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HEPTADS XVII-XXIII: xii-xix.

(ii). [inc. [i]-[vii].] The Judgment-

Septenary.

General Remarks. Seven allies of

Satan. - Seven heptads, as

blasts of the 7th Trumpet:

A.D. 1-70: correspond to per-

ambulations of Jericho, and at

F. of Tabernacles. - Extent of

retrogression allowable,

[1]. THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON.

HEPTAD XVII: xii.

Introductory remarks,

D. I: xii; 1-2. A GREAT SIGN.

A sign = a symbol: why stated.

-In the heaven: why. - A

woman: emblematic and sym-

bolical significations. Three

examples; the matron, the

whore, the bride: significa-

tions. - Hermas q. - Prece-

dents. The sun = the Mes-

siah.-Clothed with: significa-

tion. The moon, &c.: mean-

ings. A crown, &c.: not a

diadem: signification.

stars: indicates the mother-

Church. Being with child:

period of gestation does not

come in question: significa-

tions: era indicated: prece-

dents,

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D. II: v. 3-4. ANOTHER SIGN.

A dragon. The crocodile the

prototype: precedents. Sym-

bol of a rapacious heathen

power: specially of the mili-

tary power actuated by Satan.

-Red = bloodthirsty: indi-

cates Rome: ref. to Eusebius,

Socrates, and Prudentius.-

7 heads = 7 Cæsars. -10 horns

10 Cæsars. - Allocation of

the horns no part of the sym-

bolization. - 7 diadems: an

emblem of arbitrary power.-

His tail, &c.: signification.-

Application,

D. III: v. 5-6. BIRTH OF CHILD, ETC.

A son: stress laid on the sex:

why: precedents. Bede q.

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2

2

6

'Son of man' and 'Son of

woman;' Enoch, Sib. Or., 4

Ezra. To tend, &c. -The na-

tions the heathen. Ps. ii;

7.-Test. XII. Patr. -To God.

The ascension not symb.-

Sentiment. The woman es-

caped. This flight not iden-

tical with that of ve. 14. -Into

the desert: not a desert, as in

xvii; 8: signification.-1260

d. = 3 yrs.: two significa-
tions. Application,

D. IV: v. 7-9. THE WAR.,

In the heaven: which: not the

air.-Michael Jesus. Prece-

dents. Hermas: Enoch: Nico-

demus: 4 Ezra: Asc. Es. The

dragon the Sammael of Asc.

Es. and the Rabbins. - He was

cast, &c.: signification.-Ap-

plication to Christ's history,

INTERLUDE.

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το. 10-12. A voice: from O. T.
martyrs: vi; 11. -The deliver-
ance: temporal, not 'salva-
tion.' The accuser. So the
Rabbins. Conquered: the re-
ference. Their soul. - The
heavens: only here. Recon-
ciliation of three heavens,' and
'seven heavens.' - Ye who taber-
nacle: who.-Application,
D. V: v. 13-14. SERPENT'S PURSUIT.
The earth the Holy land.-
The two wings: signification.
Wordsworth refuted. -Fly: - Fly
indications that this is not the
flight of v. 6.- The 3 times. -

Application to A.D. 37 ss.,

D. VI: v. 15-16. THE WOMAN SAVED.

Water, &c.: signification.-Ap-

plication to A.D. 42 ss.,

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D. VII: v. 17. WAR ON WOMAN'S SEED.

To make war: a technical phrase.

Stuart's view. Application to

A.D. 64 ss.,

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Synoptical interpretn. of H. XVII, 39

Interprets. of Woman and Dragon, 41

The seer's time present attain-

ed. Non-inspiration scheme

thence,

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D. I: xiii; 1-2. 1ST BEAST'S DESCRIPTION.

I or he stood? authorities, and

other considerations. - The sea.

Elliott refuted. -A wild beast :

signification in the abstract:

individualization.
Precedent

in Dan. vii. This not identi-

cal with Daniel's fourth. Anti-

pathy to an autocracy accounts

for stigmatizing as a beast.

The sea heathendom

in general, the territory

of the dominant power in

particular. - Coming up indi-

cates the epoch.-Horns, heads,

and diadems, as the dragon's.-

Names of blasphemy: the signi-

fication and application. Vi-
tringa q. Like a panther, &c.:
emblematic significations.-
The dragon gave, &c.: how.
Succession of beast to dragon
not implied.-Application to
the Cæsars,.

D. II: v. 3. THE SLAIN HEAD.

Ve. 2 parenthetical. As it were
fc.: not merely wounded, but
slain. One of which? Not
the first, as Bertholdt says;
nor the fifth, as Stuart nor
the sixth, as Hengstenberg;
nor the seventh, as Elliott; but
the fourth. Historical appli-
cation,.

D. III: v. 3-4. THE REVIVED HEAD.

Earth symbolical or literal?---Be-

hind: why.-Worshipped: in

what sense: Wordsworth re-

futed: why.-Ewald, Heng-

stenberg, and Stuart q.-His-
torical application,

D. IV: 0.5-8. PERSECUTING HEAD.

v. 5. There was given by whom?

