Immorality, progress of during the Vials of French Revolution, iii. 365, 366 Incense-offering, vision of (Apoc. viii. 3.) i. 302-306. Indulgences, Papal, immense sale of in 1507, ii. 26; issued by Leo. X., 65- 69; specimen of, sold by Tetzel, 69 Facsimile of, iii. 151 Infanticide in Roman empire, Constan- tine's attempt to check, i. 173 Infidel philosophers, French, iii. 293 Infidelity, spirit of, answering to the first of the three frogs, iv. 29-33 Inquisition, the, prepared A.D. 1183, first institution of A.D. 1233, i. 21; re-orga- nization of in 1478, ii, 28; cruelties practised by, prior to Reformation, 28; re-instituted in the present century, iv. 34, 35
Interdict, Papal, iii. 156, 181
Interrex, Roman, no separate form of government, iii. 100
Irenæus, his testimony as to the date of the Apocalypse decisive, i. 25, 35-37, 49; his prophetic views, i. 201, iii. 83, iv. 308, 538
Isaiah, apocryphal vision of, i. 74 Israel, the twelve tribes of, (Apoc. vii.) mystical sense of, i. 233-236; appel- lative of, and promises to, assumed by the Church corporate established under Constantine, 240-242; God's Israel, the 144,000 elected out of, 237, 238
James, king, not the discoverer of mean- ing of Beast's seven heads, iii. 99, iv. 448
Janizaries, massacre of the, iii. 399 Jansen, certain of his propositions con- demned by the Pope, i. 290 Jehoshaphat, the valley of, prophecy concerning, iv. 172
Jericho, the mystical, of the New Testa- ment, i. 323, 324
Jerome, his virtual defence of saint-wor- ship, i. 311, 312; his view of the pro- phecies respecting Antichrist and the consummation, 366-372; his list of the ten kings, iii. 122 Jerusalem, destruction of, by Titus, 59 -61; on Jews' restoration to be a cup of trembling to the enemy, iv. 172; afterwards the Mother Church of the Christian Universe, 244, its connexion with the new or heavenly Jerusalem, ib.
Jerusalem, the heavenly, self-applied by the Romish Church, ii. 80
new, iv. 231-242; not identical with that of restored Israel, 235; mil- lennial, 236; objections regarding it an- swered, "no more sea," 241; "no more death," 242; no more curse," 242
the symbolic, on the Apoca- lyptic scene, i. 101, 110; called the Mount Zion, iii. 258
Jesuits, iii. 182; restoration of, iv. 34 Jesuitism, in France, the preparation of
the French Revolution, iii. 315-324 Jews, mystical meaning of the term in the Apocalypse, i. 74, 233-236
missions to the, iii. 438; probable time of their conversion, iv. 110, re- storation, 172; interest in, a sign of the times, 268
Jewish Chronology, errors of, iv. 264 John, St. the Evangelist, the writer of the Apocalypse, i. 1-35; banished to Patmos, 55-57; his probable reflec- tions there, 57-71; his representative character on the Apocalyptic scene, 102, 268-272, 460, 479, ii. 110 Journalism, the age of, iv. 31 Jubilee, the papal institution of, ii. 17, 25; last in 1825, iii. 371 Judgment, on Papal Rome, iv. 107 the final, iv. 247
Judgment day, mention of time of, for- bidden to the Romish doctors, ii. 83 Judson, the Missionary, iii. 438 Justification by faith alone, held by all the reformed Churches, ii. 189-191; strenuously maintained by Claude of Turin, 225
Justin Martyr, a witness to the authen- ticity of the Apocalypse, i. 24, 25 Justinian's Decree in favour of Popes, iii. 135, 170; authorities for it as be- ginning of the 1260 years, 252-254 Justinian's civil law, iii. 170; its abro- gation at the French Revolution, 361
Labarum, the description of, i. 215, 218 Lamb, upon Mount Zion, iii. 258; the marriage of, iv. 112, 246 Lamb passant, not the Papal flag, iii. 176 Lament over Babylon, iv. 106
Lamps, the seven (Apoc. iv: 5.) i. 85 Lateran Church, the, at Rome, descrip- tion of, ii. 75
Lateran Council, the 4th, sanctions cru- sades against heretics, ii. 378; transub- stantiation, 11; auricular confession, 14
(5th) description of, ii. 75 -86, alluded to in Apoc. xi. 9, 391; its insults and rejoicing over the dead bodies of Christ's witnesses, 397-401 Law of Gratian and Valentinian, subject- ing Western Clergy to Popes, iii. 168 -Valentinian and Theodosius, iii. 169; subjecting the universal Clergy to the Popes.
