All, both papifts and proteftants, agree that the beaft reprefents the Roman empire, 274. Shown to be not Pagan but Chriftian, not imperial but papal Rome 274. How fucceffor to the great red dragon, 275. How one of his heads was it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed, 276. The world in fubmitting to the religion of the beaft, did in effect fubmit again to the religion of the dragon, 277. The beaft perfectly like the little horn in Daniel, 277. A general account of his blafphemies and exploits, and how long to prevail and profper, 277. A particular account of his blafphemies, 278. His making war with the faints, and overcoming them, and fo eftablishing his authority, 278. An admonition to engage attention, 280. Something added by way of confolation to the church, 280. Ver. 11-18: the defcription of the two-horned beaft, 280-290. The tenhorned beaft, the Roman ftate in general, the twohorned beaft the Roman clergy in particular, 281. His rife, and power, and authority. 281. His pretended miracles, 282. His making an image to the beaft, 283. What this image of the beaft is, 283. His interdicts and excommunications, 285, The number of the beaft explained, 285, &c." : CHAP. XIV. Ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: the ftate of the true church in oppofition to that of the beat, 290. Ver. 6, 7 the principal effort towards a reformation in the public oppofition of emperors and bishops to the worfhip of faints and images in the eighth and ninth centuries, 292-294. Ver. 8: another effort by the Waldenfes and Albigenfes, who pronounced the church of Rome to be the apocalyptic Babylon, and denounced her destruction, 294. 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, 296–299. A folemn declaration from heaven to comfort them, 297. How the dead were bleffed from henceforth, 297. Ver. 14 20: represent the judgments of God upon the followers and adherents of the beaft under the figures, first of harvest, then of vintage, 299-301. Thefe judgments yet to be fulfilled, 300, &c. CHAP. CHAP. XV. a preparatory vision to the pouring out of the feven vials, 302, 303. These feven laft plagues belong to the feventh and last trumpet, or the third and laft woe-trumpet, and confequently are not yet fulfilled, 302. Seven angels appointed to pour out the feven vials, 303. CHAP. XVI. Ver. 1: the commiffion to pour out the feven vials, which are to many steps of the ruin of the Roman church, as the trumpets were of the ruin of the Roman empire, 304. Rome resembles Egypt in her punishments as well as in her crimes, 304. Ver. 2: the first vial or plague, 305. Ver. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: the fecond and third vials or plagues, 305. Ver. 8, 9: the fourth vial or plague, 306. Ver 10, 11: the fifth vial or plague, 307. Ver. 12, 13 14, 15, 16: the fixth vial or plague, 307. Ver. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21: the feventh or laft vial or plague, 309. CHAP. XVII. Having feen how Rome refembles Egypt in her plagues, we shall now fee her fall compared to Babylon, 310. Ver. 1-6: an account premised of her ftate and condition, 310. St John called upon to fee the condemnation and execution of the great whore, 311. This character more proper to modern than ancient Rome, 312. Her fitting upon a fcarlet-coloured beaft with seven heads and ten horns, 312. Her ornaments of purple and scarlet 'colour, with gold and precious tone, and pearls, 313. Her inchanting cup, 314. Her infcription upon her forehead, 314 Her being drunken with the blood of the faints, 316. Ver. 7-18: the angel explains the mystery of the woman, and of the beaft that carried her, 317, &c. A general account of the beaft and his threefold ftate, 318. The feven heads are explained primarily to fignify the feven mountains on which Rome is fituated, 319. Álfo to fignify feven forms of government, 319. What the five fallen, 319. What the fixth, 319. What the feventh or eighth, 321. The ten horns explained to fignify ten kings or kingdoms, 321. Their giving their power and ftrength unto the beaft, 321. The extenfivenefs of the power and dominion of Rome, 322. The fame kings, who helped to raise her, to pull her her down, 323. The woman explained to fignify the great city, or Rome, 324. 1 CHAP. XVIII. Ver. 1-8: a defcription of the fall and deftruction of fpiritual Babylon, 324, &c. To become the habitation of devils and foul fpirits, 325. A ́warning to forfake her communion, 326. To be utterly burnt with fire, 326. Ver. 9---20.: the confequences of her fall, the lamentations of fome, and rejoicings of others, 327, &c. Ver. 21-24: her utter defolation foretold, 328, &c. CHAP. XIX. Ver. 1-10.: the church exhorted to praise God for his judgments upon her, 330, &c. Her fmoke to rife up for ever, 331. God also to be praised for the happy state of the reformed church in this period, 331. St John prohibited to worship the angel, 332. Ver. 11-21 the victory and triumph of Christ over the beaft and the falfe prophet, 332, &c. 