OR,

A COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE,

CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL;

INCLUDING ALSO AN EXAMINATION OF

THE CHIEF PROPHECIES OF DANIEL.

ILLUSTRATED BY AN APOCALYPTIC CHART, AND ENGRAVINGS

FROM MEDALS AND OTHER EXTANT MONUMENTS

OF ANTIQUITY.

BY THE REV. E. B. ELLIOTT, A.M.

LATE

VICAR OF TUXFORD,

AND FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

THIRD EDITION,

REVISED, CORRECTED, A MPROVED;

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING, BESIDES OTHER MATTER,

A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF APOCALYPTIC INTERPRETATION,

AND INDICES.

VOL. IV.

SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY;

FLEET STREET, LONDON.

MDCCCXLVII.

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those
things that are written therein for the time is at hand." Apoc. i. 3.

"The word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn." 2 Peter i. 19.

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Leonard Seeley,

Thames Ditton, Surrey.

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III. § 1. THE THIRD FLYING ANGEL, HARVEST, and Vin-

TAGE.

§ 2. Seventh VIAL, EXPOSURE AND JUDGMENT OF
PAPAL ROME, AND JUDGMENT ON THE BEAST

IV. § 1. DANIEL'S LAST PROPHECY, THE FIRST Half

THE SECOND HALF

§ 2. .

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V. THE FIRST RESURRECTION

VI. EVENTS INTRODUCTORY TO THE MILLENNIUM. THE

NEW JERUSALEM

VII. § 1. OUR PRESENT POSITION

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§ 2. APOCALYPTIC PHILOSOPHY OF THE HISTORY OF

CHRISTENDOM, AND APPLICATION

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APPENDIX.

No. I.-HISTORY OF APOCALYPTIC INTERPRETATION.

§ 1. FROM ST. JOHN TO CONSTANTINE

§ 2. FROM CONSTANTINE TO THE COMPLETED Fall of

ROMAN EMPIRE

§ 3. FROM FALL OF ROMAN EMPIRE A. D. 500 to a. d.

1000