Lawless One, the, iii. 80, 86 ; characteris- tic of the Popes, 148 Leighton, Archbishop, iii. 272 Leo X., his assumption to the Papal throne, and splendid ceremonial ii. 49 -59; ascription of Christ's honors and offices to, 54-55, 77-81; his voice as a lion roaring, 84, his death, 193 Lesson, the Noble, of the Waldenses,
enquiry into its date, ii. 328-343; its probable author, 340-342; extracts from, 350-354, 374; given in full, 468
Let, the, or hindrance, to Antichrist's development, iii 84; its removal, 145 Licentiousness in France, the result of the Papal system, and preparative to the Revolution, iii. 317 Licinius the Emperor, iii. 16, 21 Lightning-struck places anciently deem- ed accursed, iii. 181. So with Papal anathemas.
Literature, revival of, in the 15th cen- tury, vain so any moral reformation, ii. 33, 34
Living creatures, the four, of Ezekiel, i. 88, 89; Romish application of, 92 Locusts, the Apocalyptic, (Apoc. ix.) i. 407-414; æra of their settlement, 437 Lollard's, the witnessing of and the perse-
cution by the Roman Pontiffs, ii. 380 Lombards, a horn of the Beast, iii. 121; plucked up, 141
Luther, the master spirit of the Refor- mation, ii. 89; his early struggles, 90; enters a monastery, 91--93; comforted by Staupitz, 94-96; his discovery of Christ the Saviour, 96, 97; appointed a Doctor of Divinity at Wittenberg, 98; publishes his Theses against in- dulgences, 100; discovers the Pope to be Antichrist, 118, 119; burns the Papal Bull that excommunicates him, 120; his impression as to the near- ness of Christ's kingdom, 132-136;
takes the office and title of Evangelist, 160-171
Lyonnese Martyrs, the, i. 25
Mahomet, the fallen star of Apoc. ix. I; i. 419-423; his birth and family, 420 -422; origin of his imposture, 422, 423; his key, 423, 424 Mahommedism, rise of, i. 416; progress of, during the first woe, 424-426 Mahuzzim, meaning of, iv. 151, 156, 157 Man of Sin, identical with the Apoca- lyptic Beast's eighth head, iii. 76, 87; apparently a succession or class, 80; how to be manifested, 84, 86 Manchild, the sun-clothed woman's, born, &c., iii. 10, 11
Manicheism, false charge of, against the
Paulikians, ii. 292, 451-467; more applicable to the Church of Rome, 293 Manifestation of the sons of God, iv. 216 Martin of Tours, superstitious reverence of, i. 309; his notion about Antichrist, 368 MapTupia, sense of the word (Apoe. xi. 7) ii. 369; completion of, by the Wit- nesses, 367, 368
Martyrium, or Martyr Church, i. 315 Martyrs, æra of, i. 186, 197; cry for vengeance under 5th Seal, 198-202; memorials of early Christian in the catacombs at Rome, 201; investiture of the, with white robes, 208–210
further notice of honours paid them, iii. 25; worship of begun in 4th century, 305-316 Martyn, Henry, iii. 438
Mary, Virgin, progress to worship of, ii. 305; in Italy, iii. 362, 364; after Peace of Paris, iv. 158. (See Virgin.) Maxentius, iii. 16 Maximian, iii. 15 Maximin, iii. 16
Megiddo, derivation of the name, iv. 86 Mehemet Ali, his revolt against the Tur- kish Sultan, iii. 400
Melancthon, his opinion as to the near- ness of the second Advent, ii. 137— 139
Melito, Bishop of Sardis, his testimony to the Apocalypse, i. 26
Mendicant orders, origin of, ii. 31; their vices and hypocrisy, 32
Messiah's kingdom predicted by David, iv. 203
Metropolitan Bishops, iii. 166, 168 Michael, ii. 128; iii. 21
Michaelis, an impugner of the genuine- ness of the Apocalypse, i. 3, 8 Milan, edict of, by Constantine, iii. 16, 19 Millennary, termination of the sixth, iv. 256; the seventh, ib
Millennium, the, iv. 175; opinion of the earlier Fathers concerning, 177, of Au- gustine, 179, 183; of Grotius and Ham-
mond, 179, 184; of Gipps, 181, 185; of Professor Bush, 181, 185; of Whitby, Vitringa, and Faber, 182, 186; introductory events to, 223, 231; the glorious state of, 244; sequel to, 247 Milner, Rev. J. iii. 433
Missionary action of the Church pre- figured, iii. 412; fulfilled, 427-440; societies, 433, 434; interest in, a sign of the times, iv. 268 Miracles, lying, of Antichrist predicted, iii. 81
false, of Romish priests, ii. 15 Monks, subject to the Pope, with their abbots, as vassals, iii. 172; the Pope's great supporters, 182
Months, the 5 of second Woe, i. 431- 439
Moon, symbol in the Apocalyptic hea- ven, i. 102. See Sun.
