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them, and fo establishing his authority; p. 289, 290. An admonition to engage attention; p. 290. Something added by way of confolation to the church; p. 290, 291. Ver. 11-18: the defcription of the two-horned beaft; p. 291-501. The ten-horned beaft. the Roman ftate in general, the two-horned beaft the Roman clergy in particular; p. 291. His rife, and power, and authority; 292, 293. His pretended miracles; p. 293, 294. His making an image to the beast; p. 294, 295. What this image of the beaft is; p. 295, 296. His interdicts and excommunications; p. 296--298. The number of the beast explained; 298-301.

CHAP. XIV. Ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: the ftate of the true church in oppofition to that of the beaft; p. 301, 302. Ver. 6, 7: the firft principal effort towards a reformation in the public oppofition of emperors and bishops to the worship of faints and images in the eighth and nine centuries; p. 303-305. Ver. 8: another effort by the Waldenfes and Albigenfes, who pronounced the church of Rome to be the apocalyptic Babylon, and denounced her deftruction; p. 305, 306. Ver. 9-13: the third effort by Martin Luther and his fellow reformers, who protefted against all the corruptions of the church of Rome, as deftructive of falvation; p. 306-310. A folemn declaration from heaven to comfort them; p. 308. How the dead were bletfed from henceforth; p. 308, 309. Ver. 14-20: reprefent the judgments of God upon the followers and adherents of the beaft under the figures, firft of harveft, then of vintage; p. 310-312. Thefe judgments yet to be fulfilled; p. 311, 312.

CHAP. XV. a preparatory vifion to the pouring out of the feven vials; p. 312-315. Thefe feven laft plagues belong to the feventh and laft trumpet, or the third and laft woe trumpet, and confequently are not yet fulfilled; p. 313, 314. Seven angels appointed to pour out the feven vials; p. 314, 315. CHAP. XVI. ver. 1: the commiffion to pour out the feven vials, which are fo many steps of the ruin of

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the Roman church, as the trumpets were of the ruin of the Roman empire; p. 315. Rome refembles Egypt in her punithments as well as in her crimes; p. 316. Ver. 2: the firft vial or plague; ibid. Ver. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: the second and third vials or plagues; p. 316, 317. Ver. 8, 9: the fourth vial or plague; p. 317, 318. Ver. 10, 11: the fifth vial or plague; p. 318. Ver. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16: the fixth vial or plague; p. 319, 320. Ver. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21: the feventh or laft vial or plague; p. 320-322. CHAP. XVII. Having feen how Rome refembles Egypt in her plagues, we fhall now fee her fall compared to Babylon; p. 322. Ver. 1-6: an account premifed of her ftate and condition; p. 323, &c. St. John called upon to fee the condemnation and execution of the great whore; p. 323. This character more proper to modern than ancient Rome; p. 324. Her fitting upon a fcarlet colored beaft with feven heads and ten horns; p. 324, 325. Her ornaments of purple and fearlet cofor, with gold and precious ftone, and pearls; p. 325, 326. Her inchanting cup; p. 326. Her infcription upon her forehead; p. 326-328. Her being drunken with the blood of the faints; p. 328, 329. Ver. 7—18: the angel explains the myftery of the woman, and of the beaft that carried her; p. 529, &c. A general account of the beaft and his threefold ftate; p. 580, 331. The feven heads are explained primarily to fignify the feven mountains on which Rome is fituated; p. 331, 332. Alfo to fignify feven forms of government; p. 331, 332. What the five fallen; p. 332. What the fixth; p. 332. What the feventh or eighth; p. 333, 334. The ten horns explained to fignify ten kings or kingdoms; p. 334. Their giving their power and ftrength unto the beaft, p. 334, 335. The extenfiveness of the power and dominion of Rome; p. 335. The fame kings, who helped to raife her, to pull her down; p, 335, 336. The woman explained to fignify the great city, or Rome; p. 336, 337.

CHAP. XVIII. Ver. 1-8: a defcription of the fall and deftruction

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deftruction of fpiritual Babylon; p. 337, &c. To become the habitation of devils and foul fpirits; p. 338. A warning to forfake her communion; ibid. To be utterly burnt with fire; p. 339. Ver. 9-20: the confequences of her fall, the lamentations of fome, and rejoicings of others; p. 339-341. Ver. 21-24: her utter defolation foretold; p. 341-343. CHAP. XIX. Ver. 1-10: the church exhorted to praise God for his judgments upon her; p. 343, 344. Her finoke to rife up for ever and ever; p. 344. God alfo to be praised for the happy ftate of the reformed church in this period; p. 345. St. John prohibited to worship the angel; ibid. Ver. 11-21: the victory and triumph of Chrift over the beaft and the falfe prophet; p. 345-348.