-A mouth, Se.: difficulties.

Precedent in Dan. vii; 8, but

no identity. Bp. Newton re-

futed. Applicability to Nero.-

To make different views of the

construction.-42 months: ap-

plicability to Nero's persecu-

tion. The five examples of

the half-week of fatality shown

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to have different applica-

tions,

v. 6. To blaspheme. N. T. illus-

trations. His tabernacle: ap-

plicability to Nero's history,

v. 7. It was given, &c.: genuine-
ness of clause: the construc-
tion. Distinct references.-

The saints = the Jews. Stages

of rejection of Jewish Church.

Different relative views of the

Jews,

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v. 8. Will worship: the sense.-

He whose name: new and diffi-

cult reading. The roll of life:

Stuart and Hengstenberg q.

Slain from: the ancient con-

struction not to be rejected,

General purport of this Division, 75

INTERLUDE: the time present.

ข. 9-10. Regression: how to be

accounted for. Formula to

call attention. - Allusions to

Nero's history? -Purport of In-

terlude,

D. V: v. 11-12. THE SECOND BEAST.
v. 11. Another beast. Interpreta-
tions of Faber, Stuart, and
Elliott; no evidence for. The
dragon and the three beasts
are generically identical, spe-
cifically diverse. This beast,
in particular, does not sym-
bolize an ecclesiastical power.
The true signification. The
two beasts of this heptad are
consecutive.-Coming up: indi-
cates the epoch. - Out of. - The
earth the Holy land: addi-
tional proof: applicability.-
Two horns two Cæsars: ap-
plicability. Like a lamb.-El-

liott's, Wordsworth's, and Ben-

gel's interpretations refuted.-

Spake as a dragon.
Stuart's

and Elliott's constructions re-

futed,

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tion. Josephus q.-An image:

two views: precedent in Ne-

buchadnezzar's image. The

Roman emperors claimed Di-

vine honours: examples from

Tacitus, Suetonius, Tertullian.

How Jews and Christians re-
ceived the requisition shown
from Josephus. The result,

General purport of this Division, 100

D. VII: v. 15-18. 2D BEAST'S SUCCESS.

v. 15. Hengstenberg's construc-

tion refuted.- How the image re-

quired worship for itself shown.

Primary and ultimate mean-

ings. The particular applica-

tion,

v. 16. He maketh all, &c. Seven
terms. To give themselves a
mark: illustrations,

v. 17. Not to buy, &c. = exclusion

from society,

v. 18. Here, &c.: paraphrase.-

Count, &c. The beast: which:

in what signification. A man's

number. The meaning: Heng-

stenberg's view refuted: to be

ascertained by Gematria.-666

or 616? the authorities. Mys-

tical character of 666. The

stigmata of the beast's slaves,

four: their different significa-

tions. Horæ Apoc. q.-1. Num-

ber of the beast: the datum, 666.

-2. His name: in Greek or

Hebrew? Pfr. Benary q. The

solution preferred by Irenæus.

-Asc. Esaiæ q. A link be-

tween the two destructions of

Jerusalem.-3. Number of his

name. Sybil. Or. Bk. V. (cir.

A.D. 120) q.-4. His mark: both

in Greek and Hebrew.-5.

Mark of his name: both in

Greek and Hebrew. - Sum-

mary of results, .

Interpretation of H. XVIII, .

Interpretations of the two Beasts,

[iii]. THE JUDGMENT-ANGELS.

HEPTAD XIX: xiv.

Introductory remarks. - Stuart's

view rejected,

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bol of vii; 3? Hengstenberg

refuted. The name, &c.: what:

how,

v. 2. A voice, sc. of the 144000.-

Parallel passages.-Significa-

tion,

v. 3. As it were.

it were. V.R.-A new

song: its purport. - None could

learn, &c.: why. - Bought: the

precise meaning,

v. 4. Not defiled, &c. Is the literal

the true sense? - No ground

here for accounting celibacy

the highest state. - Who follow,

dc.: refers not to duty and to

a past state, but to a privilege

and a special honour. Bought

from the men = delivered from

those, 'who were destroying

the earth' (=Judea). A first-

fruit: with reference to those,

who shall come after them:

texts. The result,

v. 5. No lie = have not denied the

truth,

THE HEPTAD-PROPER.

Introductory remarks,

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D. I: xiv; 6-7. THE FIRST ANGEL.

v. 6. Another: V. R. Ref. to viii;

13. Rome indicated.-Having,

dc. Conception of scene.-

An œonic gospel = good news

respecting the coming age. -

Those seated, &c. = enemies of

Christianity in Judea. Over, 143

v. 7. Fear God, &c.: antithetic.-

The hour of His judging syn-

chronizes with 'the marriage

of the lamb.'-Worship, &c.:

perplexes antipapists,

Historical fulfilment,

D. II; v. 8. THE SECOND ANGEL.

Fallen, &c.-Babylon: what meant,

-Rome, pagan, not papal.-

Mysteries connected with

Rome: Sib. Or. Bk. VIII.

From the wine: meaning. -

Of her fornication. Stuart and

Hengstenberg at issue,

General purport of this procla-

mation,

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