a sandal to the travailing woman,
iii. 8 Mortality under the 4th Seal, i. 176–180 "Mother and Mistress," the title of Rome, iv. 96.
Mouth, the Beast's great, iii. 75. Myriads of myriads, i. 478 "Mystery of Iniquity," iii. 81; contras ted with the "Mystery of Godliness," 153, 154
Mystery," the superscription of Rome, iv. 95, 96
268 .meaning of the word, i מוֹפְתִים
Name and number of the Beast. See Beast
Nantes, edict of, and its revocation, ii. 424
Napoleon. See Buonaparte National Assembly. See Assembly National Convention. See Convention Nations, the," angry," iii. 285; restless- ness of, a sign of the times, iv. 269 Naval victories of England, in wars of the French Revolution, iii. 329 Navarino, battle of, iii. 399
Nearness of the consummation, iv. 249; causes of former errors about it, 252 Nebuchadnezzar, his seven times, iv. 264 Neology in the German churches, iii. 269 Nero, the first imperial persecutor of Christianity, i. 190
Nerva, the Emperor, of Cretan, extrac-
tion, and founder of the Roman-Cre- tico-imperial line, i. 140
Nestorius, opposed to the Virgin Mary's title of OEOTOKOS, i. 393 Nestorian Syrians, in China, ancient mo- nument of, i. 35
New Jerusalem, iv. 231-243
New Song, the, of the Reformation, iii. 267
Newman, Rev. J., his mistake respecting a passage in Isaiah, ii. 196
Newton, Sir I., erroneous opinions of, respecting the date of the Apocalypse, i. 37, 41-47
Newton, Rev. J. of Olney, iii. 438 Nice, Council. See Councils. Number. See Beast.
Oath, the, of the Angel, (Apoc. x.) ii. 122-143
Odoacer, abolishes the office of Emperor of Rome, i. 359; his kingdom, iii. 119; does not wear the diadem, 123 Olive-trees, the two (Apol. xi. 4.), meaning of the symbol, ii. 200, 201 Ominous presentiments of the French Revolution, iii. 291, 300
"One hour" (or at same time) with Beast, iii. 68
Opisthographism of Apocalypse, i. 105; iii. 4
Oracles, Popes' decrees so called, ii. 108 Ordination clerical, early ceremonial of the traditio instrumenti, ii. 161, power of, rightly assumed by the Reformed non-episcopal Churches, 171-177; and recognized by the Church of Eng- land, 175, 176; often anciently con- ferred by Chorepiscopi, 172-174 Origen, received the Apocalypse, i. 30; his Hexapla, 194; his hermeneutic principle of αναγωγη, iv. 303 Orleans, Council of, a. D. 1022, account of certain heretics condemned by, ii. 247-254; their noble testimony, 254 Philip Duke of, his immora-
lity, iii. 318 Ostrogoths, a horn of the Beast, iii. 121; plucked up, 142.
