349. Thefe prophecies plain and: eafy, taken

from Mofes and Daniel, but improved and in-

larged; p. 349 350. Vefpafian and Titus

wonderfully railed up and preferved for the com-

pletion of thefe prophecies, and Jofephus for

the illuftration of their completion; p 350,

35, 352. The great ufe and advantage of

his hiftory in this refpect; p. 352,1 353 354..

The cause of these heavy judgments on the Jews,
their crucifying of Jefus, P. 354. Some cor-
refpondence between their crime and their pu-

1. nishment; p. 354, 355.
355. Application to us

Chriftians; p. 3,6, 357, 358.

DISSERTATION XXII.

St. PAUL'S Prophecy of the Man of Sin..

P. 359-425.,

St. Paul's and St. John's prophecies copied from

Daniel with fome improvements; p. 359. Two

moft memorable prophecies of St. Paul, the

firft of the man of fin; p. 359, 360. I. The

fenfe and meaning of the paffage, p. 360 37+

The coming of Chrift in this place, and the day

of Chrift, not meant of the deftruction of Je-

rufalem, but of the end of the world; p. 361---

365. Other memorable events to take place

before; p. 355. What the apoftafy; p. 365.

Who the man of fia; p. 366, 367, 368. His

exalting himself, p. 363, 369. His fitting in

the temple of God; p. 369, 70. These things

communicated before to the Theffalonians;

p. 370. What hindered the revelation,” of the

man of fin; p. 371, 372. His deftruction fore-

told before his other qualifications; p. 372, 373.

His other qualifications defcribed; p. 373, 374.

II. This prophecy ftrangely mistaken and mif-

applied by fome famous commentators; p. 375

394. Grotius's application of it to Caligula

and Simon, Magus, refuted; p. 375---378. Ham-

mond's application of it to Simon Magus and

the Gnoftics, refuted; p. 378---381. Le Clerc's

application of it to the rebellious Jews and Simon

the fon of Gioras, refuted; p. 381-384.

Whitby's application of it to the Jewish nation

with their high-priest and Sanhedrim, refuted;

P. 384-387. Wetstein's application of it to

Titus and the Flavian family, refuted; p. 387

390, They bid fairer for the true interpreta-

tion, who apply it to events after the deftruction

of Jerufalem; p. 390. Application of it to Mo-

hammed, refuted, p. 390, 391, 392. Appli-

cation of it to the Reformation, refuted; p. 392.

Application of it to the future Antichrift of the

papiits, refuted; p. 392, 393, 394. III. The

true application of this prophecy; p. 394, &c.

The apoftafy charged upon the church of Rome;

P. 394 395. The pope fhown to be the man

of fin; p. 396400. How these things came to

be mentioned in an epistle to the Theffalonians

rather than to the Romans; p. 400, 401. The

feeds of popery sown in the apostle's time; p. 401,

402. The empire of the man of fin raised on

the ruins of the Roman empire; p. 402. Ma-

chiavel cited to fhow how this was effected;

P. 403-407. Miracles pretended in the church

of Rome; p. 497, 408, 409. The empire of

the man of fin will be totally destroyed; p. 409,

The

The man of fin the fame as the little horn

or mighty king in Daniel; p. 410. Generally

both by ancients and moderns denominated An-

tichrift; p. 411. The ancient fathers give much

the fame interpretation of this whole paffage;

P. 412. Juftin Martyr, Irenæus, and Tertullian

in the fecond century; p. 412, 413. Origen in

the third century; p. 413, 414. Lactantius,

Cyril, and Ambrofe in the fourth century;

p. 414, 415. Jerome, Austin, and Chryfoftome

in the latter end of the fourth, or the beginning

of the fifth century; p. 415-418. Whofoever

affected the title of univerfal bifhop, he was

Antichrift, in the opinion of pope Gregory the

great; p. 418, 419. How the true notion of

Antichrift was fuppreffed, and revived again with

the reformation; p. 419, 420, 421. How

this doctrin afterwards became unfafhionable,

but is now growing into repute again; p. 421

---423. Conclufion; fuch a prophecy at once a

proof of revelation, and an antidote to popery;

the blindness of the papifts in this particular;

P. 424 425.

DIS-

DISSERTATION XXIII.

St. PAUL'S Prophecy of the Apoftafy of the latter times..

P. 426-472.

St. Paul much affected with the forefight of the great apoftafy of Chriftians; p. 426. Defcribed here more particularly; p. 427. I. The apoftafy fhown to be idolatry; p. 428---431. Some in fcripture often fignifies many; p. 431, 432, The apoftafy to be great and general, p. 433. The lame in the Jewifh and Chriftian church; p. 434. II. Shown more particularly to consist in the worshipping of demons; p. 434, 435, 436. Demons in the Gentile theology middle powers and mediators between the Gods and men; p. 437, 438. Two kinds of demons, fouls of men deified. or canonized after death, and feparate fpirits; p. 438, 439, 440. Good and bad demons; p. 441. The Gentile notion of demons has fometimes place in fcripture; p. 441---445. A paffage in Epiphanius, that much confirms and illuftrates the foregoing expofition; p. 445---448. The worship of faints and angels now the fame as the worship of demons formerly; p. 448. The rife of this worship; p. 449. Too much promoted and encouraged by the fathers from Conftantine's time, and particularly by Theodoret; p. 450---454, The conformity between the Pagan and Popifh worship; p. 454, 455, 456. III. The worship

of the dead to take place in the latter times;

P. 456. What these latter times are; p. 456,

457, 458. IV. The worship of demons fore-

told exprefly by the Spirit in Daniel; p. 459,

460, 461. V. Propagated and established

through the hypocrify of liers; p. 461---464.

VI. Forbidding to marry, a farther character of

thefe men; p. 464. Who first recommended

the profeffion of fingle life; p. 464, 465. The

fame perfons, who prohibited marriage, promoted

the worship of the dead; p. 465---469. VII.

The last note of these men, commanding to ab-

ftain from meats; p. 469. The fame perfons,

who propagated the worship of the dead, impofe

alfo abftinence from meats; p. 469, 470, 471.

This abftinence perverting the purpose of nature;

P. 471. All creatures to be received with

thanksgiving; p. 471, 472.