CHAP. XX. Ver. 1-6. Satan is bound, and the famous millennium commences, or the refurrection of the faints and their reign upon earth for a thousand years; p. 348-350. The millennium not yet fulfilled, though the refurrection be taken figuratively; p. 350. But the refurrection to be under

ftood litterally; 351. Other prophets have foretold, that there fhall be fuch a happy period as the millennium; p. 351, 352. St. John only, that the martyrs fhall rife to partake of it, and that it fhall continue a thoufand years; p. 351. The Jewish and Chriftian church have both believed, that these thoufand years will be the feventh millenary of the world; ibid. Quotations from Jewish writers to this purpofe; p. 352, 353. From Chriftian writers, St. Barnabas, Juftin Martyr, Tertullian, Lactantius, &c. p. 353-357. How this doctrin grew afterwards into difrepute; p. 357, 358. Great caution required in treating of it; p. 358. Ver. 7-10: Satan to be loofed again, and to deceive the nations, Gog and Magog; p. 358, &c. How Gog and Magog are to be understood; p. 359, 360. The final overthrow of Satan; p. 360. Ver. 11-15: the general refurtion and judgment, and the end of the world; p. 360,

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CHAP. XXI. Ver. 1-8; the new heaven, the new earth, and the new Jerufalem; p. 362, 363. The new heaven and the new earth to take place after the millennium; p. 363-365. Ver. 9-27: a more particular defcription of the new Jerufalem; p. 365368. CHAP. XXII. Ver. 1-5; a continuation of the defcription of the new Jerufalem; p. 368, 369. Ver. 6, 7: a ratification and confirmation of the foregoing particulars, with a bleffing upon those who keep the faying of this book; p. 369, 370. Ver. 8-21: in the conclufion feveral particulars to confirm the divine authority of this book; p. 370-372. This book that fure word of prophecy mentioned by St. Peter; p. 372, 373. A double bleffing upon those who study and obferve it; ibid.

DISSERTATION XXVI.

Recapitulation of the prophecies relating to Popery.

p. 374-399.

Popery being the great corruption of Christianity, there are more prophecies relating to that than to almoft any other diftant event; p. 374. It is thought proper to reprefent thefe in one view; ibid. I. It is foretold that there fhould be fuch a power as that of the pope and church of Rome ufurped in the Chriftian world; p. 374, &c. A tyrannical, idolatrous, and antichriftian power foretold; p. 375. A great apoftafy in the church foretold; ibid. This apoftafy to confift chiefly in the worshipping of demons, angels, and departed faints; ibid. The fame church, that is guilty of this idolatry, to forbid marriage and injoin abftinence from meats; ibid. The pope's making himself equal and even fuperior to God; p 376. His extending his authority and jurifdiction over feveral countries and nations; ibid. The power and riches of the clergy; p. 376, 377. The pomp and fplendor of their ceremonies and veftments; Vol. II.

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ibid. Their policy, and lies, and pious frauds; ibid. Their pretended vifions and miracles; ibid. Their excommunications of heretics; p. 378. Their making war with the faints, and prevailing against them; ibid. Befides thefe direct, other more oblique prophecies; p. 378, &c. Babylon, Tyre, Egypt, the types of Rome; p. 379. More frequent intimations of popery in the New Teftament; ibid. our Saviour's caution in giving honor to his mother, and in rebuking St. Peter; ibid. In his inftitution of the last fupper; p. 380. In his reproving fo par*ticularly the vices of the fcribes and Pharifees; ibid. In his prohibitions of implicit faith and obedience, of the worship of angels, of all pretences to works of merit and fupererogation, of lording it over God's heritage, of the fervice of God in an unknown tongue, &c.; p. 380, 381. In St. Paul's admonishing the Romans to beware of apoftafy; p. 381. In St. Peter's and St. Jude's defcription of falfe teachers; ibid. In St. Paul's prediction of the corruption of the last days; p. 381, 382. II. Not only foretold that there fhould be fuch a power, but the place and the perfons likewife are pointed out; p. 382, &c. In Daniel's defcription of the little horn which only one perfon in the world can fully anfwer; p. 382, 383. Daniel's character of the blafphemous king, which agrees better with the head of the Roman, than with the head of the Greek church; p. 383, 384. In St. Paul's portrait of the man of fin; p. 384, 385. In St. John's vifion of the ten-horned beaft, and of the woman riding upon the beaft; p. 385, 386. Several arguments to fhow that not pagan, but papal Rome was intended; p. 386, 387. III. Befides the place and the perfons, the time alfo is fignified of this tyrannical power, when, and how long; p. 387, &c. To arife in the latter days of the Roman empire; p. 387, 388. To prevail 1260 years; p. 3838. beginning of thefe 1260 years not to be dated too early; p. 389. To be fixed in the eighth century, and probably in the year 727; p. 390. IV. The fall

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