Othmans, Turks revived under the, i. 473 Our present position, iv. 249, &c. Oxford, Council of, (A. D. 1160) account of the Publicani condemned by, ii. 270 -272
Oxford Tractarianism, a voice of the false prophet, iv. 45; its character and doc- trine, 46-56; circumstantials of its advances, 56
Palm-branches, use of in early Church, i. 256; sculptured on early Christian martyrs' tombs, 275, iv. 558 Palm-bearing vision (Apoc. vii. 9) pros- pective, i. 276-278; its doctrinal meaning, i. 279; realized in Augus- tine's doctrinal views, 285
Papal triple crown and mitre, ii. 51; iii. 158, 171
Papias, a believer in the genuineness of the Apocalypse, i. 20-24 Parallelism of the two Apocalyptic series of visions, within and without, iii. 2, 279 Passagini, appellation of Paulikians, ex- plained as meaning pilgrims, ii. 314 Patmos, Isle of, scene of John's banish- ment, and of the Apocalyptic visions, i. 55-72
Patriarchs, Constantinopolitan, contrast- ed with Roman Popes, iii. 127 Paulikians, sketch of their earlier eastern history, ii. 233-246
origin of the name, ii. 235;
continued line of, through- out the middle ages, ii. 247-275
their protest against prevail- ing superstitions, 278; view of the Churches established as apostate, 279, 280; conversancy with Scripture, 281-285; moral excellence of, 279 -283; fortitude in suffering, 287- 292
true witnesses for Christ, ii. 275-312; correspond to the figured Apocalyptic Witnesses, ii. 276-293
sundry charges of heresy against refuted, ii. 292–312.
- special charge of Manicheism against, examined and refuted, ii. 451 --467 Paulinus, early advocates of patron saints, i. 309
Peace, interval, of, in Europe, before the French Revolution, or 7th Trumpet sounding, iii. 293
Pepin's donation to the Popes, iii. 143 Persian kings, Dan. xi. iv. 120 Pestilence, great, A.D. 250-265, in the Roman Empire, i. 176 Peter's Patrimony, iii. 143
statue in St. Peter's at Rome, once Jupiter's, iii. 151
Peter de Bruys, ii. 269; tenets of his followers, 261-263
Petrus Siculus, his mission to, and charges against, the Paulikians, ii. 244 Phenomena, physical, before the French Revolution, iii. 294--298
Philosophy of history, Romish, iv. 267; Apocalyptic, iv. 273 Phocas's pillar, iii. 255
decree in favour of Popes, iii. 137, authorities for it as a commencing date to the 1260 years, 251-253
Phylactery, baptismal, i. 251, 252; true, 249-256
Pilate staircase, the, at Rome, ii. 97 Pilgrimages to saints' tombs, in the 4th century, i. 310; in the middle ages, ii. 13, 17, 25
Pitt, Mr., dies of a broken heart, iii. 430 Plague-boil of Egypt, iii. 303
Plants, instances of the appropriate use of emblematically in Scripture, i. 397 Пλатeiα (Aрос. xi. 8), answers to Rome, ii. 390, 391
general council, (A.D. 1512-17) assembled in, ii. 391
scene of the Witnesses, exposure and death, ii. 391-401 Political ascendancy of Roman Christen- dom, a sign of the times, iv. 268 Polycarp, his testimony to the Apoca- lypse, 18-20; his martyrdom, i. 198 -200
Poor men of Lyons, ii. 317, 340, &c. See Waldenses.
Popery, spirit of, revived after wars of French Revolution, iii. 364-373, iv. 33. See Frogs.
