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 A 4 able t P 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 Huns 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 locufts ( 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 after |