it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. xxii. 5. They need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.

2. The real or fictitious Heads of Rome or the Roman Empire, whether it be the Latin Emperors, the Herulic and Ostrogothic Kings, the Latino- Greek CÆSARS OF THE ROMANS, or their successors, the French Kings: but not the German Emperors, nor their predecessors of the dynasty of Charlemagne. Rev. vi. 12; vii. 16; viii. 12; ix. 2; xvi. 8; xxi. 23.

3. Third part of the sun. The third part of the dominion of the Head of the Roman Empire, Rev. viii. 12. The third part of the sun was smitten. By the fall of the Empire of the West, and the accession of Odoacer to the dominion of Rome, the Roman authority was shorn of one third of its extent, the Præfecture of Gaul having been ceded by Odoacer and the senate to Euric the Visigoth. Gibb. VI. xxxviii. n. n. 5.

SWORD.-The Sword of the Spirit. Rev. i. 16. Out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, Rev. xix. 15, 21. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the Wicked (one). Eph. vi. 17. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 2 Thes. ii.8. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Heb. iv. 12, 13. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and Spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his

sight: but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

TABERNACLE.-1. The tabernacle of God. Heaven. Rev. xiii, 6. To blaspheme his name and his tabernacle. See BLASPHEME, 4.

2. The tabernacle of the testimony. The holy of holies. Rev. xv. 5. See TEMPLE, 2.

TAILS.-The hinder part of cannons, from the muzzle to the other extremity. Rev. ix. 19. See HORSE.

TEMPLE.-1. The temple in heaven. The habitation of God and of holiness. The new Jerusalem. Rev. iii. 12. Rev. vii. 15. And serve him day and night in his temple. xiv. 17. Another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven. See ALTAR, 1. xv. 6. And the seven angels came out of the temple. When angels are said to come out of the temple, it means that men are raised up by God to preach his word, as though they had come out of the temple of his holiness with a direct commission from him. Rev. xvi. 1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. See ANGEL, 14. Rev. xv. 8. And no man (rather no one) was able to enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven vials were fulfilled; i.e. no one could enter into the new Jerusalem by forming a part of it till all the judgments occasioned by the preaching of God's ministers were finished. Rev. xi. 1. Rise and measure the temple of God. See ALTAR. CANDLEStick, 2.

2. The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven. That part of the temple, called the holy of holies, in which the ark of the testimony was. Rev. xv. 5.

Behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. A more brilliant display of the grace of God through his dear Son Jesus Christ in his church by the glorious gospel at the reformation. xi. 19. The same before the downfall of Popery and of all the Roman churches, of which the church of England is one. See ARK.

THIRD. SEE MAN, MOON, RIVERS, SEA, SHIPS, STARS, SUN, TREES, WATERS.

THRONE.-Kingdom, Government. Rev. iii. 21. &c. The throne of God. Heaven. Isa. lxvi. 1. Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne. Rev. xii. 5. And her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne ; i.e. no sooner had Christ been born in the hearts of the Roman world, by the adoption of his religion, than he departed by the corruption of it.

When peace and mercy banish'd from the plain,
Sprang on the viewless winds to heav'n again.

THUNDERINGS.-In connexion with voices and lightnings. A symbol significative of the power and majesty of God. Rev. iv. 5. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. Also great and violent controversies and altercations among men. Rev. viii. 5; xi. 19; xvi. 18.

THUNDER. THUNDERS. Rev. xvi. 18. See THUNDER

INGS.

1.-The seven thunders. Rev. x. 3. And when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. The seven stages of the republication of the glorious gospel re

preached by the Reformers. Rev. x. 11. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy i.e, preach AGAIN before many people and nations and tongues and kings; i.e. the church of Christ, of which St. John was then the representative, must digest and preach over again the "dear little sweet book or gospel," (See Book, 2) to all the world, because it had become obscured by the incumbrance of the hay, the wood, and the stubble of the Roman churches. Mark iii. 17. And James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is THE SONS OF THUNDER ; because they thundered out the pure word of truth, astonishing the people with their doctrine.

TIME.-1. A time. A prophetic year, consisting of 360 prophetic days, i e. 360 real years. Dan. vii. 25; xii. 7. Rev. xii. 14. By comparison of Rev. xii. 6. with Rev. xii. 14. it is discovered, that a time, times, and half a time are of the same value with 1260 days, which will give 360 days for a time, 720 for times, i.e. two times, and 180 for half a time. Therefore 360 days go to a prophetic year.

2. The time of the end. This is by no means an expression to be taken absolutely with respect to any particular time, as for instance, the end of the world; but relatively to the subject in hand, and in that way alone can it signify the end of the world, whenever it does signify it. It is like the expression the last days: Gen. xlix. 1. Gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days, i.e. hereafter— or like the latter days. Num. xxiv. 14. And now behold I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days; in both which cases the words refer to times preceeding the first advent of our Lord,-or like the end of

days: Gen. iv. 3. 1 Kings xvii. 7. Neh. xiii. 6. which means at an indefinite distance of time, at last, as we say— or like the end of years. 2 Chron. xviii. 2. Dan. xi. 6.—or end of times: Dan xi. 13. In Habac. ii. 3. we have For the vision is ye for an appointed time, but at the end (at last) it shall speak, and not lie. So Dan. viii. 17. Understand, O son of man, that at the time of the end (at a future time, hereafter), is the vision. So in the long account of the "vile person" Antiochus Epiphanes. Dan. xi. 21—30, the end, 27, is spoken relatively of his exploits, not of the end of the world, as appears from 29: though the two kings mentioned there pretended peace, yet it would not prosper, for the end of his wars was not yet. So Dan. xi. 35, may be rendered, And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white till the last, because it is yet for a time appointed. And again, 40, But at last the king of the South shall push at him; and in the same indefinite manner, till the last, may xii. 4, 9, be rendered.

TIMES.-See TIME.

TOES.-Dan. ii. 41, 42. The ten disunited Papal Gothic Kingdoms of the Roman Empire or those formed out of them.

TORMENT.-A constant hostility without subduing. Rev. ix. 5. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months. The continual irruptions of the Saracens into Greece and Italy. See KILL.

TRAVAILING with child. The persecutions which the saints suffered in bringing forth Christ in the Roman

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