[24] Apoc. ix. 21. and xvii. 2.

[25] Apoc. xiii. 6.

[26] Apoc. xviii. 3, 7, 9.

[27] [Greek:  moichalidos].

[28] Apoc. ii. 14.

[29] Apol. ad Antonin.  Pium.

[30] Haeres. l. 1. c. 20.  Vide etiam Tertullianum, Apol. c. 13.

[31] Euseb.  Chron.

[32] Cyril Catech. 6.  Philastr. de haeres. cap. 30.  Sulp.  Hist. l. 2.  Prosper de promiss. dimid. temp. cap. 13.  Maximus serm. 5. in Natal.  Apost.  Hegesip. l. 2. c. 2.

[33] Lactant de mortib.  Persec. c. 2.

[34] Hom. 70. in Matt. c. 22.

[35] Apud Euseb.  Eccl.  Hist. l. 2. c. 25.

[36] Euseb.  Hist. l. 2. c. 25.

[37] Arethas in Proaem. comment. in Apoc.

[38] Euseb.  Hist. l. 4. cap. 26.  Hieron.

[39] Euseb.  Hist. l. 4. c. 24.

[40] Hieron.

[41] Dan. x. 21. xii. 4, 9.

[42] Dan. xii. 4, 10.

[43] Apoc. i. 3.

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CHAP.  II.

Of the relation which the Apocalypse_ of John hath to the Book of the Law of Moses, and to the worship of God in the Temple_.

The Apocalypse of John is written in the same style and language with the Prophecies of Daniel, and hath the same relation to them which they have to one another, so that all of them together make but one complete Prophecy; and in like manner it consists of two parts, an introductory Prophecy, and an Interpretation thereof.

The Prophecy is distinguish’d into seven successive parts, by the opening of the seven seals of the book which Daniel was commanded to seal up:  and hence it is called the Apocalypse or Revelation of Jesus Christ.  The time of the seventh seal is sub-divided into eight successive parts by the silence in heaven for half an hour, and the sounding of seven trumpets successively:  and the seventh trumpet sounds to the battle of the great day of God Almighty, whereby the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ, and those are destroyed that destroyed the earth.

The Interpretation begins with the words, And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the Ark of his Testament:  and it continues to the end of the Prophecy.  The Temple is the scene of the visions, and the visions in the Temple relate to the feast of the seventh month:  for the feasts of the Jews were typical of things to come.  The Passover related to the first coming of Christ, and the feasts of the seventh month to his second coming:  his first coming being therefore over before this Prophecy was given, the feasts of the seventh month are here only alluded unto.