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symbol. And if the very thing that a prophetic symbol is explained by an Angel to mean, be itself expounded to mean, principally at least, something quite different, then there is really an end to all certainty, I might almost say to all truth, in Scripture. As well might it be said that the seven years of plenty and of famine, which the seven fat and lean kine seen by Pharaoh were declared to signify, was only the symbol's lowest sense, and that something quite different was chiefly meant by it; that the three baskets and three vine branches, seen by Pharaoh's butler and baker, meant mainly something altogether different from the explanation assigned to them by Joseph; and the golden head of the symbolic statue, in its highest sense, something quite other than what Daniel explained it to mean, viz. Nebuchadnezzar's empire of the Euphratean Babylon.

2dly, and with reference to the ground of Dr. Arnold's thus excepting Papal Rome from the curse assigned to the Apocalyptic Babylon, viz. that the intense evil attached to that Babylon, cannot be deemed to have attached to the Romish Church, the question must be asked, Does Dr. A. refer in this his plea of mitigation to the system as less evil in itself, or to there being many individuals of a different spirit from the system, professedly included in it? If to the system, I think I may say that I have shown from the recognized and most authoritative exponents of Papal doctrine,-its Papal Bulls, Canon Law, Decrees of Councils,-doctrine not proclaimed in idle theory only, but practically acted out, that the system is one marked, so as no other professedly religious system ever has been, by that which must needs be of all things the most hateful to God; I mean the commixture of the foulest corruption of Christ's religion, and blasphemy of Christ himself, with the most systematized hypocrisy.—If, on the other hand, it be because of individuals professedly belonging to antichristian Rome who yet partake not of an antichristian spirit, the very voice of the Angel, "Come out of her my people!" just before the destruction of the Apocalyptic Babylon, shows that up to the very eve of her destruction there would also be in what was meant by the Apocalyptic Babylon, just similarly, some of a different spirit, some of God's people. So that the characteristic is one to fit the symbol to Papal Rome, not to separate it.

No! the existence of some of his own people in a guilty nation

may make the Lord spare it for a while for their sake. But at length their very presence and protest, by life at least, if not profession, but all vainly, will be judged by Him to be only an aggravation. And while He will know how to deliver those godly ones from the judgment, yet will it not then any longer prevent the fate of the guilty people. So it was in the case of the old world, when the destroying flood came, as predicted. So in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah. So again in that of Jerusalem. And so too (may we not undoubtedly anticipate) will it be in the case yet future of Papal Rome, the antitype, the only proper antitype, to the Apocalyptic Babylon. For, as the symbol has been so tied to it by God's infinite wisdom, that no human ingenuity can ever put them asunder, so most assuredly the fate predicted on the same Apocalyptic Babylon, shall in Papal Rome have its fulfilment. Nor can I see any reason to alter my exprest conviction, that even when a better state of this earth shall have succeeded to the present, the ruined site of this antichristian city and empire will remain a monument to the future inhabitants of our planet of the most astonishing system of human ingratitude, and perversion of God's best gift, that the old world ever saw the smoke of its burning going up for ever; and its volcanic crust being like an ulcer, agreeably with Isaiah's awful prophecy, on the face of the new creation.1

See my Vol. iv. p. 247.

THE END.

CONFORD

45T

INDICES.

I.

GENERAL INDEX.

A

Abassides, the, supplant the Ommiades,
i. 436
Abomination of desolation, (Dan. xi. 31.)
that set up by Romans on destruction
of Jerusalem, iv. 139; events conse-
quent upon, 145-a different one the
commencing epoch of Daniel's 1260
days, iv. 168

Abraham, double covenant with, the
spiritual and the national, iv. 198-
200; to have their final fulfilment to-
gether, 241

Aßvoσus, abyss, meaning of, i. 414; lo-
custs from, 415; Beast originates from,
iii. 68

Accommodation, theory of, iii. 270
Africa, Portuguese discoveries in, gua-
ranteed to Portugal by the Pope, ii. 70
Age of the world, iv. 256

