So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns, and the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication; and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth." Who that has visited the City of Rome but must have observed the livery of the priesthood-purple and scarlet-and her images decked with precious stones and pearls, and her golden cups and plates, and other altar furniture? And who has not read of the holy disciples of Jesus, whom this bloody monster of a church has murdered, forsooth, because they would not apostatize with them? "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth." This is doubtless Rome, for it is well known to rest upon seven mountains. Again these shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them (mark this), for he (the Lamb) is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And He saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest where the whore sitteth are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues; and the ten horns (ten kingdoms) which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore (mark this; thy fate is doomed, thou persecuting Church of Rome!), and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire (as the boys did the effigy of the Pope and his new Westminster Cardinal), for the Lord hath put in their hearts to fulfil His will, and to agree and give their kingdom unto the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled; and the woman which thou sawest is that great (spiritual) city which reigneth over the kings of the earth"-and now seeks to reign over Great Britain. "And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants : of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward; her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, and saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour she is made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; 66 for God hath avenged you on her. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.' And after these things I heard a great voice as of much people in heaven, saying Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints" (Rev. xviii., xix. 1-8)—all of which applies exactly and exclusively to the Church of Rome. But the better to demonstrate the identity of the lady, I prefix an elucidation by Fleming of Rev. xiii. 18: "Here is wisdom; let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (the man of sin'), and his number is Six hundred threescore and six" (666). EXPLANATION OF THE MARK OF THE NAME OF THE BEAST, BY THE HEBREW, GREEK, AND ROMAN CHARACTERS, COMPOSING THE MARK OF THE NAME. (Rev. xiv. 11). It was customary with the Hebrews, Grecks, and Latins (or Romans) to use the letters of their alphabet to keep accounts by instead of figures, which were of much later invention. The same ancient practice, in part, prevails to this day according to the old Roman custom, as you may perceive on books, medals, monuments, or public buildings; for instance, MDCCXCIII is put for 1793, which in Hebrew characters is thus deciphered, IN (1793), and in Greek thus, ay (1793). Now the Holy Spirit knowing that notwithstanding men and nations would change their customs and manners by being overturned, yet still their numeral letters would remain in use to the latest posterity; he therefore, in infinite wisdom, thought fit to describe the mark or name of the Popish Beast by numerical letters, that thereby it might unalterably remain, and so not only appear both a mark and a name, but a numerical name, or a name distinguished by the coincidence of its numbers, viz. 666, which number being pointed out by a most remarkable circumstance happening in the corresponding century, it could not possibly be mistaken, forgotten, altered, or lost. On these accounts, among others, no doubt the Holy Ghost gave the true sign or mark of the monster in such cypherical characters as constitute the number 666, by a singular combination of the three languages, viz., Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Nor is it a little astonishing that the sum total of the number 666, without an unit over or under, should be found in the composition of the name, which has in it a combination of all those languages, in which the beast wrote the inscription over our blessed Lord's head on the cross, viz., Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. The sign or number given whereby we are to find out the mark of the Beast is 666, which number being applied to his name and character as man, a Roman of the Latin nation, will be found exactly to make out the mark of his name; thus, V Románus, Xatɛivoç Latinus; both which, when viewed as letters, may be called the mark of his name; but when considered as numerals or figures (of which both words entirely consist) may then be called the number of his name, or the number of a man, being a Latin name derived from that of Romulus, a man who founded Rome Pagan, and so peculiar to a man, viz., the Pope, who is the foundation of Rome Papal as the other was of Rome Pagan. Now observe the Hebrew and Greek letters composing the words Romiith, y Romanus, or λarevog Latinus; each of them marking in numerals exactly 666, plainly points out not only his name and the number of his name, but also the mark of his name; as, for example, in ♫ 11277 Romiith, 666; so likewise 400 10 10 40 6 200 Romanus, 666; and also the Greek 300 6 50 70 40 200 λα T ε ι ν 0 . 30 1 300 5 10 50 70 200 Latinus, 666; in each of which the exact mark is contained. It therefore evidently appears that each name is both a mark and a number-a mark when viewed as made up of so many letters, therefore called the mark of his name—a number when viewed as made up of so many numerals, then called the number of his name; but when considered merely as a name derived from Romiith, a Roman, or Romulus, the founder of Rome, a name common among men, it may then properly be called the mark of a man-aye, of an uncommon man; in scripture dialect a man of sin, of uncommon sin. I cannot leave this subject without remarking how singular it is that Christ should have suffered under a conjunction of these three powers, viz., the Hebrews, Greeks, and Latins; and that his inscription was also written in all their three languages; farther, that antichrist has also reigned in a conjunction of the same, and as his mark is likewise contained in a combination of them, may it not, therefore, according to the nature of correspondences, be expected that the visible destruction of the man of sin, and the establishment of Christ's reign, will be manifested in a conjunction of these three kindred people and tongues? so that by the same instruments that Christ has been abased and antichrist exalted, antichrist shall be abased and Christ alone exalted. FRONTLET OF THE BEAST. It is to be observed as a singular circumstance, that the title Vicarivs Filii Dei (Vicar of the Son of God) which the Popes of Rome have assumed to themselves, and caused it to be inscribed over the door of the Vatican, exactly makes the |