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CHAPTER III.
Respecting the second section of the little open book, or the
vision of the dragon and the woman. p. 107.
The second section of the little open book comprehends the
I. The first clause of the vision. Rev. xii. 1-6. p. 107.
1. An abstract discussion of the symbolical imagery
employed. p. 112.
(1.) The symbolical heaven. p. 112.
(2.) The symbolical woman. p. 113.
(3.) The symbolical dragon. p. 113.
(4.) The symbolical man-child. p. 116.
2. A comparison of the machinery of the present vision
with the machinery of the last vision; each vision
treating alike of the latter three times and a half.
p. 120.
(1.) The symbolical heaven answers to the holy city.
p. 121.
(2.) The part of heaven occupied by the woman
answers to the temple with its inner courts.
p. 122.
(3.) The part of heaven occupied by the secular mem-
bers of the dragon answers to the outer court
and the holy city exclusive of the temple and
the inner courts. p. 124.
(4.) The man-child answers to the two witnesses;
the woman, to the measured worshippers col-
lectively; and the dragon in his secular mem-
bers, to the unmeasured Gentiles. p. 126.
3. An application of the hieroglyphical picture to his-
tory. p. 128.
(1.) The fall of the third part of the stars. p. 129.
(2.) The parturition of the woman, and the birth of
the man-child. p. 130.
(3.) The abreption of the man-child to the throne of
God. p. 131.
(4.) The flight of the woman into the wilderness.
p. 132.
(5.) The antecedent period of the woman's gestation,
or the 280 prophetic days which immediately
preceded the 1260 prophetic days. p. 136.
II. The second clause of the vision. Rev. xii. 7-12. p. 143.
1. An abstract discussion of the symbolical imagery em-
ployed. p. 144.
2. An application of the hieroglyphical picture to his-
tory. p. 148.
(1.) The common arrangement and application of
the war in heaven, shewn to be erroneous.
p. 148.
(2.) Its true arrangement and application. p. 151.
III. The third clause of the vision. Rev. xii. 12-16. p. 153.
employed. p. 154.
tory. p. 157.
IV. The fourth clause of the vision. Rev. xii. 17. p. 162.
1. The continued war of the dragon, from the platform
of the symbolical earth, extends to the close of the
latter three times and a half. p. 162.
2. The general purport of the clause. p. 162.
3. Its precise import cannot be determined, because it
respects matters still future. p. 163.
CHAPTER IV.
Respecting the third section of the little open book, or the vision
of the ten-horned beast of the sea. p. 164.
The third section of the little open book comprehends the
vision of the ten-horned beast of the sea. p. 164.
I. The seven-headed and ten-horned beast of the Apocalypse
is substantially the same as the ten-horned beast of
Daniel's vision and it symbolises the secular Roman
Empire in its greatest geographical extent. p. 169.
II. It also symbolises the secular Roman Empire in its greatest
chronological duration. Accordingly, St. John, like
Daniel, mentions its rise from the sea, for two several
purposes: p. 170.
1. Partly to identify it with Daniel's ten-horned beast;
p. 171.
2. Partly to teach us its true chronological duration.
p. 172.
(1.) Its very construction shews the necessity of pro-
nouncing it to be the Roman Empire in its
greatest chronological duration. p. 172.
(2.) The reason of the thing proves the same. p. 173.
(3.) The ground of the common erroneous notion re- lative to the epoch of its rise from the sea as
beheld by St. John. p. 174.
III. Respecting the seven heads of the Roman beast. p. 177.
1. The principle, on which the hieroglyphic is framed in
regard to its seven heads. p. 177.
2. The principle of the historical appropriation of the
seven heads, which appertain to the Roman beast.
p. 181.
3. The seven heads are seven homogeneous successive
forms of supreme Roman government. p. 184.
(1.) The chronologically first ruling head was the
Roman Kingship or Emperorship or Prince-
dom or Basileis. It rose A.A.C. 753 or 748;
and fell A.P.C. 1806. p. 194.
(2.) The chronologically second ruling head was the
Consulate. It rose A.A.C. 508; and fell
A.A.C. 27. p. 194.
(3.) The chronologically third ruling head was the
Dictatorship. It rose A.A.C. 497; and fell
A. A. C. 27. p. 194.
(4.) The chronologically fourth ruling head was the
Decemvirate. It rose A. A. C. 451; and fell
A. A. C. 448. p. 195.
(5.) The chronologically fifth ruling head was the
Military Tribunate. It rose A. A. C. 444;
and fell A. A. C. 366. p. 195.
(6.) The chronologically sixth ruling head was the
Triumvirate. It rose A. A. C. 59; and fell
A. A. C. 27. p. 195.
(7.) The chronologically seventh ruling head was the
Francic Kingship or Emperorship. It rose
A. P. C. 1804; and fell, mortally wounded
by the sword of foreign violence, A. P. C.
1815. p. 196.
4. By the successive fall of all his seven heads, the Ro-
man beast becomes politically dead or ceases poli-
tically to exist. p. 211.
5. The predicted revival of the now defunct Roman
beast. p. 214.
(1.) He is restored to life by the healing of his mor-
tally wounded seventh head. p. 215.
(2.) He ascends from the abyss under an eighth king,
who is the same polity as his short-lived and
sword-slain seventh head. p. 216.
(3.) The general result of comparing the symbol with
the angel's verbal interpretation. p. 218.
IV. The ten horns of the apocalyptic beast are the same as the
ten horns of Daniel's fourth beast. p. 221.
1. The harmony of the two prophets with history in re-
gard to the chronological rise of the ten horns.
p. 221.
2. The prophetic character of the ten horns involves an
apparent, though not a real, contradiction. p. 223.
V. A discussion of the name and number of the seven-headed
and ten-horned beast. p. 225.
1. The first article in the apocalyptic description of the
name of the beast. p. 227.
2. The second article in the apocalyptic description of
the name of the beast. p. 229.
3. The third article in the apocalyptic description of the
name of the beast. p. 233.
4. The fourth article in the apocalyptic description of
the name of the beast. p. 238.
CHAPTER V.
Respecting the fourth section of the little open book, or the
vision of the two-horned beast of the earth. p. 243.
The fourth section of the little open book comprehends the
I. The prophecy relative to the two-horned beast of the earth.
p. 243.
1. The two-horned beast must symbolise an ecclesias-
tical Empire, as contradistinguished from a secular
Empire. p. 245.
(1.) Proof from the contexture of prophecy. p. 245.
(2.) Proof from the attestation of history. p. 246.
(3.) Proof from the express language of St. John.
p. 247.
2. The question, therefore, is; What Ecclesiastical Em-
pire is symbolised by the two-horned beast: and
the answer to the question is; The Empire of the
Papacy. p. 247.
3. Accordingly, the several characteristics of the two-
horned beast answer to the several characteristics
of the Papal Empire. p. 250.
(1.) The second beast is distinct from the first. p. 250.
(2.) The second beast is characterised by having two
horns or by comprehending two kingdoms.
p. 251.
(3.) The second beast has a voice like that of the