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Ages to come," interested in our earth's
history, iv. 245

Agobard,(Archbishop of Lyons, A.D. 810)

an opponent of image and saint wor-
ship, ii. 221; a chorepiscopus, 222
Air, vial poured out upon the, iv. 88
Alaric and Rhadagaisus, invasions of
Italy by, i. 351-353

Albigenses, the, amalgamated with the
Waldenses, ii. 327, 349
Alcuin, extract from his works, on read-
ing the scriptures, ii. 219
Alexander the Great, iii. 377, iv. 121
Alexander VI, (Pope), his Bull decree-

ing worship to departed saints, ii. 25,26
Algiers, French invasion of, iii. 400
"All," limitation of sense to the words,
i. 62, iii. 157.

Alleluia on the fall of Babylon, iv. 107,

110; on the marriage of the Lamb, 112
Allusive contrast, Apocalyptic principle
of, i. 112, 244--246, 305; ii. 48, 55,
59, 85; iv. 95

Alp Arslan, "the valiant lion," i. 470
Altar brazen, souls of the martyrs under,
i. 183; incense received at, 303-305
Altar, golden, incense offered on, i. 304;
voice from, 455–460.

Altar-court, use of the, in the Apocalyptic
scenery, i. 182; symbolic meaning of,
ii. 180, 181

America, discovery of by Columbus, ii.
73; alluded to in the prophecy, 73;
enfeoffed to Spain by different Popes, 73
American revolution, date of, after end of
the Turkish woe, iii. 289

man

Angel, from the East, i. 247, 255, 271,
the incense offering, 303-306,-the
woe-denouncing, 361; of the bottomless
pit, 427; the rainbow circled, ii. 39,
122, &c.; identical with the "
who appeared to Daniel, (Dan. x. 5,)
127; of the waters, iii. 332-339; from
the altar, (amended reading,) 333, 339;
first flying with the everlasting Gospel,
412-435; second flying, iv. 67-69;
third flying, 71; revealer of the judg-
ment of the whore of Babylon, 102;
standing in the sun, 114; binder of
Satan, 175

Angels, a portion of the heavenly com-
pany, 94; agency of, 108; the four
tempests, 226-232; identified with
the four Euphratean, 461-466; wor-
ship of forbidden by the Council of
Laodicea, 314; the seven trumpets,
343; of the seven vials, iii. 288, 302;
not to be worshipped, iv. 113.
Angelic days for years, iii. 241, 257
Angels of the Churches, meaning of the
term, i. 75

Anger of the nations, on seventh Trum-
pet's sounding, iii. 285
Animals, appropriateness of, as emblems
in Scripture, i. 398-401
Ansbertus (Ambrosius), iii. 28
Antichrist, strict meaning of the term, i.
67, 68; probable time of his appear-
ance, St. John's speculations respect-
ing, 68-71; early patristic antici-
pations of, 203-207, 367-371, iii. 82,
83, 82; Gregory the Great's anticipa-
tion of, i. 375-377; early resemblance
of the Roman Popes to, 386-390;
epoch of his triumph, ii. 46-59, 84-

87; (see also 388, 389;) his face as
the sun, 61-69, 100; his feet on land
and sea, 69-75; his cry as a lion roar-
ing, 75-86; allusion to, forbidden by
Leo X., 84; Luther's discovery and
recognition of, 103-121; Vaudois'
creed respecting, 327, 345; Popes not
suspected to be, before the xiith cen-
tury, 376; identity of with the Apoca-
lyptic Beast, iii. 88-91; a Vice-Christ
or antagonist Christ, 88, 89; Beast's
devolopment as, 126-134; (see gene-
rally Beast) coming with signs and
lying wonders, 140; final judgment of,
iv. 114-173

Apocalypse, the, genuineness of, i. 1–35;
parallelism of with other of St. John's
writings, 6, 7; early testimonials to
its authenticity, 10-31; received into
the canon of Scripture at the Council
of Carthage (A.D. 397), 34; enquiry
into true date of, 35-51; written A.D.
95 or 96 under Domitian, 49-51;
its opening vision, 82-96; its symbo-
lic scenery, 99-105; its plan, 105-
108, 115-118; its pre-eminent gran-
deur, 108-112; character and prin-
ciples of present exposition of, 112-
118; mixture of literal and symbolic,
iii. 307-330

