pet Alaric and his Goths invade the Roman empire, twice befiege Rome, and fet fire to it in feveral places, 194. Ver. 8, 9: At the founding of the second trumpet Attila and his Huns waste the Roman provinces, and compel the eastern emperor, Theodofius the fecond, and the western emperor, Valentinian the third, to fubmit to fhameful terms. 196. Ver. 10, 11: At the founding of the third trumpet Genferic and his Vandals arrive from Africa, spoil and plunder Rome, and fet fail again with immenfe wealth and innumerable captives, 197. Ver. 12: At the founding of the fourth trumpet Odoacer and the Heruli put an end to the very name of the western empire, 199. Theodoric founds the kingdom of the Oftrogoths in Italy, 199. Italy made a province of the eastern empire, and Rome governed by a duke under the exarch of Ravenna, 200.. Ver. 13: The three following trumpets are diftinguishd by the name of the woe-trumpets, and the two following relate chiefly to the downfal of the eastern empire, as the foregoing did to the downfal of the western empire, 200. CHAP. IX. Ver. 1-12: a prophecy of the locufts or the ́Arabians under their falfe prophet Mohammed, 201. At the founding of the fifth trumpet a star fallen from heaven opens the bottomlefs pit, and the fun and air are darkened, 201. Mohammed fitly compared to a blazing ftar, and the Arabians to locufts, 202. A remarkable coincidence, that at this time the fun and air were really darkened, 202. The command not to hurt any green thing, or any tree, how fulfilled, 202. Their commiffion to hurt only the corrupt and idolatrous Chriftians, how fulfilled, 203. To torment the Greek and Latin churches, but not to extirpate either, 203. Repulfed as often as they befieged Conftantinople, 204. Thefe locufts defcribed fo as to fhew that not real but figurative locufts were intended, 204. Likened unto horfes, and the Arabians famous in all ages for their horfes and horfemanfhip, 204. Having on their heads as it were crowns like gold, 204. Their 'faces as the faces of men, and hair as the hair of women, 205, Their teeth as the teeth of lions, their breaft-plates as it were breaft-plates of iron, and the found found of their wings as the found of chariots, 206, Like unto Scorpions, 206. Their king called the deftroyer, 207. Their hurting men five months, how to be understood, 207. Fulfilled in every poffible construction, 209. Conclufion of this woe, 259. Ver. 13-21: a prophecy of the Euphratean, horfemen or Turks and Othmans, 2.10. At the founding of the fixth trumpet the four angels or four fultanies of the Turks and Othmans are loofed from the river Euphrates, 210. In what fenfe they are faid to be prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to flay the third part of men, 212. Their numerous armies, and especially their cavalry, 214. Their delight in scarlet, blue, and yellow, 215. The ufe of great guns and gun-powder among them, 215. Their power to do hurt by their tails, or the poisonous train of their religion, 216. The miferable condition of the remains of the Greek church among them, 216. The Latin or western church not at all reclaimed by the ruin of the Greek or weftern church, but ftill perfift in their idolatry and wickedness, 217. CHAP. X. a preparatory vifion to the prohecies relating to the western church, 218. The angel with the little book or codicil to the larger book of the Apocalyps, 219. This properly difpofed under the fixth trumpet, to defcribe the ftate of the western church after the defcription of the ftate of the eaftern, 219. Cannot be known what things were meant by the feven thunders, 219. Though the little book defcribes the calamities of the western church, yet it is declared that they fhall all have a happy period under the feventh trumpet, 219 St John to publifh the contents of this little book as well as the larger book of the Apocalyps, 220. CHAP. XI. ver. 1-14: the contents of the little book, 220. The measuring of the temple to fhow that during all this period there were fome true Chriftians, who conformed to the rule and measure of God's word, The church to be trodden under foot by Gentiles in worship and practice forty and two months, 222. Some true witneffes however to protest against 221. C the corruptions of religion, 222. Why faid to be two witneffes, 222. To prophefy in fackloth, as long as the grand corruption itfelf lafted, 223. The