Pope Pius VI. imprisoned and exiled, iii. 353
Pope Leo. X. addressed as God, ii. 63; by the Portuguese ambassadors, ii. 70, 71
universal earthly supremacy, as- sumed by, ii. 70—74
excommunicated by Luther and the Reformers, ii. 190, 191
Popes, the Beast's eighth, or revived seventh head, iii 111
progress of their ecclesiastical power, iii. 126, &c.; primacy, first as bishops of the imperial metropolis, 127, 128; next as Peter's successors, with power of the keys, 128-131; then as Vice- Christ, or Antichrist, 133
Pope's claim of supremacy over kingdoms, iii. 148 (also ii. 70)
claim to Christ's honors, titles, and offices, iii. 149 (also ii. 54-57) husband to Church, iii. 150 (also ii. 51, iv. 94)
above scripture, iii. 149, with power of Heaven, purgatory, and Hell, 151; command angels, ib. (also ii. 18) Vice-God, and so as God, iii. 152, 153; sit on the high altar to be adored, 153
Bulls called oracles, iii. 154 (also ii. 108)
only head to Church, iii. 157 blasphemies against saints, and per- secution of them, iii. 158, 159
king's submission to, iii. 155, 156; people's submission, 157
recognition of absolute power over clergy, first by Wilfrid, called Boniface, then by all the Western Clergy, iii. 171
Pope, double headship in Western Chris- endom; over clergy (or second Apo- calyptic Beast) as Patriarch: over kings and people (the first Beast) as Christ's Vicar or Antichrist, iii. 173, 174; signified respectively by Papal mitre and triple crown, 174
Popedom and Rome, the subject of the 5th Vial, iii. 347
Portents preceding the destruction of Jerusalem, i. 59
in the age of Justinian, i. 374 Portugal, king of, his magnificent pre- sents to Leo X. ii. 69
Prætorian guards, revolutionary licence of at Rome, i. 148, 149 Pragmatic sanction, use of the term, ii. 8] Prayers for the dead, origin of, i. 382 Preparation for the future, iv. 270 Presents given and received by Leo X., ii. 70; also 399, 400
Present position, our, as to the mundane chronology, iv. 249
Priesthood, power of the, under the Rom- ish system, i. 384-386
impurity of, i. 447, ii. 13–27; their open heathenism immediately before Reformation, ii. 36 Priestcraft, spirit of, iv. 44 (See Frogs.) Primasius, an eminent early commenta- tor on the Apocalypse, i. 40; iv. 332
Printing, restrictions imposed upon by Leo X., ii. 83-85
Pro-consuls, provincial, i. 158; their pro- fession of equity, 168; their oppressive administration, i. 169; and its conse- quences to the empire, 170-177 Pro-dictators, Roman, no separate form of government, iii. 99
Promises to the world, of a time of blessedness, iv. 196-210 Propaganda, Papal, revenue of, and pro- ceedings, iv. 43
Prosopopæia, scripture symbols founded on, i. 401, 402
Προσκυνέα, the term applied to the wor- ship of saints by the Romish Church, ii. 10
Προφητεύω, true meaning of the word, ii. 147-150
Protestants, meaning of word same as Witnesses, ii. 404; union of, at Smal- cald, 406, 409
attempted subjugation of, by Charles Vth, ii. 412
political elevation of, in Ger- many, ii. 413; and in England, ii. 417
Ptolemies, their contests with the Seleu-
cidæ, as predicted in Dan. xi.; iv. 122 -138
Publikani, a name given to the Pauli- kians, and why? ii. 245 Purgatory, establishment of the doctrine in the Romish Church, 382-384
Reign, millennial, of the saints, iv. 178; their reign for ever, 249 Relics, early worship of, i. 309 Repentance, not effected by the judg- ments of the Vials, iii. 345, 361-363 Restitution edict, A.D. 1626, ii. 424 Restoration of all things, iv. 211
Rest of the dead," Apoc. xx. 5, signi- fication of the phrase, iv. 189 Resurrection, the first, iv. 179-222; literal, 186-190
of the just, premillennial,
arguments to prove, iv. 192-221 the order of, iv. 219 the general, iv. 248
of the Witnesses, ii. 401 Retrogression in Apocalyptic visions, iii. 2,277
Revival of Popery after wars of French Revolution, iii. 364–374 Revolution, French, the offspring of the Papal system, iii. 314-323
its general corres- pondence with the symbols of the 7th Trumpet, iii. 283--290
iii. 307 Rhine, confederation of the, iii. 335, 342 Rivers and fountains, signification of the figure, i. 329-333; iii. 305, 333 Robinson, Rev. T. iii. 433
Rod, iron, of Roman Christian emperors against Pagans, iii. 20
Rogation days, institution of, i. 354 Rome, derivation of the name, i. 404 state of early Christian church at, i. 64
Pagan, empire of, its prosperity, (A.D. 96-180) i. 129-132; its fall, 221
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