Apocalyptic interpretation, sketch of the
history of, iv. 307-487

1. From St. John to Constantine:-
including Justin Martyr, Irenæus,
Tertullian, Hippolytus, Victorinus,
307-324

2. From Constantine to Fall of Ro-
man empire:-including Lactan-
tius, Eusebius, Jerome, Augustine,
Tichonius, 324-338

3. From fall of Roman empire, A. D.
500 to A. D. 1000:-including Pri-
masius, Ambrosius Ansbertus, Bale,
Haymo, Andreas, Arethas, Beren-
gaud, Adso, 338-368
4. From A.D. 1000 to the Reforma-
tion-including Berenger, An-
selm of Havilburg, Joachim Abbas,
Pierre D'Olive, the Waldenses,
Walter Brute, 369-414
5. Æra and Century of Reforma-
tion:-including Luther, Osiander,
Bullinger, Bale, Chytræus, Mar-
lorat, Foxe, Brightman, Pareus,
415-450

6. From end of Æra and Century of
Reformation to present time :-in-
cluding Mede, Bossuet, (after
Ribera and Alcasar,) Vitringa,
Daubuz, Cressener, Sir I. Newton,
Whiston, Bengel, Bishop Newton,
Firmin Abauzit, Semler, Herder,
Hernschneider, Eichhorn, Hug,
Bicheno, Faber, Cuninghame,
Bickersteth, 450--487

Apocalyptic chief Counter-Schemes to
that in the Horæ, examined and re-
futed, iv. 488-570

1. That of Præterists: including the
Diocletian solution, propounded by
Bossuet, Mylie, and other Roman-
ists, 489-498; and the Neronic
solution, as by Eichhorn and other
German rationalists, by Professor
M. Stuart, and Dr. Davidson,
499-517

2. That of the Futurists; especially
as advocated by Maitland, Burgh,
and the Oxford Tractarian on
Antichrist, 517–555

3. Protestant Church-Scheme of Seals;
especially as advocated by Cu-
ninghame, Bickersteth, and Birks,
556--573.
Apocalyptic prophecy, practical applica-
tion of, see Application.
Apollonius, i. 26.

Apostacy, first general intimation of, in
the Church, i. 228–243; first æra of,
363, particular intimations of, 243-
266; antidote to, in the revelation of
the doctrines of electing grace, 267;
saint-worship the second great step of,
306-316; almost brought to perfec-
tion by the close of the sixth century,
386; Mahomet's mission against the,
442; further notice of, iii. 77, et seq.
Apostate king, the, of Dan. xi. 36, (called
inaptly the Wilful king) iv. 151–159
Apostolic succession, on Romish or Trac-
tarian principles not to be proved, ii.
175, iv. 59.
Application of the Apocalyptic subject,
iv. 283-303; to the nation, 283; to
the Church of England, 284; to other
Churches, 292; to Romanists, 300; to
individuals, 300

Appropriateness of scripture symbols,
i. 394-405

Arabia, Mr. Forster's view of its colo-
nization, i. 420

Arabs, description of the, by Pliny, Je-
rome, &c. 411-413. (See Saracens)
Arius and Arianism, iii. 31, 32; de-
stroyed, 52

Ark of God appearing, iii. 411, 439.
Armageddon, origin of the name, iv.
87

Arndt, iii. 272

Arnold, Dr. i. 259; iv. 61, 559
Arras, Council of, A.D. 1025, examination

of certain heretics, at, ii. 254-256
Artillery, Turkish, allusion to under the
6th Trumpet, i. 481-484; of Buona-
parte, iii. 343

Asia, the word used by the Romans in
four senses, i. 56; Epistles to the seven
Churches of, 76-81

