poffible conftruction; p. 215, 216. Concluflon of this woe; p. 217. Ver. 13-21: a prophecy of the Euphratéan horsemen of Turks and Othmans; p. 217, 218. At the founding of the fixth trumpet the four angels or four fultanies of the Turks and Othmans are loofed from the river Euphrates; p. 218, 219. In what sense they are said to be prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men ; p. 220–222. Their numerous armies, and efpecially their cavalry; p. 222, 223. Their delight in fcarlet, blue, and yellow; p. 223. The ufe of great guns and gun-powder among them; ibid. Their power to do hurt by their tails, or the poisonous train of their religion; p. 224. The miferable condition of the remains of the Greek church among them; p. 225. The Latin or weftern church not at all reclaimed by the ruin of the Greek or eastern church, but ftill perfift in their idolatry and wickednefs; ibid.

CHAP. X. a preparatory vifion to the prophecies relating to the western church; p. 226, 227. The angel with the little book or codicil to the larger book of the Apocalyps; p. 227. This properly difpofed under the fixth trumpet, to defcribe the ftate of the weftern church after the defcription of the ftate of the eaftern; ibid. Cannot be known what things were meant by the feven thunders; ibid. Tho' the little book defcribes the calamities of the weftern church, yet it is declared that they fhall all have a happy period under the feventh trumpet; p. 228. St. John to publish the contents of this little book as well as the larger book of the Apocalypfe; ibid.

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CHAP. XI. ver. 1-14: the contents of the little book; p. 229, &c. The measuring of the temple to show that during all this period there were fome true Chrif tians, who conformed to the rule and measure of God's word; p. 230. The church to be trodden under foot by Gentiles in worship and practice forty and two months; p. 231. Some true witneffes however to protest against the corruptions of religion; ibid. Why faid to be two witneffes; ibid. To prophecy in fackcloth, as long as the grand corruption itself lafted; ibid. The character of thefe witneffes, and of the power and effect of their preaching; p. 232, The paffion, and death, and refurrection, and afcenfion of the witnefies; p. 233-235. Some apply this prophecy of the death and refurrection of the witnesses to John Hufs and Jerome of Prague, whofe doctrin revived after their death in their followers; p. 235. Others to the proteftants of the league of Smalcald, who were entirely routed by the emperor Charles V. in the battle of Mulburg, but upon the change of affairs the emperor was obliged by the treaty of Paffau to allow them the free exercife of their religion; p. 235, 236. Some again to the maffacre of the proteftants in France, and to Henry III's afterwards granting them the free exercife of their religion; p. 236, 237. Others again to later events, Peter Jurieu to the perfecution of the proteftants by Lewis XIV, Bishop Lloyd and Whifton to the duke of Savoy's perfecution of the proteftants in the valleys of Piedmont, and his re-establishing them afterwards; p. 237, 238. In all thefe cafes there may be fome refemblance, but none of thefe is the laft perfecution, and therefore this prophecy remains yet to be fulfilled; p. 238, 239. When it fhall be accomplished, the fixth trumpet and the fecond woe fhall end; p. 239. An hiftorical deduction to fhow that there have been fome true witneffes, who have profeffed doctrins contrary to those of the church of Rome, from the feventh century down to the Reformation; p. 239, &c. Witneffes in the eighth century; p. 239, 240. The.

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emperors Leo Ifauricus and Conftantine Copronymus, and the council of Conftantinople; p. 240. Charlemain and the council of Francfort; ibid. The British churches and Alcuin; ibid. The council of Forojulio; p. 241. p. 241. Paulinus bifhop of Aquileia; ibid. Witneffes in the ninth century; p. 241-244. The emperors of the eaft, Nicephorus, Leo Armenius, &c. and the emperors of the weft, Charles the great, and Lewis the pious; p. 241. The council of Paris; ibid. Agobard archbishop of Lyons; ibid. fubftantiation firft advanced by Pafchafius Radbertus, and oppofed by many learned men; p. 242. Rabanus Maurus; ibid. Bertramus; p. 242, 249. Johannes Scotus; p. 243. Angilbertus and the church of Milan; ibid. Claude bishop of Turin; ibid. Witneffes in the tenth century; p. 244-247. State of this century; p. 244, 245. The council of Trofly; P. 245. Athelftan; ibid. Elfere earl of Mercia; ibid. Heriger and Alfric; p. 246. The council of Rheims; and Gerbert archbishop of Rheims; p. 247. Witneffes in the eleventh century; p. 247-250. State of this century; p. 247. William the conqueror, and William Rufus; p. 248. Heretics of Örleans; ibid. Heretics in Flanders; ibid. Berengarius and his followers; p. 248, 249. Ecclefiaftics in Germany, &c.; p. 249. The council of Winchefter; p. 250. Witneffes in the twelfth century; p. 250-257. The conftitutions of Clarendon; p. 250. Fluentius; ibid. St. Bernard; ibid. Joachim of Calabria; p. 251. Peter de Bruis and Henry his difciple; p. 251, 252. Arnold of Brefcia; p. 252. The Waldenfes and Albigenfes; ibid. Their opinions; p. 253, 254. Teftimonies concerning this fect; p. 254-257. Of Reinerius, the inquifitorgeneral; p. 254, 255. Of Thuanus; p. 255, 256. Of Mezeray; p. 257. Witneffes in the thirteenth century; p. 257-259. Farther account of the Waldenfes and Albigenfes; p. 257, 258. Almeric and his difciples; p. 258. William of St. Amour; ibid. Robert Grofthead or Greathead, bishop of Lincoln; p.