character of thefe witneffes, and of the power and effect of their preaching, 223. The paffion, and death, and refurrection, and afcenfion of the witneffes, 224. Some apply this prophecy of the death and refurrection of the witneffes to John Hufs and Jerome of Prague, whofe doctrine revived after their death in their followers, 226. Others to the proteftants of the league of Smalcaid, who were entirely routed by the emperor Charles V. in the battle of Mulburg, but upon the change of affairs the emperor was obliged by the treaty of Paffau to allow them the free exercise of their religion, 227. Some again to the Maffacre of the protestants in France, and to Henry III's afterwards granting them the free exercife of their religion, 227. others again to latter events, Peter Jurieu to the perfecution of the proteftants, by Lewis XIV. Bishop Lloyd and Whifton to the Duke of Savoy's perfecution of the proteftants in the vallies of Piedmont, and his re-establishing them afterwards, 228. In all thefe cafes there may be fome resemblance, but none of these is the laft perfecution, and therefore this prophecy remains yet to be fufilled, 229. When it fhall be accomplished, the fixth trumpet and the fecond woe fhall end, 230. An hiftorical deduction to fhow that there have been fome true witneffes, who have profeffed doctrines contrary to those of the church of Rome, from the feventh century down to the Reformation, 230. Witneffes in the eighth century, 230. The emperors Leo Ifauricus and Conftantine Copronymus, and the council of Conftantinople, 231. Charlemain and the council of Francfort, 231. The British churches and Alcuin, 232. The council of Forojulio, 232. Paulinus bishop of Aquilea, 232. Witneffes in the ninth century, 232-235. The emperors of the east, Nicephorus, Leo Armenius, &c. and the emperors of the weft, Charles the great, and Lewis the pious, 232. The council of Paris, 232. Agobard archbishop of Lyons, 232. Tranfubftantiation firft advanced by Pafchafius Radbertus, and oppofed by many learned men, men, 233. Rabanus Maurus, 233. Bertramus, 233. Johannes Scotus, 233. Angilbertus and the church of Milan, 234. Claude bishop of Turin, 235. Witneffes in the tenth century, 235-238. State of this century, 235. The council of Trofly, 236. Athelftan, 236. Elfere earl of Mercia, 237. Heriger and Alfric, 237. The council of Rheims; and Gerbert archbishop of Rheims, 238. Witneffes in the eleventh century, 238-241. State of this century, 238. William the conqueror, and William Rufus, 239. Heretics of Orleans, 239. Heretics in Flanders, 239. Berengarius and his followers, 240. Ecclefiaftics in Germany, &c. 240. The counfel of Winchester, 240. Witneffes in the twelfth century,_241-245. The conftitutions of Clarendon, 241. Fluentius, 241. St Bernard, 242. Joachim of Calabria, 242. Peter de Bruis and Henry his difciple, 242. Arnold of Brefcia, 243. The Waldenfes and Albigenfes, 243. Their opinions, 243. Teftimonies concerning this fect, 245 248. Of Reinerius, the inquifitor general, 246. Of Thuanus, 247. Of Mezeray, 248. Witneffes in the thirteenth century, 248---250. Farther account of the Waldenfes and Albigenfes, 248. Almeric and his difciples, 249. William of St Amour, 249. Robert Grofthead or Greathead, bifhop of Lincoln, 250. Mathew Paris, 251. Witneffes in the fourteenth century, 251-253. Dante and Petrarch, 251. Peter Fitz Caffiodor, 251. Michael Cafenas and William Occam, 251. Marfilius of Padua, 251. In Germany and England the Lollards, 252. The famous John Wickliff, 252. The Lollards remonftrance to the parliament, 253. Witneffes in the fifteenth century, 253---256. The followers of Wickliff, 254. William Sawtre, 254. Thomas Badby, 254. Sir John Oldcaftle, 254. In Bohemia John Hufs and Jerome of Prague, 254. Opinions of the Bohemians or Huffites 255 Jeronimo Savonarola, 256. In the fixteenth century the Reformation, 258. Hence an anfwer to popish question, Where was your religion before Luther? 259. Ver. 15, 16, 17, 18: a fummary account of the feventh trumpet and the third woe, the particulars b33 particulars will be inlarged upon hereafter, 260. Conclufion of the first part, 261. DISSERTATION XXV. An ANALYSIS of the REVELATION." PART II. 261-359 The right divifion of the revelation into two parts, 261 The CHAP. XIII. Ver. 1---10: the description of the ten-horned beaft fucceffor to the great red dragon, 272---280. All, |