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in order to show the great importance of the prophecies here delivered; p. 46---59. Future events fuppofed to be written in a book; p. 48. This book fealed with feven feals, fignifying fo many periods of prophecy; p. 49. The Son of God alone qualified to open the feals; p. 49. Whereupon all creatures fing praises to God and to Chrift; p. 49, 50.

CHAP. VI. ver. 1, 2: contain the firft feal or period, memorable for conqueft; p. 50. This period commences with Vefpafian, includes the conqueft of Judea, and continues during the reigns of the Flavian family and the fhort reign of Nerva; P. 51. Ver. 3, 4: the fecond feal or period noted for war and flaughter; p. 51, 52. This period commences with Trajan; p. 53. Comprehends the horrid wars and flaughters of the Jews and Romans in the reigns of Trajan and Adrian; P. 53, 54, 55 Continues during the reigns of Trajan and his fucceffors by blood or adoption; p. 56. Ver. 5, 6: the third feal or period, characterized by the ftrict execution of justice, and by the procuration of corn and oil and wine; p. 56. This period commences with Septimius Severus; p. 57. He and Alexander Severus juft and fevere emperors, and no lefs ceJebrated for procuring corn and oil, &c; p. 58, 59. This period continues during the reigns of the Septimian family; p. 59. Ver. 7, 8: the fourth feal or period, diftinguished by a concurrence of evils, war, and famin, and peftilence, and wild beasts; p. 59, 60. This period commences with Maximin; p. 61. The wars of this period; p. 61, 62. The famins, p. 67. The peftilences; p. 62---65. The wild beafts; p. 65. This period from Maximin to Diocletian; p. 66. Ver. 9, 10, 11 the fifth feal or period, remark

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able for a dreadful perfecution of the Christians; p. 66. This the tenth and laft general perfecution, begun by Diocletian; p. 67, 68. From hence a memorable æra, called the era of Diocletian, or era of martyrs; p. 68. Ver. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 the fixth feal or period remarkable for great changes and revolutions, expreffed by great commotions in the earth and in the heavens; p. 68, 69. No change greater than the fubverfion of the Heathen, and establishment of the Chriftian religion; p. 70. The like figures of speech ufed by other prophets; p. 71, 72. The fame thing expreffed afterwards in plainer language, p. 73.

CHAP. VII. a continuation of the fixth feal or period; p. 74--81. A description of the peace of the church in Conftantine's time; p. 77, 78. And of the great acceffion of converts to it; p. 79. Not only of Jews, but of all nations; p. 79, 80, 81. This period from the reign of Conftantine the great to the death of Theodofius the great; p. 81.

CHAP. VIII. ver. 1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6. The feventh feal or period comprehends feven periods distinguifhed by the founding of feven trumpets; p. 82, 83. The filence of half an hour previous to the founding of the trumpets; p. 83. As the feals foretold the ftate of the Roman empire before and till it became Christian, so the trumpets forefhow the fate of it afterwards; p. 84. The defign of the trumpets to roufe the nations against the Roman empire; p. 84. Ver. 7 At the founding of the first trumpet Alaric and his Goths invade the Roman empire, twice befiege Rome, and fet fire to it in feveral places; p. 85, 86, 87. Ver. 8, 9: At the founding of the fecond trumpet Attila and his