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259. Matthew Paris; ibid. Witneffes in the fourteenth century; p. 259-262. Dante and Petrarch; p. 259. Peter Fitz Caffiodor; p. 260. Michael Cæfenas and William Occam; ibid. Marfilius of Padua; ibid. In Germany and England the Lollards; p. 260, 261. The famous John Wickliff; p. 261. The Lollards remonftrance to the parliament; p. 262. Witneffes in the fifteenth century; p. 262268. The followers of Wickliff; p. 263. William Sawtre; ibid. Thomas Badby; ibid. Sir John Oldcaftle; ibid. In Bohemia John Hufs and Jerome of Prague; p. 264. Opinions of the Bohemians or Huffites; p. 264-266. Jerome Savonarola; p. 267. In the fixteenth century the Reformation; p. 268. Hence an answer to the popifh question, Where was your religion before Luther? p. 269. Ver. 15, 16, 17, 18: a fummary account of the feventh trumpet and the third woe, the particulars will be inlarged upon hereafter; p. 269, 270. Conclufion of the firft part; p. 270, 271.

DISSERTATION XXV.

An ANALYSIS of the REVELATION,

PART II.

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The right divifion of the Revelation into two parts; p. 271. This latter part an inlargement and illuftration of the former; p. 271, 272. Ver. 19. of the eleventh chapter fhould have been made, ver. 1, of the twelfth chapter; p. 273.

CHAP. XII. Ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: the church perfecuted by the great red dragon; p. 274-277. The church reprefented as a mother bearing children unto Chrift; p. 274, 275. The great red dragon the Heathen Roman empire; p. 275, 276. His jealoufy

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of the church from the beginning; p. 276. But yet the church brought many children unto Chrift, and in time fuch as were promoted to the empire; ibid. Constantine particularly, who ruled all nations with a rod of iron; p. 276, 277. The woman's flight into the wilderness here anticipated, cometh in properly afterwards; p. 277. Ver. 7-12: the war in heaven represents the contefts between the Heathen and Christian religions; p. 277-280. The Chriftian prevails over the Heathen religion; p. 278. Conftantine

himfelf and the Chriftians of his time defcribe his conquefts under the fame image; p. 279. Still new woes, tho' but for a fhort time, threatened to the inhabiters of the earth; p. 280. Ver. 13-17. The dragon depofed ftill perfecutes the church; p. 280— 283. Attempts to reftore the Pagan, and ruin the Christian religion; p. 281. The church now under the protection of the empire; ibid. Her flight afterwards into the wilderness; p. 281. Inundations of barbarous nations excited to overwhelm the Chriftian reli

gion; p. 282. But on the contrary the Heathen conquerors fubmit to the religion of the conquered Christians; ibid. Another method of perfecuting the church; p. 282, 283.

CHAP. XIII. Ver. 1-10: the defcription of the tenhorned beaft fucceffor to the great red-dragon; p. 283-291. All, both papifts and proteftants, agree that the beast represents the Roman empire; p. 284. Shown to be not Pagan but Chriftian, not imperial but papal Rome; ibid. How fucceffor to the great red dragon; p. 286. How one of his heads was as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed; p. 286, 287. The world in fubmitting to the religion of the beaft did in effect fubmit again to the religion of the dragon; p. 287. The beaft perfectly like the little horn in Daniel; p. 287, 288. A general account of his blafphemies and exploits, and how long to prevail and profper; p. 288. A particular account of his blafphemies; p. 288, 289. His making war with the faints, and overcoming

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