Assembly, National, of France, iii. 300;
its proceedings, 311

Assembly, Legislative, of France, iii. 311
Assumption, the Popes', ii. 59
Athanasius, often quotes the Apocalypse,
i. 32; champion of the Trinitarian faith,
persecuted by the Arians, iii. 31, 32
Atheism of the Papal priesthood before
the Reformation, ii. 36, 53, in France
before the Revolution, the consequence
of the Papal system, 315
Atonement, three Jewish rites of, i. 457,
458; departure from true doctrine of,
458-460

Attila, the scourge of God, i. 356-358
Augsburg, anti-protestant decree of, ii.
405-410

Augusti, the two senior Emperors, i. 185;
iii. 15, 109

Augustine, sketch of his life, i. 279, 280;

his doctrines of election and grace, 281
-287, especially in his "City of
God," 283, 291; the fulfilment of the
sealing and palm-bearing visions shown
to St. John, 284 287; his conversion
before baptism, 288; his view of saint-
worship, 317-319; of Antichrist,
367; an eminently Christian teacher,
ii. 209; further notice of, iii. 46
Augustinianism of Anglican Church, i.
Rome's aversion to, i.

291

290, 291
Auvergne, volcanic eruptions in, 458 A.D.
i. 354

B

Babylon, fall of, predicted, iv. 67, 103
Bagdad, i. 437-440, 467; the place
where the four tempest-angels were
bound and loosed, 467-470, the site
of ancient Seleucia, iii. 391
Balances, the Roman Provincial Govern-
ors' emblem of equity, i. 169
Baptism, magical virtues ascribed to, in
Constantine's time, i. 251-254, 258,
263; delay of it to deathbed, 263;
doctrine of its ex opere operato efficacy
allusively condemned in the Apoca-
lypse 258; became an inveterate error
in the visible Church, 258-264, 381
Bartholomew's (St.) day, massacre of, ii.
430, iii. 159; retribution of, iii. 322
Basil (the 2nd) his long reign, &c. i. 448
-453

Baxter, the Rev. R. iii. 272

Beast from the sea, with seven heads and
ten horns, (the first Apocalyptic Beast)
the Dragon's substitute and successor,
iii. 58, 70. (See Popes.)

identical with Beasts from abyss, iii.
62-73

the principal of the two Apocalyp-
tic Beasts, iii. 92; and not the West-
ern Secular Empire, 92, iv. 27

ten horns not kingless democracies
friendly to harlot till 7th Trumpet, iii.
66.

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seven, 97

8th or last head same as the
revived head in Apoc. xiii, iii. 97;
and one of the seven, as visible on the
Beast symbolized, ib.

7th head shown by the diadems
on Dragon's heads (or Rome's hills) to
be Diocletian's tetrarchy of the Roman
Empire, iii. 106, 107

7th head wounded to death by
Roman Christian Emperors, iii. 109
8th head realized in the Popes,
iii. 112-114

ten horns, or Romano-Gothic
kingdoms, iii. 114-124, list of ten
for 476 A.D. 116--119; list for 532 A.D.
120, 122; their connection with the
Popes as their common spiritual head,
iii. 124, 139

development of 8th head as An-
tichrist, iii. 124-134

-138

legalization as Antichrist, iii. 134

- early supremacy over the ten
kings, iii. 137-139

in his maturity, iii. 144-161; his
pride and blasphemy, 147-154; his
domineering supremacy over kings and
people, 154-157

his oppression of the saints, iii.
157-159

mouth as lion, iii. 147

mark, name and number, iii. 201
-221; figure derived from slaves', sol-
diers', and devotees' marks, 202, 203,
number of name illustrated, 203-207;
name Aareivos 209-215; list of other
solutions, 215-217

his mark, meaning profession of
devotion to Pope and Romish Church,
imposed on all by Romish Priesthood,
iii. 218-220; Recusants interdicted
from buying and selling, 220

in xiith Century makes war upon
Christ's Witnesses, ii. 377; succeeds
in killing them, 382-384, 396, 397

final judgment on the, iv. 111-115
Beast, the second or two-horned like a
lamb, the chief minister of the first

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