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, 334, &c. The millennium not yet fulfilled, though the refurrection be taken figuratively, 336. But the refurrection to be understood. litterally, 337. Other pro phets have foretold, that there fhall be fuch a happy period as the millennium, 337. St John only, that the martyrs fhall rife to partake of it, and that it fhall continue a thousand years, 338. The Jewish and Christian church have both believed, that these thoufand years will be the feventh millennary of the world, 338. Quotations from Jewish writers to this purpofe, 338. From Chriftian writers, St Barnabas, Juftin Martyr, Tertullian, Lactantius, 339, &c. How this doctrine grew afterwards into difrepute, 343. Great caution required in treating of it, 344. Ver. 7-10: Satan to be loofed again, and to deceive the nations, Gog and Magog, 344, &c. How Gog and Magog are to be understood, 345. The final overthrow of Satan, 346. Ver. 11-15: the general refurrection and judgment, and end of the world, 346. CHAP. XXI. Ver. 1----8: the new heaven, the new earth, and the new Jerufalem, 348. The new heaven and the new earth to take place after the millennium, 349. Ver. 9-27: a more particular defcription of the new Jerufalem, 351, &c. CHAP. XXII. Ver. 1-5.: a continuation of the defcription of the new Jerufalem, 353. Ver. 6, 7: a ratification and confirmation of the foregoing particulars, with a bleffing upon those who keep the faying of this book, 354, &c. Ver. 8-21: In the conclufion of feveral particulars to confirm the divine authority of this book, 355, &c. This book that fure word of prophecy mentioned by St Peter, 357. A double bleffing upon those who study and observe it, 358. DISSERTATION XXVI. Recapitulation of the prophecies relating to Popery. Popery being the great corruption of Christianity, there are more prophecies relating to that than to almost any other diftant event, 359. It is thought proper to represent thefe in one view, 359. I. It is foretold that there fhould be fuch a power as that of the pope and church of Rome ufurped in the Christian world, 359. A tyrannical, idolatrous, and antichriftian power foretold, 360. A great apoftafy in the church foretold, 360. This apoftafy to confift chiefly in the worshipping of demons, angels, and departed faints, 360. The fame church, that is guilty of this idolatry, to forbid marriage and injoin abftinence from meats, 360. The pope's making himself equal and even superior to God, 361. His extending his authority and jurifdiction over several countries and nations, 361. The power and riches of the clergy, 362. The pomp and fplendour of their ceremonies and vestments, 362. Their policy, and lies, and pious frauds, 362. Their pretended vifions and miracles, 362. Their excommunications of heretics, 363. Their making war with the faints and prevailing against them, 363. Befides these direct, other more oblique prophecies, 363, &c. Ba, bylon, Tyre, Egypt, the types of Rome, 364. More frequent intimations of popery in the new Teftament, 364. In our Saviour's caution in giving honour to his mother, and in rebuking St Peter, 364. In his infti tution of the laft fupper, 365. In his reproving fo particularly the vices of the Scribes and Pharisees, 365. 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. 365. In St Paul's admonishing the Romans to beware of apoftafy, 366. In St Peter's and St Jude's defcription of falfe teachers, 366. St Paul's prediction of the corruption of the last days, 366. ÎI. Not only foretold that there fhould be fuch a power, but the place and the perfons likewife are pointed out, 367. In Daniel's description of the little horn which only one person in the world can fully anfwer, 367. Daniel's character of the blafphemous king, which agrees better with the head of the Roman, than with the head of the Greek church, 368. In St Paul's portrait of the man of fin, 369. In St John's vision of the ten-horned beast, and of the woman riding upon the beaft, 370. Several arguments to fhow that not pagan, but papal Rome was intended, 371. III. Befides the place and the perfons, the time alfo is fignified of this tyrannical power, when, and how long, 372, &c. To arife in the latter days of the Roman empire, 372. To prevail 1260 years, 374. The beginning not to be dated too early, 374. To be fixed in the eighth century, and probably in the year 727. 375. IV. The fall and deftruction of this antichriftian power, 375, &c. The fecond woe of the Othman empire muft end, before the third woe can be poured out upon the kingdom of the beaft, 375. The divine judgments upon the kingdom of the beast displayed under a variety of figures and reprefentations, 378. Antichrift and his feat both to be deftroyed by fire, 378. About the time of the fall of the Othman empire and of the Chriftian Antichrift, the converfion and restoration of the Jews, 379. The proper order of these events, 380. After the deftruction of Antichrift the glorious millennium commences, or the kingdom of Christ upon earth for a thousand years, 380. Beft to forbear all curious inquiries into this fubject, 382. After the thoufand years and the general judgment, the world to be destroyed, and the new heaven and the new earth to fuc ceed, |