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