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I. The seven-headed and ten-horned beast of the Apocalypse

is substantially the same as the ten-horned beast of

Daniel's vision and it symbolises the secular Roman

Empire in its greatest geographical extent. p. 169.

II. It also symbolises the secular Roman Empire in its greatest

chronological duration. Accordingly, St. John, like

Daniel, mentions its rise from the sea, for two several

purposes: p. 170.

1. Partly to identify it with Daniel's ten-horned beast;

p. 171.

2. Partly to teach us its true chronological duration.

p. 172.

(1.) Its very construction shews the necessity of pro-

nouncing it to be the Roman Empire in its

greatest chronological duration. p. 172.

(2.) The reason of the thing proves the same. p. 173.

(3.) The ground of the common erroneous notion re-
lative to the epoch of its rise from the sea as

beheld by St. John. p. 174.

III. Respecting the seven heads of the Roman beast. p. 177.

1. The principle, on which the hieroglyphic is framed in

regard to its seven heads. p. 177.

2. The principle of the historical appropriation of the

seven heads, which appertain to the Roman beast.

p. 181.

3. The seven heads are seven homogeneous successive

forms of supreme Roman government. p. 184.

(1.) The chronologically first ruling head was the

Roman Kingship or Emperorship or Prince-

dom or Basileis. It rose A.A.C. 753 or 748;

and fell A.P.C. 1806. p. 194.

(2.) The chronologically second ruling head was the

Consulate. It rose A.A.C. 508; and fell

A.A.C. 27. p. 194.

(3.) The chronologically third ruling head was the

Dictatorship. It rose A.A.C. 497; and fell

A. A. C. 27. p. 194.

(4.) The chronologically fourth ruling head was the

Decemvirate. It rose A. A. C. 451; and fell

A. A. C. 448. p. 195.

(5.) The chronologically fifth ruling head was the

Military Tribunate. It rose A. A. C. 444;

and fell A. A. C. 366. p. 195.

(6.) The chronologically sixth ruling head was the

Triumvirate. It rose A. A. C. 59; and fell

A. A. C. 27. p. 195.

(7.) The chronologically seventh ruling head was the

Francic Kingship or Emperorship. It rose

A. P. C. 1804; and fell, mortally wounded

by the sword of foreign violence, A. P. C.

1815. p. 196.

4. By the successive fall of all his seven heads, the Ro-

man beast becomes politically dead or ceases poli-

tically to exist. p. 211.

5. The predicted revival of the now defunct Roman

beast. p. 214.

(1.) He is restored to life by the healing of his mor-

tally wounded seventh head. p. 215.

(2.) He ascends from the abyss under an eighth king,

who is the same polity as his short-lived and

sword-slain seventh head. p. 216.

(3.) The general result of comparing the symbol with

the angel's verbal interpretation. p. 218.

IV. The ten horns of the apocalyptic beast are the same as the

ten horns of Daniel's fourth beast. p. 221.

1. The harmony of the two prophets with history in re-

gard to the chronological rise of the ten horns.

p. 221.

2. The prophetic character of the ten horns involves an

apparent, though not a real, contradiction. p. 223.

V. A discussion of the name and number of the seven-headed

and ten-horned beast. p. 225.

1. The first article in the apocalyptic description of the

name of the beast. p. 227.

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