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Huns wafte the Roman provinces afif compel the eastern emperor, Theodofius the fecond, and the western emperor, Valentinian the third, to fubmit to fhameful terms; p. 87-90. Ver. 10, 11 At the founding of the third trumpet Genferic and his Vandals arrive from Africa, Spoil and plunder Rome, and fet fail again with immenfe wealth and innumerable captives; p. 90, 91, 92. Ver. 12: At the founding of the fourth trumpet Odoacer and the Heruli put an end to the very name of the western empire; p. 92, 93. Theodoric founds the kingdom of the Oftrogoths in Italy; p. 93, 94. Ialy made a province of the eaftern empire, and Rome governed by a duke under the exarch of Ravenna; p. 94, 95. Ver. 13: The three following trumpets are diftinguished by the name of the woe-trumpets, and the two following relate chiefly to the downfall of the eaftern empire, as the foregoing did to the downfall of the western empire; p. 95, 96. CHAP. IX. ver. 1---12: a prophecy of the locufts or the Arabians under their falfe prophet Mohammed; p. 96-112. At the founding of the fifth trumpet a ftar fallen from heaven opens the bottomlefs pit, and the fun and air are darkened; p. 98, 99. Mohammed fitly compared to a blazing ftar, and the Arabians to locuits; p. 98. A remarkable coincidence, that at this time the fun and air were really darkened; p. 99. The command not to hurt any green thing, or any tree, how fulfilled; p. 99, 100. Their commiffion to hurt only the corrupt and idolatrous Chriftians, how fulfilled; p. 100. To torment the Greek and Latin churches, but not to exftirpate either; p. 101, 102. Repulfed as often as they befieged Conftantinople; p. ro2. Thefe locufts described fo as to fhow that not real but figurative

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locufts were intended; p. 102, &c. Likened unto horfes, and the Arabians famous in all ages for their horfes and horfemanship; p. 103. Having on their heads as it were crowns like gold; p. 103, 104. Their faces as the faces of men, and hair as the hair of women; p. 105. Their teeth as the teeth of lions, their breastplates as it were breaft-plates of iron, and the found of their wings as the found of chariots; p. 105, 106. Like unto fcorpions, p. 106. Their king called the deftroyer; p. 107. Their hurting men five months, how to be understood; p. 107, &c. Fulfilled in every poffible conftruction; p. 108--111. Conclufion of this woe; p. 111, 112. Ver. 13--21: a prophecy of the Euphratéan horsemen or Turks and Othmans; p. 112-126. 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. 113-116. In what fenfe they are faid to be prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to flay the third part of men; p. 116---120. Their numerous armies, and especially their cavalry; p. 120, 121. Their delight in fcarlet, blue, and yellow; p. 121. The ufe of great guns and gun-powder among them; p. 122, 123. Their power to do hurt by their tails, or the poifonous train of their religion; p. 123. The miferable condition of the remains of the Greek church among them; p. 124. The Latin or western church not at all reclamed by the ruin of the Greek or eaftern church, but still persist in their idolatry and wickedness; p. 124, 125, 126. CHAP. X. a preparatory vifion to the prophecies relating to the western church; p. 126--130. The angel with the little book or codicil to the later book of the Apocalyps; p. 128. This proy

difpofed under the fixth trumpet, to defcribe the state of the western church after the defciption of the state of the eastern; p. 128. Cannot be known what things were meant by the seven thunders; p. 129. Tho' the little book defcribes the calamities of the western church, yet it is declared, that they fhall all have a happy period under the feventh trumpet; p. 129. St. John to publish the contents of this little book as well as the larger book of the Apocalyps; p. 130.

CHAP. XI. ver. 1---14: the contents of the little book; p. 130, &c. The meafuring of the temple to fhow that during all this period there were fome true Chriftians, who conformed to the rule and measure of God's word; p. 133. The church to be troden under foot by Gentiles in worship and practice forty and two months; p. 133 Some true witneffes however to proteft against the corruptions of religion; p. 133, 134. Why faid to be two witneffes; p. 134. To prophecy in fackcloth, as long as the grand corruption itself lafted; p. 135. The character of these witneffes, and of the power and effect of their preaching; p. 135, 136. The paffion, and death, and refurrection, and afcenfion of the witneffes; p. 137-140. Some apply this prophecy of the death and refurrection of the witneffes to John Hufs and Jerome of Prague, whofe doctrin revived after their death in their followers; p. 140, 141 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 Paflau to allow them the free exercise of their religion; P. 141, 142, 143. Some again to the malfacre of the proteftants in France